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

Cardinals Improve to 5-1

October 11, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals defeated the Estelline Redmen 48-14 on Friday, October 11th, in Dell Rapids. The Cardinals held Estelline to just 90 yards of total offense, 14 rushing yards and 76 passing yards, in the game. Meanwhile, Dell Rapids St Mary racked up 358 yards of total offense, 311 rushing and 47 passing.

Josh Brown once again found the endzone multiple times. He finished with 181 yards on 17 carries for three touchdowns. Ben Bunkers carried the ball 14 times for 94 yards and two touchdowns. Wes Heinricy threw a couple of touchdowns in the game as well. He finished 2-4 passing for 47 yards and two touchdowns. Jared Scholten had a touchdown catch of 24 yards, and Bunkers had a touchdown catch of 23 yards.

Jonah Longville led the defense with seven tackles and one sack. Leon Maxwell had six tackles in the game. Noah Fiegen had six tackles and a sack. Brown added 5.5 tackles for the Cardinals.

Head coach Ross Flemmer said, “We played hard tonight. We have to work on playing four quarters of football to the best of our abilities, but we played hard. We need to work out a few things and continue to improve this week to get ready for a tough Arlington team.”

Dell Rapids St Mary improves to 5-1 on the year. The Cardinals will host the Arlington Cardinals in the final home game of the year on Friday, October 18th.

Wanda Thompson

October 11, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Wanda Thompson, 93, died Thursday, October 10, 2013, at the Dougherty Hospice House. Funeral service will begin at 11:00 AM on Monday, October 14, 2013, at Springdale Lutheran Church, rural Sioux Falls, with burial to follow at the Springdale Cemetery. The family will be present to greet friends for visitation from 2:00 to 4:00 PM on Sunday, October 13 at George Boom Funeral Home in Sioux Falls.

Wanda Elizabeth Stover, daughter of Walter and Rose (Bachman) Stover, was born April 24, 1920, in Flandreau, SD. She lived with her family on the family farm east of Flandreau until 1923 when they moved to town where she attended Spafford Grade School through the fifth grade. She then attended the Hess #6 rural school in Moody County and later Flandreau High School. Wanda graduated from Flandreau High School in May of 1938.

Wanda then moved to Sioux Falls where she attended Nettleton Business College for one year and worked part-time at Fantle’s Tea Room as a waitress. Over the next few years she worked several jobs including the Pipestone County ASC office, the office at Tri-State Electric in Sioux Falls and the Civilian Air Force Technical Training Command at the Air Force Base in Sioux Falls in the records division.

On January 1, 1944, Wanda married Earl Thompson at First Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. She would later work as the book keeper for the Harrisburg Farmers Co-Op Elevator. Earl passed away on March 15, 2004 after 60 years of marriage.

Over the years Wanda was a very active member of the Springdale Lutheran Church, Springdale rural school board, Grieg Chorus Auxiliary, 4H Leader, Boy Scouts of America, the Farm Bureau, Lincoln County Pork Producers and was a charter member of the Echo Extension Club. Above all her various involvements, Wanda cherished the time she spent with her family. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend who will be greatly missed by all those who shared her life.

Grateful for having shared her life are her daughters, Cheryl (Jerry) Diede, Springfield, MN, Diane (James) Lee, Tulsa, OK; sons, Mark (Jean) Thompson, Forsyth, IL, Gordon (Deb) Thompson, Sioux Falls, and Gregg (Robin) Thompson, Sioux Falls; 14 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; sister, Charlotte Jacobson, Dell Rapids, SD; sister-in-law, Marilyn Skalland, Sioux Falls; brother-in-law, Norman Skalland, Sioux Falls; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Wanda was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Thompson; and her parents, Walter and Rose (Bachman) Stover.

Rosalie Smith

October 10, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Rosalie Marie Thompson Smith was born on June 30, 1926, in Goodland, KS, to Fred and Lydia Thompson, wheat farmers in northwestern Kansas. Rosalie was Lydia’s only child and grew up on the farm, enjoying country life to its fullest. It was during this childhood time that Lydia introduced her daughter to sewing, quilting and crocheting – all of which Rosalie enjoyed for the rest of her life.

