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PBR Gets League Win over Salem

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Dell Rapids PBR won for the fourth time in their last five games after an 11-1 win over Salem on Thursday, July 15th.

PBR got three runs in the top of the third inning.  Riley Hoffman had an RBI ground out scoring Trey Randel.  Carter Gullickson scored on a wild pitch, and David Kirby had an RBI single for an early 3-0 lead.  Salem picked up a run in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 3-1.

The score remained 3-1 until the top of the seventh inning.  PBR then scored eight times in the top of the seventh.  Weston Hanson had an RBI single.  Kirby drove home two with a single.  Beau Behrend had an RBI single.  Gullickson brought home two more with a double, and Hanson also had two more RBIs in the inning with a double.  Salem was held scoreless in the bottom of the seventh, and the game ended on the 10-run rule.

Hanson had four hits, including a double, and three RBIs.  Kirby had three hits and three RBIs.  Gullickson had two doubles and two RBIs.  Hoffman and Behrend both had two hits and an RBI.  Riley Calhoon, Tanner Solberg, and Randel all had a single in the game as well.   Hoffman pitched seven innings allowing an unearned run on four hits with four walks and six strikeouts.

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Four Run Inning Keys Dell Rapids 16U Win over Parker

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Dell Rapids 16U scored four times in the third inning which was enough to get a 4-1 win over Parker at home on Thursday, July 15th.

The two teams were scoreless through the first two innings of play.  Parker scored their run in the top of the third inning on an RBI double.  Dell Rapids got all four of their runs in the bottom of the inning with two outs.  Will Jaton had an RBI single.  CJ Smith reached on an error that also scored Jaton.  Sutton Williams then had a two-run single to give Dell Rapids the 4-1 lead. 

Williams finished with a hit and two RBIs.  Jaton had a hit and an RBI.  John Mortrude also had a hit.  Joe Rechtenbaugh pitched a complete game allowing an unearned run on just one hit with three walks and six strikeouts.

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Mudcats Win Make-up Game over Colman

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Photo taken and used with permission by Kiley Stone

The Dell Rapids Mudcats traveled to Colman on Tuesday, July 13th for a make-up game from July 6th.  Dell Rapids broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth and eventually pulled away for a 7-2 win.

The Mudcats scored two in the top of the first inning.  Nate Henry and Trevor Freudenthal both had RBI singles to give Dell Rapids a 2-0 lead.  Colman tied the game in the bottom of the third with two runs of their own on a two-run single by Chase DeWitt.  Henry gave the Mudcats the lead in the top of the fifth inning with a solo home run.  Grant Olson added an RBI ground out later in the inning for a 4-2 lead.  Chad Hunt had an RBI single in the top of the sixth inning to make the score 5-2.  Freudenthal brought home two more runs in the top of the ninth with a single to make the score 7-2.

Henry had two hits, including a home run, and two RBIs. Freudenthal also had two hits and two RBIs. Ty Hoglund and Mark Abrahamson both had two hits. Hunt and Kris Regas both had a single. Olson had an RBI. Abrahamson pitched eight innings for the win giving up two runs on four hits with 11 strikeouts. John Spaeth pitched an inning without allowing a hit.

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Late Score Seals Win for PBR

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Dell Rapids PBR hosted the Hartford-Humboldt Wood Ducks on Tuesday, July 13th in a make-up game from May 27th.  PBR took the lead in the fifth and scored a late run to seal the victory, 5-3.

The Wood Ducks got on the board in the top of the first inning when a run scored on a PBR error.  PBR scored two in the bottom of the fourth.  Tanner Solberg reached on an error, which also scored Nate McKee.  Beau Behrend also reached on an error, and Grant Sweeter scored for the 2-1 lead.  The Wood Ducks responded with two runs in the top of the fifth inning, but PBR also scored two more in the bottom of the fifth.  Carter Gullickson had a solo home run to lead off the fifth inning for PBR, and Weston Hanson scored on a passed ball.  PBR got an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth inning when Hanson scored again on a passed ball to push the lead to 5-3.

Gullickson had a home run and an RBI.  Hanson had a double.  Riley Hoffman and McKee both had a single in the game.  Behrend and Solberg each had an RBI.  Trey Randel pitched 7 2/3 innings allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits with two walks and six strikeouts.  Hoffman pitched 1 1/3 innings of no-hit baseball while striking out three batters.

