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Tri-Valley Volleyball Plays Close Match Against Lennox

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Tri-Valley played a close match against the Lennox Orioles on Monday, October 18th.  The match went four sets, but the Orioles won by set scores of 25-19, 18-25, 25-14, and 25-19.

Megan Wenzel had a team-high eight kills.  Madelyn Wenzel had four kills.  Ally Haga finished with 15 digs, and Jenna Hanson had 11 digs.  Me. Wenzel finished with four blocks.  Brooklyn Stieben had seven set assists, while Nevaeh Grann had five set assists.  Hannah West had two ace serves.

The Mustangs will travel to Mt Vernon to play the Titans on Tuesday, October 19th.

Trojan Girls Soccer Wins Back-to-Back Titles

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The West Central Trojan girls soccer team won their second straight South Dakota Class A State title, and fifth in the last six years, on Saturday, October 16th.  The Trojans defeated the Dakota Valley Panthers 2-1 at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls.

The Trojans entered the state tournament as the #1 seed.  They hosted a semifinal match against Sioux Falls Christian on Saturday, October 9th.  The Trojans defeated the Changers 1-0 to advance to the title match.

Rylee Haldeman scored the first goal just under five minutes into the match.  The score remained 1-0 in favor of West Central at halftime.  Dakota Valley got the tying goal with 12:54 left in the second half when Emma Deacon scored on a penalty kick.

About seven minutes later at the 5:31 mark of the second half, Haldeman got the game-winning goal for the Trojans on a penalty kick. 

Haldeman, Cambell Fischer, and Lily Sidel were all named to the 2021 South Dakota High School Soccer Coaches Association Class A All-State Soccer Team. 

West Central finished their season with an overall record of 13-1-1.

Quarriers Take Fifth at Dak-12 Tournament

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The Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team placed fifth at the Dak-12 Conference tournament on Saturday, October 15th in Tea.  Dell Rapids finished 3-1 on the day.

In the opening round, the Quarriers defeated the Vermillion Tanagers in three sets.  Vermillion won the opening set 25-22, but the Quarriers won the next two by scores of 26-24 and 25-12.  JoJo Henry had 11 kills to lead the team.  Riley Hill had seven kills, and Kenzie Garry had five kills.  Randall had four ace serves, and Hill had three.  Randall also had a team high three blocks.  Lauryn Kloth had two blocks.  Hill added 12 digs.  Henry had eight, Randall seven, and Garry, Emma Molskness and Lexi Ingalls all had six digs.  Randall had 14 set assists, while Hill had 10.

The Quarriers faced the Dakota Valley Panthers in the second round.  The Panthers got the win in three sets by scores of 25-16, 23-25, and 25-14.  Randall led the team in kills with 15.  Henry finished with six.  Randall also had two ace serves, 10 digs, and 11 set assists.  Kloth finished with four blocks.  Henry and Garry each had two.  Ingalls had a team-high 12 digs.  Henry had 10, and hill finished with eight digs.  Hill had 17 set assists.

Dell Rapids bounced back in the third round with a straight set win over the Canton C-Hawks by set scores of 25-20 and 25-13.  Henry had a team-high eight kills, and Randall finished with seven kills.  Henry also had three ace serves with Ingalls adding two.  Ingalls also finished with seven digs.  Randall and Garry both finished with five digs.  Randall had 13 set assists, and Hill finished with 12 set assists.

The Quarriers finished the day with a three-set win over the Lennox Orioles for fifth place.  They won by set scores of 20-25, 25-13, and 25-20.  Henry had 10 kills.  Kloth and Garry both had nine kills.  Randall finished with five ace serves with Henry finishing with three.  Randall also had three blocks, and Kloth had two.  Garry tallied seven digs.  Ingalls finished with six.  Hill had five digs, and Randall and Molskness both had four digs each.  Hill and Randall both had 13 set assists each.

Dell Rapids (15-12) will host Madison on Tuesday, October 19th.

Cardinal Volleyball Goes 2-2 at DVC Tourney

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The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team finished 2-2 at the Dakota Valley Conference tournament on Saturday, October 16th.

The Cardinals defeated Lake Preston in straight sets by scores of 25-13 and 25-20.  Addy Gilbert had seven kills.  Courtney Brown, Maya Heinitz, and Ella Griffin all had three kills each.  Brianna Griffin finished with three blocks, and Heinitz had two.  Madala Hanson had a team-high eight set assists.  Lindeman finished with six.  Lindeman and Whitney Warwick both had five digs.  Brown finished with four digs.  Jaycee Tebay had three ace serves.

St Mary also defeated the Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Raiders in three sets.  The Raiders won the first set 25-22, but the Cardinals won the next two 25-19 and 25-19.  Brown had 13 kills, 11 digs, and two ace serves.  Heinitz added seven kills and nine digs.  E. Griffin had five kills, six set assists, two digs and two ace serves.  Lindeman had 17 set assists and 16 digs.  Hanson finished with six assists and four digs.  Tebay and Josie Baumberger both had two ace serves.

