The 2023 spring season will see a new sport added for Dell Rapids and the state of South Dakota. Girls softball will be played this spring for the first time as a sanctioned sport by the South Dakota High School Activities Association.
“The softball team is very excited to have our inaugural season this spring! Even though there is a lot of snow sitting on the ground, this season has all of us who are involved with Quarrier softball very excited,” said head coach Theresa McMahon. “As a team, we are motivated and determined to lay a solid foundation for a varsity program so that years from now, the younger girls in Dell Rapids will be inspired and excited to also be a part of what we are helping build.”
Even though this is the first year softball is sanctioned by the SDHSAA and run through the school, Dell Rapids softball has been successful as a club sport in the fall. In the 2021 fall club season, the final club season, Dell Rapids finished runner-up to West Central.
“A lot of my roster has athletes I’ve coached in the past, and we have a VERY talented group of young women who are ready to give their best every day at practice and see the fruit of their work carry into games. With a group as competitive as this one, the hope for the team is to have a winning record and work our way in to the state tournament at the end of the season and get the chance to compete for the championship,” said McMahon.
The Quarriers will have four players that are planning to play collegiate softball on the roster along with other tremendous athletes. Players to watch this spring will be seniors Rileigh Foster, Liz Price, and Katie Scherff along with Claire Wynja (junior), Lexi Ingalls (junior), Jaycee Tebay (junior), and Katie Kvigne (sophomore).
“A lot of my roster has athletes I’ve coached in the past, and we have a very talented group of young women who are ready to give their best every day at practice and see the fruit of their work carry into games. With a group as competitive as this one, the hope for the team is to have a winning record and work our way in to the state tournament at the end of the season and get the chance to compete for the championship,” added McMahon.
