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Dell Rapids Softball Finishes Regular Season at Home

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The Dell Rapids high school club softball team had their final two regular season games at home on Sunday, September 26th.  Dell Rapids played Dakota Valley, ending in a 5-5 tie.  They then played West Central losing by a score of 11-1.

Dakota Valley scored a run in the top of the first inning for an early 1-0 lead, but Dell Rapids plated five runs in the bottom of the first inning.  Claire Wynja had a two-run inside-the-park home run.  Kya Alderson had a two-run double, and then scored one batter later on a dropped third strike.  The score remained 5-1 until the top of the fourth.  Dakota Valley scored four times to tie the game 5-5.  The game ended in a 5-5 tie after five complete innings of play.

Wynja had a home run and two RBIs.  Alderson had a double and two RBIs.  Jaycee Tebay had a double, and Lexi Ingalls had a single.  Katie Kvigne pitched 4 1/3 innings allowing five runs, four earned, on eight hits with one walk and four strikeouts.  Alderson pitched the final 2/3 of an inning striking out a batter.

In the second game, West Central scored first with a run in the bottom of the first inning.  Tebay tied the game with an inside-the-park home run in the top of the second inning.  West Central took the lead with another run in the bottom of the third inning, but then scored nine times in the bottom of the fourth to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Tebay had a home run and an RBI.  Wynja had a double, and Ingalls and Alderson each had a single.  Alderson pitched 3 2/3 innings allowing 11 runs, five earned, on seven hits with four walks and three strikeouts.

Dell Rapids end the regular season with a record of 7-2-1.  Their only two loses both came against West Central.

Quarrier Volleyball Finishes Seventh at Sanford Pentagon Tourney

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The Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team placed seventh in the Red Division of the Sanford Pentagon Tournament on Saturday, September 25th.  The Quarriers played four matches finishing 2-2 on the day.

The Quarriers opened the tournament with a pool play match against Freeman.  Freeman won the first set 27-25, but the Quarriers took the next two sets, 25-21 and 25-17, to win the match.  Sophi Randall had nine kills, eight blocks, and 13 set assists.  JoJo Henry finished with seven kills, four ace serves, three blocks, and four digs.  Kylee Fiddelke and Kenzie Garry both had five kills.  Riley Hill added 15 set assists, 13 digs, and four ace serves.  Lauryn Kloth had eight blocks, Garry had seven, and Fiddelke had six blocks.  Emma Molskness finished with six digs.

In their second match, Dell Rapids lost to Parkston in straight sets by scores of 25-17 and 25-19.  Randall had seven kills, and Henry finished with four.  Henry also had a team-high six blocks.  Kloth finished with five, and Randall, Fiddelke, and Garry all had four blocks each.  Fiddelke had a team-high eight digs, and Hill led the team with six set assists.

Sioux Valley then defeated the Quarriers in straight sets as well.  The final scores were 25-23 and 25-22 in favor of the Cossacks.  Kloth and Randall both had a team-high six kills.  Henry had five kills, and Garry finished with four.  Hill and Henry both had two ace serves.  Randall finished with six blocks and four digs.  Hill tallied seven digs, while Kloth had five.  Hill also had a team-high 13 set assists, and Randall added 10.

The Quarriers then finished the day with a straight-set win over Great Plains Lutheran to finish seventh in the bracketed portion of the tournament.  Dell Rapids won by set scores of 25-14 and 25-20.  Randall had a team-high eight kills along with three ace serves and nine set assists.  Henry had five ace serves.  Hill led the team with 14 digs.  Molskness and Henry both had five digs.  Hill also had nine set assists.

Dell Rapids (10-8) will travel to McCook Central/Montrose on Tuesday, September 28th and then will host Lennox on Thursday, September 30th.

West Central Victorious on Homecoming

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The West Central Trojans capped off Homecoming week with a win on the gridiron against Dakota Valley on Friday, September 24th.  The Trojans defeated the Panthers 27-13.

West Central led 13-0 at the end of the first quarter and pushed the lead to 27-6 by halftime.  Dakota Valley got a touchdown in the fourth quarter as the final score of the game.

Gavin Koch had a solid game throwing 16 of 21 for 199 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.  Braden Dierickx had seven catches for 94 yards and a touchdown.  Jacob Krempges had five catches for 77 yards and a touchdown.  Justin Zirpel finished with three catches for 17 yards.

Zirpel led the ground attack with 21 carries for 104 yards and a touchdown.  Koch had three runs for 25 yards.  Logan Maras had two carries for eight yards and a touchdown.

