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Garretson/Dell Rapids Notches First Win of Soccer Season

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The Garretson Blue Dragon girls soccer team is coming off a 3-7-2 record in the 2020 season, a season that saw the team just miss qualifying for the playoffs.

The 2021 squad has five seniors that will be leading the team, four of them from Dell Rapids.  This year’s seniors are Madison Ljunggren, Tori Lodmell, Paige Sterud, Miriam Pickard, and Oliviyah Thornton.  Head coach Amber Williamson said that her seniors will be surrounded by underclassmen with plenty of varsity experience including juniors Reagan Altman, Morgan Damman, Kayla Genzlinger and Jenna VanHolland.  Williamson also expects Jordyn Williams, Joely Sterud, and Kylie Christensen to be big contributors this season as well.

“Despite our record last year, we were within a goal of turning many of those losses into wins.  This year we are focused on finding more ways to put the ball in the back of the net and coming out on the other side of those close games,” Williamson said.

The Blue Dragons have already had three matches to start the 2021 season.  Garretson hosted Vermillion on Friday, August 13th and fell by a score of 3-0.  Vermillion got a goal in the first half and then added two more in the second half for the win.  The Blue Dragons then made the long trip north to Groton on Saturday, August 14th.  Groton Area got a second-half goal, the only goal of the game, for a 1-0 victory.

Garretson got into the win column on Tuesday, August 17th in a match at Huron.  The Blue Dragons found the back of the net three times in the first half and scored two more times in the second half for a big 5-0 victory over the Huron Tigers.

The Blue Dragons (1-2-0) will travel to Tea to play the Titans on Saturday, August 21st.

Dell Rapid Quarrier Boys Golf Starts 2021 Season at West Central

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After losing three state qualifiers to graduation, the Dell Rapids Quarrier boys golf team started their 2021 season at the West Central Early Bird Invitational at Central Valley Golf Course in Hartford on Monday, August 16th.  This year’s team is guided by new head coach Riley Duncanson.

“With our young team, a lot of players will be on varsity for the first time, and I am excited for these young kids to get playing time.  Since it is my first year, I am excited to start coaching in Dell Rapids and looking forward to the start of the year,” said Duncanson.

The Quarriers finished with a team score of 469 on the day.  Vermillion placed first as a team with 329 with West Central finishing second also with a 329.  The tie was broken using the fifth golfer’s score.  Tea Area was third at 333.

Carter Traill finished the day with a 106.  Gage Schultz and Ryder Van Zee both had a round of 119.  Tyler Tjaden finished at 130, and Owen Swaney had a round of 136. 

Dell Rapids will play again on Tuesday, August 17th in Madison.

 

Mudcats Win Class B Title

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Photo taken and used with permission by Kiley Stone

The Dell Rapids Mudcats claimed the 2021 South Dakota Class B Amateur Baseball state title for the first time since 2008 with a 16-1 win over Flandreau in the title game on Sunday, August 15th at Cadwell Park in Mitchell.  Prior to the title game, the Mudcats had a 7-1 win over Larchwood and a 6-0 win over Winner/Colome.

The Mudcats scored first in the bottom of the first inning.  Matt Burpee, pickup player from Madison, reached on an error scoring Chad Hunt.  Flandreau tied the game in the top of the second on a home run by Brett Severtson, but the game then belonged to the Mudcats.

Dell Rapids had a four-run bottom of the third inning.  Josh Roemen had a two-run double.  Trevor Freudenthal added an RBI single, and Dalton Lehnen had an RBI double to give the Mudcats a 5-1 lead.  The Mudcats delivered the big blow in the bottom of the fourth inning.  Hunt scored after Mark Abrahamson reached on a catcher’s interference call.  Freudenthal added an RBI single, and then Lehnen hit a grand slam home run to push the lead to 11-1. 

The Mudcats continued to pour on the runs.  Abrahamson had a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning to extend the lead to 14-1.  The game ended in the bottom of the sixth inning on the 15-run rule after Ty Hoglund had an RBI ground out and Hunt had an RBI single.

