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Timely Hits and Strong Pitching Lift Dell Rapids to State Tournament Win

May 30, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

Dell Rapids took a step closer to defending their 2021 title with an opening round win in the 2022 State B Tournament on Monday, May 30th in Sioux Falls. They got two big hits in the fourth inning and had a strong day on the mound in a 3-1 win over Parkston.

Dell Rapids put the pressure on Parkston, who was the last team to beat Dell Rapids, right away in the bottom of the first inning. Brayden Pankonen and Dylan Mathis both had singles. After Pankonen stole third base, he scored on a balk for a 1-0 lead.

Parkston tied the game in the top of the third inning without a hit, taking four walks in the inning. Dell Rapids’ big hits came in the bottom of the fourth inning. Jack Henry started the inning with a walk. Aiden Boechler hit a double to right field, but didn’t see that Henry was being held at third. In a bit of confusion for the Parkston defense with Boechler nearing third base, Henry took off for home and scored safely. Boechler was also safe at third. Mason Stubbe followed with an RBI single for a 3-1 Dell Rapids lead.

Stubbe had two hits and an RBI. Boechler finished with a double. Pankonen, Mathis, Will Jaton, CJ Smith, and Treyse Eastman all had singles in the game. Henry earned the win on the mound pitching four innings while allowing an earned run on one hit and seven walks with eight strikeouts. Pankonen pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing two hits and a walk with one strikeout. Landon Ruesink pitched the final 2/3 of an inning.

Weather Delays Tournament

This was the only opening round game that was able to be played. The rest of the games were postponed due to weather. Dell Rapids will play the winner of Madison vs Platte-Geddes at 2:05 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31st.

Updated Schedule for Tuesday, May 31st:

10:00 a.m. – Ronken Field: West Central vs Dakota Valley
12:00 p.m. – Ronken Field: Winner/Colome vs Redfield
12:05 p.m. – Canary Stadium: Madison vs Platte-Geddes
2:05 p.m. – Canary Stadium: Dell Rapids vs Winner of Madison/Platte-Geddes
5:35 p.m. – Canary Stadium: Winners of games at Ronken Field

Wednesday, June 1st – 6:05 p.m.: Championship game at Canary Stadium

Mudcats Drop First League Game of Season

May 30, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Photo taken and used with permission by Kiley Stone

The Dell Rapids Mudcats dropped their first Cornbelt League game of the season on Thursday, May 26th in Flandreau. The Flandreau Cardinals took sole position of first place in the standings after a 7-3 win.

Flandreau scored three times right away in the bottom of the first inning and then another run in the second for an early 4-0 lead. The Mudcats got on the board in the top of the third inning and then cut the lead in half, 4-2, with a run in the top of the fourth. Flandreau got another run in the bottom of the fourth inning. The score remained 5-2 until the top of the seventh. Ty Hoglund had a home run to pull the Mudcats within two, 5-3. Flandreau, however, scored twice in the bottom of the inning to secure the win.

Hoglund finished with the home run and an RBI. Dalton Allen had two hits, including a double. Chad Hunt, Mark Abrahamson, Dalton Lehnen, Kris Regas, and Jimmy Bauer all had one hit each. Abrahamson took the loss on the mound.

Madison Broncos Take Win over PBR

May 29, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Madison scored early and often in a 12-5 win over Dell Rapids PBR on Thursday, May 26th at Rickeman Field.

Madison scored two runs in the top of the first and three more in the top of the second. The Broncos then scored two more times in the top of the fourth for a 7-0 lead. Dell Rapids PBR got on the board in the bottom of the fifth. Connor Spindler singled to left field scoring Weston Hanson. Madison got another two runs in the top of the sixth for a 9-1 advantage.

PBR had a big inning in the bottom of the sixth. Riley Calhoon and Hanson both had bases-loaded walks. Keegan Miller scored on a fielder’s choice, and Calhoon later scored on an error to pull PBR within four runs, 9-5. Madison got another run in the eighth and two more in the ninth.

