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Quarriers Cruise to Fifth Straight Win

February 9, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Quarrier boys basketball team cruised past the Dakota Valley Panthers, 66-53, for their fifth straight win on Friday, February 8th, in Dell Rapids. The Quarriers never felt a threat on their lead the entire game. Dell Rapids jumped out to a 14-7 first quarter lead and extended that lead to 35-20 at halftime. Dakota Valley was able to cut the lead to 49-38 at the end of the third quarter, but that was as close as the Panthers got as the Quarriers were able to knock down the free throws in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach.

Head coach Jason Fersdahl said, “This basketball game really had the feel of a post-season game, and I felt our team responded very well. We had an outstanding defensive effort, especially in the first half, and we really made Dakota Valley work for any good scoring opportunities they got. To hold a team like Dakota Valley to 20 points in the first half really shows how locked in we were on defense, and we dominated the boards by limiting them to one shot attempt on nearly every possession. Offensively, we were aggresssive and we were able to score in transition as well as in the half court.”

Dell Rapids was led by Cole Langer with 22 points and four assists. Bryce Koch added 14 points, 10 rebounds and six blocked shots. Spencer Kerzman added seven points for the Quarriers. Dakota Valley was led by Blake VanGinkel with 20 points. Isaac Faldmo added 11 points. The Quarriers shot 56% (25-44) from the field and 72% (16-22) from the free throw line. Dakota Valley shot 33% (18-53) from the field and 62% (10-16) from the free throw line. Dell Rapids only committed eight turnovers in the game.

“We did a good job of taking care of the basketball, and we did a great job of working the ball inside and not settling for perimeter shots. We were able to finish the game by converting free throw opportunities in the fourth quarter, led by Cole Langer and Jacob Morris, who each went 4-4 from the line down the stretch,” said Fersdahl.

The Quarriers improve to 11-5 overall and finish second in the Big Sioux Conference with a 5-2 conference record. Dell Rapids will face Spearfish in Mitchell at the DWU Classic at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 9th.

Highlights:

JV Results:
The Quarrier JV team defeated Dakota Valley 67-33. Riley Schmidt and Cody Nielsen led the Dell Rapids squad with 12 and 11 points, respectively. Schmidt was 6-8 from the line. The Quarriers led at all quarter breaks. Kahler Berven (2), Zane Schumaker, and Spencer Kost all had 3-pointers for Dell Rapids. Kost and Alec Riswold combined for 13 points in the fourth quarter.

Dakota Valley Comes from Behind to Beat Quarriers

February 9, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dakota Valley Panthers came from behind with a big second half to defeat the Dell Rapids Quarriers in girls basketball on Friday, February 8th, in Dell Rapids. Dell Rapids had the hot hand in the first quarter, jumping out to a 19-12 lead. The Quarriers used an 8-2 run through the first half of the second quarter to extend the lead to 27-15 with 3:20 to go. The Panthers closed out the half on a 6-0 run to cut the lead to 27-21. The Panthers continued the run in the third quarter and took the lead at the end of the third quarter 38-36. Dakota Valley led 48-40 with 5:30 to go in the game, but Dell Rapids was able to close the gap to 47-49 with 3:02 left. However, Dakota Valley ended the game on an 8-3 run for the win.

Dell Rapids was led by Mikaela Stofferahn with 15 points. Julia Rice added 12 points, Corynn Hoff had eight points, and Karen Eddy finished with seven points. The Quarriers were 15-26 from the free throw line in the game. Dakota Valley was led by McKenzie Mennenga with 15 points. Jayde Bergmann had 13 points. The Panthers were 9-15 from the free throw line in the game.

Dell Rapids falls to 6-12 on the year. They will travel to Harrisburg to take on the Tigers on Tuesday, February 12th.

Highlights:

Dell Rapids Freshman Boys beat Garretson JV

February 6, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids freshman boys basketball team used relentless defensive pressure to down Garretson’s JV on Tuesday, February 5th, 38-29. After being down eight points in the first quarter, they turned up the heat and created many turnovers which were converted into points. Brett Mogen had 10 points as well as Josh Benda tallying 10 coming off the bench. Justin Riswold, Cordell Wright, Hank LaCoursiere, and Sam White all chipped in four points. The victory improved their record to 5-9 heading into Friday (February 8th) night’s game against Dakota Valley.

St Mary Girls Win 5th in a Row

February 5, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal girls basketball team picked up their fifth win in a row defeating the Canistota Hawks 62-36 on Monday, February 4th, in Dell Rapids on Senior Night. The Hawks had a brief 2-0 lead after scoring a layup off the opening tip, but it was all Dell Rapids St Mary after that point. The Cardinals scored the next eight points to lead 8-2. Canistota would get as close as 12-10 before the Cardinals ended the first quarter on a 6-0 run to lead 18-10. The Cardinals extended the lead early in the second quarter, but Canistota again would climb back into the game, cutting the deficit to 28-22 with 2:04 left in the second quarter. Again Dell Rapids St Mary would end the quarter on a run, this time a 7-1 run to take a 35-23 lead into halftime. The Cardinal defense shut down the Hawks the rest of the game, giving up just five points in the third quarter to extend their lead to 51-28 and only allowing eight more points in the fourth quarter for the win.