Lehnen finished with three hits, including a home run and double, and five RBIs.  Roemen had two hits, one a double, and two RBIs.  Freudenthal also had two hits and two RBIs.  Hunt had two hits, including a double, and an RBI.  Abrahamson had a home run and four RBIs.  Hoglund had a hit and an RBI, and Dalton Allen and Grant Olson both had a hit.  Kris Regas pitched all six innings allowing one earned run on six hits with eight strikeouts.

Lehnen and Regas were named Co-MVPs of the tournament.

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Mudcats Move to Quarterfinals of State Tournament

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Photo taken and used with permission by Kiley Stone

The Dell Rapids Mudcats took another step closer to a state title with a 13-5 second round win over Wynot at the 2021 South Dakota Class B Amateur Baseball Tournament in Mitchell on Tuesday, August 10th.

Wynot jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but Mark Abrahamson sparked the Mudcat offense with a three-run home run in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 4-3.  Abrahamson struck again in the bottom of the fourth inning with a solo home run to tie the game 4-4.  The Mudcats rallied from there scoring nine more times while holding Wynot to just one more run for the win to advance to the quarterfinals.

Abrahamson finished with three hits and five RBIs in the game.  Grant Olson also had three hits along with an RBI.  Nate Henry, Matt Burpee (pickup player from Madison), and Josh Roemen all had two hits and an RBI each.  Dalton Allen had a hit and two RBIs.  Ty Hoglund had a hit and an RBI.  Chad Hunt and Trevor Freudenthal both had a hit.  The Mudcats had a total of 16 hits in the game.

Dalton Lehnen pitched eight innings allowing five runs, three earned, on eight hits with two walks and 11 strikeouts.  John Spaeth pitched an inning of scoreless relief striking out two batters.

The Mudcats will play Larchwood in the quarterfinals on Friday, August 13th at 5:30 p.m. in Mitchell.

Dell Rapids 16U Captures Fifth Place at State Tournament

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The Dell Rapids 16U baseball team rebounded from a heart-breaking opening round loss to finish fifth at the 2021 South Dakota VFW Class A State Tournament held Friday, August 6th through Sunday, August 8th in Madison.

Dell Rapids opened the tournament on Friday against Dakota Valley, the eventual state champions, losing in a heart-breaker 4-3.  Will Jaton put Dell Rapids on the board first with a two-run single in the top of the first inning. Dakota Valley scored one in the bottom of the inning, giving Dell Rapids a 2-1 lead after one complete inning.  CJ Smith had an RBI single in the top of the sixth inning to push the lead to 3-1.  Dakota Valley answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the sixth, and Dell Rapids led 3-2 heading into the final inning.  Dell Rapids was held scoreless in their half of the seventh.  But with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Dakota Valley got the tying run on a passed ball, and the winning run scoring on a single.

Jaton had a single and two RBIs in the game.  Smith had a single and an RBI.  Aiden Boechler had a double.  Brayden Pankonen and Dylan Mathis each had a single.  Pankonen pitched six innings allowing two runs, one earned, on six hits with one walk and five strikeouts.  Joe Rechtenbaugh pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits with a walk.

Dell Rapids held off a late rally by Madison White to win their second game of the tournament, 8-7, on Saturday.  Dell Rapids scored first again in the top of the first inning when Boechler scored on an error.  Madison tied the game in the bottom of the first.  Madison would take a short-lived lead with a run in the bottom of the second inning.  Dell Rapids scored three times in the top of the third inning.  Mathis, Smith, and Sutton Williams all had RBI singles to give Dell Rapids a 4-2 lead.  They would score three more times in the top of the fourth inning.  Jaton had a two-run single followed by an RBI ground out by Mathis to push the lead to 7-2.  Madison would get two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to cut the lead to 7-4.  Dell Rapids got a big insurance run in the top of the seventh.  Rechtenbaugh had an RBI ground out to put Dell Rapids ahead 8-4.  That RBI proved to be the difference as Madison scored three times and had the bases loaded before the final out was recorded.

Brayden Fersdahl and Boechler each had two hits.  Jaton and Mathis both had a single and two RBIs.  Smith, Williams, and Rechtenbaugh all had one hit and one RBI in the game.  Jaton pitched 6 2/3 innings allowing seven runs, six earned, on 11 hits with three walks and three strikeouts.  Smith got the final out on a strikeout, but also allowed three walks.

