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Mudcats Finish Second at District 4B Tournament

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The Dell Rapids Mudcats took second at the District 4B tournament in Colman on Saturday, July 31st, falling to the Flandreau Cardinals 10-6 in the championship game.

Flandreau grabbed the early lead in the game.  They scored two times in the first inning and then two more in third for a 4-0 lead.  The Mudcats cut the lead in half with two in the fourth inning.  Chad Hunt drove home both runs to make the score 4-2.  Flandreau, however, broke the game open in the seventh with four runs for an 8-2 lead.  The Mudcats got three runs in the eighth inning.  Ty Hoglund, Nate Henry, and Mark Abrahamson all had RBI hits.  Flandreau scored two times, and the Cardinals led 10-5 after eight innings.  Josh Roemen had a solo home run in the ninth, but that was the only run Dell Rapids would get in the inning.

Travis Peters had three hits in the game.  Hunt had two hits, a double and single, and two RBIs.  Grant Olson had two hits, including a double.  Roemen had a home run and an RBI.  Abrahamson had a double and an RBI.  Hoglund and Henry both had a single and an RBI.  Jimmy Bauer and Trevor Freudenthal both had a single.

Dalton Allen pitched one inning allowing two runs on two hits with two strikeouts.  John Spaeth pitched four innings allowing two runs on two hits with one strikeout.  Abrahamson pitched four innings and gave up six runs on four hits.

The Mudcats will play the Lake Norden Lakers on Friday, August 6th at 7:30 p.m. in the opening round of the South Dakota Amateur State B Tournament in Mitchell.

Dell Rapids Native Selected for Perfect Game’s 19th Annual All-American Classic

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CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (Thursday, July 29, 2021)—Continuing to expand the efforts of leading the amateur baseball industry, Perfect Game (PG) is excited to announce Dell Rapids native Austin Henry has been selected for the 19th Annual Perfect Game All-American Classic to be held the afternoon of Sunday, August 22 at Petco Park in San Diego.

Far more than just a game, the event provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the players selected. While in San Diego, the players will participate in a series of baseball related activities. In the weeks leading up to the event, players will have the opportunity to participate in a fundraising effort to help support pediatric cancer patients at the Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Rady Children’s Hospital.

“The Perfect Game Cares Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity, is proud to partner with our 2021 All-American players to raise important funds for children undergoing pediatric cancer treatment at Rady Children’s Hospital,” said Jennifer Ford, Executive Director of the Perfect Game Cares Foundation. “Together, we can make a difference in the lives of these beautiful children.”

The Classic is returning to San Diego for the 12th time in 13 years, after Oklahoma City played host in 2020.  Four players from the 2020 All-American Classic were among the top-10 players chosen in this year’s MLB amateur draft: Jackson Jobe – No. 3 overall by the Detroit Tigers; Marcelo Mayer at No. 4 by the Boston Red Sox; Jordan Lawlar at No. 6 by the Arizona Diamondbacks: and Benny Montgomery at No. 8 by the Colorado Rockies. Additionally, Jack Leiter, chosen second overall by the Texas Rangers, played in the 2018 Classic, while Kumar Rocker, selected 10th overall by the New York Mets, appeared in the 2017 event.

The rosters for the 2021 All-American Classic were chosen by a panel of talent evaluators assembled by Perfect Game, after being scouted and identified through a series of tournaments and events, including Perfect Game’s National Showcase, which took place in St. Petersburg, Fla., July 14-18.

When Major League Baseball began its 2021 Championship Season, there were 87 Perfect Game All-American players on the Opening Day rosters of 28 of the 30 Major League teams. The Atlanta Braves boasted the most Perfect Game All-Americans, with six, including reigning NL MVP Freddie Freeman.

Over the past 18 years, All-American Classic fundraising activities have generated more than $1.3 million for a variety of local causes, including $850,000 to Rady Children’s hospital and a record-breaking $119,819 during last year’s event in Oklahoma City to benefit the Toby Keith Foundation’s OK Kids Korral.

The Perfect Game All-American Classic will be streamed live on PerfectGame.TV. For more information, visit www.perfectgame.org. You can help by donating at www.perfectgamecares.org/event/PGAAC21. With help…Children can Rise! Rise out of illness! Rise out of poverty! Rise to a brighter future!

