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Mason Schmidt Signs with SDSU

November 14, 2017 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Dell Rapids senior Mason Schmidt is the latest Quarriers to sign a letter of intent. Schmidt signed his letter for the South Dakota State University Jackrabbit track and field team on Tuesday, November 14th.

Schmidt is a four-time state qualifier in track as well as a three-time All-State high jumper. Schmidt finished eighth at state in 2013 as an eighth grader. He was the State A high jump runner-up in 2016 and the State A high jump in 2017. Schmidt was also part of the 1600m relay runner-up team in 2017. Along with his state track meet accomplishments, Schmidt won the Howard Wood Dakota Relays high jump title in 2017 and was a High Jump State Gold Medal winner in 2017.

Schmidt was also a member of the Quarrier boys golf team and football team this past fall and will be a part of the Quarrier boys basketball team this winter.

Kaitlyn Greenhoff Signs with DWU

November 12, 2017 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Dell Rapids senior Kaitlyn Greenhoff signed her letter of intent to golf for the Dakota Wesleyan University Tigers starting in the fall of 2018. Greenhoff’s signing took place on Friday, November 10th, at Dell Rapids High School.

Greenhoff had a very successful junior year in the spring of 2017 that included seven top 5 finishes. She won the Garretson Early Bird Tournament and the Pre-Region Tournament. She had second place finishes at the Dells Triangular and Madison Invite. Greenhoff also had a third place finish at the Region 1A tournament, and fourth place finishes at the EPJ Invite and Dak XII Conference Tournament. Greenhoff placed 23rd at the 2017 State A Golf Tournament as well.

Three Cardinals Earn DVC Volleyball Honors

November 8, 2017 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Three Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball players were recognized by the Dakota Valley Conference for the 2017 season. Senior Cassy Geraets and Junior Maddie Schwebach were named to the DVC All-Conference team. Senior Adyn Heinricy was an Honorable Mention.

Savannah Moore of Colman-Egan was named the DVC Player of the Year. Rachelle DeBeer of Deubrook was named the DVC Coach of the Year.

DVC All Conference Team
Elkton/Lake Benton
Abygail Landsman – Sr.
Samantha Schindler – Sr.
Hannah Krog – Fr.
Callie Otkin – Sr. (Honorable Mention)

Deubrook
Shaylee DeBeer – Jr.
Cortney Bauman – Sr.
Ashley Vandermeer – Jr.
Shelby Andrews – Sr. (Honorable Mention)

Colman-Egan
Savannah Moore – Sr.
Haleigh Nicol – Sr.
Shelby Hiller – Sr. (Honorable Mention)

Castlewood
Regan Benike – Sr.
Abbey Strait – Sr.
Mikaela Boyd – Sr. (Honorable Mention)

Lake Preston
Meriah Flegel – Sr.
Rylie Brown – Sr.
Lindsay Hillestad – Jr. (Honorable Mention)

Arlington
Jeryn Christensen – Jr.

Angela Fuhr – Sr.

Jayna Haufschild – Jr.

Marissa Baker – Jr. (Honorable Mention)

Oldham/Ramona/Rutland

Khloe Tieman – Soph.

Victoria Malisch – Sr. (Honorable Mention)

DeSmet

Kristen Poppen – Jr.

Rynn Osthus – Jr.

Kenzie Blue – Sr. (Honorable Mention)

Estelline

Brinn Begalka – Jr.

Marissa Golas – Sr. (Honorable Mention)

Dell Rapids St. Mary

Maddie Schwebach – Jr.

Cassy Garaets – Sr.

Adyn Heinricy – Sr. (Honorable Mention)

Sydney Stofferahn Signs with Northern

November 8, 2017 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Dell Rapids senior Sydney Stofferahn signed her letter of intent to play basketball for Northern State University on Wednesday, November 8th. Stofferahn is a 6’3″ starting center for the Quarrier girls basketball team. Last season she shot 72% from the field, 50% from three-point area, and 74% from the free throw line. She averaged 8.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. Stofferahn was also an honorable mention for Dak XII All-Conference.

