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Early Advantage Leads to Win for Dells 13/14 Teeners

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The Dell Rapids 13/14 teeners scored five runs in the first three innings which was enough runs as they defeated Parker 8-3 at Volunteer Field in Dell Rapids on Monday, May 24th.

Cole Ruesink scored the first run of the game on an error after drawing a lead-off walk to start the bottom of the first inning.  Cooper Frost had an RBI fielder’s choice, and Brandon Schmidt had an RBI single to give Dell Rapids a 3-0 lead after the first inning.

Dell Rapids scored two more times in the bottom of the third.  Frost scored on a wild pitch after getting a single earlier in the inning.  Matthew Nelson had an RBI triple to score Carson Crosby for a 5-0 lead.

Parker scored two times in the top of the fifth inning to cut the lead to 5-2, but Dell Rapids added three more in the bottom of the inning.  Schmidt and Nelson had RBI singles.  Nelson later scored on an error, and Dell Rapids led 8-2 after five innings.  Parker added one more run in the top of the sixth inning.

Nelson had two hits, including a triple, and two RBIs.  Schmidt also had two hits and two RBIs.  Frost had a hit and an RBI.  Tad Tjaden finished with two hits.  Quinn Carr, Lincoln Fersdahl, and Talan Millage all had a hit.

Carr pitched three innings allowing no hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.  Frost pitched two innings giving up two earned runs on one hit with four walks and three strikeouts.  Tjaded pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing an earned run on four walks with two strikeouts.  Millage pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing no hits.

Mudcats Blank Madison in Cornbelt League Action

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The Dell Rapids Mudcats got a shutout road victory, 8-0, over the Madison Broncos on Sunday, May 23rd.

Dell Rapids scored a run right away in the top of the first inning on an RBI single by Josh Roemen after a Chad Hunt double for an early 1-0 lead.  The score remained 1-0 until the top of the fifth inning.  The Mudcats then scored six times on three hits to blow the game open 7-0.  They added another run in the top of the sixth inning on an RBI single by Ty Hoglund.

Hunt had three hits in the game, one double, with two RBIs.  Hoglund had two hits, one double, and an RBI.  Roemen also had two hits and an RBI.  Grant Olson added a double.  Mark Abrahamson, Dalton Lehnen, Jimmy Bauer, and Trevor Freudenthal all had singles.

Dalton Allen pitched five innings to earn the win giving up five hits and striking out nine batters.  Kris Regas pitched three innings giving up one eight while striking out eight.  Abrahamson pitched the final inning of the game.

The Mudcats (3-1 overall, 2-1 in Cornbelt) will travel to Canova on Thursday, May 27th.

Late Rally Lifts PBR to Extra-Inning Win over Lennox

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Dell Rapids PBR scored three times in the top of the ninth inning, and then scored the game-winning run in the top of the tenth for a 6-5 win over Lennox on Thursday, May 20th.

Lennox took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning, but PBR responded with two runs in the top of the third inning for a 2-1 lead.  Lennox added two runs in the bottom of the fifth and one in the seventh for a 4-2 lead.  The score remained 4-2 heading to the ninth inning.

Carter Gullickson drove home the first run on a single for PBR in their half of the ninth inning.  Adrian Juba and Gullickson scored on an error on a ground ball hit by Weston Hanson to give PBR a 5-4 lead.  Lennox tied the game in the bottom of the ninth with one out on a PBR error to tie the game 5-5.  Gullickson delivered the game-winning RBI single in the top of the tenth inning with two outs to lift PBR to victory.

Gullickson led the offense with four hits, including a double and home run, along with three RBIs.  Hanson had two hits and two RBIs.  Tanner Solberg had two hits and an RBI.  Nate McKee and Beau Behrend both had a hit as well in the game.

David Kirby pitched five innings giving up three runs, none earned, on two hits with five walks and eight strikeouts.  Matt Gillogly pitched four innings giving up two earned runs on three hits with five walks and nine strikeouts.  McKee pitched one inning with a walk and a strikeout.

Mudcats Win Big over Colman

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The Dell Rapids Mudcats scored 13 times in the first inning, capped off by a Nate Henry grand slam home run, on their way to a 19-4 win over Colman on Thursday, May 20th.

The Mudcats only had four hits in their 13-run first inning as they took advantage of seven walks and two hit batters.  The game ended on the 15-run rule in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Ten different players had a hit in the ball game.  Henry finished with one hit and four RBIs.  Mark Abrahamson had two hits and two RBIs.  Ty Hoglund also had two hits and two RBI.  Josh Roemen added three hits and an RBI.  Dalton Allen and Logan Stone both had a hit and an RBI.  Dalton Lehnen had three hits.  Grant Olson and Chad Hunt both had two hits.  Kris Regas also had a hit.

Abrahamson pitched four innings giving up one run on three hits with seven strikeouts.  John Speath pitched one inning allowing two hits.  Hoglund also pitched an inning giving up three runs on three hits with two walks and two strikeouts.

