The Dell Rapids High School club softball team won both of their games on Sunday, August 29th to remain undefeated on the season. Dell Rapids hosted Madison and Baltic.
Dell Rapids used two big innings to win their first ballgame of the day over Madison 10-6. Madison scored two runs right away in the top of the first, but Dell Rapids answered with a run in the bottom of the inning. Dell Rapids then went ahead for good with a five-run bottom of the second inning for a 6-2 lead. Madison scored two times in the top of the third, but another big inning in the bottom of the fourth by Dell Rapids put the game out of reach. They scored four more times to lead 10-4 before Madison scored two late runs in the top of the fifth.
Jaycee Tebay had a home run and two RBIs. Rileigh Foster and two hits and an RBI. Lexi Ingalls and Kenzie Garry both had two hits. Kylie Lebahn had a double and two RBIs. Claire Wynja and Haileigh Barnhart both had a single and an RBI. Alessandra Swartwout also had a hit. Kya Alderson pitched five innings allowing six runs, two earned, on four hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.
In the second game of the day, Dell Rapids scored in every inning on their way to an 8-3 win over Baltic. Dell Rapids scored two in the bottom of the first another in the bottom of the second for an early 3-0 lead. Baltic got a run in the top of the third, but Dell Rapids scored two times. Another run came home for Baltic in the top of the fourth to make the score 5-2, but Dell Rapids put the game away again in the bottom of the fourth with a three-run inning. Baltic got one more run in the top of the fifth.
Garry had three hits, including two doubles, and three RBIs. Foster had two hits and two RBIs. Tebay had a double with an RBI. Wynja finished with a single and an RBI. Barnhart and Katie Scherff each had a single as well. Katie Kvigne pitched all five innings allowing three runs, two earned, on four hits with five walks and four strikeouts.