Senior Jordan Stone

The Madison Bulldogs advanced to the girls Region 3A championship game with a win over the Dell Rapids Quarrires 53-40 on Thursday, February 27th, in Tea.  The Madison Bulldogs jumped out to an 11-1 lead in the first quarter, and extended their lead to 19-2 after the first quarter.  Dell Rapids failed to make a field goal in the quarter and scored their only two points on free throws.  The Quarriers were able to cut into the lead by the end of the second quarter, but Madison still held a 31-17 lead at halftime.  Dell Rapids scored the first five points of the third quarter and trailed 31-22 at that point.  Later in the third quarter, the Quarriers pulled within eight points at 35-27, but Madison finished the quarter on a 6-2 run to push the lead back to 12 points at the end of the third quarter.  Madison was able to knock down enough free-throws to keep a comfortable lead throughout the fourth quarter for the win.

Dell Rapids was led by Ariel Hoffman with 12 points.  Mikaela Stofferahn had nine points.  Brittney Siemonsma added six points, and Sami Reider finished with four points.  Madison Nipe for the Bulldogs had a game-high 20 points.  Rox Vanden Bosch tossed in 12 points.

Dell Rapids has their season come to an end with a record of 7-14.  Madison moves on to the Region 3A championship game on Thursday, March 6th, at 6:30 p.m. in Tea.

Highlights:

The Dell Rapids Quarriers girls basketball team defeated the Sisseton Redmen in overtime 44-42 on Tuesday, February 18th, in Dell Rapids.  Dell Rapids led for most of the first quarter, but Sisseton scored the final points to take 10-9 lead.  The Dell Rapids defense stepped up in the second quarter, holding the Redmen to just four points.  The Quarriers were able to re-gain the lead at halftime at 17-14.  The Quarrier offense had a hard time in the third quarter, scoring only six points, and Sisseton jumped out to a 10-point lead at 33-23.  Sisseton was able to maintain their 1o-point lead for the first half of the fourth quarter.  With 4:32 left in the game, Sisseton led 38-28.  However, Dell Rapids went on an 11-0 run and took the lead with 1:51 to go at 39-38.  The Redmen knocked down a field goal, and Dell Rapids added a free throw.  Regulation ended with the game tied at 40-40.  Baskets were hard to come by in the overtime session, and it was Mikaela Stofferahn made the game-winning layup with .3 seconds left on the clock to give the Quarriers a come-from-behind win.

Dell Rapids improves to 6-13 on the year.  The Quarriers will travel to Madison to take on the Bulldogs in their final regular season game of the year on Thursday, February 20th.

Mikaela Stofferahn game-winning shot.

Highlights:

The Vermillion Tanagers held off the Dell Rapids Quarriers in girls basketball action in Vermillion on Thursday, January 30th.  The Tanagers won by a score of 54-45.  Vermillion had a three-point lead at the end of the first quarter at 13-10.  However, the Quarriers put up 18 points in the second quarter, and ended the half on a 15-8 run to take a 28-26 lead at halftime.  The Tanagers were able to regain the lead by the end of the third quarter at 37-35.  Vermillion then outscored Dell Rapids 17-10 in the final quarter for the nine-point win.

Dell Rapids was led by Mikaela Stofferahn with 14 points in the game.  Brittney Siemonsma tossed in 11 points for the Quarriers.  Vermillion was led by Josie Huber with 14 points, and Kyleigh Melstad added 12 points.

Dell Rapids has losses their fourth straight game and falls to 4-7 on the year.  The Quarriers, though, still hold on to the top seed in Region 3A.  Dell Rapids will play Lennox at the Dakota XII Classic in Madison on Saturday, February 1st, at 1:30 p.m.

Sami Reider

The Sioux Valley Cossacks defeated the Dell Rapids Quarriers in girls basketball action on Friday, January 24th, by a score of 47-31.  The entire first quarter was back and forth as the Quarriers took an 11-9 lead after the first quarter.  The second quarter was about runs for both teams.  Sioux Valley took an 18-13 lead after a 9-2 run in the first three minutes of the quarter.  Dell Rapids regained the lead at 21-18 after a 8-0 run with 3:38 to play until halftime.  The Cossacks, however, ended the quarter on a 7-2 run to take a 25-23 halftime lead.  Dell Rapids tied the game at 25-25 with the first basket of the third quarter.  Sioux Valley would outscore Dell Rapids 8-4 the remained of the quarter for a 33-29 lead.  The game remained at that score for the first minute of fourth quarter until Sioux Valley scored on a three-point shot by Kaylee Granum to go ahead 36-29.  Dell Rapids scored their final basked of the game with 6:08 to play to pull within 31-36.  The Cossacks scored the final 11 points of the game for the win.

