Find no troubles against Hill City in SoDak 16

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CHAMBERLAIN – The Flandreau Fliers smothered Hill City as they used a 58-30 win in the SoDak 16 to return to the Class A state tournament in Brookings next weekend.
“We had an awesome crowd in Chamberlain,” Flandreau head coach Megan Severtson said. “It felt like a home game. We are so thankful for the support and look forward to seeing everyone in Brookings.”
The gym was three-fourths full of Flier fans.

The Fliers held a 15-7 lead at the end of the first quarter and turned it into a 34-13 lead at halftime thanks to that nine-minute stretch where Flandreau held the Rangers to two points while running up 28 of their own.
Flandreau’s lead ballooned to 46-22 at the end of the third quarter and the Fliers had a 12-8 advantage in the fourth quarter to secure another trip to the state tournament.
Hill City had two one-point leads early in the game but never led after the 4:35 mark in the first quarter when the Fliers went on a nine-point run over the next four minutes. Flandreau went on another scoring spree, this time 15 points in the second period. Hill City never got back-to-back scores from their players.
Lily Klein led Flandreau with 15 points while Morgan Sheppard had 13 points and Lizzie Pavlis had 11 points. Claire Sheppard also had 10 points, Sadie Iott had seven points and Hannah Krull had two points.
Flandreau improved to 23-0 with the win and will face sixth-seeded Tea Area (19-4) in their first game of the state tournament at the Dacotah Bank Arena in Brookings. Tip off is Thursday, Mar. 7 at 7:45 p.m.