Photo taken by and used with permission by Tammy Chamley, Dells City Journal
Looking for their first win of the season, the Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team came up just short against the #3 ranked McCook Central/Montrose Fighting Cougars on Tuesday, January 7th. The Cougars came from behind to beat the Quarriers 58-45.
Dell Rapids led for most of the first quarter and led by as many as five points. The Quarriers ended the first quarter leading 16-13. Still trailing by three points at 21-18, McCook Central/Montrose went on a 7-0 run to take the lead 25-21 midway through the second quarter. The Cougars were able to maintain that lead and went to the locker room leading 29-26 at halftime.
McCook Central/Montrose scored the first ten points of the third quarter to push the lead to 39-26. The Cougars took a 42-30 lead into the fourth quarter. The lead grew to as many as 15 points in the fourth quarter for the Cougar win.
Aspen Hansen led the Quarriers with 25 points in the game. Alli De Stigter finished with six points. Beck Dorn had five points, and Zoey Hilmoe had four points. Three players finished in double figures for the Cougars. Ashtyn Wobig had 18 points, Madisen Koepsell had 17, and Abigail Van Ruler had 16 points.
Dell Rapids (0-5) will play Colman-Egan on Saturday, January 11th, at 2:30 at the DSU Classic in Madison. There will be a link to the video stream of the game.