Northern State University women’s basketball head coach Curt Fredrickson said in a press release, “We are very excited about this class. They are a very athletic group, whose size and length are huge assets on the basketball court. In addition, they are great students which will make an instant impact both on the basketball court and in the classroom.”

Stofferahn joins Zoe Hardwick (Eden Prairie, MN), Lexi Wadsworth (Hayti, SD), and Mandee Williamson (Newell, SD) as signers for the Wolves.

Sweet 16 Bittersweet for Quarrier Volleyball

November 7, 2017 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The “Sweet 16” match turned bittersweet for the Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team as they fell to the #4 seeded Madison Bulldogs at Brandon Valley High School on Tuesday, November 7th. After the Quarriers were one point away from a trip to the State A tournament, the Madison Bulldogs found a way to rally and come back to win 3-2 by set scores of 19-25, 29-31, 26-24, 25-20, 15-3 to advance to the state tournament.

Madison started the match with an early 5-2 lead in the first set. Dell Rapids went on a 10-2 run to take a 12-7 lead midway through the set. Madison chipped away to tie the set at 18-18, but the Quarriers closed out the set on a 7-1 run to take the first set.

The Bulldogs seemed to regroup in the second set and led 11-6 early. Dell Rapids closed the gap to 16-14, but Madison went on an 8-1 run to lead 24-15 and had the serve. Dell Rapids forced the side out to get the serve and make the score 24-16. Mackenzie Grisham then served nine straight points to give Dell Rapids a 25-24 lead. The Quarriers were able to maintain the advantage and eventually won the second set 31-29 to give them a 2-0 set lead.

The third set started with runs by both teams. Madison scored the first four points to take a 4-0 lead. Dell Rapids answered with four in a row to tie the set at 4-4. The Bulldogs then put up five in a row to go ahead 9-4. Dell Rapids worked to tie the set at 12-12 and found momentum to go ahead 19-15. Dell Rapids held on to the lead at 22-19. Madison scored the next three points to tie at 22-22. The two teams traded points to remained tied at 23-23. After a net violation on a block attempted was called against Madison, the Quarriers found themselves at match point with a score of 24-23. After a rally, Dell Rapids was called for a net violation to tie things at 24-24. The Bulldogs rallied for the final two points to steal the third set at 26-24 and keep the match alive.

Set four started back and forth and was tied at 4-4. Madison went on a 5-0 run to take a 9-4 lead. Madison maintained about a four-to-six point lead through the middle of the set and then pushed their lead to 17-9. Dell Rapids rallied to cut the lead to 20-16 and 24-20, but Madison closed out the set at 25-20 to force the fifth and final set.

The Bulldogs seemed to gain momentum throughout the fourth set and jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the fifth set. Dell Rapids could not get any momentum going of their own, and the Bulldogs took the final set 15-3.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier season comes to an end with an overall record of 19-10.

Two Cardinals Earn DVC Football Honors

November 7, 2017 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Two Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal football players were recognized by the Dakota Valley Conference. Senior Logan Gaspar was named to the DVC All-Conference team. Senior Tate Hansen was an Honorable Mention.

Bodee Groos of Colman-Egan was named the DVC Player of the Year. Doug Ruesink of Castlewood was named DVC Coach of the Year.

DVC All Conference Team

Arlington/Lake Preston
Devon Heuer – Junior
Tyler Jensen – Junior
Byron Bumann – Junior
Gavin Holland – Sophomore
Logan Williams – Sophomore (Honorable Mention)

Castlewood
Justin Heyn – Senior
Caleb DeKam – Senior
Kaden Eng – Sophomore
Brandon Benike – Junior
Wyatt Mack – Senior (Honorable Mention)

Colman-Egan
Bodee Groos – Senior
Kade Groos – Senior
Keith Crisp – Senior
Alec Landis – Junior
Trey McKnight – Senior (Honorable Mention)
Chandler Gullickson – Senior (Honorable Mention)

Dell Rapids St. Mary
Logan Gaspar – Senior
Tate Hansen – Senior (Honorable Mention)

