Dickinson Midgets split games, girls win ... boys lose
Feb. 25—DICKINSON — It's a shame when the boys and girls part ways, especially at the end of basketball season.
Dickinson High School's respective programs parted ways on Friday, with a pair of home games that brought fans to their feet in the opener and brought tears from the nightcap. The girls will move on to play Century on Thursday, after outlasting the Turtle Mountain/Belcourt Bravettes, 60-54, while the boys succumbed to Williston for the second time in less than two weeks in a 62-48 defeat and ended their season at 9-13, 8-12.
Both games were hosted at the Dickinson High School gymnasium, and in the opener the girls started off the game with a bang on a 6-2 run in the first half. Belcourt clawed back with a 6-2 run of their own, but from there the Midgets were off to the races, despite five lead changes and three ties in the first few minutes of the first half.
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Midget standout Abbey Dutke drained a 3-pointer to open the run, and DHS went on to build a 30-19 lead with only 1:50 remaining in the opening period. Sadie Stevenson paced the Midgets with 8 points in the first half and Dutke completed a 3-point-play to end up with six.
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Abbey Dutke (12) in the triple threat position.
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The Midgets also were set back by an injury to senior guard Caton Pearcy at the 5:44 mark in the first half that seemed serious. Pearcy said after the game that it appears to be a sprain, and that she could be ready for Thursday's game against Bismarck Century — the #1-ranked team in the state — on Thursday.