Zach Madsen, Maras, and Dalton Mulder all had seven tackles each.  Dierickx had four tackles.  Zirpel, Caden Hall, and Chet Carda all had three tackles apiece.  Thomas Berg had a sack.  Madsen, Mulder, and Carda all had half sacks.  Dierickx also had an interception in the game.

Mustangs Win Second Straight Road Game

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The Tri-Valley Mustang football team won their second straight road game on Friday, September 24th.  The Mustangs traveled to Sisseton and came home with a 42-0 win.

Tri-Valley held just a 7-0 lead at the end of the first quarter, but then scored 28 points in the second quarter.  Tri-Valley led 35-0 at halftime and added another score in the third quarter in the win.

Isaac McFarland had seven carries for 58 yards.  Three of those seven carries went for touchdowns.  Jaden Siemonsma had 11 carries for 54 yards, and he also had two chatches for 22 yards and a touchdown.  Eli McFarland had a rushing touchdown and went 7-10 passing for 87 yards and a touchdown.  Tyson VanDerVliet finished with three catches for 31 yards and a touchdown.  Austin McNulty had two grabs for 34 yards.

The defense was led by Colby Carruthers with eight solo tackles.  Hayden Hastings had three tackles and a fumble recovery.  Brandon Havlovic had three tackles and a sack.  Logan Ellison finished with two tackles and an interception.  Isaac Nehlich had a sack and fumble recovery.  McNulty also had a sack, and Seth Sundal had an interception.

Tri-Valley (3-2) will be at home on Friday, October 1st when they host the Madison Bulldogs.

Sharon Gannon

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Sharon Kay Gannon,75, passed away on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. Her Memorial Mass will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 in St. Mary Catholic Church, Dell Rapids. Visitation will be one hour prior to the start of the service. Inurnment will be in the St. Mary Cemetery. www.kahlerfh.com

Sharon Kathryn (Kay) Gannon was born to Liguori and Doris Gannon in Dell Rapids, SD on November 4, 1945. Kay grew up on a farm west of town with her parents and six brothers and attended St. Mary’s School. She participated in 4-H, Girls State, Catholic Youth Organization, and school plays. Kay had many fond memories of growing up on the farm and playing with her brothers, cousins, and neighbors. After graduating from high school, Kay went to Mount Marty in Yankton for her first year of college, studied for a year at Dakota State in Madison, and finished her undergraduate degree in French and education from South Dakota State University in Brookings. While in college, Kay was a camp counselor at the Concordia Language Villages in Bemidji, MN. In November 1968, Kay married Galen Brown, who was also from Dell Rapids and had recently returned from two tours of duty in Vietnam. Their daughter Melissa (Missy) was born in May 1969 in Sioux Falls, SD. In fall of 1969 they moved to Vermillion so that Galen could finish college at the University of South Dakota, and Kay commuted to Sioux City, IA to teach French at Central High School.

The majority of Kay’s career was centered around the field of education. When Kay and Galen got divorced in 1979, Kay resigned her teaching position and started working at St. Agnes School where Missy went to school. She then began working at USD – first in interlibrary loan at I.D. Weeks Library, then in continuing education. She directed a distance learning program while pursuing her master’s degree in Adult and Higher Education in 1986. She returned to working at St. Agnes to start a parish youth organization.

In 1987, Kay moved back to Dell Rapids and took a position as Academic Dean at National College in Sioux Falls where she was able to implement an accelerated learning program for adult learners. In 1992 Kay moved in with her parents to help them as they aged, and she accepted a position with Dell Rapids Public Schools. There she worked as the Director of the Modernization Program on a three-year grant from the State of South Dakota, a position which morphed into that of Curriculum Director.

Kay’s parents passed away in 2000 and 2001. In 2002 Kay moved to Sioux Falls and accepted the position of Teacher Resource Center Director at The Outdoor Campus in Sertoma Park in Sioux Falls. She liked to say that God saved the best position for last. She herself learned a lot about nature and the outdoors and she translated her learning to create programs for K-12 teachers. She designed teaching crates of pelts and other animal artifacts for teachers to check out and use in their classrooms, and taught credit classes to teachers for recertification in Project WILD, Project Learning Tree, and Project WET. And on special days she was able to play with the kids who took classes there. Her granddaughter Molly also enjoyed taking classes at The Outdoor Campus when she was in Sioux Falls for her annual summer Nana Camp. Kay retired from the Outdoor Campus in 2014 when she said she had run out of scathingly brilliant ideas. She continued to volunteer at the campus and also enjoyed volunteering in the area of adult literacy.