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Dell Rapids Legion Falls to Garretson

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After taking nearly a week off between games, Dell Rapids Legion traveled to Garretson on Tuesday, July 13th.  The home took the lead in the bottom of the third inning, and Garretson got the 6-4 win.

Dell Rapids struck first when Caleb Kittleson scored on an error of a ground ball by Zeb Schumaker in the top of the second inning.  Garretson tied the game in the bottom of the inning.  Dell Rapids took the lead again in the top of the third inning.  Landon Ruesink had an RBI sacrifice fly, and Kaeden Eastman scored on a wild pitch to give Dell Rapids a 3-1 advantage.  Garretson, however, scored three times in the bottom of the third to take a 4-3 lead.  Garretson added two more runs in the bottom of the fourth to push the lead to 6-3.  Eastman had an RBI sacrifice fly in the top of the fifth, but that was the last score of the game.

Noah Swartwout had two hits, including a triple.  Ruesink and Eastman both had a hit and an RBI.  Kittleson had a double, and Bryce Sommerfeld had a single.  Swartwout pitched three innings allowing four earned runs on five hits with four walks and a strikeout.  Jake Steineke pitched three innings allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits with two walks and a strikeout.

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Dell Rapids Wins 2021 14U C Division State Title

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Dell Rapids played a total of eight games at the 2021 South Dakota 14U C Division Fastpitch state tournament at Sherman Park in Sioux Falls and ultimately came home with the state title on Sunday, July 11th.

Dell Rapids played their first game against the Cougars on Friday, July 9th.  The Cougars scored two times in the top of the first, but Dell Rapids scored four times in the bottom of the inning for a 4-2 win.  The Cougars tied the game in the top of the fifth with two runs, but again Dell Rapids responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning for a 7-4 lead.  The Cougars scored twice in the top of the sixth inning, but Dell Rapids hung on for the win.  Kya Alderson had a hit with two RBIs.  Addy Van’t Hof had a double with an RBI.  Abby Timm also had a hit.  Alderson pitched six innings allowing six runs, five earned, on nine hits with a walk and eight strikeouts.

Dell Rapids had an easier win in their second game on Friday.  They defeated Elk Point-Jefferson 12-0.  Dell Rapids scored in every inning, including seven in the top of the fourth, while holding Elk Point-Jefferson to just two hits.  Alderson and Makaylah O’Meara both had two hits, and each had a double, with two RBIs.  Kaley Rydell also had two hits and two RBIs.  Van’t Hof had a triple and double in the game.  Elly Olson had a hit and two RBIs.  Aubrey Hubers had a hit and an RBI.  Brynlee Kriens had a hit, and Timm had an RBI.  Alderson pitched all four innings allowing just two hits and a walk with six strikeouts.

In the first game on Saturday, July 10th, Dell Rapids got a game-winning RBI single from Timm for a 7-6 win over the Luverne Blaze.  The Blaze scored four in the top of the first inning.  Dell Rapids countered with three in the bottom of the inning, and then three more in the second for a 6-4 lead.  Luverne tied the game with two runs in the third, before Dell Rapids got the win in the bottom of the fourth inning.  Alderson had two hits, including a double, and two RBIs.  Olson and Timm both had a hit and an RBI.  Van’t Hof and Haley Rydell each had a single.  Megan Lebahn had an RBI.  Aldereson allowed six runs, but none of them earned, on seven hits with seven strikeouts.

Dell Rapids earned a 10-0 win over Sturgis in the quarterfinals on Saturday.  Sturgis was held to just one hit in the game.  O’Meara had three hits, including two triples, with three RBIs.  Alderson had two hits, one double, with two RBIs.  Hubers had two hits and an RBI.  Olson had two hits, including a double.  Lebahn had a hit and two RBIs.  Timm had a hit and an RBI.  Van’t Hof and Rydell each had a double, and Kriens also had a hit.  Alderson pitched four innings allowing one hit and one walk with three strikeouts.

Dell Rapids suffered their first setback in the semifinals.  Tyndall earned a 6-1 over Dell Rapids on Sunday, July 11th.  Dell Rapids was held to just four hits in the game.  Olson had two hits.  Van’t Hof had a triple and an RBI.  Lebahn had a single.  Alderson allowed six earned runs on 10 hits with two strikeouts.

