The Vermillion Tanagers took advantage of a tough shooting night for the Dell Rapids Quarrier boys basketball team, and the Tanagers gave the Quarriers their first loss of the season.  Vermillion beat Dell Rapids 58-49 on Thursday, January 29th, in Dell Rapids.

After a buzzer-beater three-point shot by Sheldon Siemonsma to end the first quarter, the Quarriers led 15-13.  However, Dell Rapids could not hold on to the lead.  Vermillion regained the lead heading into halftime at 28-25.  The Tanagers extended that lead to 37-31 by the end of the third quarter.  Vermillion knocked down most of their free throws down the stretch to hang on for the win.

Dell Rapids finished the night shooting just 19% (14-72) from the field, 24% (8-34) from three-point area, and 87% (13-15) from the free-throw line.  The Quarriers had a total of 43 rebounds, but only two assists as a team.  They also had four steals and turned the ball over seven times.

Zane Schumaker led the team with 17 points, eight rebounds, and one assist.  Ty Hoglund had 16 points, eight rebounds, and two steals.  Sheldon Siemonsma added six points, and Riley Schmidt finished with five points.  Ben Hammer had five rebounds and four blocked shots in the game.

Dell Rapids falls to 10-1 on the year and 6-1 in the Dak-12 Conference.  The Quarriers will host Canton on Tuesday, February 3rd as part of a double-header.  The game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Vermillion	13	15	9	21	58
Dell Rapids	15	10	6	18	49

Highlights

The Dell Rapids Quarrier boys exploded for 92 points in a 92-59 win over the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies on Saturday, January 24th, in Dell Rapids.

“Going into the EPJ game, our main focus was to improve our offensive movement and efficiency.  Our players really bought into that focus, and we had great ball movement from the opening tip.  We shot the ball much better, and I really think it was because of the better ball movement.  We have very capable shooters from the perimeter and when the ball gets moved to a shooter that has a chance to have his feet set and get a good gauge on the rim, perimeter shots are easier to make,” said head coach Jason Fersdahl.

The Quarriers shot 54% (32-59) from the field, 44% (11-25) from three-point area, and 94% (17-18) from the free-throw line in the game.  Dell Rapids also had 40 team rebounds, 21 assists, 11 steals, and only turned the ball over eight times.

Ty Hoglund finished with 31 points, five rebounds, and two assists in the game.  Riley Schimdt had 22 points, four rebounds, three assists, and three steals.  Sheldon Siemonsma added 11 points and three rebounds.  Sam White tossed in 10 points and pulled down 13 rebounds.  Zane Schumaker finished with nine points, nine assists, and four steals.

Dell Rapids improves to 10-0 on the year, and 6-0 in the Dak-12 Conference.  The Quarriers will host Vermillion on Thursday, January 29th.  The game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Elk Point-Jefferson	12	21	16	10	59
Dell Rapids	28	24	21	19	92

In a battle of top five basketball teams in Class A, the Dell Rapids Quarrier boys continued their winning streak with a 53-44 win over the Madison Bulldogs Thursday, January 22nd, in Madison.

The #4 Bulldogs started the game on a 6-0 run and held an eight-point lead at 17-9 at the end of the first quarter.  The top-ranked Quarriers overcame a shaky start and tied the game at 17-17 with an 8-0 run to start the second quarter.  Madison answered right back with a 7-0 run to regain the lead at 24-17.  However, the Quarriers finished the quarter outscoring Madison 11-3 to take a one-point lead into halftime at 28-27.  The Quarriers slowly pulled ahead throughout the third quarter.  Dell Rapids led 38-34 heading into the final quarter.  The Quarriers were able to push their lead to as many as 10 in the final quarter before winning the game by nine points.

Dell Rapids finished the night shooting 38% (18-48) from the field, 30% (7-23) from three-point area, and 54% (7-13) from the free-throw line.  Dell Rapids pulled down 29 rebounds as a team, had 11 assists, eight steals, and only turned the ball over nine times.

Ty Hoglund paced the Quarriers with 19 points, six rebounds, and six assists.  Zane Schumaker added 13 points, three rebounds, and two steals.  Riley Schmidt tossed in five points and dished out two assists.  Ben Hammer finished with four points, four rebounds, and two blocked shots.

Dell Rapids improves to 9-0 overall and 5-0 in Dak-12 Conference play.  The Quarriers will host Elk Point-Jefferson on Saturday, January 24th.

