By John RittenhouseThe Adrian girls’ basketball team was put to the test of playing three games in a five-day span before entering the Christmas break.The Dragons beat Wabasso before falling to Worthington during the Red Rock Central Holiday Tournament in Lamberton Friday and Saturday respectively. Pipestone bested the Dragons in Adrian Tuesday.Adrian, 2-5 overall, returns to action by hosting Southwest Christian Jan. 3.Pipestone 77, Adrian 38The visiting Arrows dominated play during Tuesday’s 39-point win in Adrian.Pipestone outscored AHS 32-15 in the first half before using a 44-21 scoring cushion in the final 18 minutes to win handily.The Arrows, who never trailed in the game, raced to a 6-1 lead early before opening an 18-8 advantage at the 6:00 mark of the first half.Adrian closed to within seven points (18-11) when Emily Thier hit a three-point shot, but Pipestone ended the first half with a 14-6 surge to lead by 15.The Arrows iced the game by scoring with 11:20 left to play.Samantha Lynn paced AHS with nine points, six assists and four steals. Brittany Bullerman snatched eight rebounds for the Dragons.Box scoreEr.Thier 0 0 0-0 0, Em.Thier 2 1 0-0 7, Tjepkes 0 0 0-2 0, N.Lynn 0 0 0-0 0, S.Lynn 1 1 4-5 9, Reisdorfer 0 1 2-2 5, K.Bullerman 1 0 3-4 5, Ky.Wiertsema 0 0 0-0 0, Block 0 0 0-0 0, B.Bullerman 1 0 3-4 5, Weidert 0 0 0-0 0, Kt.Wiertsema 1 0 0-1 2.Team statisticsAdrian: 11 of 47 field goals (23 percent), 12 of 19 free throws (63 percent), 29 rebounds, 32 turnovers.Pipestone: 29 of 71 field goals (41 percent), 16 of 21 free throws (76 percent), 32 rebounds, 10 turnovers.Worthington 69, Adrian 50The Dragons came up empty in their bid to win the weekend tournament when they lost a 19-point decision to the Trojans in Friday’s championship game in Lamberton.Adrian led 18-13 in the first half, but Worthington countered with a 17-3 run to open a 30-31 halftime lead.Worthington led by as many as 24 points and by as few as 10 points before prevailing by 19 in the second half.Samantha Lynn scored 12 points, grabbed eight rebounds, passed for five assists and charted four steals during the game for AHS.Brittany Bullerman recorded a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Kayla Bullerman charted four steals.Box scoreEr.Thier 0 1 2-4 5, E,Thier 1 0 0-0 2, N.Lynn 4 0 1-2 9, S.Lynn 3 1 3-4 12, K.Bullerman 1 0 0-0 2, Block 1 0 0-0 2, B.Bullerman 4 0 4-6 12, Kt.Wiertsema 3 0 0-1 6.Team statisticsAdrian: 19 of 49 field goals (39 percent), 10 of 19 free throws (53 percent), 36 rebounds, 22 turnovers.Worthington: 22 of 72 field goals (35 percent), 15 of 19 free throws (79 percent), 40 rebounds, 15 turnovers.Adrian 69, Wabasso 46A solid defensive effort in the second half carried the Dragons to a 23-point win over the Rabbits during Friday’s tournament opener in Lamberton.After yielding 32 points to Wabasso in the first half, Adrian limited the Rabbits to 14 points in the final 18 minutes to post its most one-sided win of the campaign."We did a good job defensively," said AHS coach Randy Strand. "After scoring 17 points in the first half, we held their top scorer to seven points in the second half."Katlin Wiertsema had a big second half for the Dragons, scoring 14 of her team-high 20 points to help AHS outscore the Rabbits 33-14 in the final 18 minutes. She also charted seven rebounds in the game.Samantha Lynn scored 16 points, nabbed seven rebounds and passed for six assists. Kayla Bullerman finished the game with seven rebounds and six assists. Natalie Lynn added six assists to the winning cause.Box scoreEr.Thier 0 0 1-3 1, Em.Thier 0 0 0-0 0, Tjepkes 2 0 0-1 4, S.Lynn 5 1 3-4 16, Reisdorfer 0 0 1-2 1, N.Lynn 4 0 0-0 8, K.Bullerman 4 0 0-0 8, Ky.Wiertsema 2 0 0-4 4, Block 0 1 0-0 3, B.Bullerman 1 0 2-2 4, Kt.Wiertsema 8 0 4-5 20.Team statisticsAdrian: 28 of 66 field goals (42 percent), 11 of 21 free throws (52 percent), 44 rebounds, 21 turnovers.Wabasso: 15 of 76 field goals (20 percent), 13 of 28 free throws (46 percent), 25 rebounds, 14 turnovers.