Elks pick up 53-40 win over DeSmet
Elks post man Tyler Schindler puts up jump shot against the Bulldogs of DeSmet on Thursday in Elkton, S.D. The Elks tamed the Bulldogs by a score of 53-40.
Elks light up Rebels of Lincoln HI 71-66
By Dan Kuss
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The Elkton-Lake Benton Elks outscored the Lincoln HI Rebels 71-66 in hard fought game at Ivanhoe.
The Rebels started the game with their sharp shooters hitting many shots including five three-point field goals giving them a 39-31 lead at half time before the Elks came rumbling back for the victory.
Braden Carmody kept the Elks in the game with four three-pointers of his own, scoring 14 of his 16 points in the first half.
“It just seemed like we were a bit sluggish and a half step slow on the defensive end in the first half,” said Coach Steve Erickson. “We weren’t contesting shots and let them move the ball without much pressure and they knocked down some shots in the first half to build that lead.”
Leading the Elk offense was Tyler Schindler with 26 points, 20 of them coming in the second half followed by Carmody with 16 and Brandt Tingle with 14.
Taylor Rolf added seven, Ethan Pearson four and Nick Delaney and heath Schindler contributed two each.
Ty Schindler also led the Elks in rebounding with 17 followed by Pearson with eight and Rolf and Delaney with five and four boards respectively.
Tingle had six assists and Ty Schindler caused six turnovers.
The free throw shooting of both teams also was a major factor in the contest with the Elks Tingle and Schindler combing for 13 of 14, compared to the Rebels taking advantage of only nine of 21 from the charity stripe.
“Lincoln HI came ready to play and really shot the ball well in the first half to build their lead,” said Erickson. “We talked at halftime about just getting back to our style and fighting to get back in it and credit our kids, they did that.”
Jordan Beck led the scoring for the Rebels with 18 points, followed by Dion Nelson with 17 and Josh Bednerak with 12, all in the first half on three point field goals, Andrew Swanson chipped in 10.
“I thought we did a great job in the second half on the boards, we finished with 23 offensive rebounds for the game and gave ourselves some easy put backs when some shots weren’t falling for us,” said Coach Erickson. “It was a hard fought game and a good atmosphere for the kids to play in.”
Elks: T. Schindler 26, Carmody 16, Tingle 14, Rolf 7, Pearson 4, Delaney 2, H. Schindler 2, Krog 0.
Rebels: Beck 18, Nelson 17, Bednerak 12, Swanson 10, Blegan 6, Pavek 3, Dwire 0.
The Elkton-Lake Benton Elks Junior Varsity defeated the Lincoln HI JV 44-36. Cody Wiskur led the Elks with 15 while Trevan Farnham and Nathan Krog followed with nine and eight respectively.
Filed under Sports |Lady Elks runner-up in DVC tourney, Gebhart all-time leading scorer
Lady Elk senior Cassidy Gebhart drives around a Lady Redmen defender as teammate Stephanie Johnson looks on in the Dakota Valley Conference championship game on Saturday, Jan. 21 in Elkton, S.D. The Lady Elks fell 38-42 in the contest. Gebhart set the all-time Lady Elk scoring record with 1,297 points in the first game of the DVC tournament.
By Dan Kuss
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The Lady Elks won their first two games in the Dakota Valley Conference tournament by first defeating Dell Rapids St. Mary 63-39, then edging Oldham-Ramona/Rutland in the semi-finals before falling to the Lady Redmen of Estelline in the championship game by a score of 38-42.
“We played hard, but not very, against St. Mary’s,” said Coach Steve Krause. “We allowed 21 offensive boards and Molly had a very solid game off the bench.
“The big news is Cassidy Gebhart became the all-time leading scorer for the Lady Elks with 1,297 points.”
Gebhart led the charge in game one with 21 points followed by Megan Krogman with 10, Stephanie Johnson with eight, Molly Koch with six, Becca Jurgens, Mindee VanDyke and Gabby Kampmann with four and Alissa Landsman, Kelsey Kinner and Brooke Jaacks with two each.
The Lady Elks snared 43 rebounds led by Krogman with 12 followed by Koch with five and a host of Lady Elks with four.
The Lady Elks created 22 turnovers led by Kinner with five, Krogman and Gebhart with four and Landsman with three.
Gebhart had four assists followed by Koch with three and Johnson and Landsman with a pair for a team total of 12.
Gebhart and Kinner each had four steals out of the team 15 while Krogman, VanDyke and Johnson each blocked a shot.
Gebhart also led the scoring in the championship game against Estelline with 21 followed by Jurgens with 13 and Krogman with four as the only Lady Elk scorers.
