The Dell Rapids high school softball team split in their two games on Saturday, September 11th in Madison. Dell Rapids fell to West Central 8-0 in their first game, and then defeated Vermillion 11-6 in the second game.
West Central held Dell Rapids to just three hits in the game. The Trojans scored three runs in the bottom of the first, three more in the bottom of the third, and the final two in the bottom of the sixth. Kylie Lebahn and Lexi Ingalls both had triples. Kya Alderson had the other hit. Alderson pitched six innings allowing eight runs, seven earned, on six hits with four walks and two strikeouts.
Dell Rapids rallied in the second game. Vermillion got out to a 4-1 lead after the first two innings. Dell Rapids, however, rallied for four runs in the bottom of the third, four more in the bottom of the fourth, and two in the bottom of the fifth for an 11-4 lead. Vermillion got two runs in the sixth inning.
Claire Wynja had four hits, including two triples, and three RBIs. Kenzie Garry had two hits, one a triple, and two RBIs. Haileigh Barnhart had two hits. Lebahn finished with a double and an RBI. Rileigh Foster had a single and an RBI. Ingalls added a double, and Katie Kvigne had a single. Kvigne pitched six innings allowing six runs, five earned, on nine hits with two walks and three strikeouts.