Spindler had two hits, including a double, and an RBI. Teagan Schlimgen also had two hits, one of them a double. Calhoon had a hit and an RBI. Beau Behrend and Sheldon Davis each had a single. Hanson and Andrew Barr had an RBI. Grant Sweeter pitched two innings allowing five runs, one earned, on two hits and two walks. Behrend pitched seven innings allowing seven runs, six earned, on 10 hits and four walks with two strikeouts.

Dell Rapids 14U Teams Split First Games of Season

May 25, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Both Dell Rapids 14U Navy and Dell Rapids 14U Red held their 2022 season opener on Tuesday, May 24th. Dell Rapids Navy got a win in their game, but Dell Rapids Red fell to Madison Maroon.

Dell Rapids Navy 7, West Central Gold 6

Dell Rapids Navy played the first game of the night on Volunteer Field and defeated West Central 14U Gold 7-6. Dell Rapids Navy scored three times in the bottom of the first and one more in the second for an early 4-0 lead. West Central Gold cut the lead in half with two runs in the top of the fourth, but Dell Rapids Navy responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning. West Central scored four times in the top of the fifth, but Dell Rapids was able to hold for the win.

Kenny Swanson had two doubles in the game. Jackson Peppel and Jack Patterson also had a double.

Madison Maroon 19, Dell Rapids Red 0

Dell Rapids Red was held to no hits in the game as Madison Maroon had the bats going to start the season in a 19-0 win. The balls hit by Madison found the gaps all game long, and they ran the bases well.

Ryan Stubbe and Connor Hansen both pitched in the game for Dell Rapids. Derek Gerlach and Alex Heinemann reached base for Dell Rapids in the game.

Dell Rapids Headed Back to State B Tournament

May 24, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

The Dell Rapids High School club baseball team is headed back to the State B Tournament after winning two games at Rickeman Field on Monday, May 23rd and Tuesday, May 24th in the Region 3B Tournament.

Dell Rapids 10, McCook Central 0

Dell Rapids defeated McCook Central 10-0 in the opening round of the Region 3B Tournament on Monday, May 23rd. Dell Rapids scored in every inning and held McCook Central to just four hits.

Dell Rapids scored four times in first inning. Brayden Pankonen scored on a balk, Aiden Boechler had a two-run single, and Will Jaton added an RBI single. They scored three more times in the bottom of the second. Landon Ruesink had an RBI single, and Jack Henry had a two-run double. The scoring continued with two more in the third. Ruesink and Dylan Mathis both had RBI doubles. Jaton drove home the final run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fourth.

Ruesink had two hits, one a double, and two RBIs. Boechler had two hits and two RBIs. Henry had a double and two RBIs. Mathis had a double and an RBI. Jaton added a single and two RBIs. Pankonen also had a hit. Tad Tjaden pitched all five innings allowing four hits and three walks while striking out three batters.

Dell Rapids 6, Lennox 3

Dell Rapids scored three runs late in the game to secure a 6-3 victory over Lennox to punch their ticket to the state tournament on Tuesday, May 24th.

Lennox got on the board first in the top of the first inning with two innings. Dell Rapids responded with three runs in the bottom of the first. Boechler had an RBI sacrifice fly, and Jaton had a two-run double to give Dell Rapids a 3-2 lead after the first inning. Lennox tied the game on an error in the top of the third.

The score remained 3-3 until the bottom of the fifth. Henry scored on an error with two outs to give the lead back to Dell Rapids. Dell Rapids added another run in the fifth when Boechler scored while Mason Stubbe was caught in a run-down. Pankonen gave Dell Rapids another run in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI bunt single.

Jaton finished with a hit and two RBIs. Pankonen had a hit and an RBI. Treyse Eastman had a triple, and Mathis had a single. Henry took the win on the mound pitching six innings allowing three runs, one earned, on two hits and four walks with seven strikeouts. Pankonen pitched the final inning allowing one hit and striking out two.

Dell Rapids will look to defend their title at the state tournament in Sioux Falls on Monday, May 30th and Tuesday, May 31st. Dell Rapids will play Parkston in the opening round at 12:00 p.m. on Monday. Parkston was the last team to beat Dell Rapids, 8-4, on April 27th.

