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2013 State Cross Country Results

October 27, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids St Mary boys finished 2nd overall as a team, and the Dell Rapids St Mary girls finished 7th as a team on Saturday, October 26th, at Robbinsdale Park in Rapid City for the 2013 State B Cross Country Meet. The combined effort of the runners led to a Class B Combined Team Award for Dell Rapids St Mary.

Team Standings Boys:
1. Elkton-Lake Benton 25
2. Dell Rapids St. Mary 38
3. Philip 45
4. Parker 52
5. McCrossan 55

Team Standings Girls:
1. Ipswich 14
2. Gayville-Volin 33
3. Potter County 39
4. Northwestern 55
5. Burke/South Central 59
6. Estelline 71
7. Dell Rapids St. Mary 74

Individual Results

Boys:
Dell Rapids St Mary

Luke Brown – 19:35.60
Matt Farmer – 18:57.95 (18th)
Mitch Roemen – 18:06.60 (3rd)
Ethan Schmidt – 19:34.35
Jared Scholten – 18:55.95 (17th)

Dell Rapids

Zane Schumaker – 18.41:30

Girls:
Dell Rapids St Mary

Cassy Garaets – 17:00.83 (19th)
Anna Wolles – 16:18.68 (7th)
Jackie Wolles – 18:09.43

Dell Rapids

Lexy Snider – 17:14.23

2013 State A Competitive Cheer Results

October 25, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The 2013 State A Competitive Cheer event was held in Rapid City on Friday, October 25th. Dell Rapids St Mary is the 2013 Class A Small Team Stunting/Tumbling Cheer Champions. Dell Rapids finished 3rd in the Class A Large Team Stunting/Tumbling Cheer division. Sioux Valley won the 2013 State A Grand Championship with 219.50 points. Dell Rapids St Mary finished 2nd with 2o3.00 points. Dell Rapids was fourth with 180.50 points.

Quarriers Win Final Regular Season Game

October 25, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Jacob Huewe touchdown

The Dell Rapids Quarriers defeated the Vermillion Tanagers 40-10 on Thursday, October 24th, in Vermillion in the final regular season football game of the 2013 season. The Quarriers were in complete control from the start of the game. After receiving the opening kickoff, Dell Rapids drove the ball 80 yards in two plays and scored a touchdown on a 5o-yard run by Brett Nichols. Dell Rapids would score two more times in the first quarter on a 49-yard touchdown run by Riley Schmidt and a 39-yard touchdown run by Nichols. Nichols picked up his third touchdown in the game on a 34-yard run with 7:05 to go in the second quarter to give Dell Rapids a 27-0 lead. Tanner Solberg connected with Schmidt on a 22-yard touchdown pass with 5:21 to go in the half to give the Quarriers a 34-0 halftime lead. Jacob Huewe scored the final touchdown for Dell Rapids with 4:31 left in the 3rd on a 13-yard run. Vermillion picked up a three-yard touchdown by Tyler Madsen, and Ethan James hit a 30-yard field goal as time expired.

Dell Rapids gained 360 yards of total offense. 311 yards came on the ground attack, while 49 yards were picked up through the air. Nichols had five carries for 124 yards and three touchdowns. Schmidt had 10 carries for 109 yards and a touchdown. Huewe rushed the ball four times for 41 yards and a touchdown. Solberg finished the night 2-7 passing for 49 yards, a touchdown, and an interception. Defensively for Dell Rapids, Brock Reinhiller had 6.0 tackles. Schmidt finished with 4.0 tackles, and Matthew DeNoon and Jacob Habeger each had 3.5 tackles in the game. Tanner Ljunggren had a fumble recovery in the game.

The Quarriers finish the regular season with a 6-2 record. Dell Rapids will host Sisseton in the first round of the playoffs on Tuesday, October 29th.