Perfect Game and its All-American Classic enjoys the support of its corporate partners TOP Chops Beef Jerky, Rawlings, Oakley, Yeti, New Balance, Diamond Kinetics, Augusta Sportswear, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Marc Pro, Next College Student Athlete and G-Form.

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About Perfect Game Cares

The Perfect Game Cares Foundation, Inc. began in 2003 as The PG Foundation, Inc., when PG Founder and President Jerry Ford decided that the success of Perfect Game created a platform to give back. Perfect Game has helped raise over $3 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Rady Children’s Hospital, Golisano Children’s Hospital, the Toby Keith Foundation’s OK Kids Korral, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center, and the Boys and Girls Club. In 2018, the Foundation expanded its footprint to become the Perfect Game Cares Foundation with its largest initiative to date—empowering and supporting America’s underserved youth. Visit www.perfectgamecares.org for more information.

About Perfect Game

Perfect Game is the world’s largest elite youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, producing over 8,600+ events, 300,000+ games and showcases each year across the country. Perfect Game is dedicated to giving amateur players exposure to take their game to the next level, whether that be in college or in the professional ranks. Perfect Game also has launched its own broadcast channel, PerfectGame.TV, where it has already produced more than 10,000 hours of amateur baseball content. At Perfect Game events, players are performing with top-level competition in front of college recruiters and professional scouts from all over the country. Because of this, these events prove to be invaluable to the college coaches as well as Major League Baseball, as they can scout a large population of talented ballplayers in one location. To date, more than 1,500 players that have played in a Perfect Game event have also played in Major League Baseball. Since 2003, 12,776 Perfect Game alumni have been selected in the MLB First-Year Amateur Player Draft. In the 2020 Draft, for example, 93 percent of all players selected had played in Perfect Game events, and all but one player selected on the Draft’s first day had previously attended Perfect Game events. And in the 2019 College World Series, every player on the roster of national champion Vanderbilt and all but one on the runner-up Michigan roster had played in a Perfect Game event.

PBR Qualifies for State with Win over Colman

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Dell Rapids PBR punched their ticket to the 2021 State B Amateur Baseball Tournament with a 12-2 win over Colman on Thursday, July 29th in Colman at the District 4B tournament. 

PBR broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the third inning and went to score six straight runs over three innings.  Weston Hanson scored on an error in the bottom of the third.  Beau Behrend reached on an error in the bottom of the fourth scoring Riley Calhoon.  Hanson had an RBI single later in the inning.  Nate McKee had an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth.  Behrend also had an RBI single, and McKee later scored on a wild pitch to give PBR a 7-1 lead after five innings of play.

Colman picked up a run in the top of the sixth inning, but PBR scored the final five runs.  Hanson reached on an error in the bottom of the seventh that scored both Calhoon and Trey Randal.  Riley Hoffman added an RBI single in the inning to push the lead to 10-2.  The game ended in the bottom of the eighth on the 10-run rule after a two-run home run by McKee.

McKee had two hits, including a home run, and three RBIs.  Hanson had two hits and an RBI.  Calhoon and Carter Gullickson both finished with two hits.  Hoffman and Behrend both had a hit and an RBI, and Tanner Solberg also had a hit.  Hoffman pitched all eight innings allowing two runs, on earned, on six hits with three walks and six strikeouts.

PBR is the fourth of seven Cornbelt teams to qualify for the state tournament joining Dell Rapids Mudcats, Flandreau, and Canova.  Three more teams will qualify from the Cornbelt League on Friday, July 30th and Saturday, July 31st.

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Mudcats Beat PBR in District 4B Semifinals

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Photo taken and used with permission by Kiley Stone

The Dell Rapids Mudcats met Dell Rapids PBR in the semifinals of the District 4B Tournament in Colman on Tuesday, July 27th.  The Mudcats punched their ticket to the 2021 South Dakota Class B State Tournament with a 13-3 win in eight innings.

