 The Garretson Lady Dragons basketball team faced off with Parker last Tuesday, February 15, and Sioux Valley on Thursday, February 17.
The girls clipped out a win against Parker, handily out-scoring the Pheasants on the home court and taking the W 55-22. As the final home game of the regular season, the team played hard to their strengths and quickly accumulated several points. By halftime, the score was sitting at 39-9. In the fourth quarter, Head Coach Matt Schrank substituted several JV players, who contributed to the accumulation of points.
They traveled to Volga on Thursday to take on the Sioux Valley Cossacks. The powerhouse team again gathered the first several points before the Cossacks got their first basket, but the Cossacks caught up. By the third quarter, the two teams were neck-in-neck as Sioux Valley started taking the lead. The Dragons worked hard to catch up, and held the Cossacks to 43 points during the second half of the 4th quarter. Unfortunately, when the buzzer went off, the final score was two points shy of a win, with the Blue Dragons taking the loss 44-45.
The loss ended regular season play with a win-loss score of 12-8, which included winning the Big East Tournament for the first time in ten years.
The third-seed Lady Dragons began post-season play with a game against sixth-seed Madison on the home court on Tuesday (results unavailable at press time). The winner of that game takes on the winner of the Sioux Falls Christian v. Baltic game tonight (Thursday).