Rosalie got her early education in a small country school and even though these were the Depression years Rosalie liked her time spent in country school and many times recalled her time there with fondness. In the fall of 1939, Rosalie enrolled in high school in Brewster, KS. She enjoyed high school, especially the business classes. This was also the time when she met her future husband, Junior C. Smith, better known as ‘Smitty’. They dated for a few years before Smitty enlisted in the Marine Corp in 1942. It would be three years before they could see each other again. Smitty was an Infantryman in the South Pacific. Rosalie became a bookkeeper for the local grain elevator after graduating from high school in 1943.

After the war ended Smitty and Rosalie married in September of 1945. Smitty became a full time wheat farmer. Rosalie’s first child, Fred, was born in January 1947 and a second child, Linda Sue was born in January of 1952. In 1955, after a trip to the Black Hills the family fell in love with the area. Smitty then purchased a unit on the Angostura Irrigation Project and the family moved to South Dakota in June of 1956. The children were raised on the farm and both went to elementary school in Oral, SD and to high school in Hot Springs, SD.

Rosalie began work in town in 1959. She worked in the county treasurer’s office, the old Sister’s Hospital and Freed’s Fine Furnishings. In 1966 she started to work at The Veterans Administration Center and held various secretarial positions there until her retirement in 1980. From 1980 on she was again on the farm as a homemaker and the business’s record keeper. Fred, her son, had returned from the service and was now in partnership with his father on the ranch. By now there were three grandchildren on the ranch for Rosalie to enjoy. She really liked watching them in all of their school activities. Another thing which she really liked was car club-a group of people with old cars who went on various expeditions and outings.

Rosalie moved to Hot Springs in May of 1988 after Smitty had suffered a stroke in 1987. After Smitty’s move to the Castle Manor nursing home, Rosalie visited him daily, often feeding him lunch. Her devotion and commitment never wavered until his death in 1994. Rosalie moved to Wynia Apartments and remained there until June of 2013. She then moved to Pine Hills Assisted Living. She really liked Pine Hills and stayed there until a cancer diagnosis brought her to Golden Living Nursing home. She passed away on October 7, 2013. She will be missed by her family whom she loved very much as they did her. Her faith was very strong and she was at peace when she left us.

Survivors include her son, Fred Smith of Hot Springs, daughter, Linda Sue (Bob) Stannard of Denver, CO; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 14, 2013, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hot Springs with Pastor Dwayne Hunzeker officiating.

A memorial has been established in Rosalie’s name to benefit St. John’s Lutheran Church.

Quarriers Fall to Vermillion

October 10, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Vermillion Tanagers defeated the Dell Rapids Quarriers in volleyball action on Tuesday, October 8th, in Vermillion 3-0 by scores of 25-14, 25-14, 25-21.

Jordan Stone led the offense with five kills on the night. Sarah Haak had six set assists. Haak also had three aces in the match. Shelby Wrage and Maria Nagelhout added two aces apiece. Defensively for the Quarriers, Karlie Leighton finished with four digs. Emily Boyle and Wrage each had three digs. Madie Vietor had two blocks on the night.

Dell Rapids falls to 1-15 on the year. Dell Rapids will travel to Sioux Falls to take on the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers on Thursday, October 17th, for their next match.

JV Results

The JV team defeated Vermillion by scores of 25-16, 25-12. Megan Miles had seven kills for Dell Rapids. Brittnay Welbig had 13 set assists. Shelby Wrage and Welbig each had three aces. Brittany Kludt finished with two blocks for the Quarriers, while Bailey Munk finished with seven digs.

C Team Results

The C team lost to Vermillion by scores of 25-12, 25-15. Ashley Lorenzen had three kills. Chloe Solberg finished with three set assists on the night. Alexis Krantz had three aces. Defensively for Dell Rapids, Kenzie Gullickson had nine digs.