The Mudcats got out to an early lead thanks to a three-run home run by Trevor Freudenthal in the bottom of the first inning.  They added to that lead with two more runs in the bottom of the third on an RBI sacrifice fly by Josh Roemen and an RBI single by Grant Olson.  Mark Abrahamson drove home a run with a single in the bottom of the fourth, and Freudenthal scored on an error in the bottom of the fifth to push the Mudcat lead to 7-0.

PBR finally got on the board in the top of the sixth inning.  Brandon Geraets scored on a passed ball, and Riley Hoffman had an RBI groundout to cut the lead to 7-2.  The Mudcats scored four more times in the bottom of the seventh.  Freudenthal had a two-run home run, and Travis Peters and Grant Olson both scored on a passed ball to make the score 11-2.  Matt Gillogly hit a solo home run in the top of the eighth for PBR, but the Mudcats got two runs on a two-run single by Jimmy Bauer to end the game on the 10-run rule.

PBR was led by Carter Gullickson with two doubles.  Gillogly had a home run and an RBI.  Gillogly also pitched four innings allowing six earned runs on five hits with six walks and a strikeout.  Jake Rechtenbaugh pitched two innings alloing four runs, two earned, on one hit and three walks with one strikeout.  David Kirby pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing two runs on a hit with four walks and two strikeouts.

Freudenthal had the big night for the Mudcats with two home runs and five RBIs.  Bauer had a hit and two RBIs.  Roemen and Abrahamson both had a hit and an RBI.  Chad Hunt finished with a double, and Olson had a hit.  Dalton Lehner pitched seven innings allowing two runs on two hits and a walk with 13 strikeouts.  Dalton Allen pitched one inning allowing one run on one hit and one walk with two strikeouts.

PBR will play the winner of Salem/Colman on Thursday, July 29th at 8:00 p.m.  The Mudcats will play in the championship game against Flandreau on Saturday, July 31st at 6:30 p.m.  Both games will be in Colman.

Dell Rapids 16U Out of Region Tournament, but Qualifies for State Tournament

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With only 12 total teams registered in 16U Class A in South Dakota VFW baseball, it was decided to break those teams into two regions of six teams each.  Four of the six teams in each region would qualify for the state tournament.

After a loss in the opening round on Monday, Dell Rapids 16U rebounded with a 13-2 victory over Tea in their first game on Tuesday, July 27th.  That win put Dell Rapids into the state tournament as one of the top four teams from Region 2A.

Tea scored first in the bottom of the first inning, but Dell Rapids then scored 10 unanswered runs over the next three innings, including an eight-run top of the fourth.  Dell Rapids would get three more runs in the top of the fifth inning.

Braden Fersdahl had two hits, a triple and a double, with two RBIs.  Brayden Pankonen had a hit and three RBIs.  Joe Rechtenbaugh had a double and two RBIs.  CJ Smith finished with a single and two RBIs.  Will Jaton, Sutton Williams and Ethan Kringen all had a hit in the game as well.  Jaton pitched the five inning complete game allowing two runs, neither of them earned, on two hits with one walk and seven strikeouts.

After the win earlier in the day, Dell Rapids faced Volga in the final game of the day at Rickeman Field.  Volga jumped out to a six run lead after the first two innings.  Dell Rapids tried to climb back into the game getting a run in the top of the third, two more in the fourth, and one in the fifth to cut the lead to 6-4.  Volga, however, scored three times in the bottom of the fifth inning and  then had another three-run inning in the bottom of the sixth for a 12-5 victory.

John Mortrude had three hits and an RBI.  Aiden Boechler had two hits, one of them a double, and two RBIs.  Williams had two hits.  Pankonen also had a hit in the game.  Jaton finished with an RBI.  Fersdahl pitched three innings allowing six earned runs on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts.  Smith pitched three innings also allowing six earned runs on five hits and two walks.

Dell Rapids will play in the 2021 South Dakota 16U Class A state tournament held in Madison August 6th through 8th.

Late Runs Lift Madison Black 16U to Victory over Dell Rapids in Region Play

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A run in the seventh to tie the game and then two more in the top of the eighth gave Madison Black 16U a 6-4 victory over Dell Rapids in Region 2A play on Monday, July 26th at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.