Estelline/Hendricks handed the Cardinals one of the losses in the tournament.  The Redhawks won in three sets by scores of 25-17, 25-27, and 25-22.  Brown had nine kills, 16 digs, and two blocks.  E. Griffin had seven kills, four set assists, four digs, two blocks, and two ace serves.  Heinitz had four kills and 15 digs.  Gilbert had a team-high three blocks.  Lindeman added three kills, nine set assists, and 11 digs.  Hanson had eight set assists and five digs.  Warwick had 14 digs, and Baumberger had 11 digs.

The other loss the Cardinals suffered was to the Deubrook Dolphins.  The Dolphins win by set scores of 25-18 and 25-17.  Brown finished with five kills, and Lindeman had four.  Baumberger led the team with six digs.  Lindeman, Gilbert, and Brown all had four digs each.  Brown also had three ace serves, and E. Griffin had two.  Hanson had a team-high five set assists.  Lindeman and E. Griffin each had four assists.

The Cardinals (16-8) will host the Elkton-Lake Benton Elks on Tuesday, October 19th.

Dell Rapids Cheer Places Fifth in Platte

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The Dell Rapids Quarrier competitive cheer team placed fifth at the Platte-Geddes Invitational on Saturday, October 16th.  Eleven teams participated in the event.

The Quarriers finished with 147.5 points.  Bon Homme won the event with 163.5 points.  Wager was second with 162 points.  Dakota Valley placed third with 160.5 points.  Platte-Geddes/Dakota Christian was fourth with 155.5 points.

Dell Rapids will be at the Bon Homme Invite on Monday, October 18th.

De Smet Spoils Cardinal Homecoming

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Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals went step-for-step with the #1 team in the South Dakota 9A Media Poll, the De Smet Bulldogs, on Friday, October 15th for most of the game.  The Bulldogs found a small two and a half minute window, which was the difference in the game.  De Smet defeated the Cardinals 34-16.

The game was much closer than the score indicates.  St Mary finished with 212 yards of total offense, 206 rushing yards and six passing yards.  The Bulldogs had a total of 248 yards of offense, 157 passing yards and 91 rushing yards.

The Cardinals’ opening drive couldn’t have been scripted any better.  They took six minutes and 11 seconds off the clock, and Nic Gaspar finished the drive with a three-yard touchdown run.  CJ Smith had a pass to Gaspar for the two-point conversion, and St Mary led 8-0 with 5:49 to go in the opening quarter.

De Smet scored on their second drive of the game.  Colt Wilkinson had a 24-yard touchdown pass to Kadyn Fast.  Wilkinson then threw a pass to Blake Van Regenmorter for the two point conversion, and the game was tied 8-8 with 9:10 left in the second quarter.  De Smet took the lead with 3:01 to go in the half on a 36-yard touchdown pass from Wilkinson to Fast.  The two-point conversion was no good, and the score remained 14-8 at halftime.

The Cardinal defense continued to hang tough throughout the third quarter.  They then put a score on the board after a forced fumble by Camden Gilbert and recovery by Gabe Lindeman.  Lindeman scooped the ball around the 25-yard line of the Bulldogs and ran it into the endzone for a touchdown.  Smith threw the two-point conversion pass to Gaspar, and with 1:43 left in the third quarter, St Mary led 16-14.

The third quarter ended with the Cardinals leading 16-14, but the next two and half minutes completely changed the game.  Wilkinson scored on the first play of the fourth quarter on a 10-yard run.  The two-point conversion was no good, but the Bulldogs led 20-16 with 11:53 to go.  De Smet then got an interception on the next Cardinal drive.  Rett Osthus socred on a 31-yard run on the very next play to give the Bulldogs a 26-16 lead.  De Smet the executed a short kick-off and recovered the ball.  Osthus struck again with a 23-yard touchdown run.  The two-point conversion was good, and De Smet led 34-16 with 9:37 to go in the game.  St Mary was unable to get the ball into the endzone the remainder of the game.

“I’m very proud of how hard our kids played tonight.  They left it all on the field and worked their tails off,” said head coach Ross Flemmer.

Noah Olund had 21 carries for 122 yards.  Gaspar had 10 carries for 29 yards and a touchdown.  Smith was 2-7 passing for six yards.  Ty Brown and Olund each had a catch.  Olund also led the team with eight tackles.  John Pica and Smith both had five tackles.  Gapsar and Brown had four tackles each.  Lindeman had two sacks and a fumble recovery for a touchdown.

The Cardinals finished the regular season with a 4-3 record and will be the #5 seed in the Class 9B playoffs.  Their first round playoff game will be at home on Thursday, October 15th at 6:00 p.m. against #12 Corisica-Stickney.

Quarriers Win Big on Homecoming

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Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

A prediction of 49 points for the Dell Rapids Quarriers was made on the Big Sioux Media pre-game show.  The Quarriers delivered exactly 49 points in their 49-16 win over the Dakota Valley Panthers on Friday, October 15th.

