CHESTER – The Flyers got out to the early lead and limited Arlington to single-digit scoring in all four quarters to post a 49-27 nonconference girls’ basketball win over the Cardinals on Tuesday night.

Chester Area tripled Arlington’s output in the first quarter – 18-6 – on the way to a 28-11 halftime lead. The Flyers increased their advantage to 44-15 through three as they leveled their record to 9-9 on the season.

Makenna Larson scored 14 points and Jadon Wages added nine for Chester Area.

Hadley Carlson’s 11 points led Arlington, which fell to 9-9.

Both teams close out their regular season this week as the Flyers travel to Beresford on Friday and the Cardinals play host to Dell Rapids St. Mary on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Monday

• Arlington 47, Colman-Egan 45

COLMAN – Arlington used a 19-9 second-quarter surge to take a 27-15 halftime lead over the Hawks, and then, held on in the second half for the 47-45 Dakota Valley Conference win on Monday night.

The Cardinals were up 8-6 after a quarter and still led 38-32 through three as they improved to 9-8 overall and evened their conference record at 4-4.

Jeryn Christensen scored 15 points to lead Arlington, while Hadley Carlson added 10 and Marissa Baker chipped in with eight.

Mackenzie Hemmer’s 18 points and nine rebounds led Colman-Egan, which dropped to 8-9 and 4-3 in the DVC. Katie Hannasch contributed nine points and Braiden Westley finished with eight for the Hawks.

Colman-Egan plays host to Lake Preston on Thursday.

ARLINGTON 47, COLMAN-EGAN 45

Arlington (9-8, 4-4 DVC)

Jayna Haufschild 1-1 2-2 4, Makayla Nelson 2-3 0-0 4, Madysn Gilbertson 0-6 0-1 0, Jeryn Christensen 5-5 1-2 15, Marissa Baker 3-8 0-0 8, Kasey Pistulka 1-4 0-2 2, Hadley Carlson 3-5 3-6 10, Grace Parry 0-0 0-0 0, Tessa Nelson 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 17-34 6-13 47.

Colman-Egan (8-9, 4-3 DVC)

Madison Voelker 2-4 0-0 4, Mackenzie Hemmer 5-14 8-10 18, Katie Hannasch 1-5 6-6 9, Kennedi Landis 1-2 0-0 2, Braiden Westley 3-6 2-2 8, Josie Mousel 0-0 0-0 0, Olivia Baumberger 0-3 0-0 0, Elizabeth Moore 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 14-38 16-18 45.

Arlington       8  19  11   9  –  47

Colman-Egan 6  9  17  13  –  45

3-point goals – A 7-18 (Gilbertson 0-5, Christensen 4-4, Baker 2-6, Pistulka 0-2, Carlson 1-1); CE 1-4 (Hannasch 1-1, Westley 0-2, Moore 0-1). Rebounds – A 23 (Nelson 5); CE 18 (Hemmer 9). Steals – A 6 (Haufschild 2, Carlson 2); CE 13 (Voelker 3, Hemmer 3, Baumberger 3). Blocks – A 1 (Nelson). Total fouls – A 15; CE 17. Fouled out – None. Technical fouls – None.