Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls nearly overcame a double-digit deficit in the second half against the Lennox Orioles on Monday, January 10th.  The Quarriers trailed by 13 points early in the second half, but the Orioles held for a 46-42 win.

Lennox led by two points at the end of the first quarter, 10-8.  The Orioles pushed that lead to 10 points by halftime at 29-19.  Lennox scored the first three points of the third quarter for a 32-19, but the Quarriers did not allow another point to the Orioles the rest of the quarter.  That allowed Dell Rapids to go on a 10-0 the rest of the quarter to pull within three, 32-29.

The Quarriers scored the first basked of the fourth quarter, making the score 32-31.  Lennox, however, went on a 13-4 run to push their lead to 45-35 with 2:30 to play in the game.  Dell Rapids had one more run in them.  The Quarriers scored seven in a row cutting the lead to 45-42 with a minute to play.  The Lennox defense stopped a game-tying play with a steal, and made a free-throw to hold on for the win.

Dell Rapids shot 25% (14-57) from the field, 1-16 on three pointers, and 81% (13-16) from the free-throw line.  Lennox was 32% (12-37) from the field, 35% (6-17) from three-point area, and 80% (16-20) from the free-throw line.  Dell Rapids’ defense forced 27 Lennox turnovers in the game, 18 of those on steals.

Haileigh Barnhart had 14 points, eight rebounds, and four steals.  Zoey Hilmoe had nine points, three rebounds, three steals, and two blocks.  Jayme Schmidt finished with eight points.  Liz Price added seven points and four rebounds.

JV Results

The Quarrier JV team lost a heartbreaker on Monday night to the Lennox Oriole JV team 24-26.  Shelby Welbig had nine points and four rebounds.  Jenna Miller had eight points, three steals, and two rebounds.  Elly Olson finished with five points, four rebounds, and two assists.  Clara Justice had two points, seven rebounds, and two steals.  Tori Malsam had three rebounds, and Kerrigan Kindopp had two steals.

Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

The constant pressure defense by the Canton C-Hawks made things difficult for the Dell Rapids Quarriers on Thursday, January 6th.  Canton forced 32 turnovers, 17 of those on steals, on their way to a 69-46 win over the Quarriers.

The pressure defense got to the Quarriers early in the ball game.  Canton built an 18-7 lead at the end of the first quarter, and that lead grew to 23 points by halftime, 46-23.  The quick steals and fast breaks led to more of the same in the third quarter as the C-Hawks extended the lead to 63-36.

Dell Rapids did shoot 41% (16-39) in the game, 37% (7-19) on three pointers, but just 39% (7-18) from the free-throw line.  Canton finished  the game shooting 44% (22-50), 55% (6-11) on three pointers, and 73% (19-26) from the free-throw line.

Liz Prize had nine points, two rebounds, and two assists.  Mady VanOverebeke also had nine points and a steal.  Claire Wynja finished with seven points, two rebounds, a steal, and an assist.  Alli De Stigter had six points, and Zoey Hilmoe had four points and seven rebounds.

Dell Rapids (1-8) will host Lennox on Monday, January 10th.

JV Results

The below zero temperatures outside Canton High School seemed to have followed the Quarrier JV shooters into the gym as they fell to the C-Hawks JV team 24-46.  Struggles shooting from the floorr along with too many turnovers resulted in the young Quarriers loss after having won three games in a row.

Shelby Welbig finished with eight points and four rebounds.  Elly Olson had seven points, two steals, and two assists.  Jenna Miller also had seven points, two steals, and two assists.  Clara Justice had six rebounds and a point, and Tori Malsam also had a point.

Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

The Dell Rapids Quarrier defense forced 19 Fighting Cougar turnovers on 13 steals helping the Quarriers to their first win of the season.  Dell Rapids defeated McCook Central/Montrose 45-41 at home on Tuesday, January 4th.

The Cougars made the first three-pointer of the game, but that was their only lead.  The Quarriers responded with a 7-0 and continued to hold the lead, 12-9, at the end of the first quarter.  Mady VanOverbeke made a three-pointer with 4:10 to play in the second quarter to give Dell Rapids their largest lead of the game.  They led 24-12 at that point.  McCook Central/Montrose finished the half on an 8-2 run, but Dell Rapids still led 26-20 at halftime.

The Quarriers were able to maintain their lead throughout the third quarter.  Dell Rapids led by seven, 36-29, going into the fourth quarter.  Another three-pointer, this time by Maggie Schmidt, pushed the Quarrier lead to double digits at 41-31 with 4:00 to go.  The Cougars cut the lead down to four points, 43-39, with :15 to go, but Zoey Hilmoe made two free throws just seconds later to seal the victory.

Dell Rapids shot 38% (17-45) from the field, 18% (3-17) on three-pointers, and 8-10 on free-throws.  The Quarriers had 16 rebounds as a team, 13 steals, and nine assists.

Jayme Schmidt finished with eight points and four rebounds.  Hilmoe also had eight points with three rebounds, two blocks, a steal, and an assist.  M. Schmidt had eight points as well.  Claire Wynja finished with seven points and two steals.  Haileigh Barnhard added six points, seven rebounds, three steals, three blocks, and three assists.

Dell Rapids (1-7) will travel Canton on Thursday, January 6th.

JV Results

The Quarrier JV team made it three wins in a row with their 40-32 win over McCook Central/Montrose.  The record for the JV team is now 4-3.  Jenna Miller had 22 points, three steals and two assists.  Ellly Olson finished with seven points, five rebounds, and four assists.  Shelby Welbig had six points, four rebounds, and three steals.  Kerrigan Kindopp had three points, two steals, two assists, and two rebounds.  Tori Malsam added two points.