The Dell Rapids Legion baseball team had their season come to an end on Sunday, July 23rd, at the 2017 Legion State B Tournament in Winner. Dell Rapids went 1-2 in the tournament.
Dell Rapids opened the tournament with a hard-fought 10-inning game against Platte/Geddes. Neither team scored until Dell Rapids scored a run in the top of the fifth inning. Dell Rapids then scored three more in the top of the sixth for a 4-0 lead. Platte/Geddes answered with three runs in the bottom of the sixth to cut the lead to 4-3. Platte/Geddes would tie the game in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings. Dell Rapids was able to score two times in the top of the 10th and held on for a 6-4 win.
In the second game of the tournament, Dell Rapids again had to play extra innings. This time it was against Vermillion. Vermillion scored in the bottom of the first inning for an early 1-0 lead. Dell Rapids tied the game in the top of the third. Dell Rapids would get the lead in the top of the fifth. Vermillion, however, would score the game-tying run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the game 2-2. Neither team scored in the eighth inning. Vermillion got the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning on a steal of home win with the game 3-2.
The loss to Vermillion force Dell Rapids into an elimination game against McCook/Miner on Sunday, July 23rd. McCook/Miner put the pressure on early scoring five times in the top of the first inning for an early 5-0 lead. They added two more runs in the top of the sixth. Dell Rapids was able to score three times to cut the lead to 7-3. Both teams scored one run in the seventh inning, and McCook/Miner advanced with an 8-4 win over Dell Rapids.
Dell Rapids finished their season with a 20-4 overall record.