13/14 Teeners Post Two Wins in Opening Week

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The Dell Rapids 13/14 teener baseball team opened their 2021 season with two wins during the week.  They defeated SEBA Southwick 12-2 on Monday, May 17th, and then defeated Flandreau 7-2 on Wednesday, May 19th.

Seven different players collected hits against SEBA Southwick on Monday.  Dell Rapids scored six runs in the bottom of the third and five more in the bottom of the fourth for the 12-2 win.

Carson Maeschen had two hits and two RBI.  Nick Snyder also had two hits with an RBI.  Tristan Welch and Atticus Miles both had a hit with two RBIs.  Matthew Nelson had a triple with an RBI.  Carson Crosby had a hit and RBI.  Kenny Swanson also had a hit in the game.

Connor Hanson pitched two innings giving up two runs, neither of them earned, on three hits with two strikeouts.  Swanson pitched two innings giving up just one hit with four strikeouts.  Logan Donovan also pitched one inning giving up no hits while walking one batter.

Dell Rapids then hosted Flandreau in the I-29 League opener on Wednesday.  Dell Rapids scored a run in the first, one in the second, three in the fourth, and two more in the fifth to build a 7-0 lead.  Flandreau was able to get two runs in the top of the sixth, but Dell Rapids shut them down in the seventh for the win.

Lincoln Fersdahl had three hits, including a triple, and an RBI.  Cooper Frost had two hits, one a double, and three RBIs.  Brandon Schultz had two hits, one of them a double, and Cole Ruesink also had two hits.  Grady Lamer finished with one hit in the game.  Quinn Carr, Talan Millage, and Carson Crosby all had an RBI.

Carr pitched four innings in the game not allowing a hit while walking four and striking out eight batters.  Fersdahl pitched two innings giving up two earned runs on one hit with three walks and five strikeouts.  Tad Tjaden pitched the final inning and had one walk and one strikeout.

Dell Rapids Baseball Ends Regular Season with Sixth Straight Win

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The Dell Rapids High School club baseball team finished their regular season with an 8-0 win over Sioux Valley on Wednesday, May 20th at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids. It was the third win in as many days and sixth in a row for Dell Rapids.

Dell Rapids jumped out of the gate early with three runs in the bottom of the first. Treyse Eastman singled to start the game for Dell Rapids, and then later scored by stealing home. Landon Ruesink brought home two runs on a single to give Dell Rapids the 3-0 lead.

They would add three more runs in the bottom of the third. Aiden Boechler had an RBI single. Jack Henry scored on another steal of home, and Dylan Mathis drove home a run with a single. J. Henry had an RBI bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the sixth, and Boechler brought home another run on an RBI ground out to make the score 8-0.

T. Eastman pitched six innings giving up just four hits and two walks while striking out four batters. Ruesink pitched the final inning striking out one.

Boechler led the offense with three hits and two RBIs. Ruesink added two hits and two RBIs. Mathis also had a couple of hits and an RBI. J. Henry finished with a hit and RBI. T. Eastman finished with two hits in the game. Brayden Pankonen and Austin Henry each had a hit.

Dell Rapids finished the regular season as the #1 seed in Region 3B with a 9-0 region record and an overall record of 16-6. Dell Rapids will host the region games on Tuesday, May 25th. Dell Rapids will play the first game at 3:00 p.m. against Tri-Valley. McCook Central will play Lennox at 5:30 p.m. The two winners will meet at 8:00 p.m. with the winner of the final game qualifying for the state tournament. All three games will be at Rickeman Field.

Dell Rapids Edges Tea in Extra Inning Classic

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Dell Rapids and Tea may have played the best game of the high school season at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids on Tuesday, May 18th.  On the line was a #1 seed in Region 3B and neither team would give an inch as it took ten innings to decide a winner.

Both teams ended with nearly identical stat lines, both defenses made great plays, and both starting pitchers dominated the opposition.  Both Dell Rapids and Tea ended with four hits each and one error committed, but it was Dell Rapids that had the edge in the stat column that mattered, the run column.

Landon Ruesink drove home Austin Henry after Henry doubled with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning.  Henry’s doubled sailed to the left field corner, and was nearly caught on a great diving play by Ian Bennett.  Ruesink hit a hard ground ball up the middle on the very next pitch to bring home A. Henry for the game winner.

Starting pitchers Cameron Jensen and A. Henry put on a show for the big crowd on hand.  The first hit of the game didn’t come until Nate Babb hit a one-out single in the top of the sixth inning.  Logan Boom followed with a single of his own to put two runners on with one out.   Dell Rapids was able to work out of that threat to keep the game scoreless.

That was not the first threat Tea put together in the game.  They opened the game with a threat to score.  Two of the first three batters drew walks and advanced to third and second respectively before A. Henry got a strikeout and a pop out to work himself out of the first inning jam.

Dell Rapids didn’t get their first hit of the game off Jensen until the top of the seventh inning.  Brayden Pankonen reached on a one-out single.  Pankonen’s hit brought a change of pitchers for Tea.  Trevor Welch was brought into pitch, and picked Pankonen off first base after just one pitch.  With two outs A. Henry hit a single to left field, but Dell Rapids was unable to score, and the game went to extra innings.

