It was a disappointing way to end a very successful season, ioux Valley was able to overwhelm us with their size and athletic ability. We’ll be returning our entire team next year and we’ll continue to improve.”
Head Coach Brendan Sheppard
The Flandreau Fliers boys’ basketball team won the first game of Region 2A but couldn’t get past Sioux Valley and closed their season last week in Region 2A play.
The Fliers finished the season with a record of 14-8.
“It was a disappointing way to end a very successful season,” Coach Brendan Sheppard said. “Sioux Valley was able to overwhelm us with their size and athletic ability.”
“We’ll be returning our entire team next year and we’ll continue to improve.”
Friday, March 1
Sioux Valley 66,
Flandreau 35
VOLGA – Sioux Valley raced out to an 8-0. The Fliers closed the gap to 17-13 at the end of the first quarter and would cut the lead to 24-22 with 2:42 left in the first half. The Cossacks then closed the half with an 8-2 run and took a 32-24 lead into halftime.
The Cossacks opened the second half with a 10-0 run. Sioux Valley was then able to extend its lead to 53-30 at the end of the third quarter.
Sioux Valley shot 49% from the field and was 7-of-19 from three.
Flandreau shot 36.4% from the field and was 5-of-16 from three. Paul Parsley led the Fliers with 13 points and five rebounds. Kaden Burshiem had seven points.
Maverick Nelson led the Cossacks with 20 points. SDSU commit Alec Squires had 14 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks. Hudsyn Ruesink had 10 points and nine rebounds. Jace Christensen had nine points and six assists.
Sioux Valley had 27 rebounds and Flandreau had 16. The Fliers had 15 turnovers; the Cossacks had five. Sioux Valley was 9-of-14 at the free throw line and Flandreau was 6-of-10.
FLANDREAU – The Fliers took off in the first and third quarters to pull away with a 62-44 first round match up. They jumped out to a quick 11-1 game but a pair of E/H 3s put the first quarter score at 18-7. After a half of play, the Fliers led 26-22, but came out in third and dumped in21 points to the Redhawks’ nine. The final period, E/H tried to catch up but Flandreau scored 15 to their 13 for the victory.
“We played a pretty complete game,” said Coach Brendan Sheppard.
“We had a few defensive lapses in the second quarter that let Estelline/Hendricks get back in the game, but we did a nice job in the third quarter of reasserting ourselves. We had 18 assists to only 12 turnovers and we shot the ball well.”
Luke Sheppard led the Fliers with 20 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots while Paul Parsley had 14 points, five assists and seven boards.
Micah Otto chipped in 11 points and three assists in the win.
The Redhawks were led by Kyler Carlson with 10 points and close the season with a record of 11-10.
