The Dell Rapids Quarriers won their sixth straight game after a 42-21 win over the Milbank Bulldogs on Friday, October 6th, at Dell Rapids High School.
The Bulldogs scored first with 6:58 to go in the first quarter. Mitch Quade connected with Max McCulloch on 25-yard touchdown pass. The extra point was no good, and Milbank led 6-0. Dell Rapids scored the next three touchdowns in the game. Nick Boever scored on a three-yard run, and Hunter Garry made the extra point to give Dell Rapids a 7-6 lead with 3:15 to go in the first quarter. Seth Spielmann scored the next two touchdowns on runs of six yards and three yards. Dell Rapids led 21-6 with 4:16 left in the first half.
The Bulldogs scored two times before the half to tie the game at 21-21. Quade threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to James Weber with 3:02 remaining. Jacob Karges then had a one-yard touchdown run with :16 to go in the half to tie the game.
Dell Rapids scored the only three touchdowns of the second half on their way to the victory. Boever had a 47-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. Boever then scored his third touchdown with 10:30 to go in the game on a 20-yard run. Spielmann scored his third touchdown of the game with 3:38 left in the game on a 25 yard run.
The Quarriers finished with 469 yards of total offense. They had 283 rushing yards and 186 passing yards. Carson Rentz was 6-9 passing for 186 yards. Matt Gillogly had one catch for 78 yards. Boever had three catches for 56 yards. Blake Reider had a catch for 27 yards, and Jeffrey Schuch had a catch for 25 yards. Boever finished with 16 carries for 156 yards and three touchdowns. Spielmann had 15 carries for 81 yards and three touchdowns. Defensively for Dell Rapids, Schuch finished the game with 10 tackles. Eddie Price and nine tackles. Boever, Josh Heinemann, and Andrew Hegge all had six tackles. Cole Van Duyn had five tackles. Logan Heim had a sack, and Logan Ellingson had an interception.
Dell Rapids (6-1) will host Flandreau on Friday, October 13th. This will be the final regular season home game for the Quarriers and will be Senior Night. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.