Gene Hoglund

October 9, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Gene L. Hoglund, son of Harry S. and Irene (Christensen) Hoglund, was born December 31, 1929 on the family farm in Hamlin County near Lake Norden, South Dakota. He grew up there and attended school in Lake Norden, graduating from Lake Norden High School in 1947. Gene began farming with his father before serving in the U.S. Marine Corps from December 12, 1951 to December 1, 1953. Following his discharge he returned to the farm near Lake Norden. He was united in marriage to Helen Johnson on September 18, 1954 at the Evangelical Covenant Church in Lake Norden. Gene enjoyed his children and grandchilden and all of their activities. They continued to farm on the family farm until moving into Lake Norden in 2003. He died on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at the Lake Norden Golden Living Center at the age of 83 years.

Gene was a lifelong member of the Evangelical Covenant Church and also served on the elevator board for several years. During high school Gene participated in sports and played baseball with the Lake Norden Lakers for several years. He enjoyed golf and hunting waterfowl, pheasants and deer.

Grateful for having shared his life are his wife Helen of Lake Norden; four children, Shelley Eggebraaten, Gail Ensberg and her husband Brian, all of Sioux Falls, Rhonda Horsley and her husband Gary of Tea, SD, Mick Hoglund and his wife Shauna of Dell Rapids, SD; 12 grandchildren, Nick (Christina) Castillo, Mark Ditmarson, Lydia Osterbuhr, Marci (Jesse) Pearson, Anthony Castillo, Laura (Adam) Chandler, Sara Ensberg, Austin (Adrienne) Horsley, Abby and Nicole Horsley, and Morgan and Ty Hoglund; six great grandchildren; three sisters, JoAnn Mattheis and her husband Ken, Janet Johnson and her husband Al, all of Sioux Falls, Shirley Larson and her husband John of Lake Norden; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Gene was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, Ruby Skoglund, Harriet Hoglund in infancy, Carol Warren, and a son-in-law David Eggebraaten.

His funeral service will be 2:00 PM Saturday, October 12, 2013 at the Evangelical Covenant Church in Lake Norden. Visitation will be from 4PM to 7PM Friday at Geise Funeral Chapel in Lake Norden.

Cardinals Pick up 8th Win of Year

October 8, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals volleyball team picked up their eighth win of the year by defeating the Freeman Flyers 25-20, 25-11, 27-25 on Monday, October 7th.

Freeman jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first game. The Cardinals countered with a 5-0 run to take the lead. Freeman again had another short lead at 8-5, but St Mary took control of game one from that point onwards. The Cardinals slowly increased their lead to 22-15. Freeman closed the game to 22-20, but St Mary ended the game on a 3-0 run. The two teams traded early points in the second game. With the game tied at 3-3, the Cardinals reeled off eight straight points to go ahead 11-3. The Flyers were able to get within three points at 11-8, but that was as close as they would get. The Cardinals went on a 11-0 run to go ahead 22-8 before closing the game out at 25-11. In the final game, the teams battled tough all game long. Neither team was ahead by more than a couple of points, and the game was tied 13-13. St Mary was able to grab a 21-17 lead, but Freeman scored six points in a row to go ahead 23-21. St Mary tied the game at 23-23, and then again at 25-25. The Cardinals were able to get the final two points for the match win.

Dell Rapids St Mary improves to 8-11 on the year. The Cardinals will host Estelline on Thursday, October 10th.

Highlights

Vincent Geraets

October 8, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Vincent T. Geraets, 86, of Estelline, died on Friday, October 4, 2013 at the Brookings Hospital in Brookings, SD. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30am, Friday, October 11, 2013 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Dell Rapids, SD. Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 10, 2013 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm with a Liturgical Wake Service beginning at 6:00pm at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Dell Rapids, SD. Burial will be held on October, 15, 2013 at Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, SD.

Vincent T. Geraets was born on March 18, 1927 in Dell Rapids, SD, the son of John and Rose (Rickerl) Geraets. Vincent grew up on the family farm near Dell Rapids, SD. He attended country school and St. Mary’s School in Dell Rapids. After completing his education, he entered the United States Marines and served from 1945 until his discharge in 1946. Following his military involvement, he worked for several area farmers. He was later employed by a dry cleaning business in Dell Rapids.

