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Quarrier Girls Hold Off Vermillion for Sixth Straight Win

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NewDRLogoThe Dell Rapids Quarriers held off a furious rally late in the game by the Vermillion Tanagers to win their sixth straight game and eighth out of their last nine on Thursday, January 26th, in Vermillion.

Both offenses were streaky through the first three quarters of the game.  The Tanagers raced out to a 7-1 lead early in the game, but Dell Rapids answered with a 9-0 run to close out the first quarter for a 10-7 lead.  Vermillion started the second quarter with another run.  The Tanagers went on a 7-2 run to take a 14-12 lead, but once again the Quarriers answered.  Dell Rapids finished the half on a 12-2 run to lead 24-16 at halftime.

Vermillion again started the third quarter with a little run to pull within three points at 26-29.  Again the Quarriers had an answer to close out the third quarter to push the lead back to eight points by the end of the quarter at 34-26.  Multiple times Vermillion was able to cut the lead in half in the fourth quarter.  The Tanagers trailed 41-45 and then again 47-51 late in the fourth.  Vermillion pulled within two points at 50-52, but Emma Paul knocked down two free throws with :06.1 left on the clock to make it a four point game at 54-53.  Madisen Martinez made a three-point shot with just a couple of seconds on the clock, but the Tanagers were out of timeouts, and the Quarriers did not inbound the ball and let the clock run out for the 54-53 win.

Jayda Knuppe led the Quarriers with 21 points and six rebounds in the game.  Emma Paul added nine points and six rebounds.  Kali Graham added eight points, and Arial Hoffman finished with seven points.  Graham and Hoffman both pulled down four rebounds in the game.

Dell Rapids (10-4) will play in the Dak-12 Conference Classic on Saturday, January 28th, in Dell Rapids.  The Quarriers are the #3 seed and will play #4 West Central at around 5:00 p.m.  All the games of the Dak-12 Conference Classic will be broadcast on Big Sioux Media.  First game starts at 10:00 a.m.

Quarrier Wrestling Splits at Dak-12 at Tri-Valley

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QuarriersThe Dell Rapids Quarrier wrestling team won and lost a dual at the latest Dak-12 meet at Tri-Valley High School on Thursday, January 26th.  The Quarriers defeated Tri-Valley 39-28, but fell to West Central 46-36.

Brayden Gee, Scott Warwick, James Lueders, and Nick Palmer all picked up two wins on the night.  Lueders also earned his 100th career win as a Quarrier wrestler in the meet.

Dell Rapids will be at the Brookings Tournament at the Swiftel Center on Saturday, January 28th.

Individual Results

Dell Rapids 39, Tri-Valley 28

  • 106:  Carson Norgaard def Jacob Vogel (DR)
  • 113:  Trevor Klinnert over Zach McKee (DR)
  • 120:  Caden Lamer over Trevon Cross (DR)
  • 126:  Brayden Gee (DR) 0ver Lincoln Burggraff
  • 132:  Scott Warwick (DR) over Jordan Sanders
  • 138:  Max Breitkreutz over Max Lamer (DR)
  • 145:  Triston Weinzetl (DR) over Christopher Wollman
  • 152:  James Lueders (DR) over Forfeit
  • 160:  Connor Farr over Gage Carr (DR)
  • 182:  Mitchell Klinkenborg (DR) over Forfeit
  • 195:  Lincoln Richeal (DR) over Ethan Nehlich
  • 220:  Willie Heiberger over Ben Cavigielli (DR)
  • 285:  Nick Palmer (DR) over Forfiet

West Central 46, Dell Rapids 36

  • 106:  Carter Heumiller over Jacob Vogel (DR)
  • 113:  Zach McKee (DR) over Landry Knight
  • 120:  Brayden Gee (DR) over Dominic Anderson
  • 126:  Damon Crane over Trevon Cross (DR)
  • 132:  Scott Warwick (DR) over Forfeit
  • 138:  Max Lamer (DR) over Zach Brown
  • 145:  Caden Farmer over Triston Weinzetl (DR)
  • 152:  James Lueders (DR) over Mitchel Edberg
  • 160:  Tristen Boeckholt over Gage Carr (DR)
  • 182:  Clay Farmer over Mitchell Klinkenborg (DR)
  • 195:  Jared Mettler over Lincoln Richeal (DR)
  • 220:  Riley Hollander over Ben Cavigielli (DR)
  • 285:  Nick Palmer (DR) over Forfeit

 

Don Ljunggren

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Don LjunggrenDonald I. Ljunggren, 92, of Dell Rapids passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at the Dells Nursing and Rehab Center. His funeral service will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 in the United Methodist Church, Dell Rapids. Visitation will be one hour prior to the start of the service. On-line condolences may be left at the Kahler Funeral Home website.

