The Dell Rapids 16U baseball team will enter the 2022 South Dakota VFW Class A 16U State Tournament as the runner-up team from Region 3A. West Central defeated Dell Rapids 5-1 in the Region 3A Championship on Wednesday, July 27th.
After two scoreless innings, West Central broke through with three runs in the bottom of the third. Dell Rapids was able to get a run in the top of the fifth. Cooper Frost had an RBI sacrifice fly to score Sutton Williams. West Central, however, responded with two more runs in the bottom of the fifth.
Dell Rapids was held to just two hits in the game. Williams and Quinn Carr each had a single. Frost had the lone RBI. Frost pitched six innings and allowed five runs, four earned, on 11 hits and one walk with three strikeouts.
Dell Rapids will play Volga on Friday, August 5th at 5:00 p.m. in the opening round of the state tournament. The tournament is being hosted by Dakota Valley and held in North Sioux City.