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

Dell Rapids Softball Wins First Game

September 11, 2016 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids softball team won their first ever game on Sunday, September 11th, in Dell Rapids. The Quarriers defeated Baltic-Chester-Flandreau 9-8 for the come-from-behind win. Earlier in the day Dell Rapids fell to Garretson by a score of 13-8.

Pitching duties were split between Kinsey Carr and Shelby Apland throughout the day. Sheree Lacey hit a homerun in the Garretson game. Brooke Klein led the offense going 4-6 with a triple and a walk on the afternoon.

This is the first season of varsity high school softball for Dell Rapids. The Quarriers played a JV schedule last year and finished third at the class B state tournament. Earlier this season for the varsity team, they dropped games to Yankton (2-6), West Central (1-10), Watertown (5-12), and Tea (3-7).

The JV team earned two wins on Sunday, September 11th. They defeated Garretson 15-9 and James Valley 9-4. Elliot Shultz and Cassy Geraets homered in the win over Garretson. Sam Price pitched both games recording 11 total strikeouts.

The JV team opened the season with a loss to Yankton and a win over West Central. In the following weekend, the JV team lost games to Watertown and Tea.

The JV and Varsity teams will travel to Pipestone and play games against Pipestone and Watertown on Sunday, September 18th. Dell Rapids will then travel to Luverne to play Luverne and Pipestone on Saturday, September 25th.

Cardinals Win Thrilling First Home Game

September 10, 2016 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal football team bounced back from a couple of rough games and won their first home game of the year in an exciting game over the De Smet Bulldogs. The Cardinals won 28-26 in a back-and-forth game on Friday, September 9th, at Rickeman Field.

St Mary started the game with a 7:00 drive that ended on a one-yard touchdown run by Dalton Houska. The first quarter ended with the Cardinals ahead 6-0. The Bulldogs, however, scored on the first play of the second quarter to cap off a 5:00 drive. Jon Todd had a six-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 6-6. St Mary wasted no time in answering as Luke Brown scored :31 later on a 37-yard run. The two point conversion gave the Cardinals a 14-6 lead. The Bulldog offense responded on a 12-yard fourth-down touchdown pass from Cade Birkel to Todd with 8:04 to go in the half. They, too, scored a two point conversion to tie the game at 14-14. The Cardinals took the lead with just :27 to go in quarter on a three-yard touchdown run by Garret Frost with Houska scoring the two point conversion to re-gain the lead at 22-14. De Smet drove the ball deep into Cardinal territory, but Logan Gaspar intercepted a Birkel pass as time expired to preserve the 22-14 St Mary lead.

After both defenses held tough through most of the third quarter, De Smet scored on a short field after a recovered fumbled punt. With 2:15 to go in the third quarter, Zach Walkow tight-roped the sideline and scored on a 23-yard run to pull with two points at 22-20. The Bulldogs took the lead for the first time with 6:40 to go in the fourth quarter on another fourth down play. Todd scored again, this time from three yards away, and the Bulldogs led 26-22. The lead was short-lived as Frost scored a minute later on a 53-yard run to give the lead back to St Mary at 28-26. The Cardinal defense held tough the remainder of the game, and forced a turnover on downs with a minute left before kneeling down for the win.

Frost finished the game with 18 carries for 120 yards and two touchdowns. Houska had 16 carries for 56 yards and a touchdown. L. Brown had five carries for 45 yards and a touchdown. L. Brown was also 3-6 passing for 42 yards. Zach Geraets had two catches for 21 yards. Evan Brown had one catch for 18 yards. Frost and Geraets led the defense with 9.5 tackles. L. Brown had 7.5 tackles, and Houska finished with 6.5 tackles and a fumble recovery.

St Mary improves to 1-2 on the year. The Cardinals will travel to Castlewood to take on Castlewood/Estelline on Friday, September 16th. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

Quarriers Roll in Win over Tri-Valley

September 10, 2016 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Quarrier football team went to Tri-Valley and rolled the Mustangs 35-7 on Friday, September 9th. The win was the second win in a row for the Quarriers.

Tri-Valley scored first in the game, but Dell Rapids scored 35 unanswered points. The Quarriers led 7-6 after the first quarter. They added two more scores in the second quarter for a 21-6 halftime lead. Dell Rapids then scored a touchdown in third and fourth quarters.

Dell Rapids finished the game with 271 yards rushing and 101 yards passing for a total of 378 yards of offense. The Mustangs were held to 153 rushing yards and seven passing yards for a total of 160 yards of offense.