DeSmet
Cade Birkel – Senior
Gage Gruenhagen – Senior
Zach Wolkow – Senior
Tate Perry – Senior (Honorable Mention)
Jayden Woodcock – Senior (Honorable Mention)

Deubrook
Clayton Koppatschek – Junior
Denton Schwartz – Junior
Trace Vierhuf – Sophomore (Honorable Mention)
Chris Landmark – Senior (Honorable Mention)

Elkton/Lake Benton
Devin Sopko – Junior
Taryn Krog – Junior
Caleb Goertz – Senior
Roberto Penaloza – Senior (Honorable Mention)
Blaine Hefti – Senior (Honorable Mention)

Estelline
Marcis Hausman – Sophomore
Spencer Lutz – Sophomore (Honorable Mention)

Oldham/Ramona-Rutland
Jamus Brown – Senior
Hunter Breske – Senior
Taylor Hojer – Junior (Honorable Mention)
Casey Renaas – Junior (Honorable Mention)

Quarriers Win Thriller to Advance to Sweet 16

November 3, 2017 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

For the second match in a row, the Dell Rapids Quarriers overcame a 2-0 deficit to come back and win the match. This time Dell Rapids did it in one of the finals of the Region 3A Tournament. Dell Rapids defeated the Baltic Bulldogs in five sets by scores of 17-25, 22-25, 25-14, 25-21, 15-13 to advance to the Sweet 16 Round of the 2017 South Dakota Class A volleyball playoffs.

Baltic opened up the match on a quick run and rode the momentum to take the first set over the Quarriers. They continued the momentum into the second set and found themselves with a 2-0 set lead heading into the third set. Dell Rapids was able to get rolling in the third set and gained some momentum with a 25-14 win. The Quarriers picked up more and more steam in the fourth set as they held off the Bulldogs for the 25-21 win to force the fifth set. Dell Rapids got out to a 4-0 lead in the fifth set and never lost the lead to complete the comeback win.

Trinity Gordon had 13 kills for the Quarriers. Sydney Stofferahn had 11 kills. Maria Jackson had eight kills, Jayda Knuppe had six kills, and Shelby Apland had five kills. Brooke Klein finished with 32 digs. Gordon also had 21 digs. Jackson tallied 16 digs, and Hannah Fletcher had 13 digs. Sam Price also had five digs. Fletcher ended the match with 36 set assists.

Dell Rapids (19-9) will be the #13 seed in the Sweet 16 round and will play #4 seed Madison on Tuesday, November 7^th. The match can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

Cardinal Volleyball Season Ends in Region 4B

October 31, 2017 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team’s season game to an end in the second round of the Region 4B Tournament on Tuesday, October 31st, in Madison. The Cardinals lost in straight sets to the #1 seed Chester Flyers by scores of 25-6, 25-13, 25-15.

Cassie Mullaney led the team on the offensive end with four kills in the match. Veronica Beck had three kills, while Cassy Geraets, Rhiannon Glazier, and Maddie Schwebach all had two kills each. Glazier also finished with two ace serves and a dig. Adyn Heinricy had nine digs. Mullaney and Schwebach each had a block at the net. Geraets had 14 set assists for St Mary.

The Cardinals finish their season with a record of 11-19.

Cardinal Volleyball Wins Region 4B Opener

October 31, 2017 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals earned an opening-round win of the Region 4B Tournament on Monday, October 30th, at Dell Rapids St Mary High School. The #8 seeded Cardinals defeated the #9 seed Mitchell Christian Golden Eagles in straight sets by scores of 27-25, 25-23, 25-23.

The entire match was back and forth. In the opening set, neither team had a lead of more than two or three points. The Golden Eagles rallied after trailing 23-21 late in the set to take a 24-23 lead. The Cardinals scored the next two points to regain the lead at 25-24. After Mitchell Christian tied the set at 25-25, St Mary scored the next two points for the win.

Mitchell Christian seemed to be in position to win the second set after getting out to a five-point late in the second set. The Golden Eagles lead 19-13. St Mary scored three in a row to cut the lead to 19-16. After a Golden Eagle point to push their lead to 20-16, the Cardinals went on a 7-2 run to take a 23-22 lead. St Mary closed out the set scoring two of the final three points to get the come-from-behind win.

