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Fifth Inning Rally Gives Dell Rapids Legion Win at State

July 27, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

A five-run fifth inning gave Dell Rapids a win in the opening round of the 2018 State B Legion Tournament in Redfield on Friday, July 27th. Dell Rapids defeated Groton 7-3 to advance in the winner’s bracket.

Groton scored first on a solo home run to left field in the bottom of the second inning. It was the only run allowed by starter Josh Roemen.

Dell Rapids loaded the bases with one out in the top of the fifth inning. JD Holm lined a double to center field to drive home all three runs and give Dell Rapids a 3-1 lead. Matt Gillogly drove home Holm with a double two batters later to extend the lead. Gillogly would later score on a passed ball for the fifth run of the inning. Dell Rapids scored two more times in the top of the seventh inning. Eddie Price scored on a wild pitch, and Tyson Dahler had an RBI groundout to push the lead to 7-1. Groton scored two times in the bottom of the seventh, but Dell Rapids shut the door on a rally to win the game.

Jake Rechtenbaugh and Dahler both had two hits in the game. Holm had one with three RBIs. Gillogly had a hit with an RBI. Dahler also collected an RBI in the game. Roemen earned the win on the mound pitching five innings while giving up just one run on three hits with six strikeouts.

Dell Rapids will play Tabor at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 28th.

Dell Rapids 15/16 Teeners Run Ends in Madison

July 26, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids 15/16 Teener team had its 2018 season come to an end in the Class A Northwest Regional Tournament in Madison on Wednesday, July 25th. The regional tournament was being held Tuesday, July 24th through Thursday, July 26th. Dell Rapids played Madison White on Tuesday and Lake Norden on Wednesday.

Dell Rapids opened up the tournament against Madison White and jumped out to an early 8-3 lead after the top of the second inning. Madison closed the gap to 8-5 after the second inning. Trailing 8-6 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, Madison scratched across a couple of runs to tie the game 8-8. Madison would get the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 9-8 victory.

Dell Rapids then had to play Lake Norden on Wednesday in an elimination game. Trailing 6-4 after four innings of play, Dell Rapids scored four times in the top of the fifth inning to take an 8-6 lead. Dell Rapids held Lake Norden scoreless in the fifth to keep the two-run lead. Lake Norden, however, took advantage of a couple of Dell Rapids walks and errors in the bottom of the sixth inning and scored seven times to take a 13-8 advantage. Dell Rapids scored three times in the top of the seventh inning, but couldn’t complete the comeback and fell 13-11 to end the season.

Dell Rapids also played in the I29 League throughout the summer. Their league record was 6-9. The I29 League for the 15/16 teeners included teams from Madison, West Central, Garretson, Canova, Baltic, Volga, Salem-Montrose, Tri-Valley, Sioux Falls, Tea, Dell Rapids, and Flandreau.

Dell Rapids PBR Gets Upset Win in District 4B Tournament

July 21, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The seventh-seeded Dell Rapids PBR team took a District 4B opening-round win over their in-town rivals, the Dell Rapids Mudcats, on Friday, July 20th in Humboldt. PBR won the game 4-3.

Brett Mogen was fantastic on the mound throwing a complete game for PBR. Mogen finished with 14 strikeouts in the game. The Mudcats held an early lead of 2-1 after four innings of play. PBR took advantage of a Mudcat error in the top of the fifth inning and had timely two-out hitting to score three runs to take a 4-2 lead. PBR was able to hang on for the 4-3 win.

Weston Hansen was 3-for-5 for PBR with two RBIs. Mark Houck paced the Mudcats offense with three hits.

The Mudcats will play Salem on Saturday, July 21st at 7:30 p.m. in an elimination game. The loser will be eliminated from the tournament. PBR will play on Tuesday, July 24th at 8:00 p.m. against the winner of the Humboldt/Colman game.

Dell Rapids Legion Qualifies for State Tourney

July 20, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Needing to wait an extra day to play the championship game due to rain, Dell Rapids defeated Madison for the second game in a row to win the Region 2B championship and qualify for the 2018 Class B Legion State Tournament. Dell Rapids won 9-0 at Flynn Field in Madison on Thursday, July 19th.

Dell Rapids scored six times in the bottom of the second inning and never looked back. After back-to-back walks to start the inning, Elijah Story drove home the first run with an RBI single. Jake Rechtenbaugh brought home two more with a single. Tyson Dahler scored the fourth run on a wild pitch, and Josh Roemen scored on a double by JD Holm. Eddie Price hit an RBI single for the final run of the inning.

