BENILDE-ST. MARGARET’S WENT UP AGAINST MINNEAPOLIS DELASALLE IN A BOYS’ BASKETBALL GAME

In the second part of a doubleheader the boys’ teams of Benilde-St. Margaret’s and DeLaSalle squared off against each other. 

DeLaSalle pushed the ball down the floor as they looked to get everyone involved in the offense early. 

Benilde-St. Margaret’s got the ball into the hands of Dan Ijadimbola and Nels Birkeland. Both came up with mid-range jump shots and layups. 

DeLaSalle’s Jalen Travis called for the ball on the low block. He was able to make layups from the low block. 

The score went back and forth early in the game. Neither team went on a large run early. 

Benilde-St. Margaret’s wasn’t afraid to shoot deep 3-point shots. Everyone crashed to the boards and went after rebounds. 

Benilde-St. Margaret’s Isaiah Smith came up with mid-range jump shots and layups in the first half. His teammates did a good job of getting him the ball in spots where he could shoot it. 

DeLaSalle pushed the ball down the floor and looked to score layups in transition.  DeLaSalle’s Cade Haskins came up with mid-range jump shots and layups. His teammates were able to get him the ball in spots where he could shoot it. 

DeLaSalle took their time on the offensive end. They passed the ball around the 3-point line as they got everyone involved offensively. 

Benilde-St. Margaret’s called a timeout with 6:33 left in the first half. The score was DeLaSalle 19, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 17. 

The score continued to go back and forth throughout the first half. 

DeLaSalle’s Cade Haskins came up with deep 3-point shots as he knew where to shoot the ball from on the offensive end. The defense had a hard time slowing Haskins down. 

Benilde-St. Margaret’s called a timeout with 3:21 left in the first half. The score was DeLaSalle 32, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 21. 

Both teams continued to push the ball down the floor and look for their shots. 

Haskins kept on coming up with mid-range jump shots and layups late in the first half. He was able to able to make shots in traffic. 

Birkeland and Hansen kept on coming up with shots late in the first half.

At halftime, the score was DeLaSalle 40, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 25. 

As the second half got underway DeLaSalle continued to look to score the ball and get everyone involved in the offense. 

Benilde-St. Margaret’s kept on looking to move the ball down the floor and looked to score baskets in transition. Smith kept on coming up with mid-range jump shots and layups in the second half. 

Benilde-St. Margaret’s called a timeout with 10:20 left in regulation. The score was DeLaSalle 55, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 37. 

Haskins and Travis both came up with big baskets throughout the game. Amir Whitlock also was able to make mid-range jump shots and layups in the second half. 

Travis came up with jump shots in the lane as the defense had a hard time slowing him down. 

DeLaSalle called a timeout with 5:19 left in regulation. The score was DeLaSalle 66, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 53. 

DeLaSalle continued to push the ball down the floor and score baskets in transition late in the game. 

Benilde-St. Margaret’s called a timeout with 2:34 left in regulation. The score was DeLaSalle 71, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 60. 

Benilde-St. Margaret’s struggled shooting the ball throughout the game. Even so however they kept on attacking the basket late in the game. 

Benilde-St.Margaret’s Isaiah Smith and Peterson kept on coming up with big shots late in the game. 

DeLaSalle came away with the 79-67 victory over Benilde-St. Margaret’s. 

The leading scorers for Benilde-St. Margaret’s were Smith with 18 points, Peterson with 15 points and Derric Standifer with 13 points. 

The leading scorers for DeLaSalle were Haskins with 31 points, Travis with 24 points, Whitlock with 11 points and White with 8 points. 

DELASALLE WENT UP AGAINST ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE IN A BOYS’ BASKETBALL GAME

On Jan. 2 DeLaSalle and St. Anthony Village squared off in a boys’ basketball game. DeLaSalle St. Anthony started the game in a zone defense.

DeLaSalle swung the ball around the 3-point line as they got everyone involved in the offense.

It took each team a while to get into a shooting rhythm.  

Both teams took a lot of time off the clock on the offensive end.

DeLaSalle’s Austin McGeheran stepped up and knocked down 3-point shots.

St. Anthony called a timeout with 11:01 left in the first half. The score was DeLaSalle 7, St. Anthony Village 4.

St. Anthony got their offense going midway through the first half.

DeLaSalle switched between man-to-man and zone defense throughout the first half. They did a good job of confusing St. Anthony.

St. Anthony called a timeout with 7:22 left in the first half. The score was DeLaSalle 23, St. Anthony Village 9.

DeLaSalle attacked the basket and came up with jump shots and layups. St. Anthony Village struggled to shoot the ball throughout the first half.

DeLaSalle looked to score baskets in transition. They were able to make their layups.

At halftime the score was DeLaSalle 40, St. Anthony Village 22.

