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West Central Girls Golf Starts Season with Dual

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The West Central Trojan girls golf team opened their season with a dual against Sioux Falls O’Gorman at Central Valley Golf Course on Thursday, April 15th.

O’Gorman won the dual with a team score of 163, while the Trojans finished with a team score of 195.

Lauryn Driscoll had a round of 46.  Jordyn Driscoll had a 49.  MaKayla Schilling and Abbi Mausbach both finished with a round of 50.  Chloe Scott had a round of 53.

The Trojans will be in Elk Point on Thursday, April 22nd for their next tournament.

Community Members Visit De Smet Community Center

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**Check out this week’s (April 16th, 2021) Dells City Journal for this story**

This past Monday, April 12th, members of the Dell Rapids Community Center Committee, along with members of the Dell Rapids community, made the 80-mile trip to De Smet, South Dakota to tour their event and wellness center.

The De Smet Events & Wellness Center features a large exhibit hall, theater, walking track, wellness center, meeting rooms, commercial kitchen, lockers, showers and separate rest rooms, recreation office, and reception area.

Rita Anderson of the De Smet Development Cooperation showed the Dell Rapids group around the facility.

“The older generation are some of our busiest users,” Anderson explained. “Our older retired community members are constantly walking every day. We have the walking track that is free to use every day and have 30-40 walkers a day if not more.”

More than just exercise takes place at the De Smet Event & Wellness Center. “It has been neat with retired people looking for things to do. They started classes and all sorts of activities,” Anderson said. Mystery dinner theaters, speakers, cards, and several other events are held at the center. On average 50 events are held in January and February alone.

“The De Smet Event & Wellness Center also hosts a concert series on Sunday afternoons where the older population takes part,” Anderson added. “There are just so many uses. Memorial services, lunches, the list goes on and on.”

When asked if the De Smet community is happy with the facility, Anderson said “wholeheartedly. It does my heart good when I hear the comments from people asking, what did we do before we had this building and this facility? When I see the skeptics that are up there using it now is great. There are very few naysayers about it now.  Everybody uses it.  There is always something going on in the community giving them a reason to use it.”

The Dells City Journal will continue to follow the process of the project. To show your support for the community center, reach out to your Alderman for your designated ward or express your support at upcoming council meetings. If you would like to become a member of the committee advocating for the community center please email your name and contact information to DRCommunitycenter@gmail.com and a member of the committee will contact you. With community support, this plan can become a reality.

Tammy Chamley | Editor – Dells City Journal
tchamley@ncppub.com

Debrah Ronning

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Debrah “Debbie” Corene Ronning was born on May 12, 1948 in Washington D.C. to Joshua and Liberty Rizzo.  Debbie and her family resided in Washington D.C. where Debbie attended Anacostia High School, graduating in 1966.

On August 7th, 1971 Debbie was united in marriage to James ‘Jim’ C. Ronning at the University of Maryland Chapel in College Park, Maryland.  Initially the newlyweds lived in Suitland Maryland and soon after found a permanent residence in the neighboring town of Clinton Maryland in 1973. Upon retirement the happy couple settled into their new home and life in Wentworth, South Dakota.  To this union, two children were born, Jay and Erik. Along with the blessing of being a mother, Debbie worked for the U.S. Government supporting various organizations as a management assistant and in addition became a regional sales director for Mary Kay Cosmetics earning several cars and prestigious awards.  Debbie’s real passions were her faith, family, photography and calligraphy writing. One of her greatest principles was to encourage her family, friends and community to organize and maintain their legacies in an effort to minimize the hardship of a loved ones departure from earth to their heavenly reward.