Dell Rapids dominated all phases of the game throughout the night as they built a 35-0 lead by halftime.  Landon Ruesink scored the first touchdown on a five-yard run with 5:00 to go in the opening quarter.  Ruesink scored again with 1:04 left in the opening quarter on a 25-yard run.  He also made the two-point conversion to make the score 14-0.

The defense for the Quarriers scored their first touchdown when Jack Henry intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown from 50-yards away with 11:24 to go in the half.  After J. Henry’s second interception of the game, Austin Henry scored on a 17-yard run with 8:39 on the clock.  Landon VonHoltum got the final score of the first half on a one-yard run with 1:07 left in the second quarter.

Sutton Williams scored the second defensive touchdown of the game.  He intercepted a pass and returned it 69 yards for the touchdown with 8:36 left in the third quarter.  Dakota Valley got a third quarter touchdown and two point conversion with 2:46 left in the third quarter.

The final Dell Rapids touchdown was scored by Williams on a three-yard run with 7:41 to go in the game.  The Panthers got a touchdown and two-point conversion in the final seconds of the game.  Adam North ended the Homecoming game with his fourth touchdown of the season.

Dell Rapids finished with 232 yards of offense, all of them on the ground.  The Panthers had 177 yards of offense, 149 rushing yards and 28 passing yards.  The Quarriers were 5-8 on third down and 1-3 on fourth down.

Ruesink had 11 carries for 110 yards and two touchdowns.  A. Henry had five carries for 47 yards and a touchdown.  Treyse Eastman finished with six carries for 21 yards.  VonHoltum had five carries for 17 yards and a touchdown, and Williams had four carries for 14 yards and a touchdown.

J. Henry had eight tackles and two interceptions in the game.  Ian Mason had seven tackles and a sack.  Will Jaton also had seven tackles.  Aiden Geraets finished with five tackles, and Mason Stubbe had four tackles.

The Quarriers will end their regular season on the road at Tri-Valley on Thursday, October 21st.

Mustang Volleyball Finishes 0-3 at Dak-12 Tournament

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The Tri-Valley Mustang volleyball team played in the Dak-12 Conference Tournament in Tea on Saturday, October 16th.  The Mustangs finished the day 0-3.

Canton defeated the Mustangs by scores of 25-20 and 25-23.  Hillary Hastings and Ava Pearson both had four kills in the match.  Erica Bicknase had three kills.  Megan Wenzel had two ace serves.  Madelyn Wenzel finished with three blocks, and Pearson had two.  Nevaeh Grann tallied seven set assists, while Brookelyn Stieben had six assists.  Hannah West had a team-high six digs, and Hastings and Jenna Hanson both had four digs.

Tri-Valley fell to the West Central Trojans by scores of 25-16 and 25-22.  Me. Wenzel and Ma. Wenzel both had four kills.  Lauren Grinde had three kills.  Allyson Haga had a team-high three ace serves.  Grann finished with seven set assists, and Stieben had four assists.  Haga also had seven digs, Stieben had six, and Hanson had five digs.

Vermillion also defeated the Mustangs 25-20 and 25-19.  Ma. Wenzel and Bicknase both had four kills.  Haga and West each had two ace serves.  Grinde and Ma. Wenzel had two blocks.  Hanson, Grann, and Haga all finished with five digs.  Hastings and Stieben both had four digs.  Stieben led the team with three set assists.

Bulldogs Continue to Roll with Win over Trojans

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The Madison Bulldogs remained undefeated after a 27-7 win over the West Central Trojans in Hartford on Thursday, October 14th.

Madison got on the board in the first quarter with 3:46 to go.  They added two more scores in the second quarter.  Trey Smith had a three-yard run with 11:31 to go in the quarter.  Nate Ricke added a four-yard touchdown run with 2:23 on the clock.  The Bulldogs led 21-0 at halftime.

Neither team scored in the third quarter, and the Bulldogs scored first in the fourth quarter.  Ricke threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Mickale Dohrer with 7:31 in the game.  The Trojans got their touchdown with 5:38 to play in the game.  Gavin Koch threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Owen Heath.  Tommy Berg made the extra point.

The Trojans were held to just nine first downs in the game.  West Central had 168 yards of total offense, 129 passing yards and 39 rushing yards.  Madison had a total of 281 yards of offense.

Koch finished 12-27 passing for 129 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions.  Braden Dierickx had six catches for 50 yards.  Heath had three catches for 55 yards and a touchdown.  Justin Zirpel carried the ball 13 times for 47 yards.  Dierickx had four rushes for 22 yards.  Logan Maras had 14 tackles to lead the defense.  Tommy Berg finished with eight tackles, and Dalton Mulder had six tackles.

The Trojans (4-4) will travel to Tea on Thursday, October 21st.

Titans Defeat Trojans in Volleyball Match

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The West Central Trojans fell to the Mt Vernon/Plankinton Titans at home on Thursday, October 14th.  The Titans won in straight sets by scores of 25-15, 25-20, and 25-16.

Hanna Lee had 18 set assists and three blocks.  Grace Harden finished with eight kills.  Jenna Lueth added 15 digs.

West Central will play in the Dak-12 Conference Tournament in Tea on Saturday, October 16th.

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