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

Dell Rapids Falls to Vermillion in Back-and-Forth State Game

July 29, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Dell Rapids and Vermillion traded leads a couple of times with Vermillion taking a 9-7 win in an opening round game at the 2022 South Dakota Class B Legion State Tournament on Friday, July 29th in Gregory.

Dylan Mathis had an RBI single, and Jacky Henry stole home to give Dell Rapids a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Vermillion got one run back in the bottom of the inning. Vermillion then took their first lead with three runs in the second and led 4-2 going into the third inning.

Dell Rapids regained the lead in the top of the third. Aiden Boechler had an RBI ground ball, Treyse Eastman had a steal of home, and Joe Rechtenbaugh had an RBI single. Vermillion tied the game 5-5 with a run in the bottom of the third. Will Jaton had an RBI bunt single in the top of the fourth inning. Eastman added an RBI single, and Dell Rapids was back in front 7-5.

Vermillion got a run back in the bottom of the fourth inning to make the score 7-6. Neither team scored in the fifth inning. After holding Dell Rapids scoreless in the top of the sixth, Vermillion got their first three hitters on base. A wild pitch run and two sacrifice flies gave Vermillion the 9-7 lead. Dell Rapids was retired in order in the top of the seventh.

Rechtenbaugh had two hits and an RBI. Brayden Pankonen and CJ Smith both had two hits. Mathis, Jaton, Eastman, and Boechler all finished with a single and an RBI. Jack Henry and Mason Stubbe both added a hit. Henry pitched 1 2/3 innings and allowed four runs, three earned, on five walks with two strikeouts. Pankonen pitched 3 1/3 innings and allowed four earned runs on six hits and three walks with two strikeouts. Jaton pitched one inning an allowed an earned run on a walk.

Dell Rapids will play Hartford/Humboldt on Saturday, July 30th at 10:00 a.m. in an elimination game.

Winner Rallies in Sixth for Win over Hartford/Humboldt

July 29, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

In the opening game of the 2022 South Dakota Class B Legion State Tournament, Winner rallied in the top of the sixth inning to earn an 8-7 win over Hartford/Humboldt in Gregory.

Winner scored a run in the top of the first for an early 1-0 lead. Braden Herr had an RBI single in the bottom of the second to tie the game 1-1. Winner again scored a run in the top of the third, but Hartford/Humboldt responded in the bottom of the inning. Herr brought home two more runs on an single for a 3-2 lead.

Another run was scored in the top of the fourth. Loren Jacobson had had an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth. Herr got his fourth and fifth RBIs with another single to give Hartford/Humboldt a 6-3 lead in the fourth inning.

Winner started a five-run comeback in the top of the fifth. They scored two times in the fifth and then had a big, three-run inning in the top of the sixth to take an 8-6 lead. Hartford/Humboldt got one run back in the bottom of the sixth. Bennett Sebert scored on a wild pitch.

Herr finished with three hits and five RBIs. Jacobson also had three hits and an RBI. Sebert finished with two hits, one a double. Gage Nelson also had two hits. Gavin Koch added a double. Deuce Sherrard and Connor Siemonsma both had a single. Seth Gabbert pitched 4 1/3 innings and allowed five runs, three earned, on six hits and a walk with five strikeouts. Koch pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits and a walk with a strikeout.

Hartford/Humboldt will play Dell Rapids on Saturday, July 30th at 10:00 a.m.

Mudcats Beat PBR in Districts to Reach State, PBR Still Looking to Qualify

July 29, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Dell Rapids PBR and the Dell Rapids Mudcats faced each other in the District 4B tournament on Thursday, July 28th. The Mudcats built an early eight-run lead and cruised to a 12-3 victory to advance to the state tournament.

The Mudcats put three quick runs on the board in the bottom of the second inning. Travis Peters had an RBI single, Kris Regas scored on a passed ball, and Ty Hoglund had an RBI single. Dalton Lehnen launched a two-run home run in the bottom of the third to push the lead to 5-0. Lehnen added another RBI in the bottom of the fourth on a bases-loaded walk. Regas brought home two with a single to make the score 8-0.