Hunter Hansen was 5-12 passing for 106 yards and a touchdown. Hansen also had nine carries for 55 yards and a rushing touchdown. Seth Andersen had 12 carries for 89 yards. Tanner Heim had eight carries for 44 yards and a touchdown along with two catches for 68 yards and a receiving touchdown. Adam Nagelhout had six carries for 36 yards and a rushing touchdown. Matt Gillogly finished with seven carries for 18 yards and a touchdown. Ross Wiebenga had seven tackles for the Quarrier defense. Gillogly added five tackles, and Nate McKee had four tackles.

Dell Rapids improves to 2-1 on the year. The Quarriers travel to Tea Area on Friday, September 16th. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

Joan (Schwebach) Brown

September 10, 2016 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Joan C. Brown, 83, of Summersville, WV passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2016 in the Summersville Regional Medical Center. Born July 8, 1933 in Dell Rapids, SD; she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Kottman Schwebach. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Ronald J. Brown in 2006; two brothers, Joseph Schwebach and Urban Schwebach; two sisters, Isabelle Schmidt and Cordula Williamson.

Joan attended all twelve years of schooling and graduated from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Dell Rapids. She went on to Mount Marty College in Yankton, SD, to earn her teaching certificate. She also attended Dakota State teacher’s college. She was the first lay teacher at St. Mary’s Elementary Catholic School in Dell Rapids, SD. She also taught in Parker and Rapid City, SD, and a private school in Manhattan, NYC.

She married Ronald J. Brown on December 26, 1959. They had four children, Ann Christiansen (Tim) of Austin, TX, Paul Brown (Mary), Patrick Brown, and Alice Hamilton (CJ), all of Summersville; grandchildren, Melissa (David) Augustine, Kelly (Matt Schmidt), Andrew, Nichole, Christy, Anna and Jacob Hamilton, Rachel, John Paul, Luke and Mary Angela Brown and six great grandchildren; Matthew Christiansen, Brianna, Samantha, Catherine and Nicholas Augustine and Adeline Schmidt; two great-great grandchildren, Zayden and Aleah Augustine; three sisters, Mary Ann (Alfred) Loiseau of Egan, SD, Helen (Mike) Hattervig of Dell Rapids, SD and Clare (Conrad) Hubert of Babylon, NY.

Joan’s life was her family. Whatever her children were involved in she was there. She was a Girl and Boy Scout leader as well as fundraising chairman, a room mother for many years, active PTA member, as well as being a CCD and RCIA Teacher for her church. She loved her Catholic faith and participated in every aspect that she could by volunteering as a member of altar society or ladies group as well as a religious education teacher.

Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at the St. John’s Catholic Church at Summersville with interment in the St. John’s Catholic Cemetery at Summersville. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Joan’s memory may be made to Catholic Radio c/o St. Johns Church, Summersville, WV. On-line condolences may be left at the White Funeral Home website.

Dell Rapids to Get New Mexican Restaurant

September 9, 2016 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Downtown Dell Rapids will be the home to a new Mexican family restaurant. The owners of Azteca Family Mexican Restaurant in Sioux Falls and El Tapatio Family Mexican Restaurant in Yankton will be opening an El Tapatio Family Mexican Restaurant in the Grand Opera House in downtown Dell Rapids.

A sign announcing the news was hung in the window on Wednesday, September 7th. A targeted opening date has not been released as of yet.

The owners of the restaurant chain are also opening up an El Tapatio in Brandon.

Dells Theater Helps Make Dream Come True

September 9, 2016 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

A Sioux Falls five-year-old was presented with a specially-designed bicycle at the Dell Rapids Theater on Thursday, September 8th, thanks to fundraising efforts led by Variety, a children’s charity.

Phoenyx Benson is living with a significant brain injury and is unable to ride a traditional bicycle. Variety has led fundraising efforts to have a specially-designed bicycle given to Phoenyx to allow her the joys of having her very own bike to ride.

Dell Rapids Theater owner, Jeff Logan and Logan Theaters chain, have been big supporters of the Variety children’s charity. They have sold limited edition gold pins from Variety’s Gold Heart Campaign to help raise money for the charity. All the monies raised in South Dakota stay in South Dakota to help locally. This year’s pin featured artwork from the “Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” movie. The previous pin featured artwork of the minions from “Despicable Me”.

“They are like collector’s pieces. They tie in with a different movie, and we have support from the studios that they donate the license to use the artwork. They are able to use a special pin to make it more popular,” Logan said.

