The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal girls will end up playing in the 3rd/4th place game at the Dakota Valley Conference Tournament after falling to the Colman-Egan Hawks in the semifinals on Friday, January 24th. The Cardinals lost to the Hawks 54-32 at Estelline High School.
The Colman-Egan defense played strong through all game long as they did not allow more than 10 points in any given quarter. After a tough runner that banked in for Ella Heinitz cut the Colman-Egan lead to three points at 9-6 with 3:35 to play in the first quarter, the Hawks went on a 10-0 run and never looked back. They continued to push their their lead to 32-13 by halftime. Colman-Egan then outscored St Mary 22-19 in the second half for the win.
St Mary finished game shooting just 28% (11-40) from the field and just 17% (2-12) from three-point area. The Hawks were 51% (23-45) from the field and 50% (7-14) from three-point area.
Courtney Brown led the way for St Mary with 11 points. Ella Griffin had five points and three rebounds. Karlie Klein also had five points and three rebounds. Ella Heintiz finished with four points and three steals in the game. Sydney Klein added four points and two steals. Mackenzie Hemmer had 13 points, and Braiden Westley had 11 points for the Hawks.
St Mary (6-6) will play the Arlington Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. in the final game of the DVC Tournament in Colman. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.