Mudcats Scorch Wood Ducks in League Play

May 24, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Photo taken and used with permission by Kiley Stone

The Dell Rapids Mudcats earned a 12-2 win against the Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks on Sunday, May 22nd. Dell Rapids pounded out 14 hits in the seven-inning win.

Dell Rapids got three runs in the first inning. They added another run in the bottom of the second on an RBI single by Ty Hoglund for a 4-0 lead. The Wood Ducks got a run in the top of the third and then another in the top of the fifth to cut the lead to 4-2.

Chad Hunt had an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning to extend the Mudcat lead to 5-2. Dell Rapids then had six hits and scored seven times in the bottom of the seventh inning to end the game 12-2 on the 10-run rule.

Hoglund had three hits, including a double, and two RBIs. Hunt had three hits, with a double, and an RBI. Dalton Lehnen had two hits, one double, and two RBIs. Kris Reges had a double and two RBIs. Elijah Story and Trevor Freudenthal both had a single and an RBI. Dalton Allen had two hits, and Grant Olson had one hit.

Lehnen pitched five innings giving up two runs on five hits with 11 strikeouts. Allen pitched two innings giving up three hits while striking out three batters.

Lennox Beats PBR in Extra Innings

May 23, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Dell Rapids PBR couldn’t hold an early lead and fell to the Lennox Alpacas 10-9 in extra innings on Sunday, May 22nd in Lennox.

Both teams scored right away in the first inning. Weston Hanson had an RBI sacrifice fly for PBR. Lennox tied the game with an RBI double in the bottom of the inning. PBR added three more runs in the top of the second. Riley Calhoon reached on an error scoring Grant Sweeter. Hanson brought home another run with a single, and Andrew Barr had an RBI double to give PBR a 4-1 lead.

Lennox took the lead for the first time after five unanswered runs in the fourth and fifth innings. The Alpacas scored two times in the bottom of the fourth and three more in the fifth for a 6-4 lead. PBR tied the game after their half of the seventh inning. Tim Wilhelmsen had an RBI single in the top of the sixth inning, and Tanner Solberg scored on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh for a 6-6 score.

The Alpacas took the lead again in the bottom of the eighth inning on a double, but PBR put some pressure on Lennox in the ninth inning. Sweeter scored on a passed ball to tie the game 7-7. Trey Randel scored on a wild pitch, and Hanson drove home another run with a single to give PBR a 9-7 advantage. Lennox, however, tied the game with two runs on two outs in the bottom of the ninth. The Alpacas then won on a two-out bases loaded walk in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Hanson had two hits and three RBIs. Barr had two hits, including a double, and an RBI. Calhoon also had two hits, one of them a double. Wilhelmsen had a single and an RBI. Sweeter finished with a hit as well. Randel pitched six innings allowing seven runs, four earned, on eight hits with five walks and five strikeouts. Solberg took the loss pitching 3 2/3 innings allowing four runs, two earned, on five hits and five walks with four strikeouts.

PBR Falls to Flandreau in League Play

May 20, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Dell Rapids PBR fell to the Flandreau Cardinals on the road on Thursday, May 19th by a score of 13-3.

Flandreau broke a 0-0 tie in the bottom of third inning with four runs. PBR got one run in the top of the fourth inning on an RBI ground out by Riley Calhoon. PBR then pulled within a run, 4-3, after scoring twice in the top of the fifth. Calhoon drove home two more runs with a double to left field. Flandreau, however, scored nine unanswered runs. The Cardinals got a run in the fifth, four in the sixth, three in the seventh, and one more in the eighth to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Calhoon had two hits, one a double, and three RBIs. Weston Hanson also had two hits. Sheldon Davis had the other hit for PBR. Grant Sweeter pitched six innings and allowed nine runs, four earned, on nine hits and four walks while striking out four. Dale Solberg pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed four earned runs on seven hits with two strikeouts.

PBR will travel to Lennox on Sunday, May 22nd.

Mudcats Notch Second League Win

May 20, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Mudcats broke a 2-2 tie and scored five runs in a row in a 7-2 win over the Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks on Thursday, May 19th at Rickeman Field.

Humboldt/Hartford scored right away in the top of the first on a passed ball. Ty Hoglund and Chad Hunt scored, and Josh Roemen had an RBI to give Dell Rapids a 2-1 lead after the first inning. The Gamecocks tied the game in the top of the fifth inning on an RBI single by Broc Haldeman.

