In the DVC Junior High Track meet last week, Oldham Ramona won the meet with 102 points while St Marys 7th grade boys finished in 6th place scoring 25.50 while the 7th grade girls team finished in 7th place with 34 points while Castlewood won the meet with 71.50. In 8th grade results, the St Marys boys finished in 3rd with 73 points while Deubrook won the meet with 83 points and Arlington was 2nd place with 74. In the 8th grade girls team scoring, the meet was won by Elkton Lake Benton with 104 points while St Marys finished 8th with 15 points.
Cornbelt League Baseball Preview
The 2012 Cornbelt League baseball season officially gets underway on Mother’s Day (May 13th). Listed are the games the first week of the season with the rest of the schedule to be listed here on Big Sioux Media within a few days.
May 13th–Sunday: Games at 2pm unless otherwise noted
- Canova at Colman
- Harrisburg at Dell Rapids Mudcats
- Lennox at Tea
- Salem at Madison
- Dells PBR at Humboldt
- Canistota at Flandreau—7pm
May 16th: Games at 7:30pm
- Tea at Harrisburg
- Flandreau at Dells PBR
- Colman at Humboldt
- Madison at Canova
- Canistota at Lennox
Sioux Falls Christian Invitational Results
Each day brings the Dell Rapids Lady Quarriers golf team closer to the Regional Meet and then the trip out west for the State Golf Meet. This past Thursday the challenging links style course of Baker Crossing against some very good teams was a good test at the Sioux Falls Christian Golf Invitational. Parkston had the low team score with a 324 followed by Sioux Falls Christian with a 354, but as Dells Coach Jeff Devorak reported to Big Sioux Media the team played well finishing in 3rd place with a 370.
“What a beautiful day! Whenever we’ve played Baker Crossing in the past, the wind was howling and the course was extremely difficult. 80 degrees and little wind made for a great day as well as some solid golf. Lexie and Brianna stayed on track shooting an 85 and 86 respectively placing them 6th and 8th. Lexie’s putting was much higher than she’d like but she is striking the ball very well right now. Brianna had trouble off the tee but scrambled to score very well after that. It’ll be exciting to see how low they can go when they put it all together. Emily bounced back after a tough opening hole to finished just outside the top 15 – I was very proud of her resilience. Hannah had a solid round and will continue to lower her scores as she cleans up her game around the green. April Tomes rounded out the varsity 5 and she made nice strides in her putting. Parkston was unbeatable, but again we are within striking distance of SFC. Against this field on this course, I was very proud of our performance”.
Individually Lexie Pierson had an 85, Brianna Davis recorded an 86, Emily Haak shot a 95, Hannah Hammer a 104, and April Tomes a 123. Monday, May 7th, the golfers will be at Rocky Run as Dell Rapids will host the BSC Invite. Tee time is 9:00 am.
Lennox Track Results
The Lady Quarriers made their way to Lennox on Tuesday for track & field competition. Listed below are the results received by Big Sioux Media. Coach Michael Putnam says the girls did very good against some very tough teams.
2nd place finishers were: Brittney Schlaikjer in the 800; Medley relay team of Rachel Devlin, Kelli Siemonsma, Kiah Schumaker, and Hannah Fielder; Cassidy Wright in shot.
3rd place finishers were: Lexi Snyder in the 1600m run; Wright in the disc; Mikaela Stofferahn in the shot.
4th place finishers were: K. Siemonsma in the 100m dash; Coryn Hoff in the 400m dash; Jessica Tisher in the 3200m run; 1600m relay team of Schlaikjer, Karen Eddy, Devlin, and Hoff; 3200m relay team of Fielder, Tisher, Karlie Leighton, Snyder; Stofferahn in the disc.
5th place finishers were: Maddie Vietor in the 100m hurdles; 400m relay team of Eddy, Sammi Rieder, Hoff, K. Siemonsma; 800m relay team of Sarah Haak, Rieder, Megan Miles, Devlin.
6th place finishers were: K. Siemonsma in the 200m dash; Morgan Hoglund in the 100m hurdles; Brittney Siemonsma in the shot.
The Dell Rapids Quarriers boys team was also in Lennox Tuesday for track & field competition. Here are top finishers for the Quarriers.
In the 100 meter dash, Channing Barber finished first with a time of 11.0 while teammate, Brodie Sharp captured 4th with a time of 11.7 and in the 200 meter dash, Dell Rapids speedsters finished one-two-three scoring a combined 24 team points. Zachary Barber was in 1st place,Tanner Munk in 2nd place, and 3rd place went to Ian Bergstrom. In the 400 meter dash, Dell Rapids finished 3rd, 4th, & 5th. The top Dells finisher was Adam Reams in 3rd, Tyler Dishman in 4th, and Travis Dusing in 5th. Dell Rapids also won the 1600 meter Sprint Medley, the 400 and 800 meter relays, runner-up in the 1600 meter relay, and 4th in the 3200 meter relay.
In the field events, Zach White was 2nd place in the high jump and Spencer Kerzman was 4th. In th e long jump Zach Barber and Brett Nichols finished 1st and 2nd respectively while in the triple jump Nichols was 3rd and White 4th place. Cole Langer captured 1st in the shot put, while Bryce Koch was 4th and teammate Jon Anderson was 5th. Langer, Anderson, and Peter Nebben finished 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the discus.
As a team, the Quarriers finished 1st with a total of 173.5 points.
Estelline Invitational Track Meet Cancelled at Half Way Point
The trip to Estelline for the Dell Rapids St Marys track teams was a few hours on the bus, and less time on the track. Mother nature dictated the track meet was cancelled about halfway through the event for the safety of the athletes. Listed below are some of the results provided to Big Sioux Media Sports:
Alyssa Mullaney captured first place in the girls 100 meter hurdles with a time of 17.15 and 4th place went to Kelly Michel in the girls triple jump. In boys competition, Chris Lee finished 3rd in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.27. Setting a new meet record was Herman Kleinsassar of Sully Buttes with a 10.89.
In team scoring, with only 7 events scored in the girls’ meet, St Marys finished with 19.5 points for 8th place. The boys were only able to score 5 events as St Marys finished with 6 points for 10th place.
Sioux Valley Invitational Results
A windy day at Meadow Creek Golf Course, host course for Sioux Valley and the Regional Golf Meet in 2 weeks, proved to be a challenging day for the Lady Quarriers. Coach Jeff Devorak told Big Sioux Media, “the wind really blew today and kept the scores a bit higher than I thought they might be. In spite of that, Bri and Lexie continued to play well. I thought April Tomes golfed pretty well as our 5th varsity player today; it will be fun to watch her scores continue to come down. Our focus today was to familiarize ourselves with the course as our Region is here in about 2 weeks. We tried to keep good notes on where and where not to end up as well as possible club selections – hopefully that pays off at Regions”.
The Lady Quarriers had low team score with 393, one stroke better than Aberdeen Roncalli. Lexie Pierson shot 87 while Brianna Davis hit 89, but despite the good scores from the two Lady Quarriers, Medalist Honors went to Roncalli’s Allison Thielsen with an 85. Hannah Hammer of Dell Rapids hit a 102, one stroke better than 7th place finisher for Roncalli, Brianna Weber, allowing the Lady Quarriers to capture the team win.
Next up for Dell Rapids will be Thursday’s Sioux Falls Christian Invitational, another strong foe of the Lady Quarriers. Tee time is 9am Thursday.