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Dell Rapids 16U Out of Region Tournament, but Qualifies for State Tournament

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With only 12 total teams registered in 16U Class A in South Dakota VFW baseball, it was decided to break those teams into two regions of six teams each.  Four of the six teams in each region would qualify for the state tournament.

After a loss in the opening round on Monday, Dell Rapids 16U rebounded with a 13-2 victory over Tea in their first game on Tuesday, July 27th.  That win put Dell Rapids into the state tournament as one of the top four teams from Region 2A.

Tea scored first in the bottom of the first inning, but Dell Rapids then scored 10 unanswered runs over the next three innings, including an eight-run top of the fourth.  Dell Rapids would get three more runs in the top of the fifth inning.

Braden Fersdahl had two hits, a triple and a double, with two RBIs.  Brayden Pankonen had a hit and three RBIs.  Joe Rechtenbaugh had a double and two RBIs.  CJ Smith finished with a single and two RBIs.  Will Jaton, Sutton Williams and Ethan Kringen all had a hit in the game as well.  Jaton pitched the five inning complete game allowing two runs, neither of them earned, on two hits with one walk and seven strikeouts.

After the win earlier in the day, Dell Rapids faced Volga in the final game of the day at Rickeman Field.  Volga jumped out to a six run lead after the first two innings.  Dell Rapids tried to climb back into the game getting a run in the top of the third, two more in the fourth, and one in the fifth to cut the lead to 6-4.  Volga, however, scored three times in the bottom of the fifth inning and  then had another three-run inning in the bottom of the sixth for a 12-5 victory.

John Mortrude had three hits and an RBI.  Aiden Boechler had two hits, one of them a double, and two RBIs.  Williams had two hits.  Pankonen also had a hit in the game.  Jaton finished with an RBI.  Fersdahl pitched three innings allowing six earned runs on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts.  Smith pitched three innings also allowing six earned runs on five hits and two walks.

Dell Rapids will play in the 2021 South Dakota 16U Class A state tournament held in Madison August 6th through 8th.

Late Runs Lift Madison Black 16U to Victory over Dell Rapids in Region Play

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A run in the seventh to tie the game and then two more in the top of the eighth gave Madison Black 16U a 6-4 victory over Dell Rapids in Region 2A play on Monday, July 26th at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.

Madison Black started the game with a run in the top of the first inning.  They added another in the top of the third, but Dell Rapids got one run back in the bottom of the third.  Aiden Boechler had an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 2-1.  Madison picked up their third run of the game in the top of the fourth inning. 

Dell Rapids then put together a three-run bottom of the fourth to take the lead 4-3.  Brayden Pankoneen had an RBI single in the inning.  Braden Fersdahl scored on a balk, and then Boechler reached on an error that also scored Pankonen.  The score remained 4-3 in favor of Dell Rapids until the top of the seventh with one out.  Madison got the tying run on an error.  Boechler laced a double to center field to lead off the bottom of the seventh, but Boechler only made it as far as third base as the next three batters got out.  That forced the game into extra innings, but Madison scored two times in the top of the eighth inning to get the 6-4 win. 

Pankonen finished with two hits and an RBI.  Boechler had a double and an RBI.  Will Jaton also had a double.  Fersdahl, Dylan Mathis, and Sutton Williams all had a single.  Pankonen pitched five innings allowing three earned runs on 11 hits with a walk and two strikeouts.  Joe Rechtenbaugh pitched three innings allowing three runs, two earned, on two hits and a walk with five strikeouts.

Dell Rapids will play Tea in an elimination game on Tuesday, July 27th at 1:00 p.m. at Rickeman Field.

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PBR Advances to District 4B Semifinals

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Dell Rapids PBR won their opening round game of the District 4B tournament in Colman on Saturday, July 24th. PBR entered the tournament as the sixth seed and played third-seeded Lennox. And just as they had done two other times this year, PBR got the best of Lennox with a 9-3 win.

It was a big seven-run top of the second inning that set the tone for PBR.  Tanner Solberg got things going with a two-run single.  Beau Behrend added an RBI single.  Riley Calhoon reached on an error as both Solberg and Behrend scored on the play.  Riley Hoffman followed with an RBI double, and Matt Gillogly had an RBI single to give PBR the 7-0 lead.

Lennox got two runs in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 7-2.  The score remained 7-2 until the bottom of the sixth inning.  Lennox picked up another run, but Dell Rapids added a run in the eighth when Carter Gullickson stole home, and then they got one more run in the ninth when David Kirby scored on a wild pitch.

