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West Central Volleyball Regular Season Comes to an End

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The West Central Trojan volleyball team played their final regular season match on the road at Parker on Tuesday, October 26th.  The Pheasants defeated the Trojans in straight sets by scores of 25-20, 25-19, and 25-18.

Kaia Gabbert had three ace serves and a block.  Hanna Lee led the team with 19 set assists.  Jazelle Jarding finished with five kills and one block, and Jocelyn Nilson added 12 digs.

The Trojans finish the regular season with a record of 7-18.  West Central will begin Region 3A tournament play on Tuesday, November 2nd.

Regular Season Ends for Cardinal Volleyball

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The regular season came to an end for the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals on Monday, October 25th.  The Cardinals traveled to Colman to take on Region 4B foe, the Colman-Egan Hawks.  The Hawks won the match in straight sets by scores of 25-12, 25-17, and 25-9.

Courtney Brown had 11 digs and 10 kills.  Maya Heinitz also had 11 digs along with seven kills.  Ella Griffin added four kills, four set assists, three digs, and two ace serves.  Addy Gilbert had three kills and three digs.   Brianna Lindeman led the team with 14 set assists and also had seven digs and two kills.  Madala Hanson had eight set assists.  Josie Baumberger ended with five digs.

The Cardinals finished the regular season with a record of 16-10.  The Region 4B tournament will start on Monday, November 1st.  St Mary will play their first region match on Tuesday, November 2nd.

Trojans Fall in Final Home Match of Season

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The West Central Trojans held their final home volleyball match of the season on Monday, October 25th.  The Trojans hosted the Tri-Valley Mustangs.  The Mustangs won the match in four sets by scores of 25-20, 25-19, 19-25, and 25-21.

McKenna Sichmeller had three aces.  Grace harden finished with eight kills and two blocks.  Jazelle Jarding also had two blocks in the match.  Hanna Lee added 26 set assists, and Jenna Lueth had six digs.

West Central will finish the regular season at Parker on Tuesday, October 26th.

State Meet Ends Season for West Central Cross Country

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The West Central Trojan cross country team had their final race of the season at the 2021 South Dakota Class A State Cross Country Meet at Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls on Saturday, October 23rd.

Aubrey Borns placed 49th with a time of 21:01.85.  Maelee Krempges had a 67th place finish with a time of 21:27.30.

Benjamin Strunk had a top 20 finish. Strunk placed 19th with a tim eof 17:21.96.  Jacob Peterson was 43rd with a time of 18:07.42.  Jonathon Roth had a 62nd place finish with a time of 18:36.16.

Four Cardinal Cross Country Runners Finish Season at State Meet

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Four Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal cross country runners finished their season at the 2021 South Dakota Class B State Cross Country Meet in Sioux Falls on Saturday, October 23rd.

Addy Gilbert had a 74th place finish with a time of 22:47.26.  Lucy Vargas (100th) had a time of 23:48.67.   Noah Reiff placed 79th with a time of 19:47.31.  Seth Roemen was 92nd in a time of 20:13.58.

Cardinals Fifth, Quarriers Eighth at State Cheer Competition

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Photos taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal and Dell Rapids Quarrier competitive cheer teams took part in the 2021 South Dakota Class A State Competitive Cheer competition at Brandon Valley High School on Friday, October 22nd.

The Cardinals finished in a tie with Deubrook at 209 points.  Deubrook officially placed fourth, and the Cardinals were fifth.  The tie-breaker went to Deubrook because the Cardinals had more deductions with their final score.  The Quarriers placed eighth with 198 points.  Sioux Valley won their 15th straight cheer title with 283.5 points.  Dakota Valley was second with 214 points, and Winner Area was third with 212 points.

Courtney Brown was named an All-State selection at the competition.

Mustangs Hold Final Home Match of 2021 Season

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The Tri-Valley Mustangs had their final regular season home match of the volleyball season on Friday, October 22nd.  The Mustangs hosted Tea Area and also recognized their seasons.  This year’s seniors are Hannah West, Brooklin Hoek,  Allyson Haga, Jenna Hanson, and Alivia Grann.  The Titans won the match in straights sets by scores of 25-16, 25-21, and 25-17.

Hanson and Haga both had eight digs each to lead the team.  Haga also had two ace serves, while Hoek had one.  Megan Wenzel finished with five kills, and Erica Bicknase had three.  Madelyn Wenzel and four blocks.  Me. Wenzel finished with two.  Brookelyn Stieben had nine set assists, and Nevaeh Grann finished with four.

Tri-Valley will finish the 2021 regular season on the road at West Central on Monday, October 25th.

Tea Pulls Away from Trojans in Second Half

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The West Central Trojans had a couple of early leads against the Tea Area Titans on Thursday, October 21st, but the Titans were able to pull away in the third quarter for a 27-13 victory in the final regular season game.

West Central scored first when Gavin Koch threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Owen Heath with 8:48 in the opening quarter.  The extra point was no good, but the Trojans led 6-0.  Tea took the lead about three minutes later after a three-yard touchdown pass and extra point.  The Titans added to that lead as time expired in the first quarter on a 35-yards field goal, and Tea led 10-6 after the first quarter.

The Trojans regained the lead midway through the second quarter.  Koch had a 44-yard touchdown pass to Gage Nelson.  Tommy Berg made the extra point, and West Central led 13-10 with 6:12 to go in the half.  The Titans scored almost three minutes later again on an 18-yard pass.  Tea lead 17-13 at halftime.

Tea Area then pulled away with 10 points in the third quarter.  Chase Van Tol had a 51-yard field goal with 6:31 to  play in the third quarter.  Cael Lundin added a 56-yard touchdown pass to Klayton Slatter with 4:13 to play in the quarter.  The extra point made it 27-13, and that was the final score of the game.

The Trojans finished with 198 yards of offense, 215 passing yards but -17 rushing yards.  Justin Zirpel had 14 carries for 17 yards.  Koch was 14-23 passing for 215 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions.  Braden Dierickx had eight catches for 124 yards.  Jacob Krempges had three catches for 10 yards, Heath had two catches for 37 yards and a touchdown, and Nelson had a 44-yard touchdown catch.  Chet Carda had 13 tackles and a sack in the game.  Dalton Mulder and Logan Maras both had 10 tackles.  Dierickx finished with six tackles.

West Central finishes the regular season with a 4-5 record and will be the #5 seed in the 11A playoffs.  The Trojans will travel to Dell Rapids to take on the #4 seeded Quarriers on Thursday, October 28th.

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