Kelly Michel led the Cardinals with 24 points on the night. Mikayla Brown and Amber Hansen each had seven points. Ally Mullaney, Lexie LeBrun, and Anna Wolles all had six points apiece in the game. Dell Rapids St Mary shot 5-9 from the free throw line as a team. Canistota was led by Chloe Nielsen with 16 points.

The Cardinals improve to 10-8 on the year and will travel to Oldham-Ramona/Rutland on Friday, February 8th.

2012-2013 Seniors:

Anna Maxwell
Mikayla Brown
Lexie Lebrun
Amanda Hansen

Highlights:

All Dell Rapids Championship at 4th Grade Boys Basketball Tournament

February 2, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Quarriers and Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals 4th-grade boys basketball teams competed for the championship at the “Bring It On” basketball tournament held at Tri-Valley school on Saturday, February 2nd. The Cardinals defeated the Quarriers 34-18 to take first place in the tournament.

The Quarriers defeated St. Michaels Irish 32-20 in their opening round game. In the second round, the Quarriers defeated Mitchell 19-10 on their way to the second place finish. The Cardinals defeated Harrisburg 36-7 in their opening round game, and defeated West Central 38-8 in the second round of the tournament.

After the game, both teams took a group picture together as all the boys represented the community of Dell Rapids very well.

Back Row L to R: Coach Griffen, Coach Libis, Noah D., Connar K., Coach Letsche, Asher L., Jakob L., Carter N., Coby M., Peyton G., Danek H., Coach Maeschen, Max H., Hunter G., Coach Herber
Front Row L to R: Clay W., Colin W., Connor L., Brady L., Connor R., Colin R., Mitchell G., C. M., Austin G-L.

Quarriers Push Win Streak to Four

February 2, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Quarriers won their fourth game in a row, beating the Tri-Valley Mustangs 48-34 on Friday, February 1st, at Tri-Valley High School. The Quarriers led at every quarter break, leading 10-8 after the first quarter, 29-22 at halftime, and 42-30 after the third quarter.

Dell Rapids shot 57% (19-33) from the field, 45% (5-11) from three-point area, and 55% (5-9) from the free throw line. Tri-Valley shot 33% (12-36) from the field, 22% (4-18) from three-point area, and 100% (6-6) from the free throw line. Jacob Morris led Dell Rapids with 15 points in the game. Cole Langer had 14 points, eight rebounds, five assists and four steals in the game. Matt Kolbeck added eight points. Tri-Valley was led by Brett Page with 16 points.

Head coach Jason Fersdahl said, “Defensively, I thought we really controlled the game, especially in the second half. Our goal going into the game was to try to keep Brett Page from penetrating into the lane, and for the most part we were able to do that. We really controlled the boards and limited Tri-Valley to one shot attempt on nearly every possession. Offensively, we were able to hit some perimeter shots which loosened Tri-Valley’s zone defense with Jacob Morris and Cole Langer leading the way. We had more turnovers versus Tri-Valley than we had in our previous two games, and we need to shore up our ball handling and interior passing to limit these turnovers.”

Dell Rapids improves to 10-5 overall and 4-2 in the Big Sioux Conference. The Quarriers will host Dakota Valley on Friday, February 8th. The game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.

JV Results:

The Dell Rapids JV team defeated Tri-Valley 39-29 after leading 20-11 at halftime. Cody Nielsen led the Quarriers with 14 points. He was 8-9 from the free throw line. Riley Schmidt had eight points, while Kahler Berven had seven. Zach Schumaker had several assists to go along with four points.

Tri-Valley Girls Win Close Battle Against Dell Rapids

February 2, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Tri-Valley Mustangs defeated the Dell Rapids Quarriers 45-36 on Friday, February 1st, at Tri-Valley High School. The Mustangs led 23-18 at halftime.

Head coach Jeff Dvorak said, “Tri-Valley has a very big and strong club, and we certainly played right with them the whole way.”

Julie Rice led the Quarriers with nine points and four rebounds in the game. Karen Eddy had eight points and four steals. Dell Rapids shot 33% from the field and 3-4 from the free throw line. The Quarriers also committed 17 turnovers in the game.

” In tight games versus good teams, we can’t afford unforced mistakes, and we had too many of those tonight. 17 turnovers versus a team that didn’t press is just not going to do it. Overall, we took away some good lessons that we’ll carry into our final stretch – execute our offense, avoid unforced errors, keep playing strong defense and have confidence that we can play with anyone,” said Dvorak.

Dell Rapids falls to 5-11 on the year. The Quarriers will travel to Salem to take on McCook Central/Montrose on Thursday, February 7th.