The first part of the third set played out much like the first set. Neither team was able to build a lead of more than a point or two until the Golden Eagles rallied to take a 15-11 lead. The Cardinals rallied once again to tie the set at 17-17. The two teams went back and forth again with the score getting tied at 18-18, 19-19, 20-20, and 21-21. The Cardinals rallied for the next three points to get to match point at 24-21. The Golden Eagles cut the lead to 24-23, but a kill by Cassy Geraets ended the match.

St Mary will now play the #1 seed Chester Flyers on Tuesday, October 31st, in the next round of the Region 4B Tournament. The match will be held in Madison at 5:00 p.m.

Quarrier Football Season Ends in Playoffs

October 27, 2017 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Quarrier football team had their season come to an end on Thursday, October 26th. The St Thomas More Cavaliers upset the Quarriers in the opening round of the 11A football playoffs 21-20.

With the strong winds at their backs, the Cavaliers scored first with 3:33 to go in the first quarter on a 45-yard pass from Ryder Kirsch to Thomas Rafferty. Joe Poeppel kicked the extra point for a 7-0 St Thomas More lead. The Cavaliers then scored early in the second quarter. With 10:34 to play in the half, Kirsch connected with Rafferty again for a 24-yard touchdown. Poeppel made the extra point into the wind to give St Thomas More a 14-0 lead.

Matt Gillogly scored the first touchdown for Dell Rapids with 2:16 to play in the first half. Gillogly scored on a two-yard run. Hunter Gerry made the extra point to cut the lead in half at 14-7. St Thomas More drove the ball deep into Quarrier territory, but Eddie Price intercepted a pass at the goal line with :12.8 on the clock to keep the score 14-7 heading into halftime.

Neither team was able to put a score on the board in the third quarter, but Dell Rapids tied the game with 10:28 left in the fourth quarter after a seven-yard run by Gillogly and the extra point by Gerry. St Thomas More pushed the ball to midfield but was forced into a fourth and short. The Cavaliers went for it, and the Dell Rapids defense tackled Kirsch for a loss to get the ball back on a turnover on downs with 8:07 to play in the game.

Dell Rapids methodically marched the 50 yards in just under five minutes of clock time. Carson Rentz scored the go-ahead touchdown with 3:13 to go in the game on a one-yard quarterback sneak. Unfortunately for Dell Rapids, Gerry’s extra point attempt into the wind hit the right upright of the goalpost and was no good. The Quarriers led 20-14. After getting the ball on their own 35 yard line, the Cavaliers ran three plays, two of which were big pass plays, to get into the end zone. Kirsch hit Rafferty for 25-yards with 2:49 to play. The extra point was good by Poeppel to give St Thomas More a 21-20 lead.

The Quarriers were able to get the ball to the Cavalier 41 yard line with about 2:00 to go in the game. After a running play failed to get out of bounds on first down, Rentz spiked the ball to stop the click and bring up a 3rd down and 8 for Dell Rapids. The Quarriers next play was an incomplete pass to put the Quarriers into fourth down. The fourth down play was an incomplete pass, and the Cavaliers took over on downs with 1:29 to play in the game. St Thomas More was able to run out the clock for the win.

The Quarriers finished the game with 248 yards of total offense, 43 passing yards and 205 rushing yards. Rentz was 4-13 passing for 43 yards and an interception. Alex Kringen had three catches for 32 yards, and Adam Nagelhout had one catch for 11 yards. Gillogly had 19 carries for 98 yards and two touchdowns. Nick Boever had nine carries for 46 yards. Nagelhout had 10 carries for 38 yards. Seth Spielmann finished with five carries for 14 yards. Price had eight tackles and an interception. Gillogly finished with seven tackles. Josh Heinemann had six tackles, and Boever finished with five tackles. Andrew Hegge had a sack in the game, and Jeffrey Schuch had an interception.

The Quarrier season comes to an end with a 7-3 overall record.

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