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Quarriers End Regular Season with Big Win

October 22, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Quarrier football team ended the regular season with a big 43-6 road win at Tri-Valley on Thursday, October 21st. The Quarriers led the entire game over the Mustangs after scoring the first touchdown of the game.

Landon Ruesink had a one-yard touchdown run in the opening quarter, and Aiden Boechler made the extra point for an early 7-0 lead. The Mustangs only touchdown also game in the first quarter on a two-yard run by Owen Besmer. The extra point was no good keeping the score 7-6. That’s what as close as the Mustangs would get.

Austin Henry had a six-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, but the two-point conversion attempt was no good. Ruesink found the endzone again later in the quarter on a six-yard reception from Henry. Boechler made the extra point, and the Quarriers led 20-6 at halftime.

Dell Rapids only got three points in the third quarter. Boechler made a 22-yard field goal to give the Quarriers a 23-6 lead. The score remained 23-6 heading into the fourth quarter, and that’s when Dell Rapids blew the game wide open. Ruesink scored his third touchdown on nine-yard run with the extra point made by Boechler. Jade Anstine had a big 56-yard touchdown run later in the fourth quarter, but the extra point was no good. The final score came on a seven-yard run by Sutton Williams and an extra point made by Miriam Pickard.

The Quarriers had 398 yards of offense while holding Tri-Valley to 185 yards. 300 of the total yards for Dell Rapids were on the ground. Dell Rapids was 6-10 on third down, while the Mustangs were 0-9.

Ruesink had 14 carries for 97 yards and two touchdowns. Anstine had six carries for 78 yards and a touchdown. Landon VonHoltum finished with 11 carries for 40 yards. Williams had three runs for 31 yards and touchdown. Brayden Pankonen had eight carries for 27 yards, and A. Henry had three carries for 16 yards and a touchdown.

A. Henry finished 5-10 passing for 62 yards and a touchdown. Jack Henry was 1-1 passing for 38 yards. A. Henry had a catch for 38 yards. Ruesink had two catches for 29 yards and a touchdown, and Camden Justice had two catches for 29 yards.

Mason Stubbe had 15 tackles and fumble recovery for the Quarrier defense. Anstine finished with eight tackles. Ryler Evens, Aiden Geraets, and Ian Mason all had four tackles each. Will Jaton also had a fumble recovery, and Pankonen had an interception.

Dell Rapids finishes the regular season with a 6-3 record and will be the #4 seed in the 11A playoffs. The Quarriers will host #5 West Central on Thursday, October 28th at 7:00 p.m.

Cardinals Roll into 9B Quarterfinals

October 22, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals cruised into the quarterfinals of the 9B playoffs after a 40-0 win in the opening round over Corsica-Stickney on Thursday, October 21st. Once the Cardinal offense found the endzone for the first time in the opening quarter, they were almost unstoppable.

Nic Gaspar got the scoring started with a three-yard touchdown run with 4:38 in the first quarter. Lucas Flemmer scored two and a half minutes later on a 16-yard run to make a 12-0 score. Ty Brown had an 11-yard touchdown run with 9:18 in the second quarter. Noah Olund was the fourth Cardinal to score after a one-yard run with 4:25 to play in the half. St Mary got their first two-point conversion on the fourth attempt on a pass from CJ Smith to Gabe Lindeman. After a Corsica-Stickney Jaguar fumble, Smith connected with Lindeman, this time for a touchdown from 10 yards away with :27 to play in the first half.

The Cardinals led 32-0 at halftime. Brown scored on the first offensive play of the third quarter on a 50-yard run. Flemmer scored the two-point conversion to give St Mary a 40-0 lead with 11:41 to play in the third quarter. That touchdown invoked the running clock the rest of the game.

St Mary finished with a total of 372 yards of offense, 297 rushing yards and 75 passing yards. The Jaguars were held to just 79 yards of total offense, 43 rushing yards and 36 passing yards. The Cardinals were 5-7 on third down attempts while holding the Jaguars to 1-8.

Brown led the ground attack with eight carries for 107 yards and two touchdowns. Gaspar had eight carries for 66 yards and a touchdown. Flemmer finished with 11 rushes for 61 yards and a touchdown, and Olund had 10 carries for 47 yards and a touchdown. Smith was 4-6 passing for 75 yards a touchdown. Gaspar had two catches for 53 yards. Lindman had an 11-yard touchdown catch, and Brown had an 11-yard catch.

