The Dells Electric 12U fast pitch team and the Dell Rapids 10U team played in a tournament in Brookings on Saturday, June 10th, and Sunday, June 11th. The Dells Electric team won the 12U tournament while the Dell Rapids 10U team placed third in their tournament.
Dells Electric played four straight games in pool play on Saturday. In the opening game, Brookings Red defeated Dells Electric 11-10. Dells Electric bounced back in the second game defeating Brookings Blue 14-5. Dells Electric earned another victory in their third game by defeating Jackson, MN 22-15. In the final game of the day, Tea defeated Dells Electric 8-2. Dells Electric finished pool play with a 2-2 record and were the number three seed in bracket play on Sunday.
For the first game of bracket play on Sunday, Dells Electric was matched up again with Tea. This time Dells Electric got the win 8-2 moving them into the championship game against Brookings Red. Dells Electric found themselves trailing 6-0 heading into the second inning. They were able to close the game to 6-5 in the bottom of the fourth inning and then scored three more runs for the 8-6 come-from-behind win in the championship game for the title.
The Dell Rapids 10U team also played in games on Saturday and Sunday. Dell Rapids split their pool play games on Saturday. They defeated Brookings Black 15-1, but lost to Brookings White 11-10. The final pool play game for Dell Rapids was on Sunday, and they defeated Jackson, MN 15-4 to finish 2-1 in pool play. Dell Rapids won their quarterfinal game against Brookings Blue 13-2. Brookings Red handed Dell Rapids an 8-5 loss sending Dell Rapids to the 3rd/4th place game. In that game, Dell Rapids defeated Brookings Black for the second time in the tournament, this time 13-7 for third place.
Dells Electric 12 Championship Team – Front row: Maya Heinitz, Liz Price, Aubrey Hansen, Ashlynn Trewin, Alessandra Swartwout
Back Row: Head Coach Molly Scherff, Manager Alexyss La Deaux, Emma Molkness, Maya Lee, Shay Hatting, Katie Scherff, Madison Carpenter, Assistant Coach Bart Swartwout