Estelline had a balanced attack as the Lady Elks got off to a slow start barely missing several first quarter shots.
“We put ourselves in a position to win the conference tourney and just didn’t play well enough against a very good team,” said Krause. “We played with much greater effort in the fourth quarter but it was too late against them. Being outrebounded 43-15 was also not good.”
“We shall have another shot at them in two weeks, probably for the conference title.”
Krogman led in rebounding with nine followed by Jurgens with three.
Gebhart had four steals two assists and created two turnovers followed by Johnson with two assists a steal and a blocked shot.
Jurgens added two steals and a blocked shot.
The Lady Elks resume the regular season at home on Jan 27 versus DeSmet.
Filed under Sports |Elks win DVC tournament
Elkton-Lake Benton forward Tyler Schindler shoots a free throw from a technical foul late in the championship game as the Elks defeated Deubrook 69-54 to win the Dakota Valley Conference Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 21 in Elkton, S.D.
By Dan Kuss
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The Elkton-Lake Benton Elks defeated Estelline and ORR in order to face Deubrook in the Dakota Valley Conference tournament championship game on Saturday night in Elkton,S.D.
The Mighty Elks downed the Dolphins 69-54 to secure the title.
“It was a great win for our ball club,” said Coach Steve Erickson. “We felt when we played them a week ago, we didn’t play our best basketball and we talked about getting the chance to play them again.
“The kids really responded and came out strong and just played our type of basketball.”
Leading the Elk offense was Braden Carmody with 19 followed by Brant Tingle with 15 and Tyler Schindler with 12 points.
Heath Schindler contributed eight points, Taylor Rolf seven; Ethan Pearson added four while Nick Delaney and Nathan Krog each added two. Carmody pulled down four boards followed by the Schindler brothers, Rolf and Quinn Fargen’s three each toward a team total of 22.
Tingle had six assists to make up the majority of the team’s 15 total.
The Elkton-Lake Benton Elks won the Dakota Valley Conference Championship in a victory over the Deubrook Dolphins by a score of 69-54 on Saturday, Jan. 21. The Elks defeated Estelline, ORR and, finally, the Dolphins to win the title.
Carmody had four steals followed by a host of Elks with two and one for a team total of 14.
Heath Schindler created five turnovers followed by Tingle with four and Delaney, Rolf and Ty Schindler with two each for a team total of 18.
“It was a fun game, as we were able to dictate the tempo and mix up our defenses to keep them off balance,” said Erickson. “Offensively, I thought we had a bunch of kids step up at different times and they have been doing that all year, they are a true team in every sense of the word and this win is just a credit to their hard work and togetherness.”
“This was one of our goals this year, to win the DVC, but along with that, we know we must continue to work and improve to accomplish the rest of our goals this season.”
The Elks were presented with the DVC championship trophy immediately following the game.
Filed under Sports |Elks down Fliers 79-33, fall to Madison 64-53
By Dan Kuss
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The Elks downed the Florence-Henry Fliers 79- 33 recently inBrookings,S.D.
Leading the mighty Elk offense in the Swiftel Classic was Brant Tingle with 19 and Tyler Schindler with 15 points.
“It was a good win to rebound from our last game,” said Coach Steve Erickson. “I thought our kids played with a great effort and did a nice job on defense.”
Jake VanDyke contributed eight points, Taylor Rolf seven, Braden Carmody, Ethan Pearson and Trevan Farnham each added six, Nick Delaney four and Nathan Krog, Quinn Fargen and Heath Schindler each added two.
Delaney and Krog pulled down six boards apiece aided by Tyler Schindler’s four and Tucker Jaacks, Pearson and Fargen’s two rebounds toward a team total of 27.
Tingle led in steals with five followed by Delaney and Fargen’s four Pearson’s three and Carmody’s two to make up the majority of the team’s 21 total.
Tyler Schindler led in assists with four followed by Krog and Heath Schindler’s three and Tingle, Carmody and Pearson’s two.
Carmody created three turnovers followed by Tingle, Jaacks, Delaney and Pearson’s two for a team total of 14.
Pearson and Farnham each blocked a shot and Tingle took a charge in the action.
“It was a total team effort,” said Erickson. “Credit the kids for working hard.”
In other action the Elks fell to the Madison Bulldogs by a score of 64-53 in the Entringer Classic.
Leading the mighty Elk offense was Brant Tingle with 14 and Ethan Pearson with 13 points. Tyler and Heath Schindler added seven and six points respectively while Nick Delaney had five, Taylor Rolf four and Braden Carmody and Nathan Krog scored two points apiece.
“I thought we had great energy and came out well at the end of the first,” said Coach Steve Erickson. “We gave up a 9-0 run and that put us in a hole we couldn’t get out of.”
