COLMAN – Eighteen teams took to the floor in the 2017 Girls’ Entringer Scholarship Classic on Saturday in Colman as nine games were played out in two gyms over 7 1/2 hours.
The Boys’ Entringer Classic tips off at Noon on Saturday, Dec. 30, at Brookings High School.
Locally, Flandreau defeated Deubrook Area 43-29 and Colman-Egan narrowly lost to Deuel 39-31.
Other game results were Sioux Valley 69, Elkton-Lake Benton 51; Lake Preston 61, Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 32; Arlington 53, Garretson 47; Dell Rapids St. Mary 43, Estelline 40; Madison 65, De Smet 60; Castlewood 70, Chester Area 42; and Dell Rapids 46, Hamlin 38.
Flandreau 43, Deubrook Area 29
The Fliers limited Deubrook Area to single digits in all four quarters to run their record to 3-1 on the season with the 43-29 win, while handing the Dolphins their first loss of the season.
Flandreau scored the first six points of the game en route to a 13-5 lead after a quarter and then built the lead to 11, 20-9, with two minutes left in the second. The Dolphins went 4-for-4 from the line over the final two minutes to get within 20-13 at halftime.
Deubrook Area crept within six points on two different occasions in the third quarter – a 3-pointer by Cassie Quail and then a basket by Cortney Bauman – before the Fliers closed the frame on a 9-3 run to lead 33-21 through three.
Marianna Pavlis’ putback with 1:23 to play gave Flandreau its largest lead of the contest at 17, 43-26.
Kathy Parsley scored 12 points, dished out two assists and came up with one steal to earn MVP honors, while Tishara Hardy added a game-high 14 points.
Shalyee DeBeer’s 12 points and three steals led the Dolphins, who dropped to 4-1. Bauman finished with nine points and five rebounds as Flandreau won the battle of the boards, 29-22.
Deuel 39, Colman-Egan 31
The Cardinals scored the first six points and led by as many as nine points in the first quarter en route to a 39-31 win over Colman-Egan.
Deuel led 22-12 at half and 29-19 through three as the Cardinals won their first game of the season against three losses.
Colman-Egan closed to within six points, 33-27, following a pair of Haleigh Nicol free throws with 3 minutes left in the game, but Britney Lovre hit back-to-back 3 pointers within the next minute to push it back to a 12-point edge for the Cardinals.
Kendra Damm posted a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds for Deuel, 1-3. Lovre finished with 12 points, seven boards and seven steals while Jaydyn TeGantvoort added 11 points.
Mackenzie Hemmer had eight points and 11 rebounds for the Hawks, who dropped to 2-2. Katie Hannasch pulled down a game-high 14 boards as Madison Voelker came up with seven steals.
