Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media, Author at Big Sioux Media Sports Network

Quarriers Back to the SoDak 16

November 1, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team advanced to the “SoDak 16” for the second year in a row with a Region 3A win over the Tri-Valley Mustangs on Thursday, November 1st at Sioux Falls Christian High School. Dell Rapids won in straight sets by scores of 25-16, 25-7, 27-25.

Dell Rapids started the match on fire jumping out to a 9-4 lead early in the first set. The Mustangs closed the game to 9-7, but the Quarriers responded with a 6-0 run to pull away at 15-7. Dell Rapids pushed that lead to 22-12. Tri-Valley cut the lead to 22-16, but the Quarriers closed out the first set on a 3-0 run for the win. Dell Rapids was able to carry that momentum into the second set. The Quarriers cruised to a 25-7 win to take a 2-0 lead.

Tri-Valley would not go away easily in the third set. The two teams were locked in a close battle throughout the entire third set. Tri-Valley took a 6-4 lead early on in the set and was able to maintain a lead through the first half of the third set. Dell Rapids was able to take the lead at 15-14. Neither team was able to get a lead greater than two points throughout the remainder of the set. Dell Rapids had the advantage at 24-23, 25-24, and 26-25. The Quarriers got the final point on a rotation violation for the match win.

Dell Rapids (21-8) advances to the “SoDak 16”. The Quarriers will face the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies on Tuesday, November 6th. The match can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

NBC Today Show to Visit Dell Rapids Theater

November 1, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dells Theatre in downtown Dell Rapids will be getting a visit from NBC’s “Today” TV show on Thursday, November 8th. “The Today Show” will be taping a special segment on the Dells Theatre for Small Business Saturday, which is on Saturday, November 24th this year.

Film crew from “The Today Show” will arrive in Dell Rapids about 11:00 a.m. and will be in the community until about 8:00 p.m. They will be filming around Dell Rapids, but their main concentration will be on the Dells Theatre.

As part of this event, the Dells Theatre will be showing a special advance showing of “The Grinch”. First National Bank of Dell Rapids is sponsoring tickets for those that are attending the movie that evening.

The Dells Theatre invites everyone to get in on the fun with NBC’s “The Today Show” filming and advance showing of “The Grinch”!

Season Ends for Cardinal Volleyball Team

October 30, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The 2018 season came to an end for the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team in the second round of the Region 4B tournament on Tuesday, October 30th. After an opening-round win over Howard on Monday, the Cardinals faced the #2 seeded Ethan Rustlers at Madison High School. The Rustlers won in straight sets by scores of 25-13, 25-8, 25-15.

The early part of the first set went back and forth with both teams tied at 4-4. Ethan then went on a big run of 15-4 for a 19-8 lead. The Rustlers closed out the set by outscoring St Mary 6-5 to take the first set. The Rustlers carried the momentum into the second set and got a big lead early that carried them to the win. The Cardinals were able to get to a 5-4 lead to start the third set, but again Ethan went on a run of 11-6 to take a 15-10 lead. The Rustlers closed out the match on a 10-5 run for the win.

Veronica Beck led the team with seven kills. Maddie Schwebach and Cassie Mullaney both had three kills. Ella Heinitz finished with 18 set assists. Carly Maxwell and Macie Brown both had five digs in the match.

The Cardinals finished their 2018 season with an overall record of 10-17.

St Mary Volleyball Advances in Region 4B

October 29, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals advanced to the second round of the 2018 Region 4B Tournament after an opening round win over the Howard Tigers. The Cardinals defeated the Tigers in straight sets by scores of 25-22, 25-17, 25-16 at Dell Rapids St Mary High School.

The #7 seeded Cardinals got off to a quick start in the first set. St Mary got out to an 8-3 lead on Howard, and led 12-6 as the two teams neared the midway mark of the first set. Howard rallied and took a 17-15 lead. The Tigers extended the lead to 20-17, but the Cardinals found their own rally late in the set to tie Howard at 22-22. St Mary was able to finish off the set with three straight points to take the early advantage in the match.

Howard took the early advantage in the second set and held an early 5-3 lead. After the two teams were tied at 8-8, the Cardinals went on a 10-5 run to take control of the set at 18-13. St Mary closed out the set on a 7-4 run for their second set win. The Tigers again got out to a fast start in the third set scoring the first five points for a 5-0 lead. The Cardinals regroups and went on a 7-2 run to tie the set at 7-7. The two teams were tied at 8-8 and 9-9. That’s when St Mary found more momentum and outscored Howard 9-2 for an 18-11. The Cardinals controlled the rest of the set for the match win.

Cassie Mullaney finished with eight kills. Maddie Schwebach added seven kills, Tyra Harrington had five kills, and Veronica Beck had four kills. Ella Heinitz tallied 18 set assists and four digs. Carly Maxwell finished with 13 digs. V. Beck added five digs and four ace serves. Olivia Beck, Macie Brown and Courtney Brown all had four digs each. Schwebach also had three solo blocks.