As the second half got underway DeLaSalle continued to push the ball down the floor and make

baskets in transition.

DeLaSalle was quicker than St. Anthony Village. St. Anthony Village struggled to make shots in the second half.

St. Anthony Village kept on attacking the basket in the second half. Even though they struggled to shoot the ball they kept on attacking the basket.

DeLaSalle was quicker than St. Anthony Village. DeLaSalle was able to get to the basket and come up with mid-range jump shots and layups throughout the game.

DeLaSalle came away with the 76-48 victory over St. Anthony Village.

 

DELASALLE AND DETROIT LAKES WENT UP AGAINST EACH OTHER IN A CLASS AAAA STATE FOOTBALL QUARTERFINAL GAME

Minneapolis DeLaSalle and Detroit Lakes went up against each other at St. Cloud State University in a class AAA state football quarterfinal.

 

Detroit Lakes kicked off to DeLaSalle to start the game.  DeLaSalle looked to keep the ball on the ground early in the game. Chris Williams for DeLaSalle picked up a first down. On fourth-and-ten, DeLaSalle looked to punt the ball but they went for a trick play. They ended up running it instead but they were not able to pick up a first down.

 

Detroit Lakes got the ball on the 49 yard line. They moved the ball down the field quickly. Then Michael Herzog ran in for a 12-yard touchdown.

 

The extra point attempt was good.

 

With 9:20 left in the first quarter the score was Detroit Lakes 7, DeLaSalle 0.

 

DeLaSalle got the ball on the 8 yard line. The Detroit Lakes defense stepped up big as they were able to force DeLaSalle to punt the ball on fourth-and-five.

 

Detroit Lakes’ Jerett Nosal came up with a big rushing plays for his team. The DeLaSalle defense stepped up big as Isaac Hodge intercepted a pass to give his team the ball back.

 

DeLaSalle got the ball on the 14 yard line. Then DeLasalle ran a few plays as they looked to get into the end zone. Williams ran three yards for a touchdown.

 

The extra point attempt was no good.

 

With 5:05 left in the first period the score was Detroit Lakes 7, DeLaSalle 6.

 

Detroit Lakes looked to keep the ball on the ground. Detroit Lakes punted the ball on fourth-and-seven.

 

DeLaSalle used both the pass and the running attack in the first quarter.

 

After one quarter of play the score was Detroit Lakes 7, DeLaSalle 6.

 

Detroit Lakes’ Tanner Schnathorst came up with some nice rushes for his team.  He was able to pick up some first downs midway through the second quarter. DeLaSalle got the ball back on as a punt on fourth down.

 

DeLaSalle’s Chris Williams ran 11 yards for a touchdown. The extra point was good. The score with 5:52 left in the second quarter was DeLaSalle 13, Detroit Lakes 7.  

 

Detroit Lakes turned it over on downs.

 

DeLaSalle looked to get Williams the ball again. Williams came up big again late as he ran eight yards for a touchdown. The extra point was good.

 

With 2:06 left in the second quarter the score was DeLaSalle 20, Detroit Lakes 7.

 

Both teams’ running attack was good. In the first half however. DeLaSalle was a little bit quicker than Detroit Lakes.

 

At halftime the score was DeLaSalle 20, Detroit Lakes 7.

 

DeLaSalle kicked off to start the third quarter.  There was no return on the kick off.

 

Detroit Lakes kept the ball on the ground on their first series. The DeLaSalle defense stepped up big as they forced Detroit Lakes over on downs

 

Williams looked to chew up some field as he picked up 27 yards on a rush. Williams picked up a touchdown on a 15-yard run.

 

The extra point attempt was good.

 

With 7:44 left in the third quarter the scored was DeLaSalle 27, Detroit Lakes 7.

 

DeLaSalle Cornell King intercepted a pass and ran it back to the six yard line. Williams scored a six-yard touchdown. The extra point attempt was good.

 

With 5:56 left in the game the score was DeLaSalle 34, Detroit Lakes 7.

 

Detroit Lakes got the ball back as they looked to get it into the end zone.

 

After three quarters of play the score was DeLaSalle 34, Detroit Lakes 7.

 

As the game wore down both teams looked tired and lackluster. There were dropped passes and missed plays on both teams.  

 

Williams had another touchdown on a two-yard run. The two point conversion was good.

 

With 6:44 left in the fourth quarter the score was DeLaSalle 42, Detroit Lakes 7.

 

The ball went back and forth between these teams late in the fourth quarter.

 

It was a hard-fought game. DeLaSalle got up early and was able to shut the Detroit Lakes offense down.

 

DeLaSalle came away with the 42-7 victory over Detroit Lakes.

 

After the game I was able to talk to DeLaSalle’s Williams about the quarterfinal victory.