Gullickson finished with three hits in the game.  Solberg had two hits and two RBIs.  Gillogly had two hits and an RBI.  Kirby finished with two hits, one of them a double.  Hoffman had a double and an RBI, and Behrend had a single and an RBI.

Trey Randel pitched 5 2/3 innings allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits with five walks and six strikeouts.  Kirby pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing three walks while striking out three batters.  Hoffman pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts.

PBR will play the Dell Rapids Mudcats in the semifinals on Tuesday, July 27th.  First pitch is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.  The winner will advance to the championship game and qualify for the state tournament.  The loser will have three more chances to win one game to qualify for state as well.

Dell Rapids 14U Takes 6th at State A Tournament

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Photo taken and used with permission by Tanya Schmidt

The Dell Rapids 14U baseball team finished their season with a sixth place finish at the 2021 South Dakota Class A State tournament in Vermillion Friday, July 23rd through Sunday, July 25th.

Dell Rapids played the host team Vermillion in the opening round on Friday.  Vermillion scored two runs in the top of the first, but Dell Rapids answered with two in the bottom of the inning for a 2-2 tie.  The score remained 2-2 until the bottom of the fifth inning.  Dell Rapids then scored four times and added one more in the bottom of the sixth for a 7-2 lead heading into the top of the seventh inning.  Vermillion found their offense in top of the seventh getting six runs on seven hits to take they lead.  They held Dell Rapids scoreless in the bottom of the inning and got the 8-7 come-from-behind win.

Dell Rapids then played Spearfish on Saturday and squeaked out a 4-2 win to advance to the consolation championship.   Spearfish scored in the bottom of the first inning, but Dell Rapids got two in the top of the second for a 2-1 lead.  Dell Rapids got two more runs in the top of the fifth, and Spearfish scored one in the same inning to make the score 4-2.  Spearfish had the tying runs on third and second base with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but a line drive out and double-up on second for the third out ended the game to give Dell Rapids the win.

In the consolation championship on Sunday, Dell Rapids faced Madison Gold.  Despite having an early lead, Dell Rapids fell to Madison by a score of 9-5.  Dell Rapids scored three times in the top of the first inning, and Madison got two back in the bottom of the first.  Dell Rapids added another run in the top of the second to lead 4-2, but Madison picked up five runs in the bottom of the second inning to take the lead for good.  Dell Rapids scored one in the top of the third with Madison scoring two in the bottom of the inning for the 9-5 lead.  Neither team scored in the final four innings of the game.

Cole Ruesink had six hits, with one double, during the state tournament games.  Lincoln Fersdahl had four hits, one double, with three RBIs.  Cooper Frost had three hits, two of them doubles, and four RBIs.  Quinn Carr had two hits, with one double, and two RBIs.  Grady Lamer and Talan Millage both finished with two hits.   Tad Tjaden had a double and two RBIs.  Kenny Swanson had a hit and one RBI.

Carr pitched 4 1/3 innings during the tournament allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits with four walks and 11 strikeouts.  Fersdahl pitched four innings allowing no runs on three hits with four walks and four strikeouts.  Tjaden pitched four innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits with six walks and four strikeouts.  Frost pitched three innings and allowed nine runs, but just two earned, on three hits with four walks and two strikeouts.  Ruesink pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing three hits with a walk and three strikeouts.  Millage pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up six runs, two earned, on seven hits, with one strikeout. 

Dell Rapids finished with an overall record of 24-6 on the season.

Dell Rapids 16U Shuts out Hamlin in Regular Season Finale

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The Dell Rapids 16U baseball team had their final regular season game on Thursday, July 22nd.  Dell Rapids hosted Hamlin and a got a 12-0 shutout win, ending the game on the 10-run rule in five innings.

Dell Rapids had back-to-back six-run innings in the first and second innings.  In the first inning Aiden Boechler had a two-run double, Will Jaton reached on an error scoring Boechler, Joe Rechtenbaugh had an RBI single, Dylan Mathis stole home, and John Mortrude scored on a wild pitch. 

Jaton doubled home the first two runs on the second inning, Mathis had an RBI triple and later scored, Aiden Geraets had an RBI double, and Evan Nelson also had an RBI single.

Boechler had two hits, including a double, and two RBIs.  Mathis also had two hits, one a triple, and an RBI.  Jaton finished with a double and three RBIs.  Geraets had a double and an RBI.  Rechtenbaugh and Nelson both had RBI singles, and Brayden Pankonen also had a hit.

Rechtenbaugh pitched two innings allowing three hits while strikeout out two batters.  Pankonen pitched two innings without allowing a hit and striking out three batters.  Nelson pitched one inning and struck out two batters.