St Mary (10-16) advances to the second round and will play the #2 seeded Ethan Rustlers on Tuesday, October 30th. The match is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. at Madison High School. The match can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

Dell Rapids Subway Has Ribbon Cutting

October 28, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Subway held a ribbon cutting with the Dell Rapids Chamber of Commerce and open house on Friday, October 26th. Subway is under new ownership and management. William Leshovsky and his ownership group have acquired the Dell Rapids Subway. This is the seventh store for the ownership group. They also own stores in Brandon, Tea, Vermillion, and three in Sioux Falls. Leshovsky also used to be a regional manager for Subway, and the Dell Rapids store was one of the stores in his area.

One of the biggest changes people will notice is that the TCBY area is no longer a part of the Dell Rapids Subway. Leshovsky mentioned during the event that the previous owner took all of the ice cream equipment after the change in ownership.

During the ribbon cutting, Subway served sandwiches to the group.

Large Crowd Enjoys Downtown Trick-or-Treat Event

October 27, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

With the area enjoying a beautiful evening, hundreds of dressed-up children lined the streets of downtown Dell Rapids for the 9th Annual Downtown Dell Rapids Trick-or-Treat event hosted by the downtown businesses on Friday, October 26th.

Not only were the young trick-or-treaters able to go business to business getting candy, they had other events to enjoy such as train rides, Mr. Twister balloon twisting, photo areas, and bouncy houses.

Because of the wonderful weather for the event, many businesses said they went through over a thousand pieces of candy!

Quarrier Strong – Dell Rapids Holds Tough Against Madison

October 26, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

“The guys played great tonight. They have worked hard all year and have had to overcome a lot of adversity this year. It all game together tonight,” said head coach Jordan Huska.

It most certainly all came together for the Dell Rapid Quarriers on a cool, damp night in Madison. Dell Rapids upset the #2 ranked Madison Bulldogs in the opening round of the South Dakota 11A playoffs 14-13 on Thursday, October 25th.

Despite a rough start to the game, the Dell Rapids defense held strong the remainder of the game, and the offense was able to control time of possession to keep the Madison offense off the field.

The Bulldogs opened the game with a bang. Carter Bergheim took the opening kickoff 55 yards to the Dell Rapids 32 yard line. On the very first play for Madison, Tyler Tappe threw a 32-yard touchdown pass Jacob Unterbrunner to go ahead 6-0 just 15 seconds into the game. After Dell Rapids’ first offensive possession ended in a turnover on downs at the Madison 32-yard line, Tappe raced down the field for a 62-yard touchdown run with 6:18 to play in the quarter. After a made extra point, the Bulldogs led 13-0 after running just two offensive plays. Dell Rapids was able to drive into Bulldog territory two more times in the first half, and even had the ball at the Madison four-yard line with just seconds remaining in the second quarter, but both times the Bulldogs forced a turnover on downs. Madison held a 13-0 at halftime.

Dell Rapids again had the ball on Madison’s side of the field in the third quarter, but with 6:50 to play in the quarter, Madison forced Dell Rapids into their fourth turnover on downs. However, about a minute and a half later, the Dell Rapids defense put a spark into the team when Logan Ellingson intercepted a Tappe pass. That interception led to a four-yard touchdown run by Tyler Wood with 0:58 to play in the third quarter. Hunter Garry added the extra point to cut the Bulldog lead to 13-7.

The Quarrier defense got another big stop early in the fourth quarter. Dell Rapids forced Madison into a turnover on downs with 11:36 to play. The Quarrier offense continued the momentum converting on a third-and-long play, and then moments later converting on a fourth-and-long to keep the drive alive. The drive ended with a 29-yard touchdown pass from Eddie Price to Ellingson with 8:05 to play. Another Garry extra point gave Dell Rapids a 14-13 lead. The Dell Rapids defense forced Madison into a punt on their next drive. The offense wasn’t able to score, but ran over two and half minutes off the clock before punting the ball back to the Bulldogs.

With 1:30 to play, Tappe dropped back to pass and fired a pass to his right only to have it intercepted by Drew Van Regenmorter. The Quarrier offense took over with 1:24 to play leading by a point. Madison held Dell Rapids and used two of their three timeouts. On a Dell Rapids fourth down, Madison sacked Price for a turnover on downs at the Quarrier 38-yard line with 1:02 to play. Madison got the ball to about the Dell Rapids 13-yard line with :40 to play. An incomplete pass and sack put Madison back to the 17-yard line with :25 to go. Tappe scrambled on the next play out to his left, but was tackled in bounds to keep the clock running. Madison tried to get their field goal team on the field on fourth down to get a last-second, game-winning field goal, but the snap was low and the Dell Rapids defense ended the game by tackling the holder Brock Minnaert to secure the win.

The Quarriers ran a total of 85 plays for a total of 260 yards of offense, 109 passing yards and 151 rushing yards. Madison was held to just 48 plays for a total of 213 yards of offense, 94 of those yards coming on their first two offensive plays of the game. Dell Rapids was 6-18 on third down and 4-9 on fourth down. Madison was 3-10 on third down and 2-5 on fourth down.

Price was 7-21 passing for 109 yards and a touchdown. Ellingson had three catches for 59 yards and a touchdown. Wood had a catch for 19 yards, and Alex Kringen had a catch for 10 yards. Logan Stone had 11 carries for 49 rushing yards. Tatye Gleason finished with 14 carries and 44 yards. Kringen had 14 carries and 34 yards. Coby Maeschen had eight tackles and a sack. Price finished with six tackles. Van Regenmorter had five tackles, two sacks, and an interception. Ellingson also recorded an interception.

Dell Rapids (6-4) will advance to the semifinals. The Quarriers will travel to Dakota Valley to play the Panthers on Friday, November 2nd. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

Quarriers Reach 20 Wins in Final Regular Season Match

October 23, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

A night after a long, hard-fought, five-set battle against Beresford, the Dell Rapids Quarriers closed out their regular season at home on Tuesday, October 23rd against the Elkton-Lake Benton Elks. The Quarriers reached the 20-win mark with a straight set win by scores of 25-13, 25-15, 25-19.

Dell Rapids got out to four-to-five point leads early in each set and slowly grew the leads throughout the sets. The Quarriers controlled each set on their way to the match victory.

Jayda Knuppe finished with 14 kills and three ace serves. Maria Jackson had eight kills, and Kyra Graham had seven kills. Hannah Fletcher finished with 32 set assists. Brooke Klein had 31 digs. Knuppe and Mackenzie Grisham both had eight digs, and Sam Price tallied seven digs.

The Quarriers (20-8) will enter the Region 3A tournament as the #2 seed. Dell Rapids will have a first-round bye and will play the winner of Tri-Valley and Garretson on Thursday, November 1st. The match can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

Quarriers Win Thriller in Beresford

October 22, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team won an exciting five-set match in Beresford against the Watchdogs on Monday, October 22nd. Dell Rapids won by set scores of 28-26, 23-25, 25-22, 23-25, 15-7.

Jayda Knuppe had a strong offensive night with 25 kills. Maria Jackson and Kyra Graham both had nine kills, while Hannah Fletcher and Mackenzie Grisham both had five kills each. Fletcher finished the match with 51 set assists along with 25 digs. Brooke Klein had 45 digs, while Grisham had 18 digs. Dezi Rus tallied 10 digs. Grisham also finished with three ace serves, and Klein added two ace serves.

The Quarriers (19-8) will end their regular season at home against Elkton-Lake Benton on Tuesday, October 23rd as they go for win number 20 on the season. The match can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

Cardinals Fall to Hawks in Straight Sets on Senior Night

October 22, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

In their final home and regular season match of the 2018 season, the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals fell to the Colman-Egan Hawks on senior night at Dell Rapids St Mary High School on Monday, October 22nd. The Hawks won by set scores of 25-20, 25-12, 25-18.

The first set of the match was back and forth throughout much of the set. There were nine ties and seven lead changes in the first half of the set before Colman-Egan was able to break away for a 20-14 lead. The Cardinals got back within a point at 21-20, but the Hawks closed out the set with four straight points for the win.

St Mary got behind early at 8-3. The Cardinals closed the lead to three points at 8-5, but Colman-Egan found momentum and went on a 10-3 run to go ahead 18-8. The Hawks were able to take the second set at 25-12.

The Cardinals jumped out early on Colman-Egan 3-0 in the third set. The Hawks answered with a three-point run of their own to tie the set at 3-3. St Mary then went ahead 5-3 only to see Colman-Egan again tie the set at 5-5. Again the Hawks got on a run. This time it was a 9-1 run to go ahead 14-6. St Mary couldn’t get the momentum to get the come-from-behind win and lost the set 25-18.

Veronica Beck finished the night with eight kills. Maddie Schwebach had four kills, and Cassie Mullaney had three kills. Macie Brown had 11 digs on the defensive side for St Mary. Carly Maxwell finished with 10 digs. Paige Bunkers had six digs along with two ace serves. Beck also had two ace serves. Ella Heinitz had 12 set assists. Mullaney, Schwebach, and Heinitz all had a block in the match.

Mackenzie Hemmer finished with nine kills for Colman-Egan. Braiden Westley had eight kills, and Olivia Baumberger had four kills. Westley also had five blocks, and Baumberger had three blocks. Elizabenth Moore had seven digs and seven ace serves. Westley had a team-high eight digs.

This year’s Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal seniors are Carly Maxwell, Cassie Mullaney, Veronia Beck, and Maddie Schwebach.

St Mary ends the regular season with a 9-16 record. The Cardinals will now play in the opening round of the Region 4B tournament starting on Monday, October 29th. Their opponent and location of the match are yet to be determined. Big Sioux Media will follow the Cardinals throughout the Region 4B tournament.

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