Carter Nelson made a three-point shot in the right corner with second remaining in the game to turn a one-point lead into a four-point for the Dell Rapids Quarriers on Tuesday, February 16th.  Dell Rapids used a big fourth quarter rally to get a 55-51 win over the Sisseton Redmen.

The Quarriers had a couple of quarters where shots didn’t fall for them.  The first quarter was one of those as Dell Rapids scored just eight points and trailed 10-8 at the first break.  They seemed to get the offense going in the second quarter and outscored Sisseton 16-11 for a 24-21 halftime lead.

Sisseton came out of the break on fire and scored the first eight points of the third quarter in a matter of minutes for a 29-24 lead.  Dell Rapids got within two points at 35-33, but the Redmen ended the quarter leading 42-35.  Dell Rapids kept chipping away at the lead in the fourth quarter and finally tied the game, 45-45, on a made three-pointer by Avery Boechler with 3:25 to play.  The two teams traded baskets over the next couple of minutes.  Colin Rentz made the go-ahead layup with 1:20 to play to give the Quarriers a 52-51 lead.  After a missed three-point shot by Sisseton, the Quarriers got the ball back with :41 to go.  Colin Rentz drove into the lane with seconds remaining on the shot clock, and Nelson drained the three-pointer with :06 on the clock to secure the win.

Brayden Pankonen led the team in scoring with 18 points and had three rebounds.  Colin Rentz had 16 points, five rebounds, three steals, and three assists. Connor Rentz finished with eight points and four rebounds, and Nelson had five points and four rebounds.

Dell Rapids (12-6) will travel to Lennox on Friday, February 19th.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

Playing in their second game in less than 24 hours, the Dell Rapids Quarriers couldn’t solve the change of pace by the St Thomas More Cavaliers at the DWU Classic on Saturday, February 13th.  The Cavaliers held Dell Rapids to their lowest point total of the season in a 63-53 victory.

The plan by the Cavaliers was obvious from their opening possession of the game.  St Thomas More was going to slow the Quarriers down by holding the ball for almost the entire shot clock.  The slow pace seemed to frustrate the Quarriers and kept them out of their comfort zone all game long.

The Cavaliers held a one-point lead at the end of the first quarter, 12-11.  They pushed the lead eight points by halftime at 30-22.  The Cavaliers continued to grow the lead in the third quarter and led 45-30 heading into the final quarter.  Dell Rapids was finally able to get more into their offensive pace in the fourth quarter and scored nearly half of their points in the final period.  The Quarriers cut the lead down to seven points, 48-41, with 3:34 to play, but the Cavaliers stopped the Quarrier rally.

Dell Rapids shot 50% (21-42) from the field, 39% (7-18) from three-point area, but only shot 4-of-8 from the free-throw line.  The difference in the game came down to the free-throws.  St Thomas More finished the game 14-for-18 from the line, while shooting 45% (21-47) from the field and 37% (7-19) from three-point area.

Brayden Pankonen finished with 12 points, two rebounds, two steals, and two assists.  Connor Rentz had 11 points.  Colin Rentz had 10 points, six assists, and three rebounds.  Coby Maeschen added eight points and eight rebounds, and Avery Boechler had seven points and four assists.

Dell Rapids (11-6) will travel to Sisseton on Tuesday, February 16th.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

Colin Rentz finished with a rare triple-double, but the Dell Rapids Quarriers fell to the Dakota Valley Panthers at home on Friday, February 12th.  Dell Rapids held Dakota Valley to 32 first-half points, but the Panthers missed just three shots in the third quarter and scored 55 points in the second half as they defeated Dell Rapids 87-72.

The Quarriers started the game on a 6-0 run, but the Panthers ended the first quarter with a 17-15 lead.  Dell Rapids got on a roll in the second quarter and went on a 16-7 run for a 31-24 lead with 3:30 to play in the first half.  The Panthers pulled within four at 36-32 at halftime.

Dakota Valley was 6-for-6 from three-point area and 12-for-15 from the field in the third quarter in a 30-point effort to take a 62-54 lead into the fourth quarter.  They extended the lead to 66-54 with 6:35 to play.  The Quarriers cut the lead in half in the next minute to 66-60, but that was as close Dell Rapids would get.

Dell Rapids shot 45% (26-58) from the field, 25% (6-24) from three-point area, and 78% (14-18) from the free-throw line.

Colin Rentz had 19 points, 12 rebounds, and 12 assists to lead the Quarriers.  Carter Nelson had 16 points and six rebounds.  Connor Rentz finished with 15 points.  Coby Maeschen had nine points, two rebounds, and two blocks, while Brayden Pankonen had eight points.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier boys outscored the Mt Vernon/Plankinton Titans 27-13 in the third quarter to help them to a 82-55 win at home on Tuesday, February 9th.

Dell Rapids had a scoring advantage in every quarter, but the difference in third quarter was the big difference in the game.  The Quarriers led 17-12 at the end of the quarter and only led by six points, 33-27, at halftime.

