The Dell Rapids Quarriers fell to the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers for the second time in a week.  The Chargers won 50-38 on Tuesday, January 8th, in Sioux Falls.  The Quarriers jumped out to an early first quarter lead, but SF Christian battled back to take a 21-18 halftime lead.  The Chargers out-scored Dell Rapids 29-20 in the second half on their way to the win.

Dell Rapids shot 27% (11-41) from the field, 11% (1-9) from three-point area, and 60% (15-25) from the free throw line.  The Quarriers pulled down 29 rebounds in the game, but committed 19 turnovers.  SF Christian shot 55% (17-31) from the field, 40% (4-10) from three-point area, and 60% (12-20) from the free throw line.  Dell Rapids was led by Bryce Koch with 12 points, six rebound and five blocked shots.  Cole Langer finished the game with 11 points and 10 rebounds.  Ty Hoglund added seven points.  Matt Kolbeck and Jacob Morris each pulled down six rebounds.

“I was very pleased with our defensive intensity, especially at the start of the game. We jumped out to a 10-2 lead early in the game, but SF Christian was able to answer late in the second quarter to take a 21-18 halftime lead. While the Chargers shot the ball well in the third quarter, we had a number of good opportunities to respond with baskets, but we just weren’t able to convert in key stretches. To hold a team like SF Christian to 50 points takes quite a defensive effort; we need to be able to cut down on turnovers, shoot at a higher percentage offensively, and convert from the free throw line when we have the opportunities to be more successful. We did not shoot the ball very well from the free throw line or from the three-point line, and that makes it even more difficult to beat tough teams. We will continue to improve offensively; we need to keep working at making our offense more efficient and continue to develop the identity and chemistry of our Quarrier basketball team,” said head coach Jason Fersdahl.

The Quarriers fall to 5-4 on the year.  Dell Rapids will travel to Garretson to take on the Blue Dragons on Tuesday, January 15th.

The Canton C-Hawks boys basketball team trailed by 12 points at halftime, 23-35, but came back to win by outscoring the Dell Rapids Quarriers 46-21 in the second half to beat Dell Rapids 69-56 in the final consolation bracket game of the Big Sioux Conference Tournament at Dakota Valley on Saturday, January 5th.

The Quarriers shot 46% from the field, 12% from three-point area, and just 30% from the free throw line in the game.  Dell Rapids had a total of 31 rebounds and 16 assists.  Canton shot 45% from the field, 66% from three-point area, and 75% from the free throw line.  The C-Hawks had 21 rebounds as a team.  Bryce Koch led the Quarriers with 11 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots in the game.  Zane Schumaker, Zach White, and Matt Kolbeck all had 10 points apiece in the game.  Jacob Morris led the team with five assists in the game.  Canton was led by Cody Willett who had 35 points in the game and five rebounds.  Willett was 7-10 on three-point shots in the game.  Anders Peterson also added 13 points for Canton.

“We jumped out to a 12 point halftime lead only to see Canton get extremely hot from the outside in the second half. Canton’s Cody Willett scored 27 points in the second half including five 3 pointers from really deep to lead Canton’s comeback. We knew going into the game that Willett was capable of getting hot from the outside and we continued to pressure him on defense, but he kept shooting from deeper and deeper and hitting shots which made them tough to stop,” said Head Coach Jason Fersdahl.  “Offensively, we were not able to score as easily in the second half as we did in the first and in the fourth quarter we were very cold, going 4 for 16 (25%) from the field. We had good balance on offense with four players in double figures but we need to get better and running our offense and getting key baskets in crunch time. Our remaining schedule is very difficult so we need to work to get better in all phases of the game, which we will do.”

The Quarriers fall to 5-3 on the season and will travel to Sioux Falls to take on Sioux Falls Christian on Tuesday, January 8th.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier boys basketball team lost their opening round game of the Big Sioux Conference tournament to the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers 54-39 on Thursday, January 3rd, in Sioux Falls.  Dell Rapids trailed by just four points at halftime, 18-14, but the Chargers outscored the Quarriers by 11 in the second half for the victory.

Dell Rapids struggled a little bit on offense, shooting just 33% (16-43) from the field, 10% (1-10) from three-point area, and 46% (6-13) from the free throw line.  The Chargers also forced 17 turnovers while only committing six of their own.  Dell Rapids was led by Bryce Koch with eight points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots.  Matt Kolbeck added seven points and three assists.  Ty Hoglund and Zane Schumaker each had five points in the game.  The Chargers shot 46% (22-46) from the field, 50% (2-4) from three-point area, and 57% (8-14) from the free throw line.  SF Christian was led by Jordan Baker with a game-high 19 points, and Carson Long and Cody Van Holland each had 11 points.

Head Coach Jason Fersdahl said that the team had a strong defensive effort in the first half but was unable to convert on the offensive end.  Fersdahl said, “We need to play with more confidence on offense and that will continue to develop as our players get used to playing with one another and they adjust to some of the different things we are tying to do offensively. The bottom line is that we need to play with more emotion and confidence and that is lacking right now; we will work to improve this everyday in practice to improve our overall play as a team.”

Dell Rapids falls to 4-2 on the year will play Beresford in the second round of the Big Sioux Conference tournament at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, January 4th, at SF Christian High School.  The final round of the tournament will be held in Beresford on Saturday, January 5th.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier boys JV team defeated the Elk Point/Jefferson JV by a score of 57-43. Leading the way for the Quarriers was Ty Hoglund with 20 points and Zane Schumaker with 11. Zach Schroeder also chipped in nine points for the Quarriers. Dell Rapids led at all quarter breaks.

In the first round of the Dell Rapids Invitational JV tournament over Christmas break, Dell Rapids defeated Madison 59-32. Leading the scorers for the Quarriers were Hoglund, Schumaker, and Cody Nielsen with 10, 10, and nine points respectively. Tanner Solberg had two three-pointers for the Quarriers.

In the second game of the Dells Invitational, Schumaker led all scorers with 12 points. Dell Rapids defeated Lennox 52-32. Also scoring for the Quarriers were Hoglund, Nielsen, and Riley Schmidt with 11, nine, and 10 points. Dell Rapids was 5-9 from the free throw line.

In the championship game of the tournament, Dell Rapids played SF Roosevelt and led 31-26. The Quarriers couldn’t hang on to a victory as the Roughriders rolled the second half and won 42-61. Ben Hammer had his best game of the season with 11 points and Schroeder was a great spark with eight points. Also scoring for the Quarriers were Hoglund with seven points, and Schmidt and Schumaker with five points each. The Quarriers were 4-9 from the free throw line in the game.

The freshmen boys basketball team played on the Friday before Christmas break and had a great game with the EPJ freshmen. Dell Rapids was defeated on a buzzer-beater to lose 28-30. Brett Mogen and Henry LaCoursiere were the sparks of the freshmen squad with eight points each. Mogen had hit a field goal with six seconds left in regulation to tie the game. However, the Huskies answered with their own magic to hit a shot as time expired.