Madison Black started the game with a run in the top of the first inning.  They added another in the top of the third, but Dell Rapids got one run back in the bottom of the third.  Aiden Boechler had an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 2-1.  Madison picked up their third run of the game in the top of the fourth inning. 

Dell Rapids then put together a three-run bottom of the fourth to take the lead 4-3.  Brayden Pankoneen had an RBI single in the inning.  Braden Fersdahl scored on a balk, and then Boechler reached on an error that also scored Pankonen.  The score remained 4-3 in favor of Dell Rapids until the top of the seventh with one out.  Madison got the tying run on an error.  Boechler laced a double to center field to lead off the bottom of the seventh, but Boechler only made it as far as third base as the next three batters got out.  That forced the game into extra innings, but Madison scored two times in the top of the eighth inning to get the 6-4 win. 

Pankonen finished with two hits and an RBI.  Boechler had a double and an RBI.  Will Jaton also had a double.  Fersdahl, Dylan Mathis, and Sutton Williams all had a single.  Pankonen pitched five innings allowing three earned runs on 11 hits with a walk and two strikeouts.  Joe Rechtenbaugh pitched three innings allowing three runs, two earned, on two hits and a walk with five strikeouts.

Dell Rapids will play Tea in an elimination game on Tuesday, July 27th at 1:00 p.m. at Rickeman Field.

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PBR Advances to District 4B Semifinals

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Dell Rapids PBR won their opening round game of the District 4B tournament in Colman on Saturday, July 24th. PBR entered the tournament as the sixth seed and played third-seeded Lennox. And just as they had done two other times this year, PBR got the best of Lennox with a 9-3 win.

It was a big seven-run top of the second inning that set the tone for PBR.  Tanner Solberg got things going with a two-run single.  Beau Behrend added an RBI single.  Riley Calhoon reached on an error as both Solberg and Behrend scored on the play.  Riley Hoffman followed with an RBI double, and Matt Gillogly had an RBI single to give PBR the 7-0 lead.

Lennox got two runs in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 7-2.  The score remained 7-2 until the bottom of the sixth inning.  Lennox picked up another run, but Dell Rapids added a run in the eighth when Carter Gullickson stole home, and then they got one more run in the ninth when David Kirby scored on a wild pitch.

Gullickson finished with three hits in the game.  Solberg had two hits and two RBIs.  Gillogly had two hits and an RBI.  Kirby finished with two hits, one of them a double.  Hoffman had a double and an RBI, and Behrend had a single and an RBI.

Trey Randel pitched 5 2/3 innings allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits with five walks and six strikeouts.  Kirby pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing three walks while striking out three batters.  Hoffman pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts.

PBR will play the Dell Rapids Mudcats in the semifinals on Tuesday, July 27th.  First pitch is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.  The winner will advance to the championship game and qualify for the state tournament.  The loser will have three more chances to win one game to qualify for state as well.

Dell Rapids 14U Takes 6th at State A Tournament

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Photo taken and used with permission by Tanya Schmidt

The Dell Rapids 14U baseball team finished their season with a sixth place finish at the 2021 South Dakota Class A State tournament in Vermillion Friday, July 23rd through Sunday, July 25th.

Dell Rapids played the host team Vermillion in the opening round on Friday.  Vermillion scored two runs in the top of the first, but Dell Rapids answered with two in the bottom of the inning for a 2-2 tie.  The score remained 2-2 until the bottom of the fifth inning.  Dell Rapids then scored four times and added one more in the bottom of the sixth for a 7-2 lead heading into the top of the seventh inning.  Vermillion found their offense in top of the seventh getting six runs on seven hits to take they lead.  They held Dell Rapids scoreless in the bottom of the inning and got the 8-7 come-from-behind win.

Dell Rapids then played Spearfish on Saturday and squeaked out a 4-2 win to advance to the consolation championship.   Spearfish scored in the bottom of the first inning, but Dell Rapids got two in the top of the second for a 2-1 lead.  Dell Rapids got two more runs in the top of the fifth, and Spearfish scored one in the same inning to make the score 4-2.  Spearfish had the tying runs on third and second base with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but a line drive out and double-up on second for the third out ended the game to give Dell Rapids the win.