Quarriers Win 3rd Straight Game

January 30, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Quarriers boys basketball team won their third straight game by defeating the Canton C-Hawks 66-47 on Tuesday, January 29th, in Dell Rapids. Dell Rapids jumped out to an early 7-0 lead and held a 19-14 lead after the first quarter. The Quarriers were able to maintain the lead heading into halftime at 33-28. The C-Hawks scored the first five points of the third quarter to tie the game at 33-33, but the Dell Rapids defense took over allowing just seven more points the remainder of the quarter while scoring 18 on offense to take a 51-40 lead at the end of the third quarter. The Quarrier defense only allowed seven total points in the fourth quarter on the way to the victory.

Head coach Jason Fersdahl said, “We really buckled down on defense in the 2nd half and contested their perimeter shots and forced some turnovers as well. We were able to get high percentage shots throughout the game and I was pleased that we did not just settle for perimeter shots.”

Cole Langer led Dell Rapids with 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Bryce Koch had 14 points and eight rebounds. Matt Kolbeck added 10 points for Dell Rapids. Canton was led by Jay Lems with 15 points. Zach DeJong and Cody Willett had 11 points each.

“Cole Langer did a great job of breaking down Canton’s defense and was able to create scoring opportunities for himself and others,” said Fersdahl.

Dell Rapids shot 58% from the field and 68% (17-25) from the free throw line. Canton was 36% from the field and 53% (7-13) from the free throw line. The Quarriers also finished the game with 13 assists and just 11 turnovers.

Fersdahl said, “Canton is a good basketball team and it was great to bounce back and get a victory against them after they defeated us in the Big Sioux Conference tournament earlier this month. This game was kind of a reversal of the first game as the we outscored the C-Hawks by 10 points from the free throw line; I thought that was a big key to the game as we were aggressive on offense and were able to shoot 25 free throws in the game while we did a pretty good job, especially in the 2nd half, of keeping them off of the free throw line.”

Dell Rapids improves to 9-5 on the year and 3-2 in the Big Sioux Conference. The Quarriers will travel to Tri-Valley to take on the Mustangs on Friday, February 1st.

Highlights:

JV and Freshman Results:

The boys JV team defeated Canton by a score of 75-39. All 12 players scored. Cody Nielsen and Riley Schmidt let the scorers with 12 and 11 points respectively. Zane Schumaker and Tanner Solberg each had two 3-pointers for the Quarriers. Schumaker had numerous assists to go along with six points.

The freshman boys team beat Canton by a score of 45-27. Sam White had his best offensive game of the year scoring 14 points. Justin Riswold also shot the ball well, as he had eight points in the game. Cordell Wright and Brett Mogen each had five points apiece. Nine of the 10 players scored in the game. The freshman record improves to 4-8 on the year.

Quarriers Use 2nd Half Run for Win

January 30, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Quarriers girls basketball team used a strong second half to come from behind and defeat the Canton C-Hawks 25-28 on Tuesday, January 29th, in Dell Rapids. Canton held a 10-8 at the end of the first quarter after a last second three-point shot. The C-Hawks maintained the lead in the second quarter for a 16-12 halftime lead. Canton jumped out to a 20-12 lead with 5:36 left in the third quarter before the Quarriers made their move. Dell Rapids went on an 11-0 run to end the third quarter to take a 23-20 lead. The game was back and forth for most of the fourth quarter. The game was tied at 23-23 and again 25-25 with 4:00 left in the game. Canton held a slight 26-25 lead with 3:00 to go, but the Quarriers out-scored Canton 10-2 in the remaining minutes for the win.

Dell Rapids was led by Mikaela Stofferahn with nine points in the game. Brittany Kludt had eight points, and Brittney Siemonsma, Rachel Devlin, Corynn Hoff, and Julia Rice all had four points apiece in the game. The Quarriers finished 11-17 from the free throw line. Canton was led by Kristin Twedt with 12 points. Atlanta Lundstrom added nine points. The C-Hawks were 5-8 from the free throw line in the game.

Head coach Jeff Dvorak said, “In the first half we just found a variety of ways to shoot ourselves in the foot offensively. Thankfully, our defense once more kept us close until we woke up a bit and started going inside against a smaller Canton team. Mikaela and Kludt really carried us in that second half, and the guards did a good job of feeding them the ball. In the second half we were much closer to the team we need to be going down the stretch and that is encouraging.”

Dell Rapids improves to 5-10 on the year. The Quarriers will travel to Tri-Valley to take on the Mustangs on Friday, February 1st.

Highlights:

Quarrier Wrestling Update

January 28, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Quarriers wrestling team competed in Brookings at the Les Tlustos Invitational on Saturday, January 26th. The winning score of 229 was posted by Rapid City Central followed by Pierre with 217. The Quarriers finished with 73 points, the same as Yankton.

On Thursday, January 31st, the Quarriers compete at the MCM Tournament in Salem at 5:30 p.m., and then Friday, February 1st, they will host their own Triangular beginning at 5:00 p.m. Big Sioux Media will broadcast this event live.

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