Kay was passionate about learning and teaching, and about her faith. Family and good friends were important to her. She had a great sense of humor and had a gift for connecting with people. She loved prayer, words, language, writing, reading, her large family, cats, and chocolate cake – not necessarily in that order.

Kay passed away on September 22, 2021 at age 75 after struggling with illness. She is preceded in death by her parents and brothers Bill and Virgil. She is survived by her daughter Missy (John) Sullivan and granddaughter Molly Sullivan of Minneapolis, MN; brother Jim (Renelle) of McLean, VA; sister-in-law Shirley of Sioux Falls; sister-in-law Carol of Tea; brother John (Mary Jo) of Mesa, AZ; Denny (Mary) of Dell Rapids; Mark (Gail) of Bozeman, MT; and many nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be directed to the St. Mary Campus Renewal Fund.

Gaspar’s Four Touchdowns Help Lead Cardinals over ORR Raiders

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Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

Nic Gaspar found the endzone four times to help lead the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals to a 34-6 win over the Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Raiders at Rickeman Field on Friday, September 24th.

St Mary struck first when CJ Smith scored on a one-yard quarterback sneak with 7:26 to play in the opening quarter.  That was the only score of the quarter, and the Cardinals lead 6-0.   Gaspar’s first touchdown was on a three-yard run with 11:55 to play in the second quarter.  He also scored the two-point conversion to make the score 14-0.   The Raiders scored about four minutes later.  Will Matson had an eight-yard run with 7:47 to go.  The two-point conversion was no good, and the Cardinals led 14-6 at halftime.

Gaspar’s second touchdown came at the halfway point of the third quarter.  With 5:35 to go, Gaspar scored on another three-yard touchdown run to push the lead to 20-6.  Gaspar added a one-yard score on the first play of the fourth quarter to extend the St Mary lead to 26-6.  The final touchdown for Gaspar was at the 6:03 mark of the fourth quarter.  He scored on a 43-yard run.  Smith connected with Gabe Lindeman on the two-point conversion to make the score 34-6.

The Cardinals finished with 340 yards of offense, 280 rushing yards and 60 passing yards.  The Raiders had 152 yards of offense, 131 rushing yards and 21 passing yards.

Ty Brown had 21 carries for 119 yards.  Gaspar finished with 16 carries for 90 yards and four touchdowns.  Tate Bunkers had five carries for 35 yards, and Lucas Flemmer had 8 carries for 24 yards.  Smith was 3-8 passing for 60 yards.  Gaspar also had two catches for 56 yards.  Lindeman had a catch for four yards. 

Lindeman led the team in tackles with nine and two sacks.  John Pica had eight tackles with a forced fumble and recovery.  Noah Olund finished with seven tackles.

Head coach Ross Flemmer said, “I felt that all of our kids played hard.  They kept fighting and made a lot of big plays happen throughout the game. Our defensive line played exceptionally well and applied pressure throughout the whole game. I felt our team improved a lot these past couple weeks, and it showed tonight.”

St Mary (3-2) will travel to Estelline to play the Estelline/Hendricks Redhawks on Saturday, October 2nd.

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Late Touchdown Lifts Dell Rapids over Sioux Falls Christian

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The Dell Rapids Quarriers got a late touchdown in the fourth quarter to win a back-and-forth game against the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers on Friday, September 24th.

Landon Ruesink scored the go-ahead touchdown with about 5:45 to play in the game.  Austin Henry scored the two-point conversion to give Dell Rapids a 27-22 a lead they would not relinquish the rest of the game.

Dell Rapids held the lead throughout the first half.  Henry scored on a one-yard run in the first quarter, and Aiden Boechler kicked the extra point for an yearly 7-0 lead.  The Chargers got a 70-yard run by Isaiah Young, but the extra point was missed.  The Quarriers added to their lead on a 24-yard pass from Henry to Ruesink for a touchdown.  The two-point conversion was good, and Dell Rapids led 15-6.  Sioux Falls Christian would score again before the half and also make a two-point conversion.  Dell Rapids led 15-14 at halftime.

The Quarriers again extended their lead in the third quarter on a three-yard touchdown run by Sutton Williams.  This time the two-point conversion was no good, and the lead was 21-14 after three quarters.  The Chargers took the lead on the first play of the fourth quarter.  They scored on a one-yard run and then made the two-point conversion for a 22-21 lead.  The Charger lead would only last about six minutes before Ruesink’s go-ahead touchdown.

