WHITE – Estelline/Hendricks topped Deubrook Area 58-55 in an intense Dakota Valley Conference Girls’ Basketball Tournament title game Saturday night.
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WHITE – Estelline/Hendricks topped Deubrook Area 58-55 in an intense Dakota Valley Conference Girls’ Basketball Tournament title game Saturday night.
“I knew it was going to be tough like this,” said Estelline/Hendricks coach Mike Evert. “We had to handle their full-court pressure, which we did a good job of; and we had to shoot decent, and we did in the second half – in the first quarter we did not. And we couldn’t turn it over a lot against them, and I thought we did a pretty good job there.
“We played well.”
The Redhawks knocked down 11 3-pointers.
Kylie Beare was clutch from the line down the stretch.
She hit a pair of foul shots to put Estelline/Hendricks on top for good at 56-55 with 41.7 seconds remaining. The Redhawks retook possession following a jump ball and Beare added two more freebies with 8.2 seconds to play.
The Dolphins’ desperation heave as time expired rimmed off.
Deubrook led 14-9 after a quarter, 28-27 at halftime and 42-41 through three.
“I thought we were a little flat in the second quarter; I think that was a big difference in it – we weren’t able to get away from them; they kind of hung around and were able to keep it close,” said Deubrook coach Brad DeBeer. “I thought our kids responded when (Estelline/Hendricks) took the lead. We didn’t bury our heads. I mean, it could have gotten crazy there and our kids responded.
“When (Estelline/Hendricks) shoots like they shot tonight, there isn’t a whole lot else we could tell our kids to do besides put a hand in the face – and we did that and they shot right over us. So credit to them for shooting the ball well. I’ve seen them play games where they don’t shoot like that; they did tonight, and that’s a good basketball team that beat us tonight.”
Abby Satterlee and Sophie Johnson had back-to-back buckets to give the Redhawks a 48-44 lead with 5:31 showing on the clock.
Shaylee DeBeer, who scored 11 of her game-high 19 points in the final period, answered with a basket for the Dolphins.
Kaylee Johnson sandwiched treys – she banked the first one in from the top of the key and hit the second from the left wing – around two DeBeer free throws, leaving the score at 54-48 in favor of the visitors with 2:32 left.
DeBeer countered with a traditional 3-point play. She hit two free throws with 1:22 to go and then set up Ashley Vandermeer’s layup with a running one-handed pass as Deubrook moved ahead 55-54 with 50 seconds to play.
Kaylee Johnson hit five 3s and scored 16 points.
Beare, who was 8-of-10 at the foul line, added 15 points. Sophie Johnson scored 13 points and Tasha Vohlken 10.
DeBeer added nine rebounds, five assists, two steals and a block to go with her 19 points.
Baylee Holmlund and Mattie Nepodal both contributed eight points, Andrea Vandermeer had seven, Ashley Vandermeer six and Carley Landmark five. Ashley Vandermeer and Claire Olsen corralled seven boards apiece.
Deubrook Area (10-1) is host to Castlewood today in Toronto. Estelline/Hendricks (11-2), which dropped a 52-45 decision to the Dolphins on Dec. 28 in Toronto, returns to action with a game at Colman-Egan on Friday.
ESTELLINE/HENDRICKS 58, DEUBROOK AREA 55
Estelline/Hendricks (11-2)
Kylie Beare 3 8-10 15, Sophie Johnson 5 0-1 13, Abby Satterlee 1 0-2 2, Kaylee Johnson 5 1-2 16, Brinn Begalka 1 0-0 2, Tasha Vohlken 3 2-2 10, Tiffany Vohlken 0 0-0 0, Kaylee Faehnrich 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 11-17 58.
Deubrook Area (10-1)
Baylee Holmlund 3 2-4 8, Shaylee DeBeer 6 6-6 19, Ashley Vandermeer 2 1-2 6, Andrea Vandermeer 3 0-0 7, Mattie Nepodal 2 2-2 8, Carley Landmark 1 3-5 5, Claire Olsen 0 2-4 2. Totals 17 16-23 55.
Estelline/Hendricks 9 18 14 17 – 58
Deubrook Area 14 14 14 13 – 55
3-point goals – EH 11 (K. Johnson 5, S. Johnson 3, Tasha Vohlken 2, Beare 1), DA 5 (Nepodal 2, DeBeer 1, Ashley Vandermeer 1, Andrea Vandermeer 1). Total fouls – EH 19, DA 14. Fouled out – Satterlee. Technical fouls – none.
• Arlington 41, Colman-Egan 39
The Cardinals led 10-9 after a quarter. Tied at 15-15 at halftime, Arlington moved ahead 30-28 through three.
Hadley Carlson led a balanced attack with 11 points. Marissa Baker scored nine points, while Makayla Nelson and Kasey Pistulka both added eight.
The Hawks’ Mackenzie Hemmer scored a game-high 13 points and Braiden Westley added 11.
ARLINGTON 41, COLMAN-EGAN 39
Colman-Egan (5-6)
Madison Voelker 2 0-0 4, Katie Hannasch 3 0-0 7, Braiden Westley 4 1-4 11, Mackenzie Hemmer 4 3-4 13, Elizabeth Moore 1 0-0 2, Olivia Baumberger 1 0-0 2, Kennedi Landis 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 4-8 39.
Arlington (6-6)
Madysn Gilbertson 0 1-3 1, Jayna Haufschild 0 0-0 0, Jeryn Christensen 0 4-6 4, Marissa Baker 3 2-5 9, Makayla Nelson 3 2-2 8, Kasey Pistulka 3 0-0 8, Hadley Carlson 5 1-2 11. Totals 14 10-18 41.