In the consolation championship game on Sunday, Dell Rapids rallied with three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, and then got one run in the bottom of the eighth to get a walk-off 7-6 win over Volga to take fifth place in the tournament.  Volga put the pressure on Dell Rapids right away with a five-run top of the first inning.  Dell Rapids got three runs back in the bottom of the third inning.  John Mortrude scored on a wild pitch, Evan Nelson scored on a passed ball, and Boechler had an RBI single.  The score remained 5-3 until the seventh inning.  Volga added a run in the top of the inning to make it a 6-3 ballgame.  Dell Rapids then put together a rally in the bottom of the seventh.  The first three batters reached, and then Mortrude reached on an error scoring Smith.  Ethan Kringen had the game-tying, two-run single to tie the game at 6-6 and force extra innings.

Volga nearly took the lead in the top of the eighth inning.  After two one-out walks, a single to center field nearly drove home a run, but Micah Pickard hit the cutoff man Jaton, who relayed the ball home to Williams to get a runner out a home for the second out.  The next batter lined out to Fersdahl in left to end the inning for Volga.  With momentum on their side, Mathis laced a one-out triple to center field.  Smith followed with a ground ball to shortstop that scored Mathis from third as the winning run in the game.

Kringen had a hit and two RBIs.  Smith and Boechler each had a single and an RBI.  Mathis finished with a triple.  Fersdahl, Williams, and Rechtenbaugh each had a single as well.  Mortrude finished with an RBI.  Rechtenbaugh pitched 4 1/3 innings allowing five runs, all unearned, on four hits with five walks and two strikeouts.  Smith pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up an earned run on three hits with three walks.

Mudcats Win Big in First Round State Tourney Game

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Photo taken and used with permission by Kiley Stone

The Dell Rapids Mudcats had no trouble in the opening round of the 2021 South Dakota State B Amateur Baseball Tournament in Mitchell on Friday, August 6th.  The Mudcats scored in every inning but one in a 15-0 victory over the Lake Norden Lakers. 

Dell Rapids had a total of 17 hits in the game while Kris Regas held Lake Norden to just two hits with 13 strikeouts while pitching all six innings of the game.

Chad Hunt had four hits and an RBI.  Trevor Freudenthal had three hits while driving home six runs.  Mark Abrahamson had two hits, one a double, and two RBIs.  Josh Roemen had two hits and two RBIs.  Nate Henry and Ty Hoglund both had two hits in the game.  Matt Burpee (Madison pick-up player) and Grant Olson each collected a hit.

The Mudcats will play Wynot in the second round on Tuesday, August 10th at 5:30 p.m. in Mitchell.

Mudcats Finish Second at District 4B Tournament

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The Dell Rapids Mudcats took second at the District 4B tournament in Colman on Saturday, July 31st, falling to the Flandreau Cardinals 10-6 in the championship game.

Flandreau grabbed the early lead in the game.  They scored two times in the first inning and then two more in third for a 4-0 lead.  The Mudcats cut the lead in half with two in the fourth inning.  Chad Hunt drove home both runs to make the score 4-2.  Flandreau, however, broke the game open in the seventh with four runs for an 8-2 lead.  The Mudcats got three runs in the eighth inning.  Ty Hoglund, Nate Henry, and Mark Abrahamson all had RBI hits.  Flandreau scored two times, and the Cardinals led 10-5 after eight innings.  Josh Roemen had a solo home run in the ninth, but that was the only run Dell Rapids would get in the inning.

Travis Peters had three hits in the game.  Hunt had two hits, a double and single, and two RBIs.  Grant Olson had two hits, including a double.  Roemen had a home run and an RBI.  Abrahamson had a double and an RBI.  Hoglund and Henry both had a single and an RBI.  Jimmy Bauer and Trevor Freudenthal both had a single.

Dalton Allen pitched one inning allowing two runs on two hits with two strikeouts.  John Spaeth pitched four innings allowing two runs on two hits with one strikeout.  Abrahamson pitched four innings and gave up six runs on four hits.

The Mudcats will play the Lake Norden Lakers on Friday, August 6th at 7:30 p.m. in the opening round of the South Dakota Amateur State B Tournament in Mitchell.