Dell Rapids had 252 yards of total offense, 148 passing yards and 104 rushing yards.  The Chargers had 297 yards of offense, 152 passing yards and 145 rushing yards.  The Quarriers were 5-10 on third down attempts, while the Chargers were 4-9.

Ruesink had 12 carries for 43 yards and a touchdown.  Henry had seven carries for 44 yards and a touchdown.   Brayden Pankonen had eight carries for 14 yards, and Williams had three carries for three yards and a touchdown.  Henry was 7-14 passing for 148 yards and a touchdown.  Ruesink had three catches for 85 yard and a touchdown.  Camden Justice caught two passes for 42 yards, and Pankonen had a catch for 15 yards. 

Aiden Geraets had nine tackles.  Pankonen and Ian Mason both had seven tackles each.  Chase Jones finished with five tackles.  Treyse Eastman and Will Jaton each had four tackles.  Aiden Boechler and Ruesink had three tackles apiece.

Dell Rapids (4-1) has now won four in a row and will host the Vermillion Tanagers on Friday, October 1st.

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Garretson Girls Soccer Season Ends at Sioux Falls Christian

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The Garretson Blue Dragon girls soccer team had their season come to an end on the road on Thursday, September 23rd.  The Blue Dragons fell to the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers 2-1.

Neither team was able to get a goal in the first half of play.  The two goals scored by the Chargers in the second half were just enough to get the win and end the season for Garretson.

The Blue Dragons finished their season with a 2-10-1 record and eighth in the Class A seed points.  Only the top six teams qualify for the playoffs.

Quarriers Win Match in Flandreau

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The Dell Rapids Quarriers bounced back from a five-set loss to Garretson with a straight set win over the Flandreau Fliers on Thursday, September 23rd.  Dell Rapids won by scores of 25-16, 25-15, and 25-19 in Flandreau.

After an 8-8 tie in the first set, the Quarriers went on a 9-1 run for a 17-9 lead.  Flandreau never threatened the remainder of the set.  Dell Rapids had only a two-point lead through the midway point at 13-11, but the Quarriers finished the second half of the set on a 12-4 run for the win.   Dell Rapids got out to a 7-1 lead in the third set.  The Quarriers extended the lead to 21-9.  The Fliers went on a 10-3 run to pull within five at 24-19, but Dell Rapids stopped the rally and won the match.

Sophi Randall and JoJo Henry each had eight kills.  Kenzie Garry had six kills, and Lauryn Kloth had five.  Riley Hill had a team-high seven ace serves.  Kloth had five blocks, while Garry finished with three.  Henry led the team with nine digs.  Randall had seven digs, Garry and Hill each had six, and Lexi Ingalls finished with give.  Hill also led the team with 18 set assists.

Arlington Wins Battle of the Cardinals in Volleyball Matchup

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Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

Arlington defeated Dell Rapids St Mary in the “Battle of Cardinals” at St Mary High School on Thursday, September 23rd.  Arlington won in straight sets by scores of 25-14, 27-25, and 25-8.

Arlington got out to a quick seven-point lead early in the first set.  They built a 12-5 lead, but St Mary rallied for six straight points to cut the lead to 12-11.  An Arlington timeout stopped the momentum St Mary had gained.  Arlington finished the set on a 13-3 run to win 25-14.

The second set started much closer as the two were tied 4-4 and then again at 9-9.  The teams traded points until the set was tied again at 14-14.  Arlington went on a 4-0 run for an 18-14 lead, one of the biggest of the set.  St Mary rallied for six straight points and took a 20-18 lead.  St Mary led 23-21 and 24-23, but Arlington scored two in a row to take a 25-24 advantage.  St Mary tied the set at 25-25, but Arlington scored the final two points to steal the set 27-25.

That late rally by Arlington gave them all the momentum heading into the third set.  Arlington scored the first three points and built a 13-3 lead.  They continued to roll from there winning the final set 25-8.

Brianna Griffin had four kills and five blocks in the match.  Courtney Brown finished with 19 digs and three kills.  Maya Heinitz had five digs, two blocks, and three kills.  Ella Griffin finished with five set assists and three blocks.  Brianna Lindeman had seven digs and three set assists.  Madala Hanson added five set assists, and Jaycee Tebay led the team with two ace serves.

St Mary (9-3) will travel to Hills-Beaver Creek, MN on Monday, September 27th and then host Baltic on Tuesday, September 28th.

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