Colman-Egan 9 6 13 11 – 39
Arlington 10 5 15 11 – 41
3-point goals – CE 5 (Westley 2, Hemmer 2, Hannasch 1), A 3 (Pistulka 2, Baker 1). Total fouls – CE 16, A 12. Fouled out – Voelker. Technical fouls – none.
Lake Preston defeated Dell Rapids St. Mary 49-43 for fifth place. Oldham-Ramona/Rutland picked up its first win of the season, defeating Elkton-Lake Benton 41-37 for seventh.
The Divers have a 4-9 record, while the Cardinals are 4-8, the Raiders are 1-12 and the Lady Elks are 1-11.
WHITE – Elkton-Lake Benton upended top-seeded Dell Rapids St. Mary 76-69 and Arlington dropped Colman-Egan 63-37 in the semifinals of the Dakota Valley Conference Boys’ Basketball Tournament on Saturday.
The dates and sites for the place games are still to be determined.
• Elkton-Lake Benton 76, Dell Rapids St. Mary 69
The Elks used a balanced scoring attack to rally past the Cardinals in a foul-filled game.
Matthew Nibbe finished with 16 points, Aiden Erickson 15, Marcus Harming 13, Grant DeRuyter and Mason Gaumer nine apiece, Billy Stuefen eight and Devin Sopko six.
ELB finished 28-of-45 from the free-throw line and DRSM was 15-of-23. The Cardinals were whistled for 33 fouls and one technical.
Erickson was 13-of-20 at the stripe.
DRSM’s Max Herber dropped in a game-high 26 points.
The Cardinals led 22-12 after a quarter and 39-37 at halftime. The Elks were up 56-51 through three.
ELKTON-LAKE BENTON 76, DELL RAPIDS ST. MARY 69
Elkton-Lake Benton (6-4)
Marcus Harming 3 4-4 13, Matthew Nibbe 6 1-5 16, Grant DeRuyter 3 3-5 9, Devin Sopko 2 2-2 6, Mason Gaumer 2 3-3 9, Dylan Kuehl 0 0-0 0, Bryson Sik 0 0-0 0, Billy Stuefen 3 2-6 8, Aiden Erickson 1 13-20 15. Totals 20 28-45 76.
Dell Rapids St. Mary (8-2)
Cole Welbig 1 0-0 3, Connor Libis 3 2-2 8, Colin Winberg 3 0-0 7, Noah Dennis 0 0-0 0, Sam Palmer 2 0-0 6, Weston Geraets 7 0-2 14, Connor Kangas 2 1-1 5, Ethan Geraets 0 0-2 0, Ryan Eining 0 0-0 0, Max Herber 7 12-16 26. Totals 25 15-23 69.
Elkton-Lake Benton 12 25 19 20 – 76
Dell Rapids St. Mary 22 17 12 18 – 69
3-point goals – ELB 8 (Harming 3, Nibbe 3, Gaumer 2), DRSM 4 (Palmer 2, Welbig 1, Winberg 1). Total fouls – ELB 17, DRSM 33. Fouled out – Libis, Palmer, W. Geraets. Technical fouls – Libis.
• Arlington 63, Colman-Egan 37
Four Cardinals scored in double figures as Arlington got off to a fast start in the win over the Hawks.
Arlington led 19-4 after a quarter and 39-15 at halftime.
Devon Heuer scored a game-high 17 points. Trey Ramstad added 14 points, Trevor Larsen 11 and Casey Stegeman 10.
Ramstad hit four of the Cardinals’ 10 treys.
Colman-Egan’s Dalton Voelker finished with 10 markers, while Chase Hemmer and Nate Tolley both added nine.
ARLINGTON 63, COLMAN-EGAN 37
Colman-Egan (5-4)
Chase Hemmer 3 1-2 9, Nate Tolley 4 0-0 9, Ty Hiller 0 0-0 0, Dalton Voelker 3 4-6 10, Alec Landis 3 0-2 7, Austin Gullickson 0 0-0 0, Camden Schmidt 1 0-0 2, Kelnby Voelker 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 5-10 37.
Arlington (8-1)
Trey Ramstad 5 0-0 14, Casey Stegeman 1 8-10 10, Devon Heuer 7 2-2 17, Nick Kersting 2 0-0 6, Trevor Larsen 4 0-0 11, Ryker Erstad 0 0-0 0, Chance Spilde 0 0-0 0, Jon Tawzer 0 0-0 0, John Muhonen 0 1-1 1, Chris Wallace 2 0-2 4, Seth Madsen 0 0-0 0, Mason Bunker 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 11-15 63.
Colman-Egan 4 11 12 10 – 37
Arlington 19 20 11 13 – 63
3-point goals – CE 4 (Hemmer 2, Tolley 1, Landis 1), A 10 (Ramstad 4, Larsen 3, Kersting 2, Heuer 1). Total fouls – CE 11, A 8. Fouled out – Landis. Technical fouls – none.
• Deubrook Area 50, Estelline/Hendricks 40
The Dolphins led 11-9 after a quarter, 18-14 at halftime and 34-28 through three.
Brock Sheffield posted a double-double of 21 points and 10 rebounds. Clayton Koppatschek added 15 points and five boards.
Deubrook improved to 5-6.
For the Redhawks (2-8), Zach Loomis hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 points. Marcis Hausman 10 points.
• Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 59, Lake Preston 56
The Divers were up 18-17 after a quarter, but the Raiders moved ahead 32-27 at halftime and led 41-36 through three.
Brandon Trygstad had 18 points and nine rebounds for ORR (2-9). Will Matson added 13 points, Isaac Hegdahl nine and Taylor Hojer eight.
For Lake Preston (1-9), Paydon Casper scored a game-high 20 points.