PBR got on the board with two runs in the top of the fifth inning. Tanner Solberg had an RBI sacrifice fly to score Grant Sweeter, and Riley Calhoon added an RBI single. The Mudcats got one run back in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI double by Hoglund. They added another run in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI sacrifice fly by Trevor Freudenthal for a 10-2 lead.

Riley Hoffman bounced into an RBI fielder’s choice in the top of the seventh for PBR. The final two runs for the Mudcats came in the bottom of the seventh.

Dell Rapids Mudcats Stats

Hoglund finished with three hits, one a double, and two RBIs. Regas had two hits and two RBIs. Lehnen had a home run and three RBIs. Mark Abrahamson, Peters, Jimmy Bauer, and Freudenthal all had a hit and an RBI. Grant Olson added a double. Abrahamson pitched six innings and allowed two earned runs on five hits and a walk with six strikeouts to take the win on the mound.

Dell Rapids PBR Stats

Calhoon finished with two hits and an RBI. Sweeter and Trey Randel both had two hits each. Conner Spindler finished with a single. T. Solberg added an RBI. T. Solberg took the loss on the mound pitching four innings. He allowed nine earned runs on six hits and eight walks with four strikeouts. Dale Solberg pitched four innings and allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts.

What’s next

The Mudcats are now done in district play having clinched a spot in the state tournament. Dell Rapids PBR will get two more chances to qualify for state. Their first chance will be against Lennox at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, July 29th. The winner of the game will advance to state. The loser will play in the “last chance” game at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 30th.

West Central 16U Claims Region 3A Title

July 29, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The West Central 16U baseball team claimed the Region 3A title with a 5-1 win over Dell Rapids on Wednesday, July 27th in Humboldt.

West Central broke a 0-0 tie with three runs in the bottom of the third inning. Landen Holewa had an RBI single, and Will Nester followed with a two run single for a 3-0 lead. After Dell Rapids scored one run in the top of the fifth, West Central added two more in the bottom of the inning. Holewa reached on an error that scored Jesse Jost, and Nester added another RBI with a single.

Keaton Vessells kept the Dell Rapids hitters baffled all night. He allowed one earned run on no hits and four walks while recording 11 strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. Nester pitched 1/3 of an inning and allowed two hits.

Nester finished with two hits and three RBIs in the game. Holewa had a single and two RBIs. Cain Grocott finished with two hits. Ke. Vessells, Carter Evans, Jonathan Murray, and Karson Vessells all had a single in the game.

West Central will play Flandreau in the first game of the 2022 South Dakota VFW Class A 16U State Tournament on Friday, August 5th at 12:00 p.m. The tournament is being hosted by Dakota Valley in North Sioux City.

Dell Rapids 16U Enters State Tournament as Region 3A Runner-up

July 29, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids 16U baseball team will enter the 2022 South Dakota VFW Class A 16U State Tournament as the runner-up team from Region 3A. West Central defeated Dell Rapids 5-1 in the Region 3A Championship on Wednesday, July 27th.

After two scoreless innings, West Central broke through with three runs in the bottom of the third. Dell Rapids was able to get a run in the top of the fifth. Cooper Frost had an RBI sacrifice fly to score Sutton Williams. West Central, however, responded with two more runs in the bottom of the fifth.

Dell Rapids was held to just two hits in the game. Williams and Quinn Carr each had a single. Frost had the lone RBI. Frost pitched six innings and allowed five runs, four earned, on 11 hits and one walk with three strikeouts.

Dell Rapids will play Volga on Friday, August 5th at 5:00 p.m. in the opening round of the state tournament. The tournament is being hosted by Dakota Valley and held in North Sioux City.

Gamecocks Move on to District Championship and State Tournament

July 27, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks defeated the Flandreau Cardinals 8-4 on Tuesday, July 26th at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids. The win moves the Gamecocks into the District 4B championship game and also the South Dakota State B Amateur tournament.

The game was scoreless through three innings of play. The Gamecocks got one run in the bottom of the fourth. Brandon McKnight had an RBI ground out to break the tie. Flandreau would take the lead in the top of the fifth with four runs. The Gamecocks, however, would respond with a big inning of their own in the bottom of the fifth.