Donald “Don” I. Ljunggren was born on June 23, 1924, the son of Rudolph and Ida (Bieck) Ljunggren at Harvard, NE. He grew up on a farm near Harvard. He attended school at Giltner, NE and graduated from Giltner High School in 1942. After high school he farmed with his family near Giltner. He married Shirley Smith on May 20, 1947. The couple moved to South Dakota in 1956 when Don accepted a job as a livestock inspector. He retired in 1975. He then worked for his son’s mink farm retiring in 1989.

Don loved farming, bowling, going to coffee and was a “fix it” man in his retirement. He enjoyed going to his grandchildren’s sporting events.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church.

Don is preceded in death by his parents, his son, Danny, one sister, Lucille, a brother, Lloyd, his daughter-in-law, Marcie, three grandchildren and a great granddaughter.

He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Shirley of Dell Rapids; his sons, Gary (Chris) Ljunggren of Billings, MT, Alan (Linda) Ljunggren of Dell Rapids and Gale Ljunggren of Dell Rapids; his daughters, Shirlette Ljunggren of Dell Rapids and Sherrie (Jay) Linneman of Dell Rapids; his 10 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren and his brother, Lester Ljunggren of Harvard, NE and his sister-in-law, Bertha and his nieces and nephews.

Everett Donaldson

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Everett DonaldsonEverett Donaldson, 91, of Dell Rapids, passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. His funeral service will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 in the First Baptist Church, Dell Rapids. Visitation will begin at noon on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 with the family present from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Kahler Funeral Home. On-line condolences may be left at the Kahler Funeral Home website.

Everett Donaldson was born on December 6, 1925 at Chelsea, OK, the son of William and Lucille (Harell) Donaldson. He grew up in Chelsea and attended school. He went to work in the oil fields until he married Lorita Hughes on February 19, 1945 at Claremore, OK. The couple moved Sioux Falls in 1947 and to Dell Rapids in 1965. He worked at John Morrell in Sioux Falls until he retired in 1987. Lorita passed away on May 26, 1992. Everett married Susie Uecker in July of 1995. Susie passed away on May 26, 2012.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Dell Rapids.

He is preceded in death by his parents, both wives, his son, Darrell, a grandson, his two brothers and a sister.

Everett is survived by his sons, Kenneth (Susan) Donaldson of Sioux Falls and Bill Donaldson of Dell Rapids; his daughters, Rita (Doug) Van Daalen of Mandan, ND and Tammy (David) Christensen of San Antonio, TX; his nine grandchildren and his 10 great grandchildren and his sister, Betty Jones of Tulsa, OK.

Dell Rapids Campground Reservation Changes

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dellrapidscampgroundReservations for the Dell Rapids campground will be handled in a new way starting in 2017.  The Dell Rapids City Council approved the booking of campsites through an online service called Camp Native.  This is a South Dakota based company.  They currently serve reservations for about 12,000 campgrounds on their website.  The website to register is www.campnative.com.

City Administrator Justin Weiland said, “We’ve been thinking about this for several years and have done quite a bit of research…what the best method of doing this, what other campgrounds do.  We do get this request about making it more convenient.”

Sites can still be reserved between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at City Hall for those who may not have online access in which city administration can log onto the website and make the reservation through the website.  One big change will be the removal of the self-registration by placing a payment in the campground’s dropbox.  For those that enter the campground outside of city hours and don’t preregister either online or through City Hall, they will need to register online instead of using the dropbox.  The city is planning to have free Wi-Fi available at the campground by the time it opens for the season to offset this change.

It was reported during the meeting that the majority of the weekends are usually filled by preregistrations in advance of the weekend, especially the big camping weekends.  Moving to the website will allow people to now see what’s available real-time for open camping spots rather than having to contact City Hall.