In their second game on Sunday, Dell Rapids got to play Elk Point-Jefferson for the second time in the tournament.  Dell Rapids again got the win, this time 12-3 by scoring nine runs in the final two innings.  Alderson had three doubles and three RBIs.  Lebahn had three hits and two RBIs.  Olson had three hits, two of them doubles.  Timm had two hits and two RBIs.  Van’t Hof had a double and two RBIs.  Kriens had a hit and an RBI.  Hubers had a single.  Rydell finished with two RBIs.  Alderson allowed three runs, two earned, on five hits with five strikeouts.

With their second win over Elk Point-Jefferson, Dell Rapids earned a trip to the championship against Tyndall.  Both teams scored three runs in the first inning.  Tyndall got one run in the top of the second, but Dell Rapids scored two times in the bottom of the second.  That’s all the scoring that would be done, and Dell Rapids won 5-4 forcing a second championship game.  Van’t Hof had two hits and two RBIs.  Lebahn had two hits and an RBI.  Alderson had a hit and an RBI.  Hubers and Olson both had a hit as well.  Alderson gave up four earned runs on six hits with three strikeouts.

Now that both Dell Rapids and Tyndall had one loss in the tournament, the final game of the day on Sunday was the winner-take-all championship game.  Dell Rapids scored five runs in the first three innings, and then added two more in the top of the fifth for the 7-4 win for the state title.  O’Meara had a home run and two RBIs.  Alderson had a double and an RBI.  Van’t Hof also had a double and an RBI.  Humbers had a triple with an RBI.  Kriens had a triple, and Olson had a single.  Alderson allowed four earned runs on 11 hits with one walk and four strikeouts.

Mudcats Win Big in Last Two Games

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The Dell Rapids Mudcats scored two big wins in their last two Cornbelt League games.  The Mudcats defeated Salem 12-3 on Thursday, July 8th.  Then then clobbered Lennox 21-2 on Sunday, July 11th.

The Mudcats scored five early runs in the first two innings on Thursday.  They added another in the third and two more in the fourth for an 8-0 lead.  Salem picked up a couple of runs in the bottom of the fourth and another in the fifth, but wouldn’t get any closer the rest of the night.

Ty Hoglund had three hits and an RBI.  Landon Ruesink also had three hits.  Nate Henry had two home runs and three RBIs.  Grant Olson had two hits, including a double, and an RBI.  Travis Peters, Trevor Freudenthal, and Dalton Allen all had two hits in the game.  Logan Stone had a double.  Kris Regas pitched seven innings allowing three runs on six hits with 16 strikeouts for thee win.  John Spaeth pitched two innings striking out three batters.

The Mudcats put on an offensive show on Sunday clobbering three grand slams in the five-inning win over the Lennox.  The Mudcats scored 10 runs in the first, six more in the second, one in the third, and four in the fourth.  Lennox got their two runs in the second inning.

Nine players had at least one hit in the game.  Dalton Lehnen had a grand slam in the first inning and a single with five RBIs.  Henry had a grand slam in the second inning and four RBIs.  Ruesink had his grand slam in the fourth inning and four RBIs.  Freudenthal had two doubles and two RBIs.  Regas had three hits, one double, and two RBIs. Allen had two hits and an RBI.  Logan Stone had a hit and two RBIs.  Jimmy Bauer had a hit and an RBI.  Mark Abrahamson had a double, and Hoglund had a hit.  Lehnen pitched all five innings allowing two runs and two hits with nine strikeouts.

PBR Splits in Last Two League Games

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Dell Rapids PBR went 1-1 in the last two Cornbelt League games.  PBR hosted Madison on Thursday, July 8th, and got a 7-6 com-from-behind victory.  PBR then traveled to Colman on Sunday, July 11th and gave up three late runs to fall 5-2.

Madison got on the board first in Thursday’s game.  Nick Bird had a solo home run in the top of the first to give Madison a 1-0 lead.  PBR tied the game in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single by Clarence Fjellanger.  Madison regained the lead in the top of the fifth inning with two runs.  They added one more in the sixth and two more in the seventh for a 6-1 lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning.

PBR’s come-from-behind rally started with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning.  With two runners on and two outs, Carter Gullickson reached on an error which also scored Grant Sweeter and Beau Behrend.  Gullickson later scored on a wild pitch.  Weston Hanson had an RBI single to pull PBR within a run at 6-5.  PBR then took the lead in the bottom of the eighth inning.  Fjellanger had an RBI single to score Brandon Geraets to tie the game.  Tim Wilhelmsen reached on an error that also scored Adrian Juba for the go-ahead run.  Madison got two runners on with two outs in the top of the ninth, but David Kirby was able to get a ground ball out to end the game.

