The Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team continued their strong play to start the season with a match win in Elk Point against the Huskies on Tuesday, August 31st.  Dell Rapids dropped their first two matches of the season in close battles, and have since won four of their last five.

Tuesday’s match was another close battle between two pretty evenly matched teams.  The very opening set went back-and-forth and needed extra points to determine a winner.  The Quarriers eventually got the rally at the end to secure the 29-27 victory.  The second set was another close battle.  The two teams were tied 17-17 before Dell Rapids went on a run to lead 22-19.  The Quarriers took the second set 25-23.  The Huskies got on a roll midway through the third set.  They jumped out to a 21-13 lead and won the set 25-19 to force a fourth set.  The fourth set went the Quarrier’s way.  They got out to a 13-7 lead eventually pushing it to 18-9.  Elk Point-Jefferson made a little run, but Dell Rapids won the set 25-21 and took the match 3-1.

Kenzie Garry led the Quarrier attack with 18 kills.  JoJo Henry had 12 kills, and Sophi Randall added 10 kills.  Riley Hill and Lexi Ingalls had their serves working well in the match.  Hill had six ace serves, and Ingalls had five.  Randall was strong up front defensively with 10 blocks, and Clara Justice had six.  Ingalls led the team with 17 digs.  Garry and Henry both had 16 digs each, and Hill finished with 13.  Hill and Randall both had 17 set assists as well.

Dell Rapids (4-3) will travel to Sioux Falls to play the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers on Thursday, September 2nd.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team took second place at the Canton Tournament on Saturday, August 28th.  They went undefeated in pool play, but then fell to Garretson in the championship game, finishing the day 3-1.

In the first pool-play match of the day, Dell Rapids got a straight set win over Viborg/Hurley by scores of 25-9 and 25-11.  JoJo Henry had five kills.  Sophi Randall finished with four kills, 12 blocks, four digs, and three set assists.  Lexi Ingalls had three ace serves and four digs.  Kylee Fiddelke had 11 blocks, and Riley Hill had seven blocks and nine set assists.

In the second pool-play game, Canton defeated Dell Rapids 25-20 in the opening set, but the Quarriers won the next two by scores of 25-22 and 25-22.  Kenzie Garry had 10 kills and four blocks.  Henry added nine kills and six digs.  Randall finished with seven kills, seven blocks, and 17 set assists.  Hill had six kills, two ace serves, 10 digs, and 10 set assists.  Ingalls had two ace serves.  Clara Justice added six blocks.  Fiddelke had five blocks, and Emma Molskness had nine digs.

The Quarriers continued to roll through the pool-play winning their third match of the day.  Dell Rapids defeated West Lyon in straight sets by scores of 25-19 and 25-18.  Randall had seven kills, one ace, two blocks, a dig, and nine set assists.  Henry had six kills, two ace serves, and five digs.  Hill added nine set assists, one dig, one block, and one ace.  Garry finished with two blocks and two digs.

Dell Rapids met the Garretson Blue Dragons in the championship match, and the Blue Dragons won in straight sets by scores of 25-14 and 25-18.  Randall had five kills, three blocks, and four set assists in the match.  Henry ended with three kills, two ace serves, and four digs.  Garry added three kills.  Hill had seven digs and six set assists.  Molskness also had five digs.

The Quarriers (3-3) will travel to Elk Point to play the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies on Tuesday, August 31st.