Eight different players scored for Dell Rapids in the game.  They were led by Mikaela Stofferahn with eight points.  Brittney Siemonsma finished with six points, and Arial Hoffman had five points.  Sioux Valley was led by Granum with a game-high 17 points.  Carley Peterson finished with 13 points.

Dell Rapids falls to 4-6 on the year.  The Quarriers will travel to Vermillion on Thursrday, January 30th.  The game will be webcast as part of a girls-boys double-header on Big Sioux Media.

Highlights:

Lindsey Morris

The West Central Trojans girls basketball team defeated the Dell Rapids Quarriers 48-34 on Tuesday, January 21st, in Hartford.  Must of the first quarter was back and forth.  The Quarriers took an 8-7 lead with 3:30 to go on a Brittany Kludt three-point shot, but the Trojans finished off the quarter on an 8-0 run to take a 15-8 lead after the first quarter.  The West Central offense struggled in the second quarter as the Trojans only scored two points.  The Quarriers were able to cut the lead down to 17-16 by halftime.

The third quarter was the tough offensive quarter for the Quarriers, as Dell Rapids was only able to score three points while West Central found their rhythm to take their largest lead of the night at 33-19 at the end of the quarter.  Both teams were able to knock down a few shots and free throws in the fourth quarter, but Dell Rapids was unable to close the gap.

The Quarriers fall to 4-5 overall and 3-3 in the Dakota XII Conference.  Dell Rapids will host Sioux Valley on Friday, January 24th, and the game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.

Highlights:

Brittany Kludt

The Dell Rapids Quarriers girls basketball team used a big second half run on their 43-33 win over the Beresford Watchdogs on Thursday, January 9th.  Both teams went on runs in the first quarter.  The Quarriers jumped out to a 5-0 lead, but the Watchdogs tied the game at 5-5.  After Dell Rapids regained the lead at 8-5, Beresford closed out the quarter with a 5-0 run to lead 10-8 after the first quarter.  The Watchdogs continued their run into the second quarter, holding Dell Rapids to only four points, and increased their lead to 21-12 by halftime.

Beresford increased their lead to 29-19 with 4:04 to go in the third quarter, but Dell Rapids scored the final six points of the quarter to pull within four points at 29-25 after the third quarter.  The Quarriers then scored the first five points of the fourth quarter to complete an 11-0 run and take the lead at 30-29 with 7:10 left in the game.  Beresford regained the lead for the last time with 6:24 left at 31-30.  The Quarriers finished the game on a 13-2 run for the win.

Mikaela Stofferahn led the way with a double-double, scoring 22 points and pulling down 14 rebounds.  Brittany Kludt had four points and seven rebounds.  Brittney Seimonsma and Hannah Welbig each provided a real spark in the 2nd half.

Dell Rapids improves to 4-3 on the year and 3-1 in the Dak XII Conference.  The Quarriers will host Lennox on Monday, January 13th.

Highlights:

The Dell Rapids Quarriers defeated the Aberdeen Roncalli Cavaliers 49-45 at the Parkston Classic on Saturday, December 28th.  Dell Rapids held a 10-point lead at halftime of 18-8.

The Quarriers shot 16-43 (37%) from the field in the game and shot 13-23 (52%) from the free-throw line.  Dell Rapids had 17 total turnovers and out-rebounded the Cavaliers 26-16 in the game.

Mikaela Stofferahn led the team with 15 points and 10 rebounds.  Brittany Kludt added nine points and six rebounds.  Sami Reider tossed in 11 points for Dell Rapids.  Arial Hoffman finished the game with four assists.

Head coach Jeff Dvorak said that his team could take away three or four lessons from the game.  “First little mistakes made early in the game come back to haunt you.  We had at least six easy shots that we missed in the first half that if we make them, Roncalli would’ve been done.  But we missed, they hung around and played a strong 2nd half to give themselves a shot to win.  Second we need players to step up and give us a spark.  We really got that from Megan Miles in the 4th tonight.  Third free throws are huge!  Although our overall percentage wasn’t great, we hit eight big ones in the 4th to close the game out. And finally staying poised at the end of tight games is vital.  We scored about a D+ on this one, but we did enough to win which is important for a young team such as ours,” said Dvorak.

Dell Rapids improves to 3-1 on the year.  The Quarriers will travel to Elk Point-Jefferson for a Dakota 12 Conference game on Saturday, January 4th.