On the afternoon of April 7th, 2021, Debbie, age 72, unexpectedly passed away. She was preceded in death by her father Joshua Rizzo, her mother Liberty Rizzo, her sisters Janice Turner and Judith Elaine Rizzo.  Those who will continue to honor her memory are her husband Jim of Wentworth, SD, her children Jay (Kat) of Centreville, VA and Erik of Clinton, MD;  her sister Elaine (Ronnie) of La Plata, MD and her brother Mark (Virginia) of Miami, FL;  her Sisters & Brothers-in-law Barbara Rost of Green Lake, WI, Susan and Darrell Starkson of Lakeville, MN, Jean & Steven Ronning of Columbia, MD and Michael Turner of Ware, MA; nieces and nephews, Tamera (Lee), Bradley (Cathy), Nathan, Shannon (James), Kyle, Michelle, Megan (Scotty) and Joshie; great nieces and nephews, Ashley (Tyler and Charlotte), Nikki, Avery, Addison, Ellie, Mykayla, Lillyan, Conor, Caleb, Ayden, Alayna, Sophia, Eli, and Ella.

There will be a visitation with the family present commencing at 10:00 am, a celebration of life service at 11:00 am, followed by food and refreshments at River of Life Christian Fellowship, 610 NE 3rd Street, Madison, SD, 57042 on Friday, April 16th 2021.

Memorials may be directed to the Debbie Ronning Memorial Fund and delivered to the church or the funeral home or you may contribute to Debbie’s favorite charity ~ www.compassion.com/debronning.

Funeral arrangements are under the care of Kahler-Brende Funeral Home ~ Dell Rapids. www.kahlerfh.com

Dell Rapids City Council Will Welcome One New Member

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The City of Dell Rapids held an election on Tuesday, April 13th for two of the five spots that were up for election this year.

Only Wards 3 and 4 needed an election with one than more petition filed back in mid February.

Incumbent Chard Ronshaugen won the vote in Ward 3 by a 74-48 margin over Stephanie Deuter.  Ronshaugen will serve another three-year team on the council.

Challenger Marlana Wenzel defeated incumbent Robert Mier by a 25-20 vote and will be a new member to the council representing Ward 4 for the next three years.

These results are unofficial until the Dell Rapids City Council canvasses the election during their next regular meeting on Monday, April 19th. 

Dell Rapids School Board Updates “Return to Learn” Plan

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The Dell Rapids School Board made updates to the “Return to Learn” plan to align it with updated CDC guidelines during their regular meeting on Monday, April 12th.  The big change will be the use of the individual desk shields.  The use of these shields will now be at the discretion of the classroom teacher.

For the elementary school, student desks will remain a minimum three feet spaced apart facing the same direction.  At that distance, students will be able to sit at their desks without a mask and not have a desk shield.  The first through fourth graders will continue to need masks when moving around the classroom or school, in art, in library, in music when singing, and whenever a three-foot distance cannot be maintained.

At the middle school, the student desks in the classroom will also need to remain at least three feet apart and facing the same direction, or if students are sitting at a table, they need to remain three feet from their table partner and remain three feet from the student at the table next to them to be able to sit and their desk or table without a mask or desk shield.  Masks will still continue to be worn when moving around the classroom, hallways, lines, and when three feet cannot be maintained.

The lunchroom at all the schools will still continue to have the dividers in place.

The school district will still require a student who is on the presumptive close contact (PCC) list to wear their mask throughout the day with the exception of PE, lunch, and recess.  The elementary and middle schools will continue to have student cohorts and seating charts so the school can contact trace if necessary.

Cold and Wind Doesn’t Slow Down Dell Rapids

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Neither Sioux Falls Christian nor the wind and cold could slow down the offense of Dell Rapids as they rolled to a 13-2 win over the Chargers in Renner on Monday, April 12th.

Dell Rapids scored in every inning and took advantage of seven Sioux Falls Christian errors ending the game in five innings on the 10-run rule.  Dell Rapids scored in the top of the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Austin Henry.  The Chargers tied the game in the bottom of the inning on a single to center for a 1-1 tie.

Dell Rapids then scored seven straight runs to take control of the game over the next two innings.  Treyse Eastman scored on an error, and CJ Smith and Brayden Pankonen both had RBI singles in the top of the second.  Will Jaton added an RBI single, Eastman scored on another error, Landon Ruesink had an RBI single, and Smith scored on a wild pitch in the top of the third to give Dell Rapids an 8-1 lead.