Gaspar had a team-high nine tackles. Lindeman and John Pica both had eight tackles in the game. Pica also had a fumble recovery. Brown finished with five tackles and two interceptions. Aiden Allen added four tackles.

The Cardinals will play the Gayville-Volin Raiders in Gayville on Thursday, October 28th. Kickoff will be at 7:00 p.m.

Madison Defeats Quarriers in Dell Rapids

October 20, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

The Dell Rapids Quarriers hosted the Madison Bulldogs in volleyball action on Tuesday, October 19th. Madison won the match in four sets by scores of 26-24, 25-21, 16-25, and 25-21.

The first set was back and forth with three ties early. Dell Rapids was able to get a 15-11 lead. The Quarriers kept a four point lead at 19-15. Madison pulled within a point at 22-21 before Dell Rapids pushed the lead back to 24-21. The Bulldogs then scored the final five points to steal the first set 26-24.

The Bulldogs carried that momentum into the second set to build an 11-6 lead. The Quarriers tied the set at 13-13, and the two teams went back-and-forth as the score remained tied at 20-20. Dell Rapids took the advantage at 21-20, but the Bulldogs again scored five in a row late to take the second set 25-21.

After an early 4-4 tie in the third set, Dell Rapids went on an 11-2 run for a 15-6 lead. The Quarriers cruised the rest of the set for a 25-16 win to force a fourth set. Madison gained an early five-point lead to start the fourth set at 7-2. That early advantage was enough to keep the Bulldogs in front the rest of the set. Dell Rapids could not get the score tied, getting as close as two points at 20-18, 22-20, and 23-21, before Madison ended the set and match with a 25-21 win.

Sophi Randall had 15 kills. JoJo Henry had 12 kills, and Kenzie Garry had nine kills. Lauryn Kloth had two ace serves and two blocks. Randall finished with three blocks. Riley Hill had 25 set assists, and Randall had 20 assists. Five players had double digit digs. Hill had a team-high 16 digs, Randall and Garry both had 14 digs, and Lexi Ingalls and Henry each had 13 digs.

Dell Rapids will end the regular season at home against Beresford on Tuesday, October 26th.

Cardinals Fall to Elks in Final Home Match of Regular Season

October 20, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals held their last home match of the regular season on Tuesday, October 19th against the Elkton-Lake Benton Elks. Prior to the match, the Cardinals recognized their two seniors, Courtney Brown and Addyson Gilbert.

The first set started close at 6-4 in favor of the Elks. Elkton-Lake Benton slowly worked their lead to nine points at 18-9. The Elks went on to win the first set 25-11. St Mary opened the second set on with a 8-3 lead. The Elks then went on a 10-2 run for a 13-10 lead. That lead grew to 23-13 before winning the second set 25-17. The Cardinals again got out to an early 5-2 lead in the third set. St Mary held a lead for most of the match until the Elks went ahead for the first time at 18-17. Elkton-Lake Benton led 23-20, but the Cardinals tied the set 23-23. But the Elks scored the final two points for a 25-23 win for a 3-0 match victory.

Brown had 10 kills and 10 digs. Gilbert, Ella Griffin, and Brianna Griffin all had three kills each. Maya Heinitz had two. Gilbert also had three blocks and two digs. Heinitz finished with 10 digs. E. Griffin added five digs, three set assists, an ace serve, and a block. Brianna Lindeman had 11 set assists and four digs. Madala Hanson finished with eight digs and four set assists. Josie Baumberger had a team-high 11 digs, and Jaycee Tebay had two ace serves.

The Cardinals will travel to Colman to play the Colman-Egan Hawks on Monday, October 25th to finish the regular season.

Cardinals Win Final Cheer Event before State

October 19, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals won their final competitive cheer event before state on Monday, October 18th. St Mary won the six-team Lake Preston Invite with a total of 138.75 points.

The other five teams competing were Arlington-Lake Preston, Deubrook, Elkton-Lake Benton, Faulkton, and Redfield.

The 2021 South Dakota Class A State Competitive Cheer event will be held on Friday, October 22nd at Brandon Valley High School. The Cardinals will perform at 7:23 p.m.

Quarriers Take Fifth at Dak-12 Tournament

October 17, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

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

October 17, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

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

October 17, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

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

October 17, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

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

October 17, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

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.

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