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	1	2	3	4	Final
Dell Rapids	9	19	10	15	53
Madison	17	10	7	10	44

The Dell Rapids Quarrier boys basketball team avoided being upset by the Garretson Blue Dragons on Tuesday, January 20th, after Zane Schumaker hit the game-winning basket with just seconds left on the clock to give Dell Rapids the 44-42 victory in Garretson.

The Dell Rapids offense struggled all night long as the Quarriers shot just 24% (16-66) from the field, 8% (2-25) from three-point area, and 67% (10-15) from the free-throw line.

The two teams were tied at the end of the first quarter at 11-11.  The Dell Rapids defense held the Blue Dragons to just three second quarter points, but the Quarriers were only able to score nine points in the quarter.  Dell Rapids held a 20-14 lead at halftime.  Garretson was able to close the gap to 34-30 by the end of the third quarter.  The game was tied at 42-42 before Schumaker hit the game-winning shot.

Schumaker led Dell Rapids with 14 points, three rebounds, and six steals.  Riley Schmidt tossed in 11 points, had five rebounds, and five steals.  Ty Hogland finished with nine points.  Ben Hammer added eight points to go along with 11 rebounds and eight blocked shots.  Garretson was led by Shay Gibson with 17 points, and Cole Fiegen with 12 points.  Fiegen also pulled down 11 rebounds.

Dell Rapids improves to 8-0 on the year.  The Quarriers will travel to Madison to take on the Bulldogs on Thursday, January 22nd.  The game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Dell Rapids	11	9	14	10	44
Garretson	11	3	16	12	42

JV Results
The Dell Rapids boys JV basketball team made nine  three-pointers to defeat Garretson on Tuesday night.   Tanner Heim led the Quarriers with 12 points and Austin Ellingsen added 10.  Mason Peter and Mason Schmidt each added nine points for the Quarriers.  Connecting from beyond the arc were Hunter Hansen, Josh Roemen, Peter, Ellingsen (2), Schmidt (2), and Sheldon Siemonsma (2).

The Dell Rapids Quarrier boys basketball team remained undefeated in regular season and conference play with a 61-45 win over Beresford on Friday, January 16th, in Beresford.

“Our pressure defense was outstanding early in the game and our players were flying around all over the court as we jumped out to an 18-0 first quarter lead.  We were able to generate turnovers early and our guards did a good job of pushing the ball in transition,” said head coach Jason Fersdahl.

Dell Rapids did not allow a single point in the first quarter, and the Quarriers held an 18-0 lead at the first break.  The pressure defense continued in the second quarter, and the Quarriers outscored Beresford 16-11 to take a 34-11 lead into halftime.

“Beresford was able to hit some perimeter shots in the second half to cut into our large lead, but our guys responded by buckling down on defense once again in the 4th quarter,” said Fersdahl.

Beresford found some offensive rhythm in the third quarter, outscoring Dell Rapids 20-10 to cut the Quarrier lead to 44-31.  That was as close as Beresford would get as the Quarriers closed out the game outscoring the Watchdogs 17-14 in the final quarter.

“We got careless with the ball in the second half and we ended the night with a season high in turnovers, which was disappointing because we were hoping to get a lot more shots attempts up in this game.  We did not shoot the ball very well from the perimeter, but we did finish well when our players drove to the basket or entered to the post as we finished the night shooting 62% from inside the arc,” added Fersdahl.

Dell Rapids finished the game shooting 48% (25-52) from the field, just 13% (2-15) from the three-point area, and 64% (9-14) from the free-throw line.  The Quarriers had 30 total rebounds, turned the ball over 18 times, had 11 assists, and 17 steals.

Ty Hoglund finished with 23 points, four rebounds, and four steals.  Zane Schumaker added 13 points, six rebounds, and six steals.  Tanner Heim had nine points, and Adam Karst and Ben Hammer each had five points apiece.

The Quarriers improve to 7-0 overall and 4-o in the Dak-12 Conference.  Dell Rapids will travel to Garretson to take on the Blue Dragons on Tuesday, January 20th.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Dell Rapids	18	16	10	17	61
Beresford	0	11	20	14	45

JV Results
Dell Rapids JV boys defeated Beresford 66-28 on Friday night. Dells led at all quarter breaks and played well throughout the contest. Sheldon Siemonsma, Tanner Heim, and Mason Schmidt each scored in double figures with 15, 12, and 10 points. Hunter Hansen, Austin Ellingsen, and Jacob Faux each chipped in five points. Josh Benda, Mason Peter, and Jeffrey Schuch each had four points; Dawson Kerzman had two points.