Highlights:

Bulldogs Spoil Senior Night

October 24, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Madison Bulldogs defeated the Dell Rapids Quarriers 3-0 in volleyball action on Tuesday, October 24th, on Senior Night by scores of 25-11, 25-17, 25-10. With the first game tied 4-4, Madison went on a big run by scoring 13 straight points to take a 17-4 lead and eventually win the first game. The second game was very close throughout the first half. Neither team was able to get a lead of more than a couple of points, and the game was tied at 15-15. However, the Bulldogs were able to slowly pull away from the Quarriers at 20-17 on the way to the win. Again in the third game, both teams remained close. The game was tied at 7-7, and then again at 10-10, but Madison closed out the game and match with 15 straight points.

Emily Boyle led the Quarrier offense with four kills on the night. Brittnay Welbig had four set assists along with two aces in the match. Brittany Kludt finished with three blocks. Shelby Wrage had seven digs, and Baily Munk finished with six digs.

Dell Rapids falls to 1-20 on the year. The Quarriers will travel to Chester on Friday, October 25th, for their next match.

JV Results:
The JV team defeated Madison 25-14, 25-17. Mara Adams had five kills in the match. Brittnay Welbig had 13 set assists. Emily Boyle finished with three aces. Defensively for Dell Rapids, Megan Miles had two blocks and Adams collected four digs.

C Team Results:
The C team lost to Madison 15-25, 10-25. Kennedy Mergen had three kills in the match. Autumn Schumaker had four set assists to go along with two aces. Chloe Solberg also had two aces in the match. Betsy Amundson had eight digs, while Kenzie Gullickson finished with seven.

KSFY/KWSN Broadcasters SD 2013 Prep Football Poll – Week 8

October 22, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The rankings are determined by total points with first-place votes noted in parentheses (below). The poll has been expanded to 16 voters, who include Craig Mattick, KWSN; Chris Tubbs, KWSN; Eric Thorstenson, KSFY-TV; Matt Peterson, KSFY-TV; Dan Genzler, KSFY TV; Vic Quick, KOTA TV; Ben Root, KGIM; Dellas Cole, KBRK; Jeff Duffy, KOKK; Tim Smith, KMIT; Steve Morgan, KORN; Rod Fisher, KFGX; Nate Brown, KIMM/sdsportsbuzz.com; John Thayer, KVHT; Todd Enderson, KWAT; and Chris Doski, KWYR

11AAA
1 – Sioux Falls Lincoln (8-0), 80, (16)
2 – Sioux Falls Roosevelt (7-1), 64
3 – Brandon Valley (5-2), 43
4 – Rapid City Central (4-3) 36
5 – Sioux Falls O’Gorman (2-5), 8.5
Others Receiving Votes: Aberdeen Central (3-4), 5; Sioux Falls Washington (3-4), 3.5
Blog Notes: For the seventh straight week. Lincoln retained control at the top of 11AAA poll. The Patriots, which defeated SF Washington, 43-7, had unanimous support for the fifth straight week. Caden Quintanilla had 182 yards rushing and 3 TDs in the win as he surpassed 3K rushing in his career (3,154 yards, 48 TDs). Lincoln is 8-0 record for the first time since 1972. #2 Roosevelt stayed on the winning trek with a fifth straight win – 31-7 over SF O’Gorman. Taryn Christion had 197 yards rushing and two TDs along with 149 yards passing. Roosevelt led, 24-0, at halftime and allowed only a second half defensive TD to O’G, twice stopping the the Knights at the doorstep of the end zone with goal line stands. #3 BV, which hosts 11AA #5 Harrisburg on Thursday, held onto the #3 spot despite a 16-0 loss to 11AA #1 Pierre, which ended the Lynx five-game winning streak. Blake Stone had 118 yards rushing to lead #4 Rapid City Central past city rival RC Stevens, 14-7. The Cobblers, which have been outscored 183-to-147, has turned things around after a 1-3 start. The win over Stevens gave RCC a third straight win with O’Gorman on the schedule Thursday (Oct. 24). Despite a loss to Roosevelt, O’Gorman held onto the #5 spot. Both Aberdeen Central (3-4), which defeated Huron, 14-12, and now have won two of the last four games, and Sioux Falls Washington (3-5), earned votes in this week’s rankings.