Dahler added an RBI double in the bottom of the third inning to give Dell Rapids a 7-0 lead. Rechtenbaugh drove home the final two runs on a single in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Rechtenbaugh led the offense with two hits and four RBIs. Dahler, Story, and Holm all had two hits and an RBI. Price had an RBI hit, and Keegan Miller also had a hit.

Price was dominating on the mound. Price went 6 2/3 innings giving up no runs on just four hits while walking just one and striking out 14 Madison hitters. Lealand Randel pitched the final 1/3 of an inning allowing a hit.

The State B Tournament will be held in Redfield Friday, July 27th through Tuesday, July 31st. Dell Rapids will play their opening round game on Friday at 10:00 a.m.

Big Inning Sends Dell Rapids Legion to Region Championship

July 18, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

A nine-run sixth inning lifted the Dell Rapids Legion baseball team to a 12-5 regional win over Madison at Flynn Field in Madison on Tuesday, July 17th. The win puts Dell Rapids into the region championship game.

Dell Rapids scored first in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI double by Matt Gillogly. Madison tied the game in the top of the second on an RBI single. The two teams were held scoreless in the third inning, and the score was tied 1-1 after three innings of play.

Eddie Price scored on an error in the bottom of the fourth inning to break the tie and give Dell Rapids a 2-1 lead. Madison rallied for four unearned runs in the top of the fifth inning on three Dell Rapids errors to take a 5-2 lead. Price had an RBI single in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 5-3.

With two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Dell Rapids offense exploded. Tyson Dahler scored on a wild pitch, Price had a two-run double, Gillogly smacked a three-run home run, Elijah Story added an RBI single and scored on a wild pitch, and Dahler scored the ninth run of the inning on another wild pitch. Dell Rapids then led 12-5 after the sixth inning and held on for the victory.

Gillogly finished 3-3 with four RBIs. Price was 2-3 with three RBIs. Story was 2-4 with an RBI. Josh Roemen, JD Holm, Keegan Miller, Logan Stone, and Dahler all collected hits in the game. Roemen pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up five runs, one earned, on six hits with two walks and 14 strikeouts.

The region championship game will be played at Flynn Field in Madison at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 19th.

Dell Rapids Legion Advances to Region Semifinals

July 17, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Legion baseball team advanced to the semifinals in their regional tournament after a 12-2 over Aurora in the opening round on Monday, July 16th in Madison.

Dell Rapids scored 12 unanswered runs after Aurora started the game with two runs in the top of the first. Dell Rapids cut the lead in half at 2-1 after the first inning on an RBI single by Matt Gillogly.

Dell Rapids took the lead for good in the bottom of the third inning on a three-run home run by Gillogly to make the score 4-2. Two more runs were scored in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI triple by Josh Roemen and an RBI double by JD Holm. Three more runs came home in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI double by Jake Rechtenbaugh and RBI walks to Holm and Gillogly. The final three runs were scored in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI single by Rechtenbaugh and a two-run single by Holm.

Roemen, Holm, Gillogly, and Rechtenbaugh all had two hits each in the game. Eddie Price, Keegan Miller, and Logan Stone also had a hit in the game. Gillogly and Holm both had four RBIs. Rechtenbaugh had two RBIs, and Roemen also had an RBI.

Elijah Story pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up two runs, both earned, on four hits while walking five batters and striking out eleven. Lealand Randel pitched the final 1/3 of an inning striking out the lone hitter he faced.

Dell Rapids will play Madison at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17th in Madison at Flynn Field. The winner will advance to the championship game on Wednesday, July 18th at 8:00 p.m.. The loser of the game will face the winner of Aurora and Garretson on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.

Dell Rapids 13/14 Teener Season Ends in Regions

July 13, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The 2018 season for the Dell Rapids 13/14 Teener team came to an end at the Class A Northeast Regional on Wednesday, July 11th. The regional tournament was held in Milbank Tuesday, July 10th through Thursday, July 12th.

Dell Rapids opened the tournament with a 12-2 win over Milbank on Tuesday afternoon. Dell Rapids jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning and cruised to the 10-run victory in five innings. Austin Henry pitched a complete game for Dell Rapids in the win.

Dell Rapids then faced a tough Volga team Wednesday afternoon. The game was close early. Dell Rapids led 3-2 after the first inning, but Volga scored four times in the bottom of the second inning to take a 6-3 lead. Dell Rapids pulled within a run after the top of the third at 6-5, but once again Volga responded. Volga scored six times in the bottom of the third to extend the lead to 12-5. Volga went on to defeat Dell Rapids 15-9 to advance to the championship game.