Tyler Wiebe scored 16 and Jesse Brown had 10 for the Bulldogs.
Pearson led in rebounding with eight followed by Tyler Schindler’s six and Delaney and Heath Schindler’s four each.
Tingle hauled in three while Rolf and Carmody each had two boards toward a team total of 30.
Carmody led in steals with three followed by Delaney, Pearson and Krog with two each.
Tingle led in assists with four followed by Pearson and Carmody with two.
Tingle also created five turnovers followed by Ty Schindler with four, Pearson with three and Carmody and Krog with two each to add to a team total of 19.
“Our kids battled back and gave themselves a shot getting as close as four in the fourth,” said Erickson. “It was a good measuring stick and shows us where we need to be.”
Filed under Sports |Lady Elks win three games last week
Lady Elk Becca Jurgens fights for the ball as teammate Megan Krogman, left, works for position in Thursday night action against Deubrook in Lake Benton. The Lady Elks downed the Lady Dolphins 71-48.
By Dan Kuss
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The Lady Elks won three games last week defeating ORR 82-78, Deubrook at Lake Benton 70-48 and Parkston in a televised game on Saturday 71-68.
Megan Krogman led the charge against ORR with 25 points followed by Cassidy Gebhart with 23, Becca Jurgens with 13 and Haylee Denison with 12.
Stephanie Johnson added four, Molly Koch three and Alissa Landsman contributed two in the contest.
“It was a great game for the spectators to watch and enjoy as both teams shot well from the floor and the line,” said Coach Steve Krause. “Megan had a great game with 25 points and 18 rebounds. We had a very good scoring balance and everyone worked hard in a very difficult place to play.”
Johnson had five-and-a-half steals followed by Gebhart with five and Krogman with four-and-a-half for a team total of 20.
In addition to Krogman’s 18 rebounds,Denisonadded eight while a host of Lady Elks each added two for a team total of 37 boards.
The Lady Elks created 26 turnovers led by Krogman with seven, Jurgens with six, Johnson with four and Gebhart with three.
Gebhart had four assists followed by Johnson and Mindee VanDyke with three each for a total of 16.
Gebhart led the scoring against Deubrook in theLakeBentongym on Thursday with 21 followed by Krogman with 18,Denisonand Jurgens with nine apiece while Koch and VanDyke added four, Kelsey Kinner three and Landsman two.
“A well played hard fought game,” said Krause. “I was extremely proud of our effort on defense, running the break and new zone offense. We had a nice scoring balance and shot very well from the line.”
“We had a few too many fouls but other than that I was pleased with everyone’s effort.”
Krogman led in rebounding with 12 followed by Jurgens with 11, Gebhart and VanDyke six andDenisonand Koch with four boards apiece for a team total of 47.
Gebhart snared nine steals followed by Johnson with eight to lead a team total of 28.
Denisonand Johnson created four turnovers while Landsman and Jurgens added three each toward a team total of 25.
Gebhart had five assists, Johnson and Jurgens four and a team total of 16.
Denisonand VanDyke each blocked a shot and Johnson took a charge.
On Saturday the Lady Elks travelled to play number five raked Parkston in a televised game.
Krogman led the Lady Elks in scoring with 22 while Gebhart added 20 and Jurgens contributed 16. VanDyke hit six, Johnson, Landsman and Koch two each andDenisonscored one on a free throw.
Logan Wagner had 31, Erica Herrold 19 and Marie Malloy scored 16 for Parkston and one other teammate added two.
“What a great team victory in a very well played game by two very good teams,” said Krause. “We had good scoring from Megan, Cas and Becca while Steph had a very solid game and ran the offense well for us.”
Krogman had 13 rebounds followed by Jurgens with six and a team total of 33.
Johnson and Gebhart each had four assists to aid in a team total of 18 and several Lady Elks contributed toward 10 team steals.
Denisoncreated four turnovers toward a team total of 11 and Krogman blocked a shot.
“We only had 11 turnovers and shot very well,” said Krause. “Parkston was ranked #5 in the state and their only losses were to #1, #2 and now us.”
The Lady Elks record is now 10-2 overall and 5-0 in the DVC conference.
Filed under Sports |Elkton-LB Elks fall to Flandreau Fliers 58-67
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The Elkton-Lake Benton Elks fell to the Flandreau Fliers 58-67 on Tuesday, Dec. 13.
Braden Carmody led all scorers with 16 followed byTylerSchindler with 10 and Nathan Krog with eight.
Brant Tingle and Ethan Pearson added six points each while Taylor Rolf and Quinn Fargen contributed five apiece while Tucker Jaacks added two points in the cause.
Mitchel Foster and Geno Burshiem each scored 14 for the Fliers.