Vince was united in marriage to MaryLu Schwartz on June 25, 1953 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Dell Rapids. They moved to Mobridge, SD where he continued in the dry cleaning business for 15 years. He purchased a liquor store and operated it for the next four years. He then started his own carpet and upholstery cleaning business, which he operated until retirement. They made their home in Mobridge for 50 years. In May of 2005, they moved to Brookings, SD and resided at Brookhaven Estates independent living center until moving to the Estelline Nursing Care Center in 2012.

He was proud to be a veteran and serve for the United States of America Marine Corps. He was a lifetime member of the American Legion, where he was honored as District Legionnaire of the Year in 1980. He was also a member of the Mobridge Moose Club. As a devoted and dedicated husband, he was quite a domestic engineer around the house, especially after his retirement. He enjoyed gardening and yard work at home and for the church in Mobridge. The Catholic faith was very important to Vince. He was a member and served on the church council at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Mobridge.

Vince is survived by his sisters, Rose Ann (Joe) Slinger, Agnes (Dale) Schmiesing, brother -in-law, Ralph Schwartz and his wife Donna Jean, sisters-in-law; Joyce Geraets, Jeannine Geraets, Darlene Schwartz, and many nieces, nephews and friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife, MaryLu, parents, brothers John, Peter, Clarence, George, James, Charles and Leonard, and sisters Marie, Catherine and Johanna.

Vincent passed away on Friday, October 4, 2013 at the Brookings Hospital in Brookings, SD at the age of 86.

Quarriers Win State A Golf Title!

October 8, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Quarriers boys golf team is the 2013 Class A State Champions! The team finished with a two-day total of 662. Parkston finished second with a total of 663. Aberdeen Roncalli finished third with a total of 670, Madison was fourth at 671, and West Central finished fifth at 681. Parkston had the best round of the second day with a 332. Dell Rapids had a 339 for the day.

Adam Karst finished second individually for the tournament, with a tw0-day total of 151. Michael Duch of Aberdeen Roncalli held on to his first day lead to win the individual title with a total of 148. Zach Schroeder finished tied for 14th at 167. Devon Weber finished with a total of 171, Ty Hoglund had a 173 for the tournament, and Mason Schmidt finished the state tournament with a 193.

The Quarriers will have a welcome home at 6:30 p.m. at Rocky Run Golf Course in Dell Rapids.

Quarrier Golfers Lead after First Day of State Tournament

October 7, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Quarrier boys golf team has a five-stroke lead after the first date of the Class A State Tournament in Hartford. Dell Rapids currently has a team score of 323. Aberdeen Roncalli and Madison are tied for second with 328. Parkston is in fourth at 331, with Dakota Valley in fifth place at 340.

Adam Karst fired a +1 round of 73 on the day, which puts him in second place just one stroke behind the leader Michael Duch of Aberdeen Roncalli for the individual title. Zach Schroeder is currently tied for sixth with a first-day round of 80. Ty Hoglund finished the day with an 84, Deven Weber shot an 86, and Mason Schmidt had a 98.

The Quarriers will finish the tw0-day State Tournament in Hartford on Tuesday, October 8th.

See You at the Pole Rally Held

October 7, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Students from Dell Rapids Middle School participated in the first “See You at the Pole” Rally on Friday, September 27th, at 7:30 a.m. The rally was organized by the First Baptist Church Youth Group, The Pulse. Students gathered to pray for their school, teachers, coaches, principals, peers, community, and their nation. The Scripture of focus was 2 Chronicles 7:14 “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

The students read Scripture, shared personal testimonies, prayed, and shared ways that they could be positive influence in their schools. The national “See You at the Pole” rally events are held annually on the fourth Wednesday of September.

Anna Schmidt, student organizer, said, “This is a great way to honor God and to pray for our school, community, and our nation.”

This group of students plan to gather and pray quarterly at their school flagpole.

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