The 2017 regular season came to an end for the Dell Rapids Quarriers on Thursday, October 19th in Madison. The Bulldogs ended a seven-game win streak by Dell Rapids with a 38-21 win.
Madison put up two scores in the first quarter. Josh Giles connected with Jacob Unterbrunner on a 55-yard pass play to give the Bulldogs a 6-0 lead. Madison struck again when Giles threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Janke. The Bulldogs led 12-0 after the first quarter.
Dell Rapids cut the lead to 12-7 midway through the second quarter. With 6:55 to go in the half, Matt Gillogly scored on an 11-yard run with the extra point good by Hunter Gerry. Madison answered just over two minutes later when Giles connected with Jaxon Janke on a 51-yard touchdown pass to push the lead to 18-7. Dell Rapids would drive deep into Bulldog territory late in the second quarter, but with under a minute to play, Jarrett Lurz intercepted Carson Rentz pass at the goal line to keep the Bulldogs ahead 18-7 at halftime.
Madison scored on their second drive of the second half. Jadon Janke scored on a 44-yard touchdown run with 7:07 in the third quarter to push the lead to 24-7. Rentz threw a 19-yard touchdown pass on fourth down to Jeffrey Schuch with 3:59 to play in the third. Gerry connected again on the extra point, and Dell Rapids trailed 24-14. Madison would get one more score before the end of the third quarter. Jadon Janke scored on a 35-yard run with 1:57 left in the quarter to push the lead to 32-14.
The Bulldogs scored first in the fourth quarter. Girls hit Jaxon Janke on a 39-yard touchdown pass with 6:08 to go in the game to give Madison a 38-14 lead. Mason Schmidt caught a 26-yard touchdown pass from Rentz with 5:05 to go for the final score of the game.
Dell Rapids had a total of 275 yards of offense, 174 passing yards and 101 rushing yards. Madison finished with 419 yards of offense, 199 passing yards and 220 rushing yards. The Quarriers were 4-10 on third down, while Madison was 6-11.
Rentz finished 11-16 passing for 174 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Schuch had four catches for 79 yards and a touchdown. Seth Spielmann had three catches for 45 yards. Mason Schmidt ended the game with two catches for 30 yards and a touchdown. Gillogly had 12 carries for 61 yards and a touchdown. Alex Kringen had one carry for 17 yards. Nick Boever had six carries for 14 yards. Spielmann finished with five carries for 10 yards.
Defensively for Dell Rapids, Boever finished the night with eight tackles. Gillogly, Josh Heinemann, and Eddie Price all had seven tackles. Andrew Hegge finished with six tackles. Cole VanDuyn had five tackles, and Logan Ellingson, Blake Reider, and Logan Heim all finished with four tackles each.
Dell Rapids finishes the regular season with a 7-2 record. The Quarriers will be the #3 seed in the 2017 South Dakota 11A Football Playoffs and will host #6 St Thomas More on Thursday, October 26th. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.