Pearson hauled in five rebounds while Tingle and Nick Delaney added four each and Jaacks, Krog and Carmody contributed three apiece.
Tingle led in assists with seven followed by Delaney with four contributing to a team total of 15.
Ty Schindler stole the ball three times while Krog and Carmody added two steals each.
Tingle created eight turnovers, followed by Pearson with five, Delaney with four and Rolf and Heath Schindler with three and Krog with two for a total of 28 turnovers as a team in the contest.
The Elks Junior Varsity defeated the JV Fliers by a score of 53-33 led by Nathan Krog who racked up 23 points, Quinn Fargen with eight and Heath Schindler with seven.
Cody Wiskur added five and Jake VanDyke four in the victory.
Filed under Sports |Lady Elks topple Flandreau Lady Fliers 58-35
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The Elkton-Lake Benton Lady Elks defeated the Flandreau Lady Fliers by a score of 58-35 on Tuesday, Dec. 13.
Cassidy Gebhart led all scorers with 26 points followed by Becca Jurgens with nine, Stephanie Johnson with eight and Megan Krogman with seven.
Mindee VanDyke added four and Haylee Denison and Kelsey Kinner each contributed two points in the contest.
“We competed hard but certainly didn’t play our best game,” said Coach Steve Krause. “I was proud of our effort and fortitude to keep at it.”
Krogman led in rebounding with 11 followed by Jurgens and Gebhart with five each while Alissa Landsman snared four.Denison, Johnson and VanDyke added two apiece as the Lady Elks combined for 33 total boards.
Johnson led in assists with six and also steals with six and a half while Gebhart followed with three and six, respectively.
Denisonadded three and a half steals and blocked three shots while Jurgens added two assists, two blocked shots and created four turnovers.
Krogman added three steals and created two turnovers for the Lady Elks who combined for 16 turnovers, 23 steals and 33 rebounds in the game.
“Our guard combo had good games and caused them lots of trouble,” said Krause.
Filed under Sports |Lady Elks defeat Dell Rapids 64-36 in Entringer Classic
By Dan Kuss
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The Elkton-Lake Benton Lady Elks defeated Dell Rapids by a score of 64- 36 in the Entringer Classic at Flandreau on Saturday, Dec. 10.
The Lady Elks jumped off to an early start and led 22-6 at the end of one and 36-11 at the half.
Megan Krogman led all scorers with 16 points followed by Cassidy Gebhart with 15 and Haylee Denison with nine.
Alissa Landsman and Gabby Kampmann added six each as Becca Jurgens contributed five, Steph Johnson four, Ashlyn Landsman two and Molly Koch one.
“We played a very good game,” said Coach Steve Krause. “Megan Krogman had an exceptional game and was named MVP of the classic.”
The Lady Elks combined for 45 rebounds with Krogman hauling in 16 boards.
Jurgens had three of the Lady Elks assists while Johnson took five of the 14 steals.
The Lady Elks created 32 turnovers to the Lady Quarriers 20.
“Our first half was a team playing intensely hard together,” said Krause. “In all, it was a great game for us.”
Filed under Sports |Lady Elks edge Arlington 59-54
By Dan Kuss
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The Elkton-Lake Benton Lady Elks narrowly defeated the Arlington Lady Cardinals by a score of 59- 54 on Thursday, Dec. 15 inArlington,S.D.
Cassidy Gebhart led all scorers with 20 points followed by Megan Krogman with 17 and Stephanie Johnson with nine.
Becca Jurgens added five and Mindee VanDyke four with Molly Koch and Haylee Denison contributing two each in the contest.
“We played extremely hard and well,” said Coach Steve Krause. “When you put up 45 more shots in the game than your opponent and keep the big (6’0”, 6’0”, 6’1”) team even on the boards, you would plan on a big win.”
Elkton-Lake Benton made 23 out of 72 field goals for 32 percent as compared toArlington’s 21 of 34 shots for 62 percent made from the field.
“They just shot great,” said Krause. “We trailed until the 6:17 mark in the fourth quarter.”
“I was extremely proud of our effort and the true gamers these lady athletes are.”
The Lady Elks and the Lady Cards were evenly matched on the boards at 41 each with the Lady Elks using finesse and positioning to match the much taller Lady Cardinals.
Krogman led all rebounders with 13 and Johnson led in steals netting 12 of the teams 25.
Gebhart led in assists with six of the 10 posted and the Lady Elks main difference came in creating 36 turnovers to the Lady Cards 15.
This is the closest contest the Lady Elks have had all year and the first time they have trailed in a game.
Elkton-Lake Benton is now 5-0 asArlingtonfell to 3-2 on the season.
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