11AA
1 – Pierre (6-1), 80, (16)
2 – Watertown (4-3), 63, #3 previously
3 – Yankton (4-4), 42, #2 last week
4 – Brookings (3-4), 32
5 – Harrisburg (3-4), 21, unranked
Others Receiving Votes: Mitchell (3-4), 2, #5 last week
Blog Notes: #1 Pierre, which barely edged out Yankton a week ago for the top spot, was the unanimous choice this week. The Governors had a huge bounce-back win as they shutdown 11AAA #3 Brandon Valley, 16-0, limiting the Lynx to 44 yards in total offense. Pierre, which has a 210-to-100 point differential, closes the regular season with a home tilt with Aberdeen Central. Shay Bratland had 101 yards rushing and a 71-yard TD reception with three combined TDs to lead the Watertown Arrows to their third win in four games, a 34-14 win over Mitchell. With the sudden hot streak, the Arrows moved into the #2 spot in the 11AA poll. Watertown closes the regular season on the road against #4 Brookings (3-4). After three-straight wins, including a 29-26 verdict over Pierre last week, Yankton fell to 4-4 on the season after dropping a 26-18 decision to new #5 Harrisburg, which built a 26-10 lead and held on against the Bucks. The Tigers have 2-of-3, including wins over both Brookings and Yankton. With a loss to Watertown, Mitchell fell out of the rankings.

11A
1 – Madison (8-0), 80 (16)
2 – West Central (5-2), 60
3 – Hot Springs (6-1), 45
4 – Dell Rapids (5-2), 35
5 – Dakota Valley (5-3), 11
Others Receiving Votes: Tea Area (4-3), 9
Blog Notes: Madison, which rolled to a 44-8 win over Vermillion, was the unanimous choice for the top spot for a fourth straight week. The Bulldogs, which owns a 310-to-97 scoring edge, has outscored two straight opponents by a 90-to-22 margin and concluded its best-ever regular season finish. #2 West Central won a second straight game, a 56-0 win over Milbank Area as they had 368 yards rushing. Through seven games, the Trojans, which face Tea Area on the road Thursday, have a 264-to-66 scoring differential. #3 Hot Springs picked up a 41-6 win over Spearfish for a sixth-straight win. The Bison have rolled up a 286-to-32 point edge (301-to-67 overall) in the winning streak. A 32-yard halfback TD pass from Riley Schmidt to Beau Carpenter with six seconds to play lifted #4 Dell Rapids to a 13-6 win over Tri-Valley, snapping a two-game losing streak to the Panthers. Tri-Valley had delivered the only losses to the Quarriers in their championship seasons of 2011 and 2012. With a 46-yard TD pass from Isaac Faldmo to Brody Van Ginkel with 42 seconds left, #5 Dakota Valley picked up a third straight win (fourth in five games) with a 20-14 win over Beresford. Tea Area, which has a 209-to-89 point differential, received votes in the poll after rebounding from two straight losses to take a 44-13 win over Lennox.