Austin Henry scored on a dropped third strike, Aiden Boechler had an RBI single and later scored on a wild pitch, and Eastman scored on a passed ball in the top of the fourth inning for a 12-2 lead.  Ruesink scored on a passed ball in the top of the fifth for the final run of the game.

Seven players had hits for Dell Rapids.  Ruesink and Jaton both had two hits and an RBI.  Eastman also collected two hits.  Pankonen, A. Henry, Boechler, and Smith all had a hit and an RBI.  Ruesink got the win on the mound.  He pitched four innings giving up two runs, one earned, on four hits with five walks and six strikeouts.  Pankonen pitched the final inning striking out two batters.

Dell Rapids (3-3) will play Howard and W/WS/SC on Saturday in Madison.

Community Center Vision Takes Small Step Forward

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A plan for a community center in Dell Rapids proposed by a group of Dell Rapids residents took a small step forward with help from the Dell Rapids City Council.  The council approved a resolution to support a submission by the group to the Avera Community Partnership Program application.

The group is submitting the application to ask for assistance from Avera in the  form of either an in-kind contribution or financial contribution to begin the process of developing a concept design for the facility.

One of the biggest questions discussed during the council meeting was how much would a facility like this cost as well as how much would the operations of the facility be on a yearly basis.  Having help through the Avera Community Partnership Program will hopefully provide the group with more formalized conceptual plans and hard costs put together by professionals.

The discussion from the council meeting can be found by clicking this link.  The conversation starts at the 24:09 mark of the video.

Having the Dell Rapids City Council approve the resolution does put the any financial commitment on the city at this time with the application.  The group just needed the city’s help in submitting the application because the application needs to be submitted by a government municipality or a non-profit organization.

The resolution passed by a 7-1 vote.  Access to the full meeting minutes can be found by clicking here.

The group is planning to also make a trip to De Smet in the near future to tour their facility.

West Central Boys 2nd, Girls 3rd at Home Early Bird Track Meet

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The West Central Trojan track team hosted the West Central Early Bird meet on Tuesday, April 6th.  The boys team finished second while the girls team finished third for the Trojans.  Madison won both the boys and girls team titles.  Parker finished second on the girls side.

The Trojans will be back on the track on Thursday, April 8th in Colton for the Mark Acheson Invitational.

Individual Results

Girls

100m Dash

  • Emma Goehring (2nd) – :13.63
  • Jada VanOverbeke (4th) – :13.76
  • Rylee Haldeman (7th) – :14.10
  • Stormee Klein (8th) – :14.31
  • Molly Anderson – :14.33
  • Melissa Anderson – :14.53
  • Taya Brown – :15.19
  • Lily Bornitz – :15.20
  • Olivia Hofer – :15.52
  • Cecilia Nelson – :16.91

200m Dash

  • Sadie Berg (2nd) – :27.58
  • Molli Thornton (3rd) – :28.24
  • Emma Goehring (4th) – :29.36
  • Jada VanOverbeke (5th) – :29.49
  • Stormee Klein (6th) – :30.04
  • Rylee Haldeman (7th) – :30.10
  • Peyton Meadors – :30.84
  • Addison Meadors – :31.90
  • Lily Bornitz – :32.12
  • Harper Evans – :32.54
  • Taya Brown – :32.80
  • Paige Pilker – :33.15
  • Lola Galpin – :33.51
  • Cecilia Nelson – :33.87

400m Dash

  • Peyton Meadors (1st) – 1:07.62
  • Keighlor Nolz (4th) – 1:08.02
  • Tessa VanOverbeke – 1:12.27
  • Clara Nelson – 1:12.55
  • Jazelle Jarding – 1:14.10

800m Run

  • Abbie Cain (3rd) – 2:53.57
  • Ryenn Caffrey (6th) – 2:55.88

1600m Run

  • Reagan Stallman (8th) – 6:33.52
  • Sayda Rolfson – 6:37.21
  • Hadley Larson – 6:38.20