In the consolation championship on Sunday, Dell Rapids faced Madison Gold.  Despite having an early lead, Dell Rapids fell to Madison by a score of 9-5.  Dell Rapids scored three times in the top of the first inning, and Madison got two back in the bottom of the first.  Dell Rapids added another run in the top of the second to lead 4-2, but Madison picked up five runs in the bottom of the second inning to take the lead for good.  Dell Rapids scored one in the top of the third with Madison scoring two in the bottom of the inning for the 9-5 lead.  Neither team scored in the final four innings of the game.

Cole Ruesink had six hits, with one double, during the state tournament games.  Lincoln Fersdahl had four hits, one double, with three RBIs.  Cooper Frost had three hits, two of them doubles, and four RBIs.  Quinn Carr had two hits, with one double, and two RBIs.  Grady Lamer and Talan Millage both finished with two hits.   Tad Tjaden had a double and two RBIs.  Kenny Swanson had a hit and one RBI.

Carr pitched 4 1/3 innings during the tournament allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits with four walks and 11 strikeouts.  Fersdahl pitched four innings allowing no runs on three hits with four walks and four strikeouts.  Tjaden pitched four innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits with six walks and four strikeouts.  Frost pitched three innings and allowed nine runs, but just two earned, on three hits with four walks and two strikeouts.  Ruesink pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing three hits with a walk and three strikeouts.  Millage pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up six runs, two earned, on seven hits, with one strikeout. 

Dell Rapids finished with an overall record of 24-6 on the season.

Dell Rapids 16U Shuts out Hamlin in Regular Season Finale

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The Dell Rapids 16U baseball team had their final regular season game on Thursday, July 22nd.  Dell Rapids hosted Hamlin and a got a 12-0 shutout win, ending the game on the 10-run rule in five innings.

Dell Rapids had back-to-back six-run innings in the first and second innings.  In the first inning Aiden Boechler had a two-run double, Will Jaton reached on an error scoring Boechler, Joe Rechtenbaugh had an RBI single, Dylan Mathis stole home, and John Mortrude scored on a wild pitch. 

Jaton doubled home the first two runs on the second inning, Mathis had an RBI triple and later scored, Aiden Geraets had an RBI double, and Evan Nelson also had an RBI single.

Boechler had two hits, including a double, and two RBIs.  Mathis also had two hits, one a triple, and an RBI.  Jaton finished with a double and three RBIs.  Geraets had a double and an RBI.  Rechtenbaugh and Nelson both had RBI singles, and Brayden Pankonen also had a hit.

Rechtenbaugh pitched two innings allowing three hits while strikeout out two batters.  Pankonen pitched two innings without allowing a hit and striking out three batters.  Nelson pitched one inning and struck out two batters.

Dell Rapids finishes the regular season with a 15-4 record.  They will host the Region 2A tournament Monday, July 26th through Thursday, July 29th at Rickeman Field.  The top four teams of the six-team regional tournament will advance to the state tournament.

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Dell Rapids Legion Drops Two Games in Region 2B Tourney

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The Dell Rapids Legion baseball season came to an end at the Region 2B tournament in Flandreau.  Dell Rapids lost their opening game to Flandreau on Monday, July 19th, and then lost an elimination game to Garretson on Tuesday, July 20th.

After Flandreau scored three times in the bottom of the second inning, Dell Rapids had a six-run top of the third inning for a 6-3 lead. Flandreau scored two in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 6-5, and they continued to put up runs in the remainder of the innings. Flandreau took the game 15-8.

Connor Libis had three hits and an RBI. Landon Ruesink and Kaeden Eastman both had two hits. Caleb Kittleson had a double and two RBIs. Noah Swartwout and Bryce Sommerfeld each had a hit and an RBI. Brady Larson also had a hit.

In an elimination game on Tuesday, July 20th, Garretson turned a close game through four innings of play into a big 17-2 win by scoring 14 runs in the final two innings to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Kittleeson and Ashaun Roach-Valandra each had a single and an RBI.  Zeb Schumaker had a triple.  Libis, Ruesink, and Swartwout also each had a single.

Dell Rapids’ season comes to an end with a 6-12 overall record.

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