Dell Rapids Native Selected for Perfect Game’s 19th Annual All-American Classic

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CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (Thursday, July 29, 2021)—Continuing to expand the efforts of leading the amateur baseball industry, Perfect Game (PG) is excited to announce Dell Rapids native Austin Henry has been selected for the 19th Annual Perfect Game All-American Classic to be held the afternoon of Sunday, August 22 at Petco Park in San Diego.

Far more than just a game, the event provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the players selected. While in San Diego, the players will participate in a series of baseball related activities. In the weeks leading up to the event, players will have the opportunity to participate in a fundraising effort to help support pediatric cancer patients at the Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Rady Children’s Hospital.

“The Perfect Game Cares Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity, is proud to partner with our 2021 All-American players to raise important funds for children undergoing pediatric cancer treatment at Rady Children’s Hospital,” said Jennifer Ford, Executive Director of the Perfect Game Cares Foundation. “Together, we can make a difference in the lives of these beautiful children.”

The Classic is returning to San Diego for the 12th time in 13 years, after Oklahoma City played host in 2020.  Four players from the 2020 All-American Classic were among the top-10 players chosen in this year’s MLB amateur draft: Jackson Jobe – No. 3 overall by the Detroit Tigers; Marcelo Mayer at No. 4 by the Boston Red Sox; Jordan Lawlar at No. 6 by the Arizona Diamondbacks: and Benny Montgomery at No. 8 by the Colorado Rockies. Additionally, Jack Leiter, chosen second overall by the Texas Rangers, played in the 2018 Classic, while Kumar Rocker, selected 10th overall by the New York Mets, appeared in the 2017 event.

The rosters for the 2021 All-American Classic were chosen by a panel of talent evaluators assembled by Perfect Game, after being scouted and identified through a series of tournaments and events, including Perfect Game’s National Showcase, which took place in St. Petersburg, Fla., July 14-18.

When Major League Baseball began its 2021 Championship Season, there were 87 Perfect Game All-American players on the Opening Day rosters of 28 of the 30 Major League teams. The Atlanta Braves boasted the most Perfect Game All-Americans, with six, including reigning NL MVP Freddie Freeman.

Over the past 18 years, All-American Classic fundraising activities have generated more than $1.3 million for a variety of local causes, including $850,000 to Rady Children’s hospital and a record-breaking $119,819 during last year’s event in Oklahoma City to benefit the Toby Keith Foundation’s OK Kids Korral.

The Perfect Game All-American Classic will be streamed live on PerfectGame.TV. For more information, visit www.perfectgame.org. You can help by donating at www.perfectgamecares.org/event/PGAAC21. With help…Children can Rise! Rise out of illness! Rise out of poverty! Rise to a brighter future!

Perfect Game and its All-American Classic enjoys the support of its corporate partners TOP Chops Beef Jerky, Rawlings, Oakley, Yeti, New Balance, Diamond Kinetics, Augusta Sportswear, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Marc Pro, Next College Student Athlete and G-Form.

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About Perfect Game Cares

The Perfect Game Cares Foundation, Inc. began in 2003 as The PG Foundation, Inc., when PG Founder and President Jerry Ford decided that the success of Perfect Game created a platform to give back. Perfect Game has helped raise over $3 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Rady Children’s Hospital, Golisano Children’s Hospital, the Toby Keith Foundation’s OK Kids Korral, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center, and the Boys and Girls Club. In 2018, the Foundation expanded its footprint to become the Perfect Game Cares Foundation with its largest initiative to date—empowering and supporting America’s underserved youth. Visit www.perfectgamecares.org for more information.

About Perfect Game

Perfect Game is the world’s largest elite youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, producing over 8,600+ events, 300,000+ games and showcases each year across the country. Perfect Game is dedicated to giving amateur players exposure to take their game to the next level, whether that be in college or in the professional ranks. Perfect Game also has launched its own broadcast channel, PerfectGame.TV, where it has already produced more than 10,000 hours of amateur baseball content. At Perfect Game events, players are performing with top-level competition in front of college recruiters and professional scouts from all over the country. Because of this, these events prove to be invaluable to the college coaches as well as Major League Baseball, as they can scout a large population of talented ballplayers in one location. To date, more than 1,500 players that have played in a Perfect Game event have also played in Major League Baseball. Since 2003, 12,776 Perfect Game alumni have been selected in the MLB First-Year Amateur Player Draft. In the 2020 Draft, for example, 93 percent of all players selected had played in Perfect Game events, and all but one player selected on the Draft’s first day had previously attended Perfect Game events. And in the 2019 College World Series, every player on the roster of national champion Vanderbilt and all but one on the runner-up Michigan roster had played in a Perfect Game event.

