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Quarrier Volleyball Wins Silver Bracket at Pentagon Tournament

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NewDRLogoOn Saturday, September 23rd, the Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team competed in the Pentagon Volleyball Tournament with 20 other teams. The day started with pool play, where Dell Rapids competed against Western Christian and Rapid City Central.  Dell Rapids lost to Western Christian 11-25, 13-25, which was their only loss of the day.  The Quarriers defeated Rapid City Central 23-25, 25-16, 25-23.

After pool play completed, the Quarriers were placed in the Silver Bracket.  They opened up the bracket play with a tough game against Mt Vernon-Plankinton that resulted in a Quarrier win by scores of 27-25, 25-18.  The day ended with a win against Central Lyon in the championship match 25-20, 27-25.

Brooke Klein finished the day with 63 digs, eight service points, and three kills.  Hannah Fletcher had 31 digs, 22 service points, 14 kills, and 77 set assists.  Jayda Knuppe had 18 kills, 10 digs, 20 service points, and five blocks on the day.  Mackenzie Grisham added 30 digs, 10 kills, and 14 service points.  Maria Jackson had 18 kills, 14 digs, and 17 service points.  Sydney Stofferahn had 12 kills and five blocks.  Trinity Gordon finished with 38 digs, 27 kills, and 13 service points.

Head coach Jessica Ahlers said, “It was great to come in and compete against teams we don’t normally see during the season.  The girls had to adapt to each team and adjust their play in order to be successful. This tournament also provided an opportunity to work on our mental toughness and finding an inner drive to come back when we are behind. During one of the games we were down 10 points (3-13) and were able to chip away at the deficit with hard work, resulting in a win. These are the things we will need to continue to focus on as we move into the tough part of our season.”

The Quarriers (11-4) will travel to McCook Central/Montrose on Tuesday, September 26th.

Cardinal Volleyball 4th at Elkton Tournament

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DRSM LogoThe Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team finished fourth at the Don Magnus Tournament in Elkton on Saturday, September 23rd.  St Mary finished with a 2-3 record on the day.  The Cardinals had wins over Iroquois and Irene-Wakonda.

St Mary opened the tournament with a loss to Hills-Beaver Creek in straight sets, 2-0.  Maddie Schwebach had one kill in the match.  Ella Heinitz had an ace serve.  Adyn Heinricy had five digs. Cassy Geraets and Rhiannon Glaizer both had three digs.  Geraets finished with seven set assists.

The Cardinals then lost in straight sets, 2-0, to Elkton-Lake Benton.  Schwebach and Glazier had two kills each.  Cassie Mullaney had one kill.  Geraets had two ace serves.  Heinricy led the team with 12 digs in the match.  Carly Maxwell had six digs.  Geraets also had five set assists.

St Mary picked up their first win in their third match with a straight set win over Iroquois.  Schwebach led the team with nine kills in the match.  Mullaney and Veronica Beck both had five kills each.  Schwebach also had three ace serves.  Heinricy had five digs.  Geraets finished with 24 set assists, while Heinitz had 14 set assists.

St Mary also won their fourth match, 2-1, against Irene-Wakonda.  Schwebach had six more kills in the match.  Beck added five kills.  Geraets and Mulaney both had four kills.  Heinricy finished with two ace serves and 12 digs.  Maxwell and Glazier both had seven digs defensively.

The Cardinals finished the tournament with a loss to Alcester-Hudson, 2-0.  Mullaney led the team with four kills.  Beck and Glazier had three kills.  Heinricy had four more digs.  Heinitz had 24 set assists, and Geraets had 14 set assists.

St Mary (7-10) will host Baltic on Tuesday, September 26th.

Fourth Quarter Rally Gives Quarrier Football Victory

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DellRapidsFootballLogoDell Rapids scored 21 points in the final quarter for an exciting come-from-behind win over the Tri-Valley Mustangs on Friday, September 22nd, at Tri-Valley High School.  Tri-Valley led 21-7 heading into the final quarter, but the Quarriers rallied to win their fourth win a row.

Both teams were held scoreless in the opening quarter of the game.  Tri-Valley struck first early in the second quarter.  Noah Jewett scored on a one-yard run to give the Mustangs a 7-0 lead.  After a Nick Boever interception, Dell Rapids scored on an eight-yard pass from Carson Rentz to Jeffrey Schuch with 4:04 to go in the half to tie the game 7-7.  The Mustangs answered with a 58-yard touchdown run with a little over 2:00 to go in the half to regain the lead at 14-7.  Tri-Valley then intercepted a Rentz pass with 1:03 to go in the half.  The Mustangs turned that into another touchdown with seconds left in the half to take a 21-7 halftime lead.

