The West Central Trojans erased a 19-10 deficit in the second half to defeat the Dell Rapids Quarriers in girls basketball on Tuesday, January 15th, in Dell Rapids 36-28.  The Quarriers held a 10-5 lead after the first quarter and led 19-10 at halftime.  The Trojans outscored Dell Rapids 12-5 in the third quarter, but the Quarriers still led 26-22 after the third quarter.  The Trojans closed the gap to 26-25 before Karen Eddy hit a basket at the 3:20 mark in the fourth quarter to extend the Dell Rapids lead to 28-25, but West Central would close the game on an 11-0 run for the 36-28 win.

The Quarriers shot 25% from the field in the game and committed 21 turnovers.  Julia Rice led Dell Rapids with 10 points in the game.  Eddy added six points, while Corynn Hoff and Brittany Kludt each had four points apiece.  Dell Rapids was 6-12 from the free throw line.  Madison Kuehl led the Trojans with nine points.  Hunter Mathieu, Brooklyn Ketcham, and Makenna Macdonald all had six points each in the game.  West Central was 14-23 from the free throw line, including 6-6 in the third quarter.

Head coach Jeff Dvorak said, “Games like these are a real punch in the gut.  You can feel it coming and there just seems to be nothing to stop that momentum.  Our defense was solid all night and we’ll certainly take that as a plus.  The majority of points we gave up were off of our own turnovers.  We have to find a way to stay poised when teams start to take chances and get up in our face.  In the big picture we are not that far away from being where we want to be.  Tonight it was one thing: we needed to handle tight, switching defenders – I believe that is a fixable problem.”

Dell Rapids falls to 3-8 on the year.  They will travel to Beresford to take on the Watchdogs on Tuesday, January 22nd.

Highlights:

The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team finished the Big Sioux Conference Tournament 1-2.  In the first game played Thursday, January 10th, Tri-Valley defeated Dell Rapids 52-33.  Tri-Valley held a 23-17 half time lead.  Corynn Hoff had eight points in the game.  Mikaela Stofferahn finished with seven points and five rebounds.  Karen Eddy also had seven points.  The Quarriers shot just 22% from the field, 50% (4-8) from the free throw line, and were out-rebounded 26-19.  Head coach Jeff Dvorak said, “We started the game so well – hit some threes, contained their bigs and took care of the basketball. In fact the score was 20-23 a few minutes into the third quarter.  Then we just quit scoring.  If we can find a way to score consistently, we will be able to compete.  Right now our defense is fairly solid, but we just can’t put the ball in the hole.  Give Tri-Valley credit; they have three six-footers on the floor most of the game who know what they’re doing along with two or three girls who can hit the three.  They’re a very good team.”

On Friday, January 11th, the Quarriers fell to Dakota Valley in the second round, 61-39.  Dakota Valley jumped out to a 22-5 lead in the first quarter, and the Panthers held a 34-23 lead at halftime.  Dell Rapids shot 30% from the field and 46% (11-24) from the free throw line.  Dakota Valley also forced 21 Dell Rapids turnovers in the game.  Julia Rice had eight points and six rebounds.  Averi Pankonen and Eddy each scored five points.  Stofferahn grabbed seven rebounds.  Dvorak said, “Unfortunately, we lost this game before the tip.  We were just not ready to go at all when the game started.  Our guards have to be able to handle the pressure better at the onset of the game.  After the first quarter, the guards and everyone stepped up and we quickly cut the gap to 19-24, but it was too big of a hole to dig out of.  Right now we are fragile and can’t afford any lack of focus or energy.  We made a step backward tonight – after two pretty solid efforts in our last two games – so we need to focus on getting back on an upward track.”

The Quarriers picked up a win against Tea Area on Saturday, January 12th, in the final game of the conference tournament, 52-32.  Dell Rapids had a 30-16 lead at halftime.  Rachel Devlin recorded the Quarriers’ first double-double of the year, scoring 12 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.  J. Rice had eight points and nine rebounds in the game.  Hoff had six points and five assists.  Dell Rapids shot 25% from the field in the game, 67% (16-24) from the free-throw line, and only committed seven turnovers in the game.  The Quarriers also had nine players score in the game.  Coach Dvorak was pleased with the clean game Dell Rapids played.

“Tea has the ability to disrupt you as they have some athleticism, and I thought we handled that well and played a very well-rounded game.  Even though we only shot 25%, we had a very balanced attack – with 3’s, offensive put-backs, strong post shots and penetration.  It was a step forward that we must continue in the second half.”

