The Dell Rapids 13/14 Teeners went 3-1 over the weekend and took home second place at the Pipestone Watertower Tournament. Dell Rapids sent one 13/14 team to the tournament…the same team that will be used for the Regional Tournament at the end of the season. The team is made up of members of both the 13/14 Dells-M and 13/14 Dells-E teams.
The Pipestone tournament was a round-robin pool play tournament. They played two games on Saturday, June 28th, and two games on Sunday, June 29th. West Central 14’s won the tournament finishing with a 3-0-1 record.
West Central 7, Dell Rapids 6 (Saturday)
Dell Rapids took a 6-3 lead into the final inning, but their defense gave out surrendering four unearned runs. Carter Gullickson lead the way offensively going 2-3, and scoring two runs. Keegan Miller added a double, a RBI and 2 runs.
Dell Rapids 011 040 – 6 7 6
West Central 102 004 – 7 7 2
Eddie Price, Carter Gullickson (5), and Logan Ruesink
Dell Rapids 11, Pipestone7 4 (Saturday)
Dell Rapids collected 14 hits to beat Pipestone 7 in a game cut short by time limit. Keegan Miller was 3-3 with a double and three runs. Logan Ruesink, Logan Heim, and Eddie Price each added two hits.
Dell Rapids 501 05 – 11 14 2
Pipestone 7 400 00 – 4 3 2
Cameron Bruhn, Carter Gullickson(5) and Logan Ruesink
Dell Rapids 5, Pipestone8 4 (Sunday)
Dell Rapids trailed Pipestone 8 the entire game. Down by two runds, Dells scored three times to win in walk-off fashion. In the final inning, Cameron Bruhn added a hit, an RBI, and scored the winning run taking home on a wild pitch. Adam Nagelhout scored twice on the day.
Pipestone8 002 200 – 4 4 2
Dell Rapids 001 013 – 5 3 1
Logan Heim, Eddie Price (3), Carter Gullickson (5), and Adam Nagelhout, Logan Ruesink (3)
Dell Rapids 12, Marshall 1 (Sunday)
Austin Ellingson threw a compete game no-hitter for Dell Rapids vs Marshall. The game was called after the 5th inning due to run rule. On the offensive side, Austin Ellingston was 2-3 with a triple and a RBI. Adam Nagelhout and Keegan Miller also added triples. Jeffrey Schuch and Cameron Bruhn each added a double.
Dell Rapids 1000 20 – 12 12 1
Marshall 001 00 – 1 0 1
Austin Ellingson, and Logan Ruesink