Dell Rapids had a short break and had to play Milbank again in the last game of the day on Wednesday. This time Milbank got out to an early lead. They lead Dell Rapids by four to six runs most of the night and even lead by eight runs at 12-4 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning. Dell Rapids rallied for five runs in the last inning and even had the bases loaded before the final out was recorded to give Milbank a 12-9 win.

Henry finished the tournament with a .600 batting average with a double and five RBIs. Landon Ruesink had an average of .545 with a double, triple and three RBIs. Brady Larson hit .300 with five RBIs. Brayden Pankonen collected three hits and an RBI. Charlie Holm had two hits and three RBIs. Josh Deknikker, Dylan Mathis, and Shane Ness all had a hit. Matthew Goeken drew four walks and scored two runs.

Volga went on to win the region championship over Milbank 17-7 to advance to the 13/14 Class A State VFW tournament in Flandreau July 19th-21st. The Northeast Region tournament teams were Volga, Dell Rapids, Milbank, Flandreau, and Sisseton.

The Dell Rapids 13/14 teener team that played in the regional tournament was a combination of two 13/14 Dell Rapids league teams. The league teams played in the I29 League. Dells-J league team was coached by Jeff Holm, Bill Goeken, and Matt Larson. Dells-J finished with a 5-9 league record. Dells-N league team was coached by Nate Henry and Fran Ruesink. Dells-N finished with a 6-6 league record. The I29 League consists of teams from Baltic, Canova, Dell Rapids, Elkton, Flandreau, Garretson, Hills-Beaver Creek, Madison, Parker, Salem-Montrose, Tea, Tri-Valley, Volga, and West Central.

Dell Rapids Youth Baseball Season Comes to End

July 8, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids 10U and 12U baseball teams had their league season come to an end in the MinnDak “End of the Year” tournaments on Friday, July 6th through Sunday, July 8th. Six 10U teams and four 12U teams competed in this year’s tournaments held in Baltic, Garretson, Hills, MN, and Beaver Creek, MN.

A few of the local teams finished first or second in their respective tournaments. Dell Rapids Local Best took first place in the 12U Silver tournament. Dell Rapids County Fair placed second in the 12U Gold tournament, Dell Rapids T&C placed second in the 10U Silver tournament, and Dell Rapids ERC also placed second in the 10U Bronze division.

Dell Rapids Troys played in the 12U Gold tournament. Dell Rapids Jody’s Collision played in the 12U Silver tournament. Dell Rapids Minnehaha Funeral Home and Dell Rapids Nursing & Rehab Center played in the 10U Silver tournament. Dell Rapids Landmark and Dell Rapids 5Nines also played in the 10U Bronze tournament.

The MinnDak League is made up of teams from Baltic, Crooks/Colton, Dell Rapids, Flandreau, Garretson, Humboldt/Hartford, Hills/Beaver Creek, MN, and Sioux Falls. The teams compete in a 12-game regular season from mid May until the end of June. Teams are then split evenly into three different levels of tournaments. In 2018 there were a total of 17 teams that played in the 12U division and 25 teams that played in the 10U division.

Dell Rapids Conquers Brookings Softball Tournament

June 15, 2018 by Submitted

On the weekend of June 8^th, the Dell Rapids Q’s played in the Brookings Softball Tournament and took 1^st place in the U14 Division. They played pool play games and were in 1^st place after those games. They continued with the tournament and defeated Winner for the championship.

Dell Rapids was led in pitching by Kylie Bittner and Autumn Tomes. Bittner pitched the first game of the tournament which was a no hitter! Bittner ended the weekend with 13 strike outs while pitching two games. Tomes pitched three games and had 18 strike outs.

Leading Dells in stolen bases was Abby Greenhoff with nine, Rileigh Foster with eight, Haileigh Barnhart and Jacee Tebay with seven, and Bittner and Kenzie Garry with six.

Leading the hitting over the weekend were Bittner with the batting average of .833, Garry with a .700 average, and Greenhoff, Tomes, Cara Rice, and Tebay with a .667 average. Makayla Duinkerken and Garry hit home runs in the tournament!

Three from Dell Rapids Qualify for State HS Rodeo

June 12, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Three local student athletes from Dell Rapids have qualified for the South Dakota High School Rodeo State Finals in hopes of moving on to the National High School Rodeo.