The Quarriers pushed the lead to 10 points at 44-34 with 3:30 to play in the third quarter, and then went on a 9-0 run.  Dell Rapids eventually ended the third quarter ahead by 20 points, 60-40.  The Quarriers outscored the Titans 22-15 in the final quarter for the win.

Dell Rapids shot 55% (35-64) from the field, 38% (8-21) from three-point area, and 40% (4-10) from the free-throw line.

Five players finished in double figures in scoring.  Connor Rentz had 18 points, three rebounds, three steals, and three assists.  Brayden Pankonen also had 18 points, three rebounds, two steals, and two assists.   Colin Rentz finished with 15 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists.  Carter Nelson had 14 points and five rebounds.  Landon Ruesink added 10 points, three rebounds, and three assists.  Coby Maeschen had five points and a team-high 10 rebounds.

The Quarriers (11-4) will host the Dakota Valley Panthers on Friday, February 12th.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

Dell Rapids opened the game on a 9-0 run and never trailed as they got a 69-38 win over the Tri-Valley Mustangs on Thursday, February 4th at Tri-Valley High School.

The Quarriers finished the first quarter leading 24-11.  The lead grew to twenty points at 40-20 by halftime.  Dell Rapids continued to pull away even more in the third and fourth quarters.   The Quarriers outscored Tri-Valley 16-11 in the third quarter and then held the Mustangs to just seven points in the final quarter.

Three players finished in double figure.  Colin Rentz had 20 points, 10 assists, and eight rebounds.  Brayden Pankonen had 15 points, four rebounds, and four steals.  Connor Rentz finished with 14 points, four rebounds, two steals, and two blocks.  Carter Nelson had eight points.

The Quarriers shot 47% (26-55) in the game.  They were 36% (9-25) from three-point area and 73% (8-11) from the free-throw line.  Dell Rapids had 17 assists on their 26 made shots in the game.

Dell Rapids (10-4) will host Mt Vernon/Plankinton on Tuesday, February 9th.

The Flandreau Flier offense simply couldn’t be stopped on Tuesday, February 2nd.  Flandreau shot 65% (33-51) from the field, 63% (10-16) from three-point area, and a perfect 3-3 from the free-throw line in a 79-67 win over the Dell Rapids Quarriers.

The Fliers got hot to start the game and kept it going from start to finish.  Flandreau led by as many as eight points in the first quarter and ended the quarter leading 21-14.  The lead was back to eight points at 28-20 with 5:00 to play in the first half, but the Quarriers went on a 7-0 run to pull within a point at 28-27 over the next minute.  That was as close as Dell Rapids would get. 

Flandreau went on a 13-0 run in three and a half minutes and end the first half leading 41-30.  The Fliers pushed the lead to 17 points in the third quarter, but Dell Rapids got it down to 14 at 62-48 heading into the fourth quarter.  The Quarriers got the lead down to single digits at 71-63 with 3:35 to go in the game, but Flandreau went on an 8-0 over the next two minutes to secure the victory.

Dell Rapids finished the game shooting 48% (24-50) from the field, 44% (8-18) from three-point area and 92% (11-12) from the free-throw line. 

Brayden Pankonen had 21 points in the game.  Connor Rentz finished with 16 points and three rebounds.  Colin Rentz had 13 points, four rebounds, and three steals.  Chase LeBrun led Flandreau, and all scorers, with 25 points, seven rebounds, four assists, and three steals.  Liam Streitz had 20 points and six rebounds.  Tash Lunday finished with 17 points, four rebounds, four assists, and three steals.

Dell Rapids (9-4) will travel to Tri-Valley on Thursday, February 4th.

After a slow start in the first four minutes of the game, the Dell Rapids Quarriers found their offensive rhythm and cruised to a 78-46 win over the Tiospa Zina Wambdi at the Dak-12/NEC Conference Clash in Madison on Saturday, January 30th.

The Wambdi took advantage of the Quarriers slow start and got out to a 9-5 lead with 4:15 to play in the first quarter.  Dell Rapids then closed out the quarter on a 14-5 run to lead 19-14 at the break.  The Quarriers then took advantage of a cold-shooting second quarter for Tiospa Zina.  The Wambdi went 1-17 from the field in the second quarter, and Dell Rapids outscored Tiospa Zina 18-3 for a 37-17 halftime lead.

The Quarriers continued to build their lead in the third quarter.  They extended the lead to 63-36 heading into the fourth quarter, and then scored the first three points of the fourth quarter to lead 66-36 and trigger the running clock for the rest of the game.

Dell Rapids shot 47% (27-57) from the field, 36% (9-25) from three-point area, and 71% (15-21) from the free-throw line.  Tiospa Zina finished 33% (18-54) from the field, 20% (3-15) from three-point area, and 54% (7-13) from the free-throw line.  Dell Rapids out-rebounded the Wambdi 35-26 in the game.

Brayden Pankonen had 20 points, six rebounds, and four assists.  Colin Rentz finished with 18 points, six rebounds, three steals, and three assists.  Carter Nelson added 13 points, five rebounds, and three blocks.  Landon Ruesink also had double figures with 11 points and five rebounds.  Connor Rentz had nine points, eight assists, and four rebounds.  Coby Maeschen had a team-high eight rebounds as well as two assists.

Dell Rapids will travel to Flandreau on Tuesday, February 2nd. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

A 10-2 run late in the fourth quarter gave the Vermillion Tanagers a 68-66 win over the Dell Rapids Quarriers on Thursday, January 28th in Vermillion.

The game was expected to be a close battle between two top five Class A teams, and they delivered.  The Tanagers went on a 14-6 run after the game was tied 9-9 with 4:15 to play in the first quarter.  Vermillion lead 23-15 heading into the second quarter.  The Quarriers cut the lead in half by halftime at 41-37.

The second half was back-and-forth and started with a fun third quarter.  The two teams traded baskets all quarter long, and Dell Rapids held a 56-54 lead going into the fourth quarter.  Vermillion scored the first four points of the fourth quarter, but the Quarriers responded with a 5-0 run to lead 61-58 with 5:50 to go in the game.  Dell Rapids was then held scoreless until :29 to go in the game.  By that time Vermillion built a 65-61 lead.  Brayden Pankonen pulled the Quarriers within two at 65-63 with two free-throws, but the Tanagers put the game out of reach from the free-throw line with :05 to go at 68-63.  Colin Rentz made a three-point shot at the buzzer.

The Quarriers shot 44% (24-55) from the field, 28% (5-18) from three-point area, and 65% (13-20) from the free-throw line.  Vermillion was 48% (24-50) from the field, 25% (3-12) from three-point area, and 89% (17-19) from the free-throw line.

Colin Rentz had 25 points and 11 rebounds.  Pankonen had 10 points.  Landon Ruesink had nine points, four assist, and two rebounds.  Carter Nelson had seven points, and Connor Rentz had six points.

Dell Rapids (8-3) will play Tiospa Zina at the Dak-12/NEC Clash in Madison at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 30th.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

Another big first half lifted the Dell Rapids Quarriers to a 66-39 win over the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies at home on Saturday, January 23rd.  This was the third straight win for the Quarriers.

Dell Rapids used a big first half to build a lead that put the running clock in motion in the second half.  The Quarriers didn’t allow the Huskies to make their first field goal of the game until 1:10 left in the first quarter.  Dell Rapids led 26-7 after the first quarter.  The Huskies made a little run in the second quarter.  They cut the lead to 13 points at 30-17 with 5:30 to go in the half.  The Quarriers then went on a 25-7 run to lead 55-24 at halftime.

With the 31-point lead at the break, the running clock was in play the entire second half.  The Quarriers outscored Elk Point-Jefferson 8-1 in the third quarter, but the Huskies had the better fourth quarter at 14-3.

The Quarriers were 45% (19-42) from the field, 37% (7-19) from three-point area, and 81% (21-26) from the free-throw line.  Dell Rapids also only turned the ball over six times in the game.

Colin Rentz finished with 20 points, five rebounds, two steals, and two assists.  Brayden Pankonen had 17 points and two steals.  Carter Nelson finished with nine points, three rebounds, and three blocks.  Landon Ruesink had five points, seven rebounds, and three assists.

Dell Rapids (8-2) will travel to Vermillion on Thursday, January 28th.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier boys needed a second half rally in Madison against the Bulldogs on Thursday, January 21st, but they came home with a 64-54 victory.

The Quarriers got off to a slow start in the first half.  Madison led by four points at 13-9 after the first quarter.  They built the lead to double digits in the second quarter before Dell Rapids was able to cut the lead down to 31-25 at halftime.

Dell Rapids got the offense going in the second half.   They outscored the Bulldogs 21-13 in the third quarter to hold a 46-44 lead heading into the fourth quarter.  The Quarriers then outscored Madison 18-10 in the final quarter to take the win.

The Quarriers finished the game shooting 42% (20-48) from the field, but just 27% (3-11) from three-point area.  They took advantage of the trips to the free-throw line converting on 75% (21-28).

Colin Rentz finished with a double-double scoring 18 points and pulling down 10 rebounds.  He also had seven assists and three steals.  Brayden Pankonen had 11 points, two rebounds and two steals.  Carter Nelson finished with 10 points and five rebounds.  Landon Ruesink added nine points, four rebounds, and three assists.  Connor Rentz had eight points, four rebounds, and three steals.

Dell Rapids (7-2) will host Elk Point-Jefferson in a double-header with the girls on Saturday, January 23rd.  The girls varsity game will start around 1:30 p.m. with the boys scheduled to start about 3:00 p.m.  Both games can be seen on Big Sioux Media.