Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley, Dells City Journal
After a close first quarters, the Tri-Valley Mustangs pulled away from the Dell Rapids Quarriers in the middle quarters for a 50-27 win on Thursday, February 6th.
Tri-Valley had a couple of three-point leads in the quarter, but Dell Rapids tailed by just one point at 8-7 with 3:00 to go in the quarter. The Mustangs pushed the lead to 14-10 at the quarter break. With the score 16-12 in favor of the Mustangs with 6:00 to play in the half, Tri-Valley ended the second quarter on an 11-3 run for a 27-15 halftime lead. The Mustang defense continued to play strong in the second half holding Dell Rapids to just 12 total points in the final two quarters while the offense added 23 more for the win.
Aspen Hansen finished with 13 points. Zoey Hilmoe added seven points, and Maggie Schmidt had five points for Dell Rapids. Tri-Valley was led by Blayne Gacke with 10 points and Tabor Teel and Paige Jewett with nine points each.
Dell Rapids (1-12) will play Tiospa Zina in the Dak12/NEC Clash at 1:15 p.m. in Madison on Saturday, February 8th.