Dell Rapids finishes the regular season with a 15-4 record.  They will host the Region 2A tournament Monday, July 26th through Thursday, July 29th at Rickeman Field.  The top four teams of the six-team regional tournament will advance to the state tournament.

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Dell Rapids Legion Drops Two Games in Region 2B Tourney

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The Dell Rapids Legion baseball season came to an end at the Region 2B tournament in Flandreau.  Dell Rapids lost their opening game to Flandreau on Monday, July 19th, and then lost an elimination game to Garretson on Tuesday, July 20th.

After Flandreau scored three times in the bottom of the second inning, Dell Rapids had a six-run top of the third inning for a 6-3 lead. Flandreau scored two in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 6-5, and they continued to put up runs in the remainder of the innings. Flandreau took the game 15-8.

Connor Libis had three hits and an RBI. Landon Ruesink and Kaeden Eastman both had two hits. Caleb Kittleson had a double and two RBIs. Noah Swartwout and Bryce Sommerfeld each had a hit and an RBI. Brady Larson also had a hit.

In an elimination game on Tuesday, July 20th, Garretson turned a close game through four innings of play into a big 17-2 win by scoring 14 runs in the final two innings to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Kittleeson and Ashaun Roach-Valandra each had a single and an RBI.  Zeb Schumaker had a triple.  Libis, Ruesink, and Swartwout also each had a single.

Dell Rapids’ season comes to an end with a 6-12 overall record.

Madison Black 16U Scores Early and Often in Win over Dell Rapids 16U

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Madison scored in every inning except for one and scored 10 runs before Dell Rapids was able to get on the board in an 18-2 win on Monday, July 19th in Dell Rapids.

Madison got two runs right away in the top of the first.  They had back-to-back three-run innings in the second and third innings, and then scored two more times in the top of the fourth for a 10-0 lead.  Dell Rapids got their two runs in the bottom of the fourth.  Braden Fersdahl had an RBI single, and Aiden Boechler followed with an RBI triple.  Madison, however, scored eight more times in the top of the sixth inning and the game ended after six innings on the 10-run rule.

Fersdahl finished with two hits and an RBI.  Boechler had the triple and an RBI.  Joe Rechtenbaugh, Ethan Kringen, and Evan Nelson all had a single in the game.  Will Jaton pitched three innings allowing eight runs, three earned, on six hits with two walks and two strikeouts.  Fersdahl pitched 2 2/3 innings allowing nine runs, three earned, on six hits with three walks and a strikeout.  Dylan Mathis pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up an unearned run on three hits.

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Canova Rallies to Beat PBR in Final Regular Season League Game

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The Canova Gang overcame a three-run deficit to beat Dell Rapids PBR in the final regular season game for both teams on Sunday, July 18th in Canova.

Carter Gullickson PBR on the board in the top of the first inning after a steal of home.  Nate McKee hit into an RBI fielder’s choice scoring Riley Hoffman to give PBR a 2-0 lead.  McKee then had an RBI double in the top of the third inning to extend the PBR lead to 3-0.

Canova started their rally in the bottom of the fourth inning.  They scored two times in that inning and then tied the game in the bottom of the fifth with a run.  The Gang took the lead in the bottom of the seventh.  Canova plated four runs in the bottom of the eighth for the win.

McKee had two hits, one double, and two RBIs.  Gullickson and Tanner Solberg both had two hits.  Hoffman and Beau Behrend both had a single.  Matt Gillogly pitched six innings allowing three earned runs on three hits with five walks and five strikeouts.  Jake Rechtenbaugh pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing four runs, three earned, on two hits and a walk.  Trey Randel pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.

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Dell Rapids Legion Splits Final Two Regular Season Games

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The Dell Rapids Legion baseball team had their final two regular season games at Colton on Friday, July 16th.  Dell Rapids split the two games with Colton.  Colton won the first game 4-3, but Dell Rapids took the second game 7-4.

Noah Swartwout put Dell Rapids on the board in the top of the first inning in game number one by scoring on an error.  The score remained 1-0 until the top of the fifth inning.  Swartwout had an RBI ground out to score Ashaun Roach-Valandra to give Dell Rapids a 2-0 lead.  Colton got one run back in the bottom of the sixth inning, and then tied the game in the bottom of the seventh with two outs to force extra innings.  Brady Larson drove home a run in the top of the 10th inning for Dell Rapids on an RBI single to left field, but Colton scored two times in the bottom of the 10th to take the win.

