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Dell Rapids Crowns Homecoming King and Queen at Coronation

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Even with all the changes to the homecoming celebration this year due to Covid, Dell Rapids High School was able to hold their Coronation on Monday, October 12th.  It was a shortened event this year, but a new homecoming king and queen were crowned.

This year’s Dell Rapids Royalty Candidates were Colin Rentz, Becky Dorn, Coby Maeschen, Sami Schmidt, Logan Anderson, Kat Fletcher, Connor Rentz, and Sam Price.

Prior to the crowning of the King and Queen, Superintendent Dr. Summer Schultz said in her remarks, “This is quite a crew right here in front of you.  If I had to go through a year like we are going through, I couldn’t pick a better senior class.  And when you’re chosen to be in the homecoming royalty court, that shows that your peers respect you, and in a year like this, they are looking for any sort of normalcy and any sort of leadership that they can lean on.  Congratulations to all of you for being those people that your peers and the entire high school has picked.”

Last year’s King and Queen, Karsen Welbig and Mallory Haak crowned the 2020 Homecoming King and Queen, Logan Anderson and Kat Fletcher.

St Mary Cardinal Boys Cross Country Team Places 2nd, Qualifies for State

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The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal boys cross country team finished second at the Region 2B meet on Wednesday, October 14th.  The meet was held in De Smet.

The Cardinals were able to navigate around the changes to school schedules and activities due to Covid this past week, and then faced unfavorable weather conditions at the race.

Despite those obstacles, the Cardinals finished second with 25 team points.  Elkton-Lake Benton won the region team title with 13 points, and Lake Preston was third with 36 points.  These three teams qualify all their runners for the state meet.

Jacob Vogel placed second individually with a time of 17:51.22, finishing just nine seconds behind the individual champion Josiah Schroeder of Canistota.  Seth Roemen had a 13th-place finish with a time of 20:24.46.  Thomas Eining had a time of 20:37.50, placing him 18th.  Noah Reiff finished 23rd with a time of 21:04.74.

Sierra Klein was the lone runner for the girls team.  Klein finished 44th with a time of 28:56.65.

The boys team will participate in the 2020 South Dakota Class B Cross Country State Meet on Saturday, October 24th.  The state meet will be held at Hart Ranch Camping Resort in Rapid City.

West Central Falls to Strong Chester Team

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The West Central Trojan volleyball team hosted a strong Chester Flyer team on Tuesday, October 13th.  The Flyers came to Hartford with a 15-2 record and added another win after beating the Trojans in straight sets.

Chester won the first set late.  The two teams battled back and forth, but the Flyers got the 25-23 victory.  That late momentum from the first set carried over into the next two sets.  The Flyers won the next two sets by scores of 25-12 and 25-12.

Casssidy Siemonsma had eight kills and five blocks in the match.  Jenna Lueth finished with 14 digs and two ace serves.  Taylor Kunzweiler also had two ace serves.  Brooke Opitz finished with 19 set assists.

West Central (6-9) will travel to play the Mt Vernon/Plankinton Titans on Thursday, October 15th.

Mustangs Even Record with Win at Lennox

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The Tri-Valley Mustangs won their second match in a row and evened their record with a straight set win in Lennox on Monday, October 12th.

The Mustangs got rolling early and never looked back.  Tri-Valley won the first set by double digits at 25-15.  They continued to roll in the second and third sets and won them by the same score of 25-21 for the match victory.

Kaitlyn Mohnen finished with a team-high seven kills.  Tabor Teel had five kills.  Grace Schildhauer and Blayne Gacke both finished with nine digs each.  Jessica Masgai and Teel finished with three blocks apiece.  Gacke and Mohnen both had three ace serves.  Schildhauer also led the team with 22 set assists.

Tri-Valley (7-7) will travel to Sioux Falls Christian on Tuesday, October 13th.

Canton Rushes Past Tri-Valley

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The Canton C-Hawks gained 287 yards of offense, 246 of those on the ground, on their way to a 34-14 victory over the Tri-Valley Mustangs on Friday, October 9th.

Tri-Valley had the early lead in the first quarter.  After an interception, the Mustangs got on the board after a Mason Mathieu touchdown pass to Levi Hanson.  The two-point conversion was good on a pass from Mathieu to Owen Besmer to give the Mustangs an 8-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Canton then put together two big quarters in the middle of the game.  The C-Hawks scored two times in the second quarter to take a 14-8 lead at halftime.  They also scored the first touchdown of the third quarter and held a 20-8 lead.  The Mustangs pulled within six points after a Hanson rushing touchdown in the third quarter at 20-14, but Canton scored the final two touchdowns of the game, one in the third quarter and one in the fourth quarter, for the 34-14 win.

Hanson finished with 11 carries for 36 yards and a touchdown.  He also had two catches for 75 yards and a touchdown.  Mathieu was 3-8 passing for 79 yards and a touchdown.  Besmer had four carries for 18 yards, and Jaden Siemonsma had five carries for 10 yards.

Tri-Valley (2-4) will host the Huron Tigers on Friday, October 16th.

Trojans Drop Road Match to Cougars

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The West Central Trojan volleyball team dropped a road match at Montrose to the McCook Central/Montrose Cougars on Thursday, October 8th.  The Cougars took the match in four sets.