Joe Hanisch had a two-run single to cut the lead to 4-3. Devon Garry addd an RBI single. Broc Haldeman scored on an error to give the lead back to the Gamecocks, 5-4. Noah Vettrus drew a bases loaded walk. Chad Morrison added an RBI ground out, and Humboldt/Hartford led 7-4 after the fifth inning. Hanisch scored on an error in the bottom of the sixth to make the score 8-4.

Haldeman had three hits, including a double. Garry had two hits and an RBI. Hanisch and McKnight both had a single and two RBIs. Kyle Bailey finished with a single. Vettruss and Morrison both had an RBI. Cole Barthel pitched five innings and allowed four runs, three earned, on five hits and three walks with two strikeouts. Drew Maras pitched four innings and allowed four hits with one strikeout.

The Gamecocks will face Canova in the district championship on Saturday, July 30th, at around 6:30 p.m. at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.

Dell Rapids 16U Rebounds after Loss to Qualify for State

July 26, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids 16U baseball team lost a tough, extra-inning game to West Central in the semifinals of the Region 3A tournament on Tuesday, July 25th. They were able to rebound and get a win over Madison White immediately afterwards to put them into the championship game.

West Central 7, Dell Rapids 6

Dell Rapids built a 6-0 lead in the first game of the night. Cooper Frost had an RBI single in the top of the second. Talan Millage had an RBI sacrifice fly, and Mason Stubbe had an RBI single to build a 3-0 lead. Quinn Carr added an RBI single, and Frost had an RBI sacrifice fly in the top of the fourth. The sixth run came in the top of the sixth inning on an RBI single by Lincoln Fersdahl.

West Central slowly started to chip away at the lead starting in the bottom of the fourth inning. They got two runs in that inning and two more in the bottom of the fifth. West Central pulled with in a run, 6-5, with a run in the bottom of the sixth. With two outs and two runners run, West Central got a game-tying hit. The second runner was thrown out at the plate to end the seventh to force extra innings. West Central, however, got the game winning run in the bottom of the ninth.

Fersdahl had three hits, one a double, and an RBI. Sutton Williams also finished with three hits. Stubbe had two hits, one a double, and an RBI. Carr also had two hits and an RBI. Frost finished with a hit and two RBIs. Tad Tjaden and Luke Schoolmeester both had a hit. Millage finished with an RBI.

Carr pitched 4 2/3 innings and allowed four earned runs on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts. Konrad Richeal pitched 3 1/3 innings and allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks with one strikeout.

Dell Rapids 14, Madison 4

Madison scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning for a quick 3-0 lead, but Dell Rapids rebounded to score the next 11 and eventually won 14-4 in five innings to put them into the championship game for a rematch with West Central.

Dell Rapids had a big six-run bottom of the second inning and then added five more runs in the bottom of the fourth. Madison got one more run in the top of the fifth. Dell Rapids then scored three more times in the bottom of the fifth to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Stubbe finished with three hits, one a double. Fersdahl had three hits, one a double, and three RBIs. Williams had two hits, one a triple, and an RBI. Cole Ruesink had a hit and two RBIs. Carr added a triple and an RBI. Tjaden also had a single. Fersdahl pitched four innings and allowed four runs, one earned, on two hits and five walks with eight strikeouts. Frost pitched one inning and allowed one hit.

Dell Rapids Qualifies for State

Because there are only four regions, Region 3A will send both teams in the championship game to the state tournament. Dell Rapids and West Central will play in state regardless of the outcome of the championship game. The region championship is scheduled for Wednesday, July 26th at 6:00 p.m. If Dell Rapids wins, the two teams will play again immediately following the first game.

West Central 16U Rallies to Advance to Region Championship and State

July 26, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

West Central erased a 6-0 deficit to get a 7-6 extra inning win over Dell Rapids in the Region 3A tournament on Tuesday, July 25th. Because there are only four regions, the top two teams from Region 3A will qualify for the state tournament. West Central advancing to the championship game means a state tournament spot.