11B
1 – Aberdeen Roncalli (7-0), 75 (11)
2 – Winner (7-0), 66 (4)
3 – St. Thomas More (6-1), 42
4 – Canton (6-1), 39 (1)
5 – Parkston (6-1), 19
Blog Notes: Class 11B remain unchanged as #1 Aberdeen Roncalli rolled to a 56-to-6 win over Sioux Valley as junior QB Zach Lundquist had 125 rushing yards and hit on 9-of-13 passes for 187 yards and two TDs. Dalton Cox had four total TDs and 131 yards receiving for the Cavaliers, which has been in the top spot since preseason. Roncalli, which closes with Milbank Area, has a 307-to-40 scoring differential. Winner, the defending 11B champion, picked up their state-best 19^th straight win with a 56-6 decision against Crow Creek. Winner owns a 261-to-54 point differential, allowing just a combined 20 points over the last four games. #3 St. Thomas More picked up its second straight win with a 38-6 victory over 11AA Sturgis. STM, has outscored the last two opponents, 82-to-13, and own a 237-to-71 overall point differential. They finish the regular season with Mobridge-Pollock. While they didn’t record a fourth straight shutout, Canton won big again with a 50-20 victory over a solid Wagner team. Canton, which received a first-place vote this week, rolled to a fifth straight win with its second straight game of 50 points or better. In the winning streak Canton has a 206-to-54 (256-to-76 overall) scoring margin over opponents. Four different players scored rushing TDs to key #5 Parkston’s 30-0 win over Redfield-Doland and end the Pheasants six-game winning streak. The Trojans, which travel to Bon Homme (5-2) on Thursday, has a 166-to-40 scoring differential.

9AA
1 – Garretson (7-0), 76 (13), #2 previously
2 – Gregory (6-1), 58 (1), #3 last week
3 – Arlington (7-1), 47 (1), #1 last week
4 – Deubrook (7-1), 38
5 – Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan (7-1), 21
Blog Notes: There was a shake-up in Class 9AA as previously top-ranked Arlington dropped a 38-30 road decision to 9B #3 Dell Rapids St. Mary, 38-30. After their first loss of the season, Arlington fell to #3 in the 9AA poll. However, the Cardinals still received a first-place vote this week. The new #1 is Garretson, which has successfully made the transition from 11B to 9AA this season. Garretson, which closes on the road against three-time 9-man champion Canistota, defeated Irene-Wakonda, 38-6 as Austin Mathiesen recorded 10 carries for 153 yards and a 52-yard TD run. QB Jesse Brockhouse had four total TDs, two by pass, a 44-yard run and a 92-yard kickoff return. The Blue Dragons have allowed only 20 points in the last three wins. Overall, they have a seven-game streak to open the season when they own a 286-to-74 margin. Gregory, the preseason #1 is getting healthy (Brady Boes has a couple of others have returned) and have five straight wins since a 34-14 loss to Avon in week two. The Gorillas moved up to #2 in the poll and received a first-place vote. Gregory, which plays Tripp-Delmont/Armour on Thursday to close the regular season, owns a 287-to-114 overall scoring margin vs. opponents. #4 Deubrook wrapped up the regular season with a 52-14 win over DeSmet-Iroquois, winning for a seventh straight game after losing the opener to Arlington. The Dolphins are one of the most explosive teams in 9-man football, scoring 50 points or more four times. In 6-of-8 games, they have surpassed 40 points, led by Riley Hansen, who has a state-best 1,768 rushing yards (two games over 300 yards rushing) and 26 TDs. #5 BEE finished the regular season with a 49-14 win over Kimball-White Lake as the Seahawks won for the fifth consecutive time. Wade Miller led the way with 17 carries for 182 yards and two TDs and has 151 carries for 1,207 yards and 19 TDs in 2013. In five straight wins, BEE has a 207-to-42 scoring margin and has two shutouts. Overall, they own a 309-to-113 edge in points.