The nightly rate for the campground was also raised from $15.00 to $18.00 by the City Council.  The cancellation policy of No Cancellations was also amended during the meeting.  That policy was removed and replaced with Camp Native’s cancellation policy that allows for any cancellations up to two weeks prior to the stay and a one-night penalty within the two week period.  All the cancellations will be handled by the Camp Native website.

Other changes happening to the Dell Rapids Campground in 2017 are plans to construct a comfort station/bath house near Rickeman Field and also expand the campground to the former tractor pull area.

Quarrier Boys Win Physical Game Against EPJ

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DRvsEPJ_BBB_1-21-17The Dell Rapids Quarriers ground out a 70-58 win over the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies in a physical game on Saturday, January 21st, in Dell Rapids.  Dell Rapids went to the free-throw line 29 times in the game.

The Huskies held a one-point 18-17 lead at the end of a back and forth first quarter.  However, the Quarriers outscored the Huskies 20-10 in the second quarter for a 37-28 halftime lead.  Dell Rapids was able to add another point to that lead by the end of the third quarter at 55-45.  Dell Rapids outscored Elk Point-Jefferson again in the fourth quarter 15-13 for the win.

The Quarriers only shot 36% (22-61) from the field, 40% (6-15) from three-point area, and 69% (20-29).  Dell Rapids also had 44 team rebounds, nine assists, eight steals, and only turned the ball over eight times.

Three players finished in double figures for Dell Rapids.  Sheldon Siemonsma led the scoring attack with 20 points and also pulled down six rebounds.  Jeffrey Schuch finished with another double-double, scoring 11 points and grabbing 15 rebounds.  Schuch also had four blocked shots.  Austin Ellingson finished with 18 points in the game, 17 of those in the first half, and also had six rebounds, three assists, and three steals.  Mason Schmidt and Mason Peter both finished with seven points each.

The Quarriers have now put together a three-game winning streak and have an overall record of 8-2.  Dell Rapids will travel to Vermillion on Thursday, January 26th.  Big Sioux Media will have a link to the video stream from Red Eye Sports.

Alton Quam

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Alton QuamAlton Quam, 88 of the Sinai area died Saturday, January 7, 2017 at the Brookings Hospital in Brookings, SD. Funeral services were held on January 12. On-line condolences may be left at the Johnson-Henry Funeral Home website.

Alton Raymond Henry Quam was born on July 27, 1928 to Henry & Bernice (Thoreson) Quam. He was educated in the Sinai school system thru the 8th grade. He met Marjorie Jorenby in 1949 and they were married at the Sinai Lutheran Parsonage on February 24, 1950. They were married for 64 years. To this union 3 children were born- Arden, Marilyn & Marlys. The couple farmed and ranched for a few years before moving back to the Sinai community where he worked for Brookings County for 34 years running a road grader. Failing health had him living at Dakota Sun Assisted Living in Volga and then due to esophagus & swallowing problems he was moved to the Neighbors at Brookview Manor. His passions in life were: Marjorie, family & community, horses, trees, getting rid of weeds, doing anything outdoors, tractors, chain saws or anything with a 2 cycle engine and maintaining the Sinai cemetery. He loved hard work and only sat down to eat, visit, watch the weather or get a cat nap. He had many stories to tell about the history of the Sinai community. He took care of Margie 24-7 for almost 3 years after her brain surgery. He will be greatly missed by many family & friends. He was the last of his kind and they don’t make them like that anymore.

Preceding him in death are his parents, his loving wife Marjorie, one infant daughter and son Arden Quam, brother Laverne Quam. He is now finally at home with Margie.

Surviving members are: daughter-Marlys (Kermit) Micheel, Worland, WY, brother, Charles (Barb) Quam, Baltic, sisters Delores Shefte, Dell Rapids, Barb Hillestad, Sioux Falls, two granddaughters Jessica (Corey) Kremer, Sioux Falls, Danielle (Brian) Rossi, Lakewood, Co & grandson Nick Micheel, Boise, ID. Also two great granddaughters-Kalee Kremer and Valenciana Rossi. He also left behind a sister in law, Garnet Jorenby, brother in law Cliff (Deloris) Jorenby and brother in law Jim Watt and also many nieces and nephews and special friends who came to visit him these last few years.

