Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley, Dells City Journal
The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team earned their first win of the season with a 58-43 victory over the Baltic Bulldogs on Monday, February 3rd in Balitc.
The Quarriers had to overcome an early deficit in the game. Baltic raced out to an early 10-2 lead with 5:15 to go in the first quarter. Dell Rapids responded with a 16-3 run over the rest of the quarter, as Maggie Schmidt, sparked the rally, for an 18-13 lead after the first quarter. Dell Rapids grew the lead to eight points early in the second quarter only to see Baltic pull within two at 23-21 with 4:00 to play in the half. The Quarriers ended the first half on a 11-5 run to lead 34-26 at halftime.
The Quarriers continued to shoot the ball well and play aggressive defense in the second half. Dell Rapids pushed their lead to 14 points at 42-28 in the first three minutes of the third quarter. They ended the third quarter leading by 10 points at 48-38. The Bulldogs got the lead down to nine points at 52-43 after an old-fashioned three-point play by Cami Artz with 4:20 to go in the game, but that was the last point the Bulldogs would score. Dell Rapids scored the final six points of the game for the win.
Three players finished in double figures for Dell Rapids. Aspen Hansen had 17 points. Schmidt finished with 14 points. Zoey Hilmoe added 12 points, and Becky Dorn had nine points in the game. Baltic was led by Berklee Erickson with 11 points, Sami Polzin with 10 points, and Artz with eight points.
Dell Rapids (1-11) will host Tri-Valley on Thursday in a girls and boys double-header. Both games can be seen on Big Sioux Media.