PBR Qualifies for State with Win over Colman

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Dell Rapids PBR punched their ticket to the 2021 State B Amateur Baseball Tournament with a 12-2 win over Colman on Thursday, July 29th in Colman at the District 4B tournament. 

PBR broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the third inning and went to score six straight runs over three innings.  Weston Hanson scored on an error in the bottom of the third.  Beau Behrend reached on an error in the bottom of the fourth scoring Riley Calhoon.  Hanson had an RBI single later in the inning.  Nate McKee had an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth.  Behrend also had an RBI single, and McKee later scored on a wild pitch to give PBR a 7-1 lead after five innings of play.

Colman picked up a run in the top of the sixth inning, but PBR scored the final five runs.  Hanson reached on an error in the bottom of the seventh that scored both Calhoon and Trey Randal.  Riley Hoffman added an RBI single in the inning to push the lead to 10-2.  The game ended in the bottom of the eighth on the 10-run rule after a two-run home run by McKee.

McKee had two hits, including a home run, and three RBIs.  Hanson had two hits and an RBI.  Calhoon and Carter Gullickson both finished with two hits.  Hoffman and Behrend both had a hit and an RBI, and Tanner Solberg also had a hit.  Hoffman pitched all eight innings allowing two runs, on earned, on six hits with three walks and six strikeouts.

PBR is the fourth of seven Cornbelt teams to qualify for the state tournament joining Dell Rapids Mudcats, Flandreau, and Canova.  Three more teams will qualify from the Cornbelt League on Friday, July 30th and Saturday, July 31st.

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Mudcats Beat PBR in District 4B Semifinals

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Photo taken and used with permission by Kiley Stone

The Dell Rapids Mudcats met Dell Rapids PBR in the semifinals of the District 4B Tournament in Colman on Tuesday, July 27th.  The Mudcats punched their ticket to the 2021 South Dakota Class B State Tournament with a 13-3 win in eight innings.

The Mudcats got out to an early lead thanks to a three-run home run by Trevor Freudenthal in the bottom of the first inning.  They added to that lead with two more runs in the bottom of the third on an RBI sacrifice fly by Josh Roemen and an RBI single by Grant Olson.  Mark Abrahamson drove home a run with a single in the bottom of the fourth, and Freudenthal scored on an error in the bottom of the fifth to push the Mudcat lead to 7-0.

PBR finally got on the board in the top of the sixth inning.  Brandon Geraets scored on a passed ball, and Riley Hoffman had an RBI groundout to cut the lead to 7-2.  The Mudcats scored four more times in the bottom of the seventh.  Freudenthal had a two-run home run, and Travis Peters and Grant Olson both scored on a passed ball to make the score 11-2.  Matt Gillogly hit a solo home run in the top of the eighth for PBR, but the Mudcats got two runs on a two-run single by Jimmy Bauer to end the game on the 10-run rule.

PBR was led by Carter Gullickson with two doubles.  Gillogly had a home run and an RBI.  Gillogly also pitched four innings allowing six earned runs on five hits with six walks and a strikeout.  Jake Rechtenbaugh pitched two innings alloing four runs, two earned, on one hit and three walks with one strikeout.  David Kirby pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing two runs on a hit with four walks and two strikeouts.

Freudenthal had the big night for the Mudcats with two home runs and five RBIs.  Bauer had a hit and two RBIs.  Roemen and Abrahamson both had a hit and an RBI.  Chad Hunt finished with a double, and Olson had a hit.  Dalton Lehner pitched seven innings allowing two runs on two hits and a walk with 13 strikeouts.  Dalton Allen pitched one inning allowing one run on one hit and one walk with two strikeouts.

PBR will play the winner of Salem/Colman on Thursday, July 29th at 8:00 p.m.  The Mudcats will play in the championship game against Flandreau on Saturday, July 31st at 6:30 p.m.  Both games will be in Colman.

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