Tea threatened again in the top of the eighth inning.  Babb got on base with a one-out single, and then Boom was hit by a pitch.  After a fielder’s choice ground out, Carter McGregor flew out to left field to end the inning.  Neither team got a base runner until the top of the 10th inning.  With two outs Tea again was close to pushing across the first run.  Babb singled, and Boom reached on an error putting runners on second and third with two outs.  Dawson Portner hit a ground ball to the short stop Jack Henry, but J. Henry played the infield hop perfectly and fired a strike to first to get the third out.

That play set up the game winning bottom of the 10th inning.  Pankonen grounded out to start the inning.  A. Henry’s double came on a 3-1 count before Ruesink’s game-winning hit.

Jensen pitched 6 1/3 innings for Tea allowing just one hit while walking no batter and striking out 11.  Welch took the loss giving up an earned run on three hits and one strikeout.

A. Henry pitched seven innings giving up two hits with three walks and 17 strikeouts.  Pankonen got the win giving up two hits in three innings of relief while striking out three batters.  A. Henry had two of the four hits, including the double.  Ruesink had the RBI hit, and Pankonen also had a hit.

Dell Rapids will be the #1 seed in the Region 3B playoffs with a 9-0 region record.  They are 14-3 against Class B teams and 15-6 overall.  Dell Rapids will finish the regular season at home against Sioux Valley on Wednesday, May 19th.

Dell Rapids Baseball Defeats Flandreau on Senior Night

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Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

The Dell Rapids offense scored in every inning, including 10 runs in the third inning, while belting 14 hits in an 15-5 win over Flandreau at Rickeman Field on Monday, May 17th.  Dell Rapids’ two seniors, Kaeden Eastman and Brady Larson, were recognized prior to the game.

Flandreau got a couple of early runs in the top of the first inning on three hits.  Dell Rapids got a run back in the bottom of the inning when Brayden Pankonen scored on an RBI triple by Landon Ruesink.  Flandreau scored one more run in the top of the second inning off an error for a 3-1 lead.

Dell Rapids cut the lead back down to one run after an RBI ground out by Larson, scoring Jack Henry.  After Flandreau scored two more runs in the top of the third, Dell Rapids took control of the game.  They scored 10 times on eight hits and two dropped third strikes to take a 12-5 lead.  Dell Rapids would score two more times in the bottom of the fourth and one more in the bottom of the fifth to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Eight different players had a hit in the game for Dell Rapids.  J. Henry had three hits (two doubles and a triple) and three RBIs.  Treyse Eastman had two hits, including a double, and two RBIs.  Pankonen, Austin Henry, and Aiden Boechler all had two hits and an RBI.  Ruesink had a triple and two RBIs.  Jaton also had a hit and two RBIs.  Larson collected an RBI, and Kaeden Eastman had a hit as well.

Larson pitched one inning giving up three runs, two earned, on four hits with one walk and one strikeout.  J. Henry pitched four innings giving up two runs, one earned, on three this with three walks and five strikeouts.

Dell Rapids will host Tea on Tuesday, May 18th, and then finish the regular season at home against Sioux Valley on Wednesday, May 19th.

Flandreau’s Late Rally Gives PBR Cornbelt Loss

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Despite having to move the game from Dell Rapids to Flandreau due to wet field conditions on Sunday, May 16th, PBR and the Flandreau Cardinals were able to play their Cornbelt League opener.  Flandreau scored three times in the bottom of the eighth inning for an 8-7 win over PBR.

Flandreau did have the lead early in the game.  The Cardinals got two runs in the bottom of the first inning an two more in the bottom of the third for a 4-0 lead.

PBR scored five times in the top of the fifth inning.  The first five batters for Dell Rapids reached base safely.  Riley Hoffman had an RBI on a bases loaded walk.  Weston Hanson drove home two with a single to cut the lead to 4-3.  Matt Gillogly had an RBI double to right field to tie the game 4-4.  Riley Calhoon added an RBI sacrifice fly to give PBR a 5-4 lead.

Flandreau tied the game in the bottom of the fifth inning, but Dell Rapids took the lead after a two-run single by Hoffman.  Dell Rapids led 7-5 after seven complete innings.  The Cardinals, though, scored three times in the bottom of the eighth after the first five batters reached safely.

Hoffman had two hits and three RBIs in the game.  Hanson had a hit with two RBIs.  Gillogly had two hits, including a double, and an RBI.  Calhoon also had a hit with an RBI.  Carter Gullickson collected three hits in the game, and Trey Randel had a double.

Hoffman pitched the first four innings giving up four runs, two earned, on seven hits with one walk and five strikeouts.  Randel took the loss giving up four runs, all earned, on four hits with five walks and five strikeouts.

PBR (0-1) will travel to Lennox on Thursday, May 20th.

Mudcats Fall to Gamecocks in Cornbelt Opener

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The Dell Rapids Mudcats traveled to Humboldt to play the Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks