The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team picked up a Dak-12 Conference win over #3 West Central Trojans 59-56 on Tuesday, January 20th, in Dell Rapids.  The game was back and forth throughout the entire night.

The two teams ended the first quarter tied at 11-11.  Dell Rapids and West Central traded baskets throughout much of the second quarter.  With the game tied 26-26 with 1:37 to go in the half, Dell Rapids went on on a 5-0 run to take a 31-26 lead with 1:15 to go.  West Central answered with an 8-0 capped off by a three-point basked by McKenzie Stone at the buzzer to give the Trojans a 34-31 halftime lead.

The Quarriers answered the Trojans with an 8-0 to start the third quarter to regain the lead at 39-34 with 5:30 to go in the third quarter.  The Trojans held Dell Rapids to just six more points the rest of the quarter, and pulled within two points at 45-43 at the end of the third quarter.  West Central was able to tie the game at 50-50 with 5:49 to go in the game.  The Quarriers scored the next six points over the next three minutes to take a 56-50 lead with 2:30 left.  West Central pulled within three at 56-53, but Arial Hoffman made a layup with :53 left to go to give the Quarriers a 58-53 lead.

The Trojans were able to get a three-point basket by Kylie Hanisch with just :40 left to pull within two points at 58-56.  With :06.7 left, Mikaela Stofferahn was fouled sending her to the free-throw line with a 1-and-1.  She missed the front end and Stone pulled down the defensive rebound.  As Stone was pushing the ball towards half court, she was fouled, sending her to the free-throw line with a 1-and-1 with :02.9 to go.  Stone missed the front end, and Hoffman pulled down the rebound.  Hoffman was immediately fouled with :01.5 to go.  Hoffman made the first free-throw, but missed the second, however West Central was not able to get a shot off to try to tie the game.

Hoffman led the Quarriers in scoring with 19 points.  Stofferahn added 14 points.  Brittney Siemonsma added eight points, and Sami Reider finished with seven.  West Central had four players in double figures.  The Trojans were led by Stone with 15 points.  Ashlyn Macdonald had 13 points, Hanisch had 12 points, and Bailey Meadors finished with 10 points.

Dell Rapids improves to 7-4 overall and 5-1 in the Dak-12 Conference.  The Quarriers will travel to Sioux Valley on Friday, January 23rd.

Highlights

	1	2	3	4	Final
West Central	11	23	9	13	56
Dell Rapids	11	20	14	14	59

The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team had their three-game winning streak broken by the Deubrook Dolphins on Saturday, January 17th.  Deubrook defeated Dell Rapids 60-46 at the Hanson Classic in Mitchell.

Head coach Jeff Dvorak said, “This game was very perplexing.  We shot 46% from the field, held their leading scorer to three points, out-rebounded them, and yet were solidly beaten.”

Deubrook held a 14-8 lead at the end of the first quarter.  They pushed that lead to nine by halftime at 30-21.  Each team scored 12 points in the third quarter, and Deubrook kept their nine point lead at the end of the third quarter at 42-33.  The Dolphins then outscored Dell Rapids 18-13 in the final quarter.

The Quarrers finished 18-39 from the field and shot 60% (3-5) from the free-throw line.  Dell Rapids out-rebounded the Dolphins 25-23, however, the Quarriers turned the ball over 27 times in the game.

Averi Pankonen had 17 points.  Emma Paul added seven points and three rebounds.  Brittney Siemonsma had four points and seven rebounds.

“We seemed very slow moving the ball, cutting and defending…just lacked energy.  We could say that our late return/game in Beresford last night left us out of gas, but we need to find a little more ‘fight’, guts and leadership when we play in a classic like this regardless of playing a late game the night before.  This was certainly a learning opportunity for us,” said Dvorak.

The Quarriers fall to 6-4 on the year.  Dell Rapids will host West Central on Tuesday, January 20th.  The game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Dell Rapids	8	13	12	13	46
Deubrook	14	16	12	18	60

With a  46-38 win over the Beresford Watchdogs, the Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team earned their sixth win of the year on Friday, January 16th, in Beresford.  The Quarriers held a 10-8 lead after the first quarter, and maintained their two-point lead at halftime at 20-18.  Dell Rapids was able to push their lead to seven at the end of the third quarter to 36-29, and then continued to lead through the fourth quarter for the win.

Dell Rapids shot 33% (14-42) from the field and 56% (15-27) from the free-throw line.  The Quarriers also had 36 rebounds and turned the ball over 12 times.

Mikaela Stofferahn had a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds.  Brittney Siemonsma ended the night with five points and 11 rebounds.  Sami Reider dished out three assists in the game.

“We did not play great, but we played pretty solid in all phases of the game.  We are going to need bring a little more energy and fight to the table or we could easily find ourselves on the wrong end of these types of games,” said head coach Jeff Dvorak.

The Quarriers improve to 6-3 overall and 4-1 in Dak-12 Conference play.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Dell Rapids	10	10	16	10	46
Beresford	8	10	11	9	38

The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team won their second game in a row, and fifth overall, after a 55-41 win over the Lennox Orioles on Monday, January 12th in Lennox.

Dell Rapids led at every quarter break in the game.  The Quarriers were ahead 18-9 after the first quarter.  They were able to extend the lead to 10 points by halftime at 31-21.  They maintained their 10-point lead after the third quarter at 40-30.  Dell Rapids then out-scored Lennox 15-11 in the final quarter for the 14-point victory.

Dell Rapids improves to 5-3 on the year.  The Quarriers will travel to Beresford on Friday, January 16th, for their next game.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Dell Rapids	18	13	9	15	55
Lennox	9	12	9	11	41

The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team snapped their three-game losing streak and earned a win over the Garretson Blue Dragons 44-28 on Tuesday, January 6th, in Garretson.

The Quarriers outscored the Blue Dragons in both of the first two quarters.  Dell Rapids led 11-5 after the first quarter, and then led 19-12 at halftime.  It was the third quarter that propelled Dell Rapids to the win.  The Quarriers scored 17 points while holding Garretson to just four points to extend their lead to 36-16 at the end of the third quarter on their way to the win.

Dell Rapids shot 48.6% (18-37) from the field, 27.3% (3-11) from the three-point area, and 71.4% (5-7) from the free throw line.  The Quarriers pulled down 29 rebounds and only had nine total turnovers as a team.  Garretson shot 26.7% (12-45) from the field, 11.1% (1-9) from three-point area, and 42.9% (3-7) from the free throw line.

Mikaela Stofferahn had 12 points and six rebounds in the game.  Arial Hoffman also had 12 points.  Sarah Haak, Emma Paul, Jessica Tisher, and Brittney Siemonsma all each had four points.

Dell Rapids improves to 4-3 on the year.  The Quarriers will travel to Beresford on Thursday, January 8th.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team lost their first Dak-12 Conference game of the year.  The Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies beat the Quarriers 43-41 on Saturday, December 3rd, in Dell Rapids.

The Huskies jumped out to an early 3-0 lead to start the game, but Dell Rapids went on a 9-0 run to take a 9-3 lead with 4:00 left to go in the first quarter.  Elk Point-Jefferson battled back, outscoring Dell Rapids 7-2 the rest of the quarter, but it was Dell Rapids who held an 11-10 lead at the end of the first quarter.  The Quarriers were able to push their lead to six points by the midway point of the second quarter, only to see the Huskies go on a 9-1 run to end the quarter and take a 23-21 lead into halftime.

Elk Point-Jefferson held the lead throughout the third quarter, leading by as many as six points at 31-25 with 1:40 left in the third quarter.  Dell Rapids scored the final three points and cut the lead in half at 31-28 at the end of the third quarter.  The Huskies extended their lead to five points to 33-28 with 6:55 to go in the game, but Dell Rapids regained the lead at 34-33 after a 6-0 run with 5:09 to go.  Elk Point-Jefferson answered right back with an 8-0 to go ahead 41-34 with 3:40 to go.  The Quarriers chipped away at the lead the rest of the game, only to have the game-tying shot at the final buzzer fall away no good.  Elk Point-Jefferson was able to hang on for the win.

Head coach Jeff Dvorak said, “First off, although she didn’t show up in the stats, Sarah Haak played a great defensive game on one of the best players in our conference – I was very proud of her effort. When you play games like this, it’s hard to win if you have one or two areas that were poor, and we actually had three. Despite that we had a good chance to win because of our solid defense and rebounding.”

Dell Rapids finished the game shooting just 31% (14-45) from the field.  They shot 48% (10-21) from the free-throw line and also committed 20 turnovers.  Dell Rapids did have a 39-30 rebounding edge over the Huskies.

Arial Hoffman finished the game with 14 points and three assists.  Emma Paul added 11 points and 10 rebounds.  Mikaela Stofferahn added seven points and pulled down 15 rebounds.

Dell Rapids falls to 3-3 overall on the year, and 2-1 in the Dak-12.  The Quarriers will travel to Garretson and take on the Blue Dragons, a Region 3A foe.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Elk Point-Jefferson	10	13	8	12	43
Dell Rapids	11	10	7	13	41

Highlights

By: Matt Hendrickson, Kool-98 Sports – Mitchell, SD

The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls suffered their first loss of the season Saturday, December 27th, losing to Wagner 64-60 at the Parkston Girls Basketball Classic.

The Quarriers took a 5-0 lead in the first minute of the game, but the Red Raiders went on a 25-6 run the rest of the quarter to take a 25-11 lead. Dell Rapids was able to bounce back in the second and third quarters, shutting down Wagner’s up-tempo offense to eventually tie the game at 48-48 at the end of the third quarter.

After taking the lead a couple of times in the fourth, Dell Rapids was not able to overcome Wagner’s free throws as the Raiders hit 9 of 11 from the charity stripe in the final few minutes to seal the game and put the Quarriers’ record at 3-1.

Mikaela Stofferahn had a big game off the bench. The junior forward led Dell Rapids with 18 points and six rebounds. Eighth-grader Emma Paul also had a big game off the bench as she scored 11 points and pulled down 3 rebounds.

Wagner had four players finish in double-figures, led by Ali Kucha’s 17 points. Emily Brunsing had 12 points and 12 rebounds for a double-double while Bethany Sully and Brooke Roth also scored 12 each. Wagner out-rebounded Dell Rapids 31-23. Both teams had a high number of turnovers, as Dell Rapids had 26 turnovers compared to Wagner’s 20.

Dell Rapids will look to get back in the win column Monday night when it travels to Salem for a non-conference showdown with McCook Central/Montrose.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

	1st	2nd	3rd	Final
Wagner (2-2)	25	35	48	64
Dell Rapids (3-1)	11	29	48	60

The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team outscored the Flandreau Flyers 20-10 in the final quarter to earn a 41-40 win at the Entringer Classic in Colman on Saturday, December 20th.  Dell Rapids at a 7-6 lead in the first quarter, but the Flyers ended the quarter on a 4-0 run to take a 10-7 lead after the first quarter.  Flandreau held Dell Rapids to just six second quarter points and extended their lead to 18-13 at halftime.  The Quarriers pulled within four points with 4:30 remaining in the third quarter at 23-19, but the Flyers closed out the quarter on a 7-2 run to push their lead to nine points at 30-21.

Arial Hoffman hit a three-pointer with about 5:30 to go in the game as Dell Rapids scored the first seven points of the fourth quarter to pull within two points at 30-28.  Flandreau scored the next four in :40 to lead 34-28 with 4:50 to go in the game.  The Flyers also led by six points at 38-32 with 1:45 remaining.  Averi Pankonen hit a three-point shot to make the score 38-35.  After a made free-throw by Flandreau, Mikaela Stofferahn made a put-back basket and was fouled with just over a minute to play.  Stofferahn missed the free-throw, but Emma Paul pulled down the offensive rebound.  Dell Rapids was able to work the ball to Hoffman who hit a three-point basket to give Dell Rapids a 40-39 lead with just under a minute to play.  Dell Rapids was able to secure possession again, and Paul was fouled on an inbound pass.  Paul made one of two free throws with under :30 left to give the Quarriers a 41-39 lead.  With :19 to play, Brooklyn Behrens of Flandreau was fouled on a shot.  Behrens made one of two and pulled Flandreau within one at 41-40.  Flandreau stole an inbound pass with :06 left, but Brooke Iott was called for an offensive foul with :01 left, allowing Dell Rapids to run out the clock and win the game.