Fjellanger had two hits and two RBIs.  Hanson had two hits and an RBI.  Riley Calhoon had a double.  Riley Hoffman, Sweeter, and Behrend all had a single.  Trey Randel pitched eight innings allowing six runs, four earned, on nine hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Kirby pitched the ninth giving up two walks and striking out two.

In Sunday afternoon’s game, Colman got an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first.  PBR tied the game in the top of the third on an RBI sacrifice fly by Jake Rechtenbaugh.  They then took the lead in the top of the fourth when Kirby had an RBI single to left field.  Colman tied the game in the bottom fifth.  A double in the bottom of the seventh gave Colman a 3-2 lead.  Another double later in the inning pushed the lead to 5-2.

Kirby had two hits and an RBI.  Gullickson had two hits, including a double.  Rechtenbaugh had a single and RBI.  Hanson, Behrend, Sweeteer, and Juba all had a hit.  Kirby pitched six innings allowing five runs, two earned, on five hits with five walks and nine strikeouts.  Rechtenbaugh pitched two innings allowing two hits while striking out five.

Dell Rapids 16U Wins Two Against Tea Gold

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Dell Rapids 16U won both games of a double-header against Tea Gold at Volunteer Field on Thursday, July 8th.  Dell Rapids won the first game 6-3 and took the second game 9-4.

Dell Rapids scored first in the bottom of the first inning when Braden Fersdahl scored on an error for an early 1-0 lead.  Tea tied the game in the top of the second, but Dell Rapids added two more runs in the bottom of the inning.  John Mortrude brought home two runs with a single to left field for a 3-1 advantage.  Tea again tied the game in the top of the third inning with two runs.  Dell Rapids scored the final three runs of the game in the bottom of the third when Brayden Pankonen and Will Jaton scored on a fielder’s choice.  Joe Rechtenbaugh brought home the final run on a single to left field.

Mortrude had a hit and two RBIs.  CJ Smith had a double and two RBIs.  Rechtenbaugh had a single and an RBI.  Fersdahl and Pankonen also had singles in the game.   Rechtenbaugh pitched three innings allowing three earned runs on three hits with eight walks and a strikeout.  Smith pitched two innings giving up a hit and striking out one.

Dell Rapids trailed early in game number two.  They scored the first run in the top of the first on an RBI single by Dylan Mathis.  Tea, however, scored three times in the bottom of the first for a 3-1 lead.  Dell Rapids took control in the top of the third scoring six times.  Mathis had an RBI ground ball, Aiden Boechler scored on a passed ball, Mortrude drew a bases-loaded walk, Evan Nelson drove home two with a single, and Mortrude stole home to give Dell Rapids a 7-3 lead.  Dell Rapids added to the lead in the top of the fourth.  Jaton had an RBI double, and Smith added an RBI single for a 9-3 advantage.  Tea got their final run in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Mathis and Nelson both had a single and two RBIs.  Jaton had a double and an RBI.  Smith had a hit and an RBI.  Micah Pickard and Boechler both had one hit.  Mortrude had an RBI.  Sutton Williams pitched all five innings allowing four runs, none of them earned, on five hits with 10 strikeouts.

Dell Rapids Legion Can’t Overcome Early Lead by Humboldt/Hartford

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Humboldt/Hartford scored two runs in the bottom of the first and never trailed in the game as they defeated Dell Rapids 4-2 in Humboldt on Wednesday, July 7th.

Humboldt/Hartford got two runners on by a walk with two outs in the bottom of the first, and then came a two-run single for an early 2-0 lead.  Dell Rapids got a run back in the top of the second on three hits in the inning.  Josh Deknikker delivered the RBI hit to cut the lead to 2-1.  Humboldt/Hartford got another run in the bottom of the third again taking advantage of two walks and a wild pitch.  The fourth run came in the bottom of the fourth inning on an RBI single to make the score 4-1.  Dell Rapids added another run in the top of the sixth inning on an RBI single by Brady Larson, but they couldn’t get a rally going in the seventh.

Larson had two hits and an RBI.  Caleb Kittleson also had two hits.  Deknikker had a hit and an RBI.  Landon Ruesink also had a hit.  Noah Swartwout pitched four innings allowing four earned runs on three hits with four walks and three strikeouts.  Jake Steineke pitched two innings walking one batter and striking out seven.

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