By Coach Tad Heitkamp
Blue Dragons Pull Away From Hawks
On January 20th, 2024, the Blue Dragons played host to the Colman/Egan Hawks in JV Boys Basketball action.
In a game where the two teams battled back and forth the opening half, the young Blue Dragons pulled away in the 3rd quarter to secure a 40 to 23 victory.
“We came out a little sluggish the opening half with regards to our offensive efficiency only netting 17 first half points.” said Heitkamp “Fortunately, we did a nice job defensively holding the Hawks to 13 points, which kept us in the game.”
The Blue Dragons came out of the locker room the second half and showed everyone in the stands who the better team was that night scorching the nets for 16 points, while holding Colman/Egan to 5 points (10 total the second half).
“We did a fantastic job executing our sets the second half and we finished well at the rim…plus we didn’t give them many second chance scoring opportunities,” said Heitkamp.
Collin Olson was the game high leading scorer as he dropped down 15 points for the home team. Cole Jessen and Treyton Decker followed closely with 9 and 8 points each, while Carter Siemonsma added 4 points of his own. Josh Gilbert and Lucas Schotzko both finished the night with 2 points each.
Fliers Just Too Much For The Blue Dragons
In Big East JV Boys Basketball the Blue Dragons traveled to Flandreau to take on the Fliers January 23rd, 2024. It didn’t take long to figure out that the Blue Dragons were in for a rough night as they were defeated handedly 38-15. “The Fliers came out of the locker and just took it to us right from the tip” indicated Coach Heitkamp. “This was the most physical and aggressive team we have faced all year season long. They didn’t allow us to get anything going offensively and owned the boards on both ends of the court. Hopefully a game like tonight the will the kids figure out what they need to work on moving forward.” Carter Siemonsma led the way for the Blue Dragons with 6 points, as Collin Olson and Cole Jessen each dropped in 4 points. Treyton Decker rounded out the scoring with 1 point on the night.