Variety was initially founded in 1927 by a group of 11 theater owners and showmen in Pittsburgh, PA as a social club. The so-named Variety Club evolved into a charity during 1928. Today Variety has a network of 42 offices in 13 countries operating as a children’s charity.

After receiving the bicycle, Phoenyx took a ride around the lobby of the theater and posed for pictures with her mother Emily Bartscher and everyone that helped make the bicycle possible. The specially-designed bicycle was made by Chad Pickard the owner of Spoke-N-Sport bike shop.

Tea Area Beats Quarrier Volleyball Team

September 9, 2016 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Tea Area Titans defeated the Dell Rapids Quarriers in volleyball action in Dell Rapids on Thursday, September 8th. The Titans won 25-23, 25-21, 25-23.

Maria Jackson had seven points for Dell Rapids. Emma Paul had seven kills. Brooke Klein added four points and 15 digs. Trinity Gordon finished with 13 digs, and Chloe Solberg had 16 set assists.

Dell Rapids falls to 3-4 on the year. The Quarriers will travel to Canton on Tuesday, September 13th.

JV Results:

In the JV match, Jackson ( four kills and four blocks), Shelby Apland (three kills, seven digs and five points), and Gabi Rus (11 digs and six points) were credited for the efforts.

C Team Results:

In the C match, the Quarriers fell 21-25 and 20-25. Katie Steineke and Dezi Rus led the kill department with six and five kills respectively. Leading servers were Kyra Graham and Mallory Haak with three each. G. and D. Rus dug up 12 and four attacks respectively. Dezi and Britton Gordon were both sited for the inspired play.

Cardinal Volleyball Falls to Lake Preston

September 9, 2016 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team fell to the Lake Preston Divers in four games in Lake Preston on Thursday, September 8th. Scores of the games were 25-18, 25-12, 21-25, 25-14.

The Cardinals finished with two aces, five set assists, 13 kills, and 59 digs as a team. Maddie Schwebach had both of the service aces, and Cassy Geraets had all five set assists. Rhiannon Glazier finished with four kills, and Haley Michel finished with 21 digs.

The Cardinals fall to 1-8 on the year. St Mary will host the Flandreau Indian School on Tuesday, September 13th.

Cardinal Girls Cross Country Finishes 2nd at De Smet

September 8, 2016 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal girls cross country team finished second at the De Smet Invitational on Thursday, September 8th, with a team score of 31 points. Howard won the team title with 27 points. De Smet was third with 34 points.

The girls and boys team will be at the Freeman Invite on Wednesday, September 14th.

Varsity Girls Results:

2nd: Christina Vogel – 21:43.21
3rd: Ella Heinitz – 21:44.10
Catherine Vogel – 25:27.76

Varsity Boys Results:

16th: Jacob Vogel – 19:23.66
Jason Cook – 23:38.47

JV Boys Results:

Clay Wolles – 13:09.77
Hunter Griffen – 13:10.17
Thomas Eining – 13:23.22
Seth Roemen – 13:48.94
Noah Dennis – 14:09.00
Sam Palmer – 14:18.37

Dell Rapids City Council Appoints New Mayor

September 7, 2016 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The city of Dell Rapids has a new mayor until April 11th, 2017. During their regular meeting on Tuesday, September 6th, the Dell Rapids City Council appointed an interim mayor.

Councilman Mike Geraets made a motion to nominate Tom Earley as the interim mayor of the city of Dell Rapids. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gary Haak. No other nominations were submitted to the council for vote. The motion was unanimously voted by the council.

With the move to mayor, Earley submitted his resignation as Ward 2 Alderman. The council unanimously accepted Earley’s councilman resignation. Earley was then sworn in as interim mayor of Dell Rapids.

“Thank you for your support. The only thing I want to say is that I think we have an excellent council here. My one and only goal is to continue to work with you and ask for your support as we move ahead with the city, and we do the things that need to be done and do them right. I think everyone sitting here has that goal, intention and spirit,” said Earley.

The open seat on the council left by Earley was filled by an appointment by the city council. Councilman Mark Crisp made a motion to nominate Barry Berg to fill the open seat. The council unanimously approved the appointment. Berg will serve as Ward 2 Alderman until the April 11th, 2017 election. Berg was also sworn into the council.

The council had three options on how to fill the vacant mayor role that was left when Mayor Scott Fiegen resigned on August 15th. The first option was to continue to act without a mayor and have the board president assume the duties until the April 11th, 2017 election. The second option, which is the option the council chose, was to appoint a current council member and then fill the open council seat. The third option could have been to appoint another resident of Dell Rapids as mayor until the next election in April.

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