The Quarriers shot 27% (12-45) from the field, 33% (5-15) from three-point area, and 63% (12-19) from the free-throw line in the game.  Dell Rapids had 34 team rebounds and turned the ball over 21 times.  Hoffman finished with 10 points and three steals.  Stofferahn had nine points and eight rebounds.  Brittney Siemonsma ended with four points, but had seven rebounds.

Stofferahn was also named the game MVP.

Dell Rapids improves to 3-0 on the year.  The Quarriers will play Wagner in the Parkston Classic at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 27th.

Highlights

The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team picked up a win in Tea on Friday, December 19th, over the Titans 53-38.

The Titans jumped out to a quick 5-1 early in the first quarter, but Dell Rapids went on a 14-4 run to take a 15-9 lead at the end of the first quarter.  Tea scored the first five points of the second quarter to pull within a point at 15-14.  However Dell Rapids answered with a 5-0 run of their own to extend the lead back to six at 20-14 and pushed the lead to 28-18 at halftime.

Tea again scored the first points of the third quarter.  The Titans scored the first six points and pulled within four at 28-24.  The Quarriers again had an answer and was able to push the lead back to nine at 37-29 with 3:17 left in the third quarter.  Each team traded points late in the quarter, and Dell Rapids led 41-33 at the end of the third quarter.  The Titans scored the first basket of the quarter to pull within six at 41-35.  Dell Rapids closed out the game on a 12-3 run to pull away for the win.

The Quarriers shot 56% (20-36) from the field, 38% (5-14) from three-point area, and only 36% (8-22) from the free throw line.  Dell Rapids also had 32 team rebounds and turned the ball over 20 times.  Averi Pankonen led the team with 14 points.  Brittney Siemonsma added 12 points, five rebounds, and four assists.  Arial Hoffman finished with 10 points, three steals, and three assists.

Dell Rapids improves to 2-0 on the year.

Highlights

The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team earned a 61-57 OT victory over the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers in the opening game of the 2014-2015 season on Tuesday, December 9th, in Dell Rapids.

The Quarriers jumped out to an early 6-0 lead through the first half of the first quarter.  Dell Rapids was able to maintain that lead through the rest of the first quarter and led 11-6 at the end of the quarter.  Dell Rapids was able to push their lead to 23-11 by the 4:00 mark in the second quarter as the offense continued to roll.   The Quarriers had a 12-point lead at halftime at 32-20.

Sioux Falls Christian opened up the third quarter scoring the first six points to pull within 32-26.  The Chargers were able to cut the lead to 39-34 with 2:20 left in the quarter, but Dell Rapids scored the final four points of the quarter to extend the lead to 43-34 at the end of the third quarter.  The Quarriers maintained a cushion throughout much of the fourth quarter, even extending the lead to 53-42 after a three-point basket by Arial Hoffman with 3:34 to go in the game.

The Chargers however were not about to go away quietly.  Sioux Falls Christian went on a 12-0 to take their first lead of the game at 54-53 with :30 after a layup by Kensi Brands.  The Chargers added another point from the free throw line to lead 55-53 with just :16 left in the game.  Dell Rapids in the final possession of regulation was able to draw up a play that allowed Brittney Siemonsma to hit the game-tying layup to send the game to overtime.  The Chargers hit the first basket of overtime to regain the lead at 57-55, but Dell Rapids scored the final six points of the game to pick up the win.

Dell Rapids was led by Averi Pankonen with 19 points.  Siemonsma added 14 points, and Emma Paul finished with 10 points.  The Chargers were led by Shelby Zomermaand with 19 points.

The Quarriers improve to 1-0 on the year.  Dell Rapids will travel to Salem to take on McCook Central/Montrose on Monday, December 15th.