The Mudcats regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth. Hunt had an RBI triple, and Dalton Lehnen had an RBI double as Dell Rapids scored three times in the inning. The Mudcats added two more runs in the bottom of the seventh on a two-run single by Trevor Freudenthal.

Ty Hoglund had three singles in the game. Lehnen had two hits, one a double, and an RBI. Mark Abrahamson also had two hits, including a double. Hunt finished with a triple and an RBI. Freudenthal finished with a hit and two RBIs. Roemen had a single and an RBI. Jimmy Bauer had two singles in the game. Logan Stone and Elijah Story each had a hit as well.

Abrahamson got the win on the mound pitching five innings while allowing two runs on five hits with four strikeouts. Kris Regas got a four-inning save by not allowing a hit and striking out 11 batters.

The Mudcats will host the Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks on Sunday, May 22nd at 5:00 p.m.

Dells Baseball Wins Final Two Regular Season Games

May 19, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Henry

The 2022 regular season came to an end for Dell Rapids baseball on Wednesday, May 18th. Dell Rapids hosted Hanson/Bridgewater/Emery (HBE) and Baltic winning both of those games on a senior night. The two wins gave Dell Rapids a seven game winning streak.

Dell Rapids 14, Hanson/Bridgewater/Emery 4

In the first game of the night, Dell Rapids scored nine runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat HBE 14-4 on the 10-run rule.

HBE scored two runs in the top of the first inning, but Dell Rapids scored four runs of their own in the bottom of the inning, all with two outs. Dylan Mathis hit an RBI sacrifice fly, Aiden Boechler had an RBI single and scored on an error, and Will Jaton scored on an error for a 4-2 lead. Each team scored a run in the third inning. CJ Smith had an RBI sacrifice fly for Dell Rapids.

HBE got a run in the top of the sixth inning to pull within a run, 5-4, but Dell Rapids’ offense went to work in the bottom of the inning. Braden Fersdahl scored on an error. Landon Ruesink added an RBI double to increase the lead to 7-4. Then with two outs, Dell Rapids scored seven more runs. Ruesink scored on an error, Jaton had an RBI single, Boechler scored on a wild pitch, Sutton Williams had a two-run single, and Brayden Pankonen drove home the final two runs on a triple.

Pankonen had two hits, one a triple, and three RBIs. Boechler had two hits, one a double, and an RBI. Jaton had two hits and an RBI. Williams had a hit and two RBIs. Ruesink had a double and an RBI. Mathis and Smith each had a single and an RBI. Joe Rechtenbaugh and Tad Tjaden each had a hit as well. Ruesink pitched all six innings allowing four runs, all unearned, on six hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.

Dell Rapids 8, Baltic 1

Dell Rapids scored eight unanswered runs for an 8-1 win over Baltic in the second game of the night.

After a scoreless first inning, Baltic pushed across a run in the top of the second on a single. Dell Rapids tied the game in the bottom of the second when Smith scored on a wild pitch. Dell Rapids took the lead in the bottom of the third. Mathis had a two-run double. Boechler followed with an RBI ground out, and Jaton had an RBI single for a 5-1 lead. Two runs came home in the bottom of the fourth. Williams and Pankonen both scored on wild pitches in the inning. Pankonen drove home the final run with a single in the bottom of the fifth.

Mathis had a double and two RBIs. Pankonen and Jaton each had a single and an RBI. Jack Henry and Williams each had a single. Boechler also had an RBI. Tjaden pitched seven innings allowing one earned run on three hits and a walk while striking out 11 batters.

Super Regional – Monday, May 23rd

Dell Rapids ends the regular season with a 13-2 record. They will host a super regional on Monday, May 23rd and Tuesday, May 24th. Dell Rapids will play McCook Central at 5:30 p.m. Mt Vernon-Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney will play Lennox at approximately 7:30 p.m. The winner of both games will play at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday with the winner of the night advancing to the state tournament Monday, May 30th and Tuesday, May 31st in Sioux Falls.

All three games will be broadcast on Big Sioux Media Sports Network.

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