Dell Rapids built a 6-0 lead in the first three and a half innings. They scored three runs in the top of the second, two in the top of the third, and one more in the top of the fourth. West Central started their comeback in the bottom of the fourth with two runs. Keaton Vessells had an RBI double and then scored on an RBI ground ball by Maison Schuldt.

West Central continued the rally in the fifth inning. Jesse Jost had an RBI single, and Vessells was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to cut the lead to 6-4. Jost had another RBI single in the bottom of the sixth to make it a 6-5 game. Carter Evans brought home Schuldt to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh, but Cain Grocott was thrown out at home to keep the game tied and force extra innings.

Neither team scored in the eighth inning. Dell Rapids got a one-out single in the top of the ninth, but was unable to advance the runner any further. Landen Holewa was hit by a pitch to start the bottom of the ninth. He advanced to second on a wild pitch, and then moved to third on a single by Alex Siemonsma. Vessells delivered the game-winning, walk-off single to center field.

Evans had three hits and an RBI. Vessells had two hits, one a double, and three RBIs. Jost also had two hits and two RBIs. Schuldt added a single and an RBI. Will Nester, Siemonsma, and Grocott all had a hit.

Cade Vanderwoude pitched three innings and allowed five runs, four earned, on seven hits with one strikeout. Cyrus Maras pitched four innings and allowed an earned run on four hits with two strikeouts. Jack Sebert pitched two innings and allowed one hit and one walk with two strikeouts.

Wood Duck Season Ends in Districts

July 26, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Humboldt/Hartford Wood Duck season came to an end at the District 4B tournament. The Wood Ducks lost both of their games in Dell Rapids.

Salem Cubs 4, Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks 3

The Salem Cubs broke a 3-3 tie with a run in the bottom of the eighth and held for an opening round win over the Wood Ducks on Friday, July 22nd.

Salem scored two runs for an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second. The Wood Ducks tied the game with two runs in the top of the fourth. Chase Vessells had a two-run double. Salem regained the lead with a run in the bottom of the seventh. The Wood Ducks once again tied the game with a run in the top of the eighth. Jacob Ellens had an RBI single to make the score 3-3. The Cubs took the lead for good with two outs in the eighth.

Vessells had two hits, one a double, and two RBIs. Ellens had two singles and an RBI. Nathan Adrian and JJ Jesson both had two hits each. Austin Smith and Ryan Healy both added a single. Smith pitched eight innings and allowed four runs, three earned, on nine hits and five walks with five strikeouts.

Dell Rapids Mudcats 11, Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks 1

The Wood Duck season came to an end with an 11-1 loss to the Dell Rapids Mudcats on Sunday, July 24th. No stats were reported at the time of print.

Dell Rapids 16U Advances to Regional Semifinal

July 26, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Dell Rapids never trailed in their 6-3 win over Madison White at the Region 3A tournament in Humboldt on Monday, July 25th.

Quinn Carr scored the first run on a steal of home in the top of the second inning. Dell Rapids would add another run in the top of the third. Micah Pickard had an RBI single to push the lead to 2-0. Madison cut the lead in half, 2-1, with a run in the bottom of the third. Dell Rapids continued to lead 2-1 heading into the sixth inning.

Mason Stubbe had a two-out RBI single. Lincoln Fersdahl was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the very next at bat. Carr followed that with a bases-loaded walk, and Dell Rapids led 5-1. Dell Rapids got an insurance run in the top of the seventh. Stubbe drew a bases-loaded walk for a 6-1 advantage. Madison got two runs in the bottom of the seventh, but the rally stopped there.

Stubbe had two hits and two RBIs. Carr and Pickard both had a single and an RBI. Tad Tjaden, Sutton Williams, and Talan Millage all each had a single. Fersdahl added an RBI. Tjaden pitched 5 1/3 innings and allowed one earned run on five hits and four walks with six strikeouts. Fersdahl pitched 2/3 of an inning and struck out two batters. Konrad Richeal pitched one inning and allowed two earned runs on two hits and three walks with one strikeout.

Dell Rapids will play West Central in the regional semifinal at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26th.

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