4x100m Relay

  • 1st – Emma Goehring, Jada VanOverebeke, Rylee Haldeman, Lily Sidel – :53.18

4x200m Relay

  • 1st – Sadie Berg, Molli Thornton, Emma Goehring, Lily Sidel – 1:50.97

4x800m Relay

  • 3rd – Jazelle Jarding, Tessa VanOverbeke, Ellie McDonald, Clara Nelson – 11:19.81

Sprint Medley Relay

  • 2nd – Melissa Anderson, Stormee Klein, Shelby Sherard, Ellie McDonald – 5:01.38

Shot Put

  • Cambell Fischer (3rd) – 33’9″
  • Aysia Hall (8th) – 29’6.5″
  • Josie Koch – 22’11”
  • Oliva Hofer – 19’1″

Discus

  • Josie Koch – 70’0″
  • Oliva Hofer – 51’5″

High Jump

  • Jada VanOverbeke (3rd) – 4’8″

Long Jump

  • Sadie Berg (3rd) – 14’9.5″
  • Rylee Haldeman (4th) – 13’11”
  • Clara Nelson (6th) – 13’0.5″
  • Stormee Klein – 12’8″
  • Taya Brown – 11’10”
  • Lola Galpin – 9’11”

Boys

100m Dash

  • Mason Berens (2nd) – :12.12
  • Justin Zirpel (5th) – :12.67
  • Isaiah Colon (7th) – :12.77
  • Owen Heath – :12.97
  • Jesse Jost – :13.05
  • Carson Berens – :13.57
  • Treven Price – :13.81
  • Ashton Engen – :13.96
  • Kennith Rolfson – :14.37
  • Paden Schulte – :14.61
  • Levi Anderson – :14.79
  • Chase Brown – :15.41
  • Caleb Mellema – :21.13

200m Dash

  • Jesse Jost (2nd) – :26.27
  • Paden Schulte – :30.08
  • Levi Anderson – :31.61
  • Chase Brown – :34.36
  • Caleb Mellema – :46.29

400m Dash

  • Layton Johnson (3rd) – :57.08
  • Jude Jarding (7th) – :59.98
  • Dylan Sherard (8th) – :59.99
  • Dylan Stromer – 1:00.92
  • Wyatt Nielsen – 1:01.26
  • Cade VanderWoude – 1:03.34
  • Ashton Engen – 1:04.61
  • Gabe Gebhard – 1:10.46
  • Sam Freudig – 1:30.80

800m Run

  • Dylan Stromer (5th) – 2:25.69
  • Cade VanderWoude (7th) – 2:26.59
  • Gabe Gebhard – 2:38.86
  • Henry Wlater – 3:00.02
  • Carson Garry – 3:00.35

1600m Run

  • Blake Stark (6th) – 5:35.33
  • Griffin Stallman – 5:54.85
  • Austin Brookfield – 6:40.20

300m Hurdles

  • Tommy Berg (1st) – :47.38
  • Kennith Rolfson – 1:00.17
  • Carson Garry – 1:04.59

4x100m Relay

  • 2nd – Isaiah Colon, Braden Dierricks, Mason Berens, Wyatt Nielsen – :47.33

4x200m Relay

  • 2nd – Braden Diericks, Mason Berens, Owen Heath, Justin Zirpel – 1:40.93

4x800m Relay

  • 2nd – Justin Schumacher, Erik Setten, Dylan Sherard, Ben Strunk – 9:30.28

Sprint Medley Relay (100, 100, 200, 400)

  • 1st – Jesse Jost, Matt Loger, Caleb Schulte, Gunnar Cuka – 1:56.56

Sprint Medley Relay (200, 200, 400, 800)

  • 1st – Braden Diericks, Justin Zirpel, Derek Eidsness, Justin Schumacher – 4:00.07

Shot Put

  • Josh Livermore (1st) – 43’3″
  • Braden Traub-Jensen (3rd) – 37’1.5″
  • Jacob Nelson (8th) – 33’7″
  • AJ Ingalls – 29’8″
  • Curtis Froke – 27’7″
  • Abram Maras – 27’6.5″