Larson had two hits and an RBI.  Roach-Valandra also had two hits.  Swartwout had a triple and an RBI.  Riley Peter added a double.  Landon Ruesink, Bryce Sommerfeld, and Connor Libis all had a single in the game.  Ruesink pitched 5 2/3 innings allowing an earned run on two hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Larson pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing a run on a hit.  Caleb Kittleson pitched 3 2/3 innings allowing two runs on three hits with a walk and four strikeouts.

In the five-inning second game, Colton scored first in the bottom of the first inning.  Dell Rapids tied the game in top of the second inning on an RBI single by Sommerfeld.  The scored was 1-1 after three innings of play.  Dell Rapids then scored four times in the top of the fourth inning.  Libis had an RBI double.  Riley Peter scored on a wild pitch, and then Swartwout had a two-run single to give Dell Rapids a 5-1 lead.  Dell Rapids added two more in the top of the fifth.  Both Libis and Roach-Valandra scored on wild pitches to push the lead to 7-1.  Colton put together a rally scoring three times in the bottom of the fifth, but Dell Rapids was able to stop the rally to secure the win.

Swartwout had a hit and two RBIs in the second game.  Libis had a double and an RBI.  Sommerfeld had a single and an RBI.  Ruesink and Kittleson also had singles in the game.  Andrew Van Dam pitched five innings allowing four runs, one earned, on six hits with seven strikeouts.

Dell Rapids will now play in a regional tournament Monday, July 19th through Thursday, July 22nd in Flandreau.  Dell Rapids will play Flandreau on Monday at 6:00 p.m.

Dell Rapids 14U Wins Region 2A Tournament

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The Dell Rapids 14U team won all four of their games at the Region 2A tournament in Northville bringing home the region title.  The tournament was held Wednesday, July 14th through Friday, July 16th.

In their first game on Wednesday morning, Dell Rapids had no problems with Madison Maroon.  Dell Rapids got out to a 7-0 lead after the first four innings.  Madison scored two in the top of the fifth inning, but Dell Rapids responded with five runs in the bottom of the inning for a 12-2 win on the 10-run rule.

After a one-game break, Dell Rapids then played Volga in their second game on Wednesday.  The game was tied 1-1 after two innings of play.  Dell Rapids scored five times in the top of the third inning, but Volga responded with three runs to make the score 6-4.  Dell Rapids then had a 10-run fourth inning and added four more in top of the fifth for a 20-4 win on the 10-run rule.

In the semifinal game on Thursday, Dell Rapids played the host team Warner-Ipswich-Northville (WIN).  Dell Rapids scored five runs in the first two innings for a 5-0 lead.  WIN picked up a run in the top of the third, but Dell Rapids also scored a run to keep the lead at five runs, 6-1.  WIN scored three times in the top of the fifth inning, and Dell Rapids held on to a 6-4 lead after five innings.  Dell Rapids then scored eight times in the bottom of the sixth inning to end the game on the 10-run rule 14-4.

WIN battled back to make it to the championship game on Friday to play Dell Rapids once again.  This time Dell Rapids’ offense scored in every inning.  WIN scored the first two runs in the top of the first, but Dell Rapids had six runs in the bottom of the inning and three more in the bottom of the second for a 9-2 lead.  Dell Rapids then outscored WIN 9-1 the rest of the game for a 18-3 win in four innings on the 15-run rule to win the region championship.

Cole Ruesink had 12 hits over the four games including five doubles and a triple along with six RBIs.  Lincoln Fersdahl had 11 hits, with five doubles and a triple to go with 15 RBIs.  Talan Millage had seven hits, one of them a double, and three RBIs.  Grady Lamer had five hits, including one double, and one RBI.  Tad Tjaden finished with five hits, with two doubles, and two RBIs.  Logan Donovan had four singles and three RBIs.  Cooper Frost had three hits, one a double, and four RBIs.  Kenny Swanson had three hits and four RBIs.  Quinn Carr had three singles and five RBIs.  Brandon Schmidt had two hits, one double, and an RBI.  Ethan Vanderwerf had a hit and an RBI.

Fersdahl also pitched 5 2/3 innings in the tournament allowing one earned run on one hit with six walks and 10 strikeouts.  Carr pitched five innings giving up three earned runs on three hits with five walks and 11 strikeouts.  Tjaden also pitched five innings allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits with four walks and eight strikeouts.  Ruesink had 2 1/3 innings pitched giving up three runs, two earned, on one hit and one walk with three strikeouts.  Frost pitched an inning giving up two runs, one earned, on two hits with three walks.  Millage pitched an inning giving up one hit and striking out one.

Dell Rapids will now play in the 2021 South Dakota VFW 14U Class A State Tournament in Vermillion Friday, July 23rd through Sunday, July 25th.  They will play Vermillion at 7:30 p.m. on Friday in their opening game.

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