Both teams punted in their opening drive of the third quarter.  Tri-Valley was forced to punt again on their second drive of the third quarter.  The Quarriers drove the ball to the Tri-Valley three yard line on their next drive, but the third quarter ended with neither team scoring.  Tri-Valley still held a 21-7 lead.  Dell Rapids scored on the very first play of the fourth quarter on a three-yard run by Josh Heinemann to cut the Mustang lead to 21-14 with 11:55 to play.  On the next Mustang drive, the Quarriers recovered a backwards pass as a fumble on the Tri-Valley 40 yard line.  Rentz connected with Adam Nagelhout for a 24-yard touchdown with 7:36 to go in the game to tie things at 21-21.  Tri-Valley took their next drive all the way to the Dell Rapids 18 yard line late in the game, but the Quarrier defense held tough to force a turnover on downs with 4:12 remaining in the game.  The Dell Rapids offense drove the field picking up big first downs.  With :23 to go from the Tri-Valley three yard line, Rentz found his way into the endzone to score the go-ahead touchdown with :20 to go in the game.  The Dell Rapids defense held strong in the final seconds to secure the come-from-behind win.

Dell Rapids finished the game with 328 total yards of offense which included 207 yards rushing and 121 yards passing.  Rentz finished 9-15 passing for 121 yards and two touchdowns.  Schuch had four catches for 53 yards and a touchdown.  Nagelhout had a 24-yard touchdown catch.  Seth Spielmann had nine carries for 81 yards, and Matt Gillogly had 15 carries for 70 yards to lead the ground attack for Dell Rapids.  Eddie Price had a team-high eight tackles, while Boever added six tackles and an interception.

Dell Rapids (4-1) will travel to Tea to take on the Tea Area Titans on Friday, September 29th.

Cardinals Fall in Weather-Shortened Game

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DRSMvsCastle_FB_9-22-17The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal football team dropped a 28-0 game to the Castlewood Warriors on Friday, September 22nd, in Castlewood.  The game was called with 6:43 to go in the second quarter due to storms in the area.  It was determined the game would be a final score and will not be resumed.

Both teams got off to a slow start offensively.  Each team’s first possession resulted in three plays and then a punt.  On the Cardinal’s second possessions, they were able to push the ball in to Castlewood territory.  Unfortunately for the Cardinals, the Warrior defense held strong and forced a turnover on downs.  On the very first play for Castlewood after getting the ball, Noah Wiersma scored on a 39-yard run.  The extra point was good, and Castlewood lead 7-0 with 4:48 to play in the first quarter.  After forcing another St Mary punt, Wiersma scored on another big run.  This time Wiersma scored on a 25-yard run.  The extra point was again made, and the Warriors led 14-0 with 1:50 to go in the first quarter.

The Cardinal offense was again able to get into Warrior territory in the second quarter.  However, a fumble after a catch by Logan Gaspar was recovered by the Warriors.  Three plays later Brandon Benike connected with Kaden Eng for a 42-yard touchdown pass with 7:49 to play in the second quarter.  Castlewood led 21-0.  The next drive for St Mary also ended in a turnover.  Kaiden Brandenburger intercepted an Eli Longville pass inside the Cardinal 10 yard line.  Wiersma scored on the next play on an eight-yard run with 6:43 to play.  After the made extra point, the Warriors led 28-0.

It was at that point in the game the coaches and officials held a discussion for about five minutes.  The decision was made to end the game with the approaching storms.

St Mary (1-4) will be at home for their next game on Friday, September 29th.  The Cardinals will host Deubrook Area at Rickeman Field.

Highway 115 Project Making Progress

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Hwy115ConstructionThe South Dakota Department of Transportation’s Highway 115 project continues to make good progress.  That was the report given to the Dell Rapids City Council during their regular meeting on Monday, September 18th.  The DOT told city officials that the interstate interchange is on schedule.

Steel for the interchange is scheduled to be delivered to the site around September 30th.  Once the steel is delivered, the plan is for the girders to being to be installed.  The DOT said that contractors plan to work diligently to complete and open the bridge by the estimated completion date of the end of October.

In the meantime, shoulder grading for the Highway 115 project has begun in city limits.  That work began this past week.  The shoulder work is currently being done on the north side of the highway from around the 4-way stop out to the interstate interchange.  This work is actually outside of the scope of the initial project plan for this time of year, but the DOT is working to get a head of schedule for when work resumes next spring.

The final piece of the report shared is the DOT currently has plans for the contractor to possibly take down the north bridge on Highway 115 leading south of town.  The bridge could potentially be removed before Christmas this year.  This again is to get ahead of plans for next spring.

 

Cardinal Volleyball Falls to C-E Hawks

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DRSM LogoThe Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team fell to the Colman-Egan Hawks 3-1 on Thursday, September 21st, at Colman-Egan High School.  The Hawks won by set scores of 25-15, 25-14, 22-25, 25-15.

The Cardinals had a balanced offensive attack.  Maddie Schwebach finished with five kills to lead the team.  Rhainnon Glazier, Veronica Beck, and Ella Heinitz all had four kills each.  Cassie Mullaney added three kills.  Cassy Geraets, Schwebach, and Mullaney all had two blocks apiece.  Adyn Heinricy had 14 digs.  Geraets finished the match with 20 set assists.

The Cardinals fall to 5-7 on the season.  St Mary will play in the Elkton-Lake Benton tournament in Elkton on Saturday, September 23rd.

Flandreau Snaps Quarrier Winning Streak

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NewDRLogoThe Flandreau Fliers snapped a six game winning streak for the Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team.  Flandreau defeated Dell Rapids 3-1 on Thursday, September 21st, in Flandreau.  The set scores were 13-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-23 for Flandreau.

Trinity Gordon finished the match with 11 kills and 29 digs.  Brook Klein had 15 digs and two ace serves.  Maria Jackson had six kills.  Sydney Stofferahn and Hannah Fletcher both had two blocks each.  Fletcher also finished the match with 29 set assists.

Dell Rapids now falls to 8-3 on the season.  The Quarriers will be back in action on Saturday, September 23rd, at the Sanford Pentagon Classic in Sioux Falls.

Quarrier Cheer Team 2nd at Sioux Valley Invite

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NewDRLogoThe Dell Rapids Quarrier competitive cheer team placed second at the Sioux Valley Invite on Thursday, September 21st, in Volga.  Six competitive cheer teams competed in this year’s Sioux Valley Invite.

Dell Rapids finished with a team score of 140.50 points.  Sioux Valley placed first with 159.00 points.  Redfield-Doland was third with 118.00 points.  Faulkton finished with 112.00 points, Arlington/Lake Preston had 103.50 points, and Deubrook Area had 96.20 points.

The Quarriers will compete at the Dakota Valley Invite on Saturday, September 23rd.

Rocky Run Hosts Dells Invite Cross Country Meet

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CrossCountry-GenericRocky Run Golf Course hosted the Dells Invite Cross Country meet on Wednesday, September 20th.  Both the Quarrier and Cardinal cross country teams ran in the meet.

The Quarrier girls finished second with 26 points.  Flandreau won the girls title with 25 points.  Webster Area was third with 45 points.  The Cardinal girls did not register a team score.  The Quarrier boys finished fifth with a team score of 95.  The Cardinal boys finished sixth with 101 points.  Webster Area won the boys team title with 32 points.  Tea Area was second with 53 points, and Oldham-Ramona/Rutland was third with 67 points.

Dell Rapids will be at West Central Invite on Monday, September 25th.  St Mary will be at the Colman-Egan Invite on Wednesday, September 27th.

Individual Results

Varsity Girls

  • DR – Shaylee Hoff (3rd) – 21:06.40
  • SM – Elle Heinitz (4th) – 21:22.51
  • DR – Aspen Hansen (7th) – 21:32.45
  • DR – Katrina Kreul (12th) – 21:58.59
  • DR – Kathryn Fletcher (15th) – 22:23.30
  • DR – Alli DeStigter – 23:40.29
  • DR – Madysen VanOverbeeke – 23:41.90
  • SM – Catherine Vogel – 24:13.89

Varsity Boys

  • SM – Connor Libis (4th) – 18:05.48
  • SM – Jacob Vogel (10th) – 18:39.36
  • DR – Brayden Pulscher – 19:28.34
  • DR – Carter Wynja – 19:30.43
  • DR – Logan Anderson – 19:36.63
  • DR – Canyon Lowman – 19:43.90
  • SM – Thomas Eining – 20:22.35
  • SM – Seth Roemen – 21:00.86
  • DR – Mitchell Heinemann – 21:41.93
  • DR – Caleb Kirschenmann – 22:31.37
  • DR – Evan Schmidt – 23:00.70

JV Girls

  • DR – Payton VanZee (4th) – 19:12.17
  • DR – Emily Dorn (12th) – 20:08.02
  • DR – Jayme Schmidt (14th) – 20:11.92
  • DR – Katie Jaycox (15th) – 20:14.30
  • DR – Regan Stone – 20:38.69
  • DR – Olivia Stelzer – 20:58.45
  • DR – Ellie Fiddelke – 22:25.60
  • DR – Ella Lueders – 24:03.40

JV Boys

  • DR – Gabe Skonseng (15th) – 16:44.88
  • DR – Justin Nirva (17th) – 16:57.80
  • SM – Sam Palmer – 17:25.69

Water Main Break in Dell Rapids

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WaterMainBreakA water main broke over the weekend of September 16th and 17th near the downtown area in Dell Rapids.  The exact location of the break was around 3rd St and Orleans Ave.  During the cleanup and investigation of the break, bad conditions to the service line seem to be the reason for the break.

City crews worked throughout the days on Sunday and Monday to repair the break in the water line.

City Administrator Justin Weiland said during the Dell Rapids City Council regular meeting on Monday, September 18th that the break was unfortunate, and it was bad timing for everybody.

During the council meeting, it was reported that an estimated 200,000 gallons of water was lost in the break.

“I want to thank the guys for working on a beautiful Sunday day to get that break done,” said Councilman James Borchert.

Dell Rapids Mayor Tom Earley said, “We appreciate the work that they’ve done.”

Because of the break, the Dells Theater was left without water.  It was also reported during the council meeting that there could have been troubles trying to replace the line and tie it back into what was still existing.  Arrangements were made between GoldenWest and the Dells Theater to be able to have the Dells Theater be able to tie into the new service lines that were stubbed during the 4th Street project which is now in the empty lot between GoldenWest and the theater that GoldenWest owns.

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