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Mudcats Reach Championship Game

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The Dell Rapids Mudcats reached the championship game of the District 4B Amateur Baseball Tournament with a win over Madison 12-7 last night in Salem.  The Mudcats will face Canova as the Gang beat Colman 12-11 in 12 innings to reach the championship game.  The Mudcats and Canova split during the regular Cornbelt League season.  The Mudcats beat Canova 1-0 on May 31st, and the Gang defeated the Mudcats 5-1 on July 12th.  The championship game is at 7:00 p.m. Saturday in Salem.

Dell Rapids PBR will play tonight 8:00 against Salem.  If PBR wins  they will qualify for the state tournament.  If they lose, they will have another chance to make it in the “last chance” game Saturday afternoon at 4:30.

PBR Keeps State Hopes Alive

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Dell Rapids PBR kept their chances of qualifying for the State B Amateur Baseball Tournament alive with a win Wednesday night over Humboldt 7-4.  The win gives PBR two more chances to make the state tournament.  PBR will face Salem Friday night at 8:00.  If they win, they will qualify for the state tournament, but if they lose, they will have one last chance in the “last chance” game Saturday afternoon at 4:30.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats, whom have already qualified for the state tournament, will play tonight against Madison at 8:00 as they continue their quest for the District 4B Championship.

Dell Rapids All-Stars 2nd at State Tourney

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The Dell Rapids All-Star team finished second in the 12U VFW State Baseball Tournament held July 20 – 22 at Pasley Baseball Complex in Sioux Falls.  Dell Rapids lost it’s opening round game in a close game to Milbank 5-4.  Dell Rapids came back to win their next two games, defeating Harrisburg 11-0 and then Elk Point 13-0 to qualify as the third seed in the championship round.

In the first game of the championship round, Dell Rapids beat Bon Homme, the second seed, 8-5. Madison, the fourth seed, defeated Vermillion, the one seed, 12-1 to set the championship game as Dell Rapids versus Madison.  Madison took the championship game 6-0.

Mudcats and 3 Others Qualify for State

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Four of the 12 Cornbelt League teams have qualified for the State B Amateur Baseball Tournament in Mitchell on August 1st – 12th already.  The Canova Gang, Dell Rapids Mudcats, Colman A’s and Madison Broncos all won quarterfinal games over the weekend in the District 4B Tournament in Salem.  Canova defeated Lennox 9-2, Colman defeated Harrisburg 6-4, Madison beat Salem 6-1, and the Mudcats beat PBR 9-7 to qualify.  These four teams will play out the winner’s half of the bracket to determine who will go in as the District 4B Champion, Rep #1, Rep #2 and Rep #3.  Those games will be held Thursday and Saturday.

The rest of the eight teams are playing out the loser’s half of the bracket for the final three spots in the state tournament from the Cornbelt League.  Those games will pick up again Tuesday evening and will also be played Wednesday and Friday evenings along with Saturday afternoon.

A complete list of games and the bracket can be found here:  https://bigsiouxmedia.com/cornbelt-league-scoresstandings/

Mudcats Take on PBR in Districts

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The Dell Rapids Mudcats and Dell Rapids PBR teams will do battle for the third time this year as they meet in the final game of today’s District 4B Tournament in Salem.  The Mudcats come into the district tournament as the second seed.  PBR is the seventh seed and has already posted a win by defeating Tea 3-0 yesterday afternoon.  The two teams split during the regular season with PBR winning 5-2 on June 7th and the Mudcats winning 9-4 on June 22nd.  Today’s game is scheduled for around 6:00 p.m. in Salem.

Dell Rapids finishes third in VFW Region 4A

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Dell Rapids finished 2-2 and in third place in the age 13/14 South Dakota VFW Region 4A tournament held in Madison this week. Eight teams competed for two spots in the State VFW Tournament to be held in Humboldt July 27-29. Madison and Big Stone City/Ortonville qualified for the state tournament.


Big Stone City/Ortonville 4, Dell Rapids 3

BSC/Ortonville scored the winning run with two outs in the final inning after Dell Rapids had rallied from a 2-0 deficit to take the lead. The loss eliminated Dell Rapids from the tournament and awarded BSC/Ortonville a spot in the state tournament.

Trey Randel pitched the first four innings for Dell Rapids and held BSC/Ortonville to two unearned runs on four hits and two strike-outs. Brett Mogen relieved Randel in the fifth with runners at first and second and no outs. Catcher Joel Brust had a hand in all three outs by starting two pick-off plays and catching a pop-up to end the threat. Mogen pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two unearned runs. Ty Hoglund recorded the final out of the seventh inning.