9A
1 – Howard (7-0), 80 (16)
2 – Leola-Frederick (7-0), 61
3 – Wolsey-Wessington (7-0), 39, #4 last week
4 – Colome (6-1), 37, #3 last week
5 – Potter County (6-1), 19
Also Receiving Votes: Alcester-Hudson (6-1), 2; New Underwood (6-0), 2
Blog Notes: While Howard was tested by three-time 9-man champion Canistota, the Tigers prevailed, 32-24, and again was the unanimous choice for #1 in 9A. Luke Loudenberg (150-1,564-27 TDs) had 25 carries for 354 yards and four TDs to lead Howard to a seventh straight win to open the season. Howard owns a 306-to-93 scoring differential vs. opponents and closes the regular season against Freeman. Leola-Frederick, which was idle, will close the regular season with a game with Langford Area. The Titans own a 312-to-47 scoring edge over opponents, including 149-to-12 over the last three games. #3 Wolsey-Wessington, which owns a 318-to-56 scoring differential, moved up to #3 after a 7^th straight win, a 30-6 decision against Hitchcock-Tulare. Lorenzo Williams, who went over 1K rushing for the first time in his career (90-1,131-11 TDs), had 25 carries for 213 yards and two TDs. Ryne Johnson (1,350 rushing yards, 19 TDs) added 16 carries for 142 yards and two TDs. Wolsey-Wessington has a pair of 1K rushers for the second straight year and have recorded at least 400 yards rushing in six of seven games. Despite another win, Colome dropped to #4 in the poll. Colome, which recorded a 52-30 win over Platte-Geddes/Dakota Christian, closes the regular season with a game vs. South Central. The Cowboys have six straight wins, putting up 48 points or more in four of the last five games. Potter County won a third straight game to move to 6-1 with a 56-0 win over McLaughlin/Wakpala. The Battlers have a 222-to-68 scoring differential.

9B
1 – Hamlin (8-0), 75 (11)
2 – Avon (7-0), 69 (5)
3 – Dell Rapids St. Mary (6-1), 40, #5 last week
4 – Wall (6-0), 31
5 – Faith (6-1), 17, #3 last week
Also Receiving Votes: Kadoka Area (6-1), 5; Faulkton Area (6-1), 1; South Central (5-2), 1; Harding County (5-2), 1
Blog Notes: Top-ranked Hamlin held onto the #1 spot after its closest call of the season in a 28-20 win over Webster Area. The Chargers led, 20-6, before Webster Area rallied in the fourth quarter. Brody Grantham had 23 carries for 150 yards and Dusty Quiram had 26 carries for 153 yards and two TDs to lead the Chargers to an eighth straight win this season. Hamlin, which hasput together an 8-0 regular season for the second straight season, owns a 365-to-50 scoring margin this season. #2 Avon, which closes the regular season against Andes Central, has put together a 327-to-77 point differential this season. The Pirates have scored at least 34 points in every game this season and have five games with over 40 points with a high of 70 two weeks ago. After losing for first time this season, Faith dropped from #3 to #5 in the poll. Faith was defeated by Lemmon-McIntosh (4-3) as Brody Peterson rushed for 252 yards and three TDs. Moving into the #3 spot was Dell Rapids St. Mary, which defeated 9AA #1 Arlington, 38-30. The Cardinals have scored 38 points or more in all seven games and 40 points or more five times. They close the regular season on Thursday against Lake Preston. With a 31-6 win over Philip, #4 Wall won for a sixth straight time this season as they have built a 305-to-72 point differential. Wall will play unbeaten New Underwood on Monday (Oct. 21) and Stanley County on Thursday. In the past three wins, they own a 152-to-32 edge. Also receiving votes was Kadoka Area (6-1) which stayed hot with a fifth straight victory. They have put together a 295-to-147 scoring edge, including 156-to-48 in the past three games. Despite a loss, Harding County (5-2) received poll support as did victorious South Central (5-2) and Faulkton Area (6-1).

Cardinals Pick up Big Win over Arlington

October 20, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals defeated the #1 team in 9AA, the Arlington Cardinals, by a score of 38-30 on Friday, October 18th. St Mary put up 404 yards of total offense in the game, 365 rushing yards and 39 passing yards. Josh Brown finished the game with 23 carries for 172 yards and three touchdowns. Ben Bunkers had 16 carries for 108 yards and a touchdown. Christian Schnieders also had 11 carries for 81 yards. Wes Heinricy was 1-3 passing for 22 yards and a touchdown. Bunkers was 1-4 passing for 17 yards. Noah Fiegen had a 22-yard touchdown reception.

Defensively for St Mary, Jared Scholten had nine tackles in the game. Brown finished with 7.5 tackles. Leon Maxwell had six tackles and one sack. Fiegen had two sacks in the game, and Jonah Longville finished with three tackles and a sack. Heinricy had four tackles and a late-game interception that would seal the win for St Mary.

Head coach Ross Flemmer said, “It was a big win for us. It was a fun, hard-hitting, well-fought game by both teams. Our kids fought back from adversity and played hard. Our defense really picked it up in the second half and did a great job. Our defensive and offensive line really did a great job.”

The win improves St Mary’s record to 6-1 on the year. Dell Rapids St Mary will finish up the year in Lake Preston on Thursday, October 24th.

Kneel down for the win!

Quarriers Win on Senior Night

October 18, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Quarrier football team defeated the Tri-Valley Mustangs 13-6 on Senior Night on Friday, October 18th. The Quarriers started the game off with a bang as Zach Schroeder took the opening kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown to give Dell Rapids an early 6-0 lead. That score would hold until 11:44 to go in the fourth quarter as both defenses played very tough. The Mustangs got the tying touchdown from Nick Buchmann on a 15-yard run to tie the game at 6-6. The Mustangs would come close to taking the lead in the fourth quarter. Tri-Valley had the ball two more times inside the Quarrier 20 yard line, but the Dell Rapids defense held tough both times and forced turnover on downs. The Quarriers took over with :33 left in the game and drove down to the Mustang 32 yard line with :13 left. On a 3rd and 12, Riley Schmidt hit Beau Carpenter with a halfback pass for the game-winning touchdown with :06 left in the game.

Dell Rapids finished the game with a total of 198 yards, 161 yards rushing and 37 yards passing, and only nine first downs. Jacob Huewe carried the ball six times for 70 yards in the game. Riley Schmidt had 17 carries for 64 yards. Brett Nichols had eight carries for 19 yards. Schmidt was 2-2 passing for 37 yards and a touchdown. Carpenter finished with one catch for 32 yards and a touchdown. Zach White also had a catch for five yards.

Defensively, Dell Rapids was led by Andrew Wiebenga with 10 tackles, two of those for a loss, and 1.5 sacks. Trey VanderPlaats had eight tackles, 2.5 of those for loss. Brock Reinhiller also had eight tackles, 1.5 of those for loss. Cody Nielsen had 7.5 tackles in the game, three for a loss.

Dell Rapids improves to 5-2 on the year. The Quarriers will finish the regular season in Vermillion on Thursday, October 24th. The game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.

Highlights

Two Quarrier Runners Qualify for State

October 18, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Two Dell Rapids Quarrier cross country runners will be participating in the State Meet on Saturday, October 26th. Lexi Snyder and Zane Schumaker finished in the top 20 on Thursday, October 17th, at the Region 2A Meet held in Flandreau. The Dell Rapids girls finished seventh as a team with a total of 103 points. Madison won the girls event with 30 points, followed by Garretson with 34 points and West Central with 47 points. The Quarrier boys finished sixth with a total of 110 points. Garretson won the event with 30 points, followed by West Central with 36 points and Flandreau with 40 points.

Girls Results:

Lexi Snyder – 13th – 16:16.00
Shaylee Hoff – 16:56.00
Meg Dearduff – 18:30.00
Jessica Tisher – 19:13.00
Alexandra Roemen – 19:27.00
Kaylee Hennen – 19:50.00

Boys Results:

Zane Schumaker – 18th – 18:15.00
Trent Knuppe – 19:07.00
Caleb Kirshenmann – 19:14.00
Brett Mogen – 20:03.00
Micah Roemen – 20:56.00
Jason Cook – 21:22.00

All Cardinal Varsity Cross Country Runners Qualify for State

October 16, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids St Mary boys and girls cross country teams participated in the Region 2A meet in Howard on Wednesday, October 16th. All of the varsity runners qualified for the State meet to be held in Rapid City on October 26th. Both the boys and girls teams finished 2nd in the Regions out of 17 teams. The girls team finished with 21 points. Hanson won the girls event with 18 points. The boys finished with 15 points. Elkton-Lake Benton won the boys event with nine points.