Discus

  • Josh Livermore (2nd) – 92’10”
  • Curtis Froke (5th) – 89’5″
  • Braden Traub-Jensen (7th) – 82’5″
  • Jacob Nelson (8th) – 80’8″
  • AJ Ingalls – 75’5″
  • Abram Maras – 60’3″

High Jump

  • Derek Eidsness (1st) – 6’0″
  • Owen Heath (5th) – 5’4″
  • Caleb Schulte (7th) – 4’10”

Long Jump

  • Braden Diericks (2nd) – 19’8″
  • Derek Eidsness (4th) – 19’2″
  • Isaiah Colon (5th) – 18’6.5″
  • Gunnar Cuka (6th) – 18’4.5″
  • Caleb Schulte – 16’8.5″

Triple Jump

  • Isaiah Colon (4th) – 32’3.5″

Dell Rapids Bounces Back with Win in Baltic

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Playing in their second straight game in as many days, Dell Rapids bounced back with a 13-5 win over Baltic on Tuesday, April 6th in Baltic.  Dell Rapids smacked 11 hits in the game a day after being held to just one at Dakota Valley.

Dell Rapids scored in the first inning for the third straight game.  After the first two batters were retired, Austin Henry reached on an error.  Kaeden Eastman followed with an RBI single.  After a steal by Eastman, Brady Larson had an RBI single to give Dell Rapids a 2-0 lead.

Henry ripped a double to left field in the top of the third inning and later scored on an error.  Larson scored the second run of the inning on an RBI double by Jack Henry.  Baltic got both of those runs back in the bottom of the inning.  Easton Nordbye drew a bases-loaded walk, and Riley Dobbins hit an RBI sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 4-2 after three innings of play.

Dell Rapids scored three more times in the top of the fourth.  Brayden Pankonen had an RBI single, and A. Henry added a two run double to give Dell Rapids a 7-2 lead.  Gunner Schultz had an RBI single for Baltic in the bottom of the inning, but Dell Rapids led 7-3 after four innings of play.

Neither team scored again until the seventh inning.  Dell Rapids scored six times with two outs.  Will Jaton had a two-run single, Landon Ruesink also had a two-run single, Pankonen scored on an error, and A. Henry added another RBI double.  Baltic scored twice in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Riley Schultz and a stolen base by Dobbins.

A. Henry finished 3-5 with three doubles and three RBI.  Ruesink was 2-4 with a triple and two RBI.  K. Eastman was 2-5 with an RBI.  Jaton had a hit with two RBI, J. Henry had a double with an RBI, and Pankonen and Larson both had a hit with an RBI.

Treyse Eastman started on the mound pitching 2 1/3 innings giving up two earned runs on no hits with five walks and three strikeouts.  Ruesink pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up one earned run on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts.  Joe Rechtenbaugh pitched the final inning giving up two earned runs on two hits and a walk.

Dell Rapids (2-1) will play Sioux Falls Washington (5:00 p.m.) and Sioux Falls O’Gorman (7:30 p.m.) at Harmadon Park #3 in Sioux Falls on Friday, April 9th.

Big First Inning Leads Vermillion Past Tri-Valley

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Vermillion scored five times in the first inning on their way to a 13-3, five-inning win over Tri-Valley on Monday, April 5th, in Vermillion.

Tri-Valley scored in the top of the first inning after an RBI single by Logan Colwill.  That lead would be short lived has Vermillion tied the game after their first three batters reached base.  Vermillion scored four more times in the inning on two hits, five walks, and a hit batter.  Tri-Valley got a run back in the top of the second when Tyler Groenewold scored after a Vermillion error.

Vermillion scored two runs each in the second, third, fourth, and fifth innings to end the game on the 10-run rule.  Tri-Valley’s final run came in the top of the fourth inning after an RBI groundout by Brayden Humble.

Riley Haynes, Riley Carlson, Colwill, and Groenewold all had hits in the game.  Colwill and Humble both had an RBI.  Beau Keith started on the mound pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up five earned runs on two hits with four walks and a strikeout.  Carlson pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up four runs, three earned, on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts.  Colwill pitched an inning giving up four earned runs on four hits and two walks.

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