Dell Rapids scored one run in the fourth when Hoglund singled, stole second, reached third on a sacrifice fly and scored on a passed ball. Dell Rapids took its first lead of the game 3-2 in the sixth. Hoglund singled, stole second, and scored on Casey Hansen’s single. With two outs Seth Andersen singled home Hansen for the go-ahead run.

Dell Rapids was unable to hold the lead. Mogen recorded two outs on strike-outs but a single, stolen base and error put the tying run on third. BSC/Ortonville capitalized on another error and tied the game. Two more singles gave them the win and state tournament bid.


Madison 14’s 11, Dell Rapids 2

Hunter Jamison pitched a complete game for Madison and held Dell Rapids to five hits.

Mogen singled and doubled. Trevor Pulscher had two singles. Hoglund added a single.

Mogen took the loss with 3 1/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs. Hoglund pitched 2 2/3 innings in relief. He allowed five hits and four runs while striking out five. Casey Hansen pitched the final inning.

The win by Madison put them into the championship game and into the state tournament.


Dell Rapids 14, Castlewood 0

Tanner Heim pitched a one-hit seven inning game for Dell Rapids to gain a win in the second round.

Heim’s bid for a no-hitter was broken up with a single in the seventh inning. He struck out 12 and walked five.

Nine players contributed to the Dell Rapids 11-hit attack. Heim tripled and singled. Mogen singled twice. Hoglund, Hansen, Brust, Trevor Pulscher, Eric Klein, Nick Hoffman and Randel all added hits.


Dell Rapids 7, Gary/Canby 3

Four runs in the first two innings gave Dell Rapids the lead and pushed them to a 7-3 first round win over Gary/Canby.

Hoglund led the offense with a double, single and two stolen bases. Mogen, Brust, Randel, Pulscher and Hunter Hansen each added a hit.


Dell Rapids Roster

Casey Hansen

Ross Wiebenga

Nate McKee

Trevor Pulscher

Josh Parrott

Seth Andersen

Ty Hoglund

Joel Brust

Mason Peter

Eric Klein

Brett Mogen

Dawson Kerzman

Tanner Heim

Nick Hoffman

Trey Randel

Hunter Hansen


Coaches

Bruce Mogen

Mick Hoglund

Monte Kerzman

Dean Parrott

 

Lanes to Links Tournament

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Golf tournaments have become, over the past 15 to 20 years, one of the ways groups and organizations raise money.  Golf outings for companies to market themselves or just show appreciation to their employees and clients continues to rise as well.  But what about bowling?  One of the busiest sports that the young to middle age to old continue to do, in leagues or just for fun bowling, continues to grow in participation.  Well now there is an opportunity to combine golf and bowling in a one day event.  The 4th annual Lanes to Links tournament will take place July 27th with the bowling portion hosted by the Dells Bowl and the golfing portion to be hosted by the Lakes Golf Course (up near Lake Madison).  The one day event is limited to the first 12-teams that register (4 person teams must compete in both bowling and golf).  Contact the Dells Bowl, the Lakes Golf Course, or Jim Ronning for additional information.

Mick Hoglund Elected to Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame

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Three recently-retired standouts and two past greats will be inducted into the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame this year.  New inductees include former Lake Norden Lakers teammates Mick Hoglund of Dell Rapids and Paul Raasch of Webster, Kent Alm of Aberdeen, Jon Westling of Yankton and Mike West of Philip.  Hoglund was also a member of the Dell Rapids PBR team.

The group will be recognized on Saturday, Aug. 11 during the final weekend of the 2012 State Amateur Baseball Tournament in Mitchell.  They will inducted during a banquet slated for Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Lake Norden Community Center.  Ticket information and more details on the banquet will be announced in the coming weeks.

2012 SD All-Star Games

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The 2012 South Dakota All-Star games will take place in Aberdeen Tuesday, July 17th and Wednesday, July 18th.  The boys and girls basketball games will be played Tuesday night while the volleyball match and football game will take place on Wednesday.  Serveral area athletes will be participating in this year’s All-Star games.  Live webcasts of the games will be provided by Hub City Radio in Aberdeen.  Games can be watched at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ksdn-930-espn-aberdeen-studio or ESPNAberdeen.com.

Below is the list of area athletes:

  • Hunter White – Dell Rapids – North Football
  • Channing Barber – Dell Rapids – North Football
  • Zachery Barber – Dell Rapids – North Football
  • Dustin Steckler – Garretson – South Basketball
  • Trae Bergh – Tri-Valley – South Basketball
  • Sawyer Gibson – Garretson – South Basketball
  • Nicholas Behrens – Flandreau – South Football
  • Joey Parsley – Flandreau – South Football
  • Brady Bonte – Garretson – South Football
  • Chad Stoterau – Garretson – South Football
  • Thad Johnson – Tri-Valley – South Football
  • Kenton Welbig – Tri-Valley – South Football
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