McCook Central/Montrose had the momentum rolling in the first two sets.  The Cougars took the first set 25-16 and then won the second set by a score of 25-19.  The Trojans bounced back in the third set with a 25-18 victory.  West Central was close to forcing the match into the fifth set, but the Cougars ended the match with a 27-25 win.

Jenna Leuth had 19 digs and three ace serves.  Alaina Murphy had eight kills.  Brooke Opitz had a team-high 31 set assists.

West Central (6-8) will host Chester Area on Tuesday, October 13th.

Quarriers Battle Tough Course at Dak-12 Cross Country Meet

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Photo taken and used with permission by Sara Stadem

Facing one of the toughest courses of the year and battling windy conditions, the Dell Rapids Quarrier cross country teams ran in the Dak-12 Conference meet on Thursday, October 8th in Madison.

The girls team had an eighth place finish with 148 points.  Sioux Falls Christian was first with 16 points.  Lennox finished second with 49 points, and Tea Area was third with 54 points.

Vivica Kruel (27th) had a time of 23:46.37.  Katrina Kruel (36th) finished at 24:34.75.  Adisen Stadem (46th) finished at 25:25.46.  Kathryn Fletcher (48th) had a time of 25:41.99.  Payton VanZee (50th) had a time of 26:21.78.

The boys team did not have a team score with only two varsity runners for the day.  Logan Anderson had a 19th place finish at 18:58.41.  Canyon Lowman (43rd) finished in a time of 21:52.70.

Dell Rapids will travel to Sioux Falls for the Region 2A meet on Thursday, October 15th.

Dell Rapids Chamber Adding Two Contests to Trick-or-Treat Event

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In an attempt to provide a safe event amidst the Covid pandemic, the Dell Rapids Chamber of Commerce is making changes to the annual Downtown Trick-or-Treat event.

The Trick-or-Treat event will be held on Friday, October 30th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  Instead of the trick-or-treaters walking around downtown, the event will be a drive-thru at one of the parks in Dell Rapids, which is similar to the drive-thru Easter event held earlier this year.  A map will be provided of the path closer to the event date depending on construction updates.

As part of the change to a park, the Dell Rapids Chamber is promoting a Jack-O-Lantern contest.  Contestants can carve their pumpkins and fill out an entry form (click here for entry).  The pumpkin can be left at the park drop-off point on Thursday, October 29th and picked up again after the drive-thru event on Friday, October 30th.  The Dell Rapids Chamber board members will vote on the pumpkins during the drive thru event, and one winner will be chosen for each age group of 0-6, 7-13, and 14+. Each winner may choose a $25 Chamber Gift Card to a Dell Rapids Chamber member of their choice. Winners will be announced the following week on the chamber Facebook page.

Another contest the chamber is hosting during the Halloween time is a “Haunt Your House Contest”.  Contestants can fill out an entry form (click here for entry) by October 28th.  The chamber will put together a map for the community to vote for their favorite “haunted house” between October 29th and November 1st.  Votes may be cast by commenting on the Haunt Your House photo album on the chamber Facebook page or by emailing office@dellrapidschamber.com . The first place winner will receive a $50 Chamber gift card, and the second place winner will receive a $25 Chamber gift card to a Dell Rapids Chamber of Commerce Business Member. Winners will be announced the week of November 2nd on the chamber Facebook page.

More information about the drive-thru trick-or-treat event and the two contests can be found on the chamber’s website.

Trojan Girls Soccer Headed Back to Championship Game

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The West Central Trojan girls soccer team will be playing in their fifth straight championship game on Saturday, October 17th.

The Trojans earned a first-round bye after being the number one seed in the playoffs.  West Central played their semifinal match against the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers on Saturday, October 10th in Hartford.  The Trojans blanked the Chargers 2-0 to earn another trip to the state title match.

West Central will be playing the #2 seed Tea Area Titans, who defeated the Vermillion Tanagers 4-2.  The two teams met last year in the championship with Tea Area winning 2-0.  This will be the fourth time in the last five years West Central and Tea Area have played for the title.  West Central as won two of the previous three championship match-ups between the two.

The championship match is set for 11:00 a.m. at Tiger Stadium in Huron.

Dell Rapids Band and Choir Hold Outdoor Concert

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The Dell Rapids band and choir held a unique concert on Thursday, October 8th.  The musicians held an outdoor concert at the band shell at Dell Rapids City Park at 11:00 a.m.  Audience members were encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket to enjoy the outdoor concert.

Dell Rapids High School band director Karla Pulscher said, “Not having marching band this year due to all our contests being cancelled, I wanted to have a performance sometime this fall.  And being outdoors, everyone can be socially distant, and we can also play some of the songs that we started on last year but was unable to due to the shutdown.”

Putting together an outdoor concert was not without challenges.  Pulscher said that there was always a worry about weather.   The weather cooperated very well for the event.  The students had to battle a little bit of wind, which required the use of clothes pins to keep the music from flying away.  Pulscher also said the guitar players had to find battery-operated amps.

With the quick plan of having the outdoor concert and holding it in the middle of the day, Pulscher was happy with the turnout.  “I think there was about 50 people there.  I think it was a good turnout for a daytime event that we just put together in a few weeks of school,” she said.

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