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.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier boys basketball team survived against the Sioux Valley Cossacks at the Entringer Classic in Brookings on Saturday, December 27th.  The Quarriers moved to 3-0 with a 60-48 win.

Dell Rapids opened up the game on an 8-0 run and took a 10-2 lead with 4:15 left to go in the first quarter.  Sioux Valley scored the next seven points over the next two minutes to pull within 10-9 with 2:15 left in the quarter.  The Quarriers pushed the lead to 17-11, but Trevor Olson hit a three-point shot at the buzzer to pull the Cossacks within three points at 17-14 at the end of the first quarter.  Dell Rapids held a 23-20 lead two minutes into the second quarter before the Quarriers went on a 13-1 run to take a 36-21 lead with 2:30 left in the half.  Dell Rapids led by 13 at halftime at 40-27.

The second half proved to be difficult for the Quarrier offense.  Dell Rapids was only able to score three points in the third quarter, all from the free throw line.  Sioux Valley also struggled offensively in the third quarter as the Cossacks were only able to score nine points.  Dell Rapids still held a 43-36 lead after the third quarter.  The Quarriers finally made their first field goal of the second half with 4:0o left to go in the game.  The basket by Riley Schmidt pushed the Dell Rapids lead to seven points at 49-42.  Schmidt also knocked down a three-point shot with 2:40 to go to give Dell Rapids a 54-44 lead.  The Quarriers were able to hang on for the win.

Dell Rapids finished the night shooting 34% (18-53) from the field, 27% (6-22) from three-point area, and 72% (18-25) from the free throw line.  Sioux Valley finished the game shooting 30% (13-43) from the field, 30% (7-23) from three-point area, and 54% (15-28) from the free-throw line.  The Quarriers out rebounded Sioux Valley 42-34.  Dell Rapids also had 11 total assists, 10 steals, and just eight turnovers.

Ty Hoglund, game MVP, had 26 points and 11 rebounds in the game.  Riley Schmidt finished with 18 points and two assists.  Zane Schumaker finished with five points and nine rebounds.  Ben Hammer added four points, six rebounds, and four blocked shots.  The Cossacks were led by Zach Puetz with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

The Quarriers will host Pipestone Area in their next game on Tuesday, January 6th.  The game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.

Highlights

A 20-4 run in the second quarter propelled the Dell Rapids Quarriers boys basketball team to a win over the Tea Area Titans on Friday, December 19th, in Tea 57-45.

The first quarter was back and forth as the teams were tied 3-3, 8-8, and 10-10.  Tea was able to take a 14-12 lead at the end of the first quarter.  Dell Rapids scored the first seven points in the second quarter to take a 19-14 lead with 6:40 to go in the half.  Tea pulled within two points at 20-18 with 5:00 left to go in the quarter.  That was the time Tea would score in the quarter as the Quarriers finished the quarter on a 12-0 run to take a 32-18 lead into halftime.

Neither team was able to find a strong offensive rhythm in the third quarter.  Tea was able to cut the lead to 34-26 with 3:23 left in the third quarter.  The Quarriers pushed that lead back to 12 at 40-28 at the end of the third quarter.  Dell Rapids was able to take a 49-31 lead with 5:45 left in the game, their largest lead of the night.  Tea finished the game on a 14-8 run, however it was not enough to overtake the Quarriers.

Dell Rapids shot 34% (22-64) from the field, 29% (6-21) from three-point range, and 47% (5-14) from the free-throw line.  The Quarriers also had 36 total rebounds, 12 assists as a team, nine steals, and 13 turnovers.

Zane Schumaker led the team with 13 points in the game.  Ben Hammer finished with 11 points, three rebounds, and three blocks.  Ty Hoglund added 10 points.  Riley Schmidt tossed in seven points, had four rebounds, and three assists.  Tanner Heim grabbed nine rebounds for Dell Rapids.

The Quarriers improve to 2-0 on the year.  Dell Rapids will play Sioux Valley in the Entringer Classic in Brookings on Saturday, December 27th.  The game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.

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