Arletta Dunker

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Arletta DunkerArletta M. Dunker, 98, of Redfield, SD, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, at Community Memorial Hospital in Redfield, SD with funeral services held on January 14. On-line condolences may be left at the Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home website.

Arletta Mae Roberdeau was born at Loyalton, SD on August 26, 1918 to Ernest and Mary (Tauscher) Roberdeau. Her family moved to Northville, SD where she attended school. Arletta worked helping her older sisters and their families.

Arletta met A.L. “Peter” Dunker at a dance in Northville. They were united in marriage at the First United Methodist Church in Aberdeen on February 24, 1937. They sold Wearever cookware and ran the Bus Stop Café in Westport, SD. They moved to Aberdeen and then to the Dunker family farm. Later, they moved back to Aberdeen and then to Webster, SD when Pete retired. Pete passed away in May of 2003. In 2005, Arletta moved to Eastern Star Home in Redfield, SD.

Grateful for having shared her life are her children: Betty (Ben) Jung, Aberdeen, William (Ruth) Dunker, Wausau, WI, and Byron (Ellen) Dunker, Tiffin, IA; her step-children: Cheri (Alan) Drake, Sun City, AZ, Bruce (Nancy) Johnson, Dell Rapids, SD, Carmine (Randy) Sinclair, Gillette, WY, Connie Jung, Scott Jung, Mike Jung, all of Aberdeen, and Mary Jung, Black Hawk, SD; many grandchildren, step-grandchildren, great-grandchildren, step-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, step-great-great-grandchildren; and her sister-in-law, Matilda Roberdeau, Watertown, SD.  Arletta was preceded in death by her husband Pete, parents, and nine siblings.

Quarrier Girls Win Fifth in a Row

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NewDRLogoThe Dell Rapids Quarriers won their fifth game in a row with a 67-45 win over the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies on Saturday, January 21st, in Dell Rapids.  This was also the Quarriers’ seventh win out of their last eight games.

After a 10-10 tie with 2:15 to go in the first quarter, the Quarriers closed out the quarter on a 6-2 run to grab a 16-12 lead at end of the quarter.  The Quarriers would continue to expand on the lead from that forward.  Dell Rapids extended the lead to 28-22 at halftime.  The Quarrier offense picked up in the third quarter scoring 20 points.  Dell Rapids was able to push the lead to 48-34 by the end of the third quarter.  Dell Rapids then outscored Elk Point-Jefferson 19-11 in the final quarter on their way to the victory.

Four players scored in double figures for the Quarriers.  Emma Paul led all scorers with 17 points.  Arial Hoffman finished the game with 14 points, Jayda Knuppe tallied 13 points in the contest, and Kaylee Henned added 11 points.

The Quarriers (9-4) travel to Vermillion to play the Tanagers in a double header.  Big Sioux Media will have a link to the webcast by Red Eye Sports.

Quarrier Wrestling Places Ninth in Dak-12

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QuarriersThe Dell Rapids Quarriers traveled to Lennox for the Dak-12 Conference Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, January 21st.  Dell Rapids finished ninth with a total of 60.0 points.  Beresford/Alcester-Hudson finished first with a score of 170.0 points.  Canton placed second with 168.5 points, and Lennox was third with 145.0 points.

The Quarriers had three wrestlers finish in the top four of their respective weight class.  Zach McKee finished fourth in the 113-pound weight class.  Ben Cavigielli also placed fourth in the 220-pound weight class, and James Lueders finished second in the 152-pound weight class.

Dell Rapids travels to Tri-Valley for the Dak-12 Meet #5 on Tuesday, January 24th.

Individual Results:

  • 106:  Jacob Vogel finished 2-2
  • 113:  Zach Mckee (4th) finished 3-2
  • 120:  Brayden Gee finished 2-2
  • 126:  Scott Warwick finished 2-2
  • 132:  Max Lamer finished 1-2
  • 145:  Tirston Weinzetl finished 1-2
  • 152:  James Lueders (2nd) finished 3-1
  • 160:  Cage Carr finished 3-2
  • 182:  Mitchell Klinkenborg finished 2-2
  • 195:  Lincoln Richeal finished 2-2
  • 220:  Ben Cavigielli (4th) finished 3-2
  • 285:  Nick Palmer finished 2-2
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