Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley, Dells City Journal
The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal boys basketball team took a step forward in the post season with a 56-37 win over the Chester Flyers at Dell Rapids St Mary High School on Thursday, February 28th. The game was the second round of the Region 4B tournament.
The first quarter was closely contested between the two teams. St Mary held just a one-point lead at 11-10 after the first quarter. The Cardinals blew the game open in the second quarter as they held Chester scoreless over the first five minutes and scored 15 straight points. St Mary outscored Chester 20-4 in the quarter and led 31-14 at halftime.
Chester tried to climb their way back into the game in the third quarter. The Flyers cut the lead to 11 points at 40-29 with less than a minute to play in the quarter, but St Mary scored the final four points to enjoy 44-29 lead heading into the final quarter. Chester could not get any closer than 13 points in the final quarter as the Cardinals cruised to victory.
Connor Libis had 30 points to lead St Mary. Max Herber finished with 10 points and nine rebounds. Chester was led by Bayden Schneider with 10 points and Aden Baumberger with eight points.
St Mary (17-4) advances to play the Colman-Egan in a SoDak 16 qualifying game on Friday, March 1st. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. from the Corn Palance in Mitchell. Big Sioux Media will have a live stream of the game.