In a battle of top teams in Class A boys basketball, the Dell Rapids Quarriers used a fourth quarter run to earn their sixth win of the season over the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers.  For three and a half quarters, the game was back and forth with each team trading baskets.  Neither team was able to take a lead of more than four points during that stretch.

The Chargers led 16-15 after the first quarter.  Dell Rapids was able to tie the game at 32-32 at halftime.  The third quarter continued to be back and forth with Dell Rapids able to take a 48-45 lead at the end of the quarter.  Sioux Falls Christian scored the first four points of the fourth quarter to take a 49-48 lead.  The two teams traded baskets again, and the game was tied at 53-53 nearing the midway point of the quarter.  With the game tied at 53, the Quarriers went on an 11-0 run to take a 64-53 lead.  The Chargers were able to get the lead down to seven at 64-57, but Dell Rapids was able to make their free throws down the stretch to pull away for a 69-57 win.

Dell Rapids finished the game shooting 55% (26-47) from the field, 43% (6-14) from three-point area, and 69% (11-16) from the free-throw line.  The Quarriers also had a total of 24 team rebounds, 14 assists, and nine steals.

Zane Schumaker finished the game with 23 points, three rebounds, four assists, and two steals.  Ty Hoglund also had 23 points along with five rebounds and three steals.  Adam Karst tossed in seven points, had three rebounds, and also had three steals.  Ben Hammer added six points and five rebounds.  Riley Schmidt finished with six points, four rebounds, and three assists.

Dell Rapids improves to 6-0 on the year.  The Quarriers will travel to Beresford for their next game on Friday, January 16th.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Dell Rapids	15	17	16	21	69
SF Christian	16	16	13	12	57

On a night in which the ’94-’95 Quarrier boys basketball team was honored at halftime, the Dell Rapids Quarrier boys basketball team had no trouble earning their fifth win of the season.  The Quarriers defeated the Chamberlain Cubs 71-31 on Friday, January 9th, in Dell Rapids.

Head coach Jason Fersdahl said, “It was great to visit with these past players and our team really wanted to play hard with those guys in attendance.”

The Quarriers started the game on a 13-0 run over the first five minutes and led 21-3 after the first quarter.  Dell Rapids continued their strong defense in the second quarter.  They held the Cubs to just six points in the second quarter while scoring 24 to take a 45-9 lead into halftime.  Both teams scored 16 points in the third quarter, and Dell Rapids led 60-25 after the third quarter.  The Quarriers out-scored Chamberlain 10-6 in the final quarter on their way to the win.

Dell Rapids shot 46% (29-63) from the field, 35% (8-23) from the three-point area, and 100% (5-5) from the free-throw line.  The Quarriers also had 31 team rebounds, 21 assists, and 17 steals.

Ben Hammer had 12 points and three rebounds in the game.  Ty Hoglund added 12 points, three rebounds, and three steals.  Sam White had eight rebounds, and Riley Schmidt and Hunter Hansen each had four assists.

Fersdahl said, “Our team came out with great energy on the defensive end, and we were able to get out into the passing lanes to get deflections and steals early in the game.  We settled for some jump shots early in the game, but once we got into the flow we were able to find cutters going to the basket and our guards did a nice job of breaking down the Cubs’ defense with dribble penetration.  We rebounded the ball very well in the first half and did not give up many second chance opportunities.”

The game was the first basketball action the team was able to have since Tuesday’s (January 6th) win over Pipestone Area.

“It was a rough week with all of the disruptions due to the weather as we missed out on three days worth of practice.  We need to keep getting repetitions in practice to keep building toward establishing some consistency when we hit the court, and we need to keep working at improving our shooting percentage by getting more shots up in practice,” said Fersdahl.

The Quarriers improved to 5-0 on the year.  Dell Rapids will travel to Sioux Falls to take on region-foe Sioux Falls Christian Chargers on Tuesday, January 13th.  A link will be provided on Big Sioux Media for the webcast from Sioux Falls Christian.

Members of the ’94-’95 Quarrier team that took 5th place in the State A tournament that were honored at halftime include Matt Wilber, Jeremy Risty, Andrew Bisson, Baron Hedin, Andrew Johnson, Jeremy Kudera, Jamie Davis, Ben Bender, Josh Ljunggren, Tom Miller, Seth Ahrendt, and Todd Fletcher.  Coaches were Mick Hoglund and Steve Hansen.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Chamberlain	3	6	16	6	31
Dell Rapids	21	24	16	10	71

Highlights

The Dell Rapids Quarrier boys basketball team picked up an 83-61 win over the Pipestone Area Arrows on Tuesday, January 6th, in Dell Rapids.  The Quarriers outscored Pipestone in every quarter.

Dell Rapids got out to a nine-point lead in the first three minutes of the game.  With the score 15-4 with 4:51 remaining in in the first quarter, the Arrows were able to cut the lead down to 10 at 20-10 at the end of the quarter.  Dell Rapids opened up the second quarter on an 11-3 run to push their lead to 31-13 with 5:50 to go in the half.  With just 2:00 minutes to go in the second quarter and trailing 42-23, Pipestone outscored Dell Rapids 14-7 to close the gap to 12 at 49-37 at halftime.

Dell Rapids went on another run to start the third quarter.  The Quarriers extended their lead to 63-39 at the 3:20 mark of the third quarter.  The Arrows were only able to cut the lead to 67-47 by the end of the quarter.   Dell Rapids was in complete control of the game in the fourth quarter and earned the victory.

The Quarriers had three players with 20 or more points.  Riley Schmidt finished the game with 22 points.  Ty Hoglund and Zane Schumaker each had 20 points.  Schumaker also had six assists.  Ben Hammer added seven points, eight rebounds, and three blocks.

Dell Rapids improves to 4-0 on the year and will travel to Beresford to take on the Watchdogs on Thursday, January 8th.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Pipestone Area	10	27	10	14	61
Dell Rapids	20	29	18	16	83

Highlights

JV Results:
Sheldon Siemonsma hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to beat the Pipestone Arrows 61-58 in a great game on Tuesday night in Dell Rapids.  Dells trailed 29-36 at the half and were still behind by four at the end of the third quarter.  Siemonsma’s heroics gave him 25 points on the night which included seven three-pointers.  Austin Ellingsen added 10 points, and Tanner Heim and Mason Schmidt added eight and six points.