Dell Rapids is now 3-7 on the year and will host West Central on Tuesday, January 15th.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team had the ball with :08 left in the game trailing by one, but the final last second shot would not fall, and the Lennox Orioles hung on to beat the Quarriers 41-40 Monday, January 7th, in Lennox.  Lennox had an 11-7 lead after the first quarter, but Dell Rapids came back to take a 19-18 lead into halftime.  The Orioles started the third quarter on a little run, jumping out to a 26-20 lead with 4:45 to go in the third and ended up leading 30-27 after the third quarter.  The game was close throughout the fourth quarter with Lennox hanging on for the win.

Dell Rapids shot 21-34 from the free throw line compared to just 4-9 for Lennox.  Mikaela Stofferahn led the Quarriers with 11 points.  Julia Rice had 10 points, while Rachel Devlin had nine points and Karen Eddy added seven.

The Quarriers fall to 2-5 on the year.  Dell Rapids will play Tri-Valley in the first round of the Big Sioux Conference tournament in Beresford on Thursday, January 10th.

Highlights:

The Dell Rapids Quarriers girls basketball team evened their season record to 2-2 Tuesday, December 18th, when they defeated Garretson at home, 42-31.  Karen Eddy of Dell Rapids was on fire in the first quarter nailing three jumpers from the deep outside for nine points, while teammate Julia Rice added five points.  The Qurriers took a 14-6 lead after one period of play.  By halftime the Dell Rapids girls were up by nine points and looked like they would be playing this game a lot better than they did in the Entringer Classic.  In the second half, a very aggressive defensive effort, good blocking out on rebounds, and a quick spurt to start the 3rd quarter led Dell Rapids to the win.  Eddy and Rice led the scoring for the game with 15 and 10 respectively.  For Garretson, Haley Edmundson led the scoring attack with 20 points.

The Quarriers will host Elk Point-Jefferson on Friday, December 21st.

Highlights:

The Deubrook Dolphins defeated the Dell Rapids Quarriers 48-30 in girls basketball action on Saturday, December 15th, at the Entringer Classic held at Flandreau High School.  Dell Rapids had a tough offensive night as they were unable to score until late in the quarter of the first the quarters of the game.  The Quarriers got the first field goal of the game with about 2:30 left in the first quarter, and only trailed 9-7 after the first quarter.  Deubrook’s defense held Dell Rapids scoreless until about :30 left in the half when the Quarriers scored on a Julie Rice free throw.  Deubrook led 16-8 at halftime.  The Quarriers again couldn’t score until around the 3:15 mark of the third quarter, and trailed 25-10 at that point.  The Dolphins would take a 29-14 lead into the fourth quarter.  Dell Rapids offense finally got going in the fourth quarter, scoring 16 points, but it was too late as the Dolphins took the win 48-30.

Rice led the Quarriers offensively in the game with 12 points.  Dell Rapids record falls to 1-2 on the year, and they will host Garretson on Tuesday, December 18th.

Highlights:

The Dell Rapids Quarriers girls basketball team overcame a slow start against the Tea Titans on Friday, December 14th, on their way to a 58-38 win.  The Quarriers didn’t score until about midway through the first quarter, as the Titans started the game on a 12-0 run.  Dell Rapids would close out the first quarter on a 12-1 run to close the gap 13-12 at the end of the first quarter.  The Dell Rapids offense kept rolling as they took a 25-22 lead into halftime.  The Quarriers played an excellent second half, as the offense put up 33 points while holding the Titans to just 16 for the 20-point win.

Karen Eddy and Mikaela Stofferahn each had 13 points in the game to lead the Quarriers.  Eddy was 6-8 from the free throw line, and Stofferahn was 8-9 from the free thrown line.  Julia Rice added eight points, while Brittany Kludt had seven points.

The Quarriers improve to 1-1 on the year, and will play Deubrook at the Entringer Classic in Flandreau on Saturday, December 15th.

Highlights:

The Sioux Falls Christian Chargers defeated the Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team on Tuesday, December 4th, in the season opener for the Quarriers at Dell Rapids High School, 50-32.  Dell Rapids had a tough night offensively shooting just 23% from the field and 50% from the free throw line.  The Quarriers also committed 24 turnovers and were out-rebounded by the Chargers 24-23.  Rachel Devlin led Dell Rapids with 13 points.  Julia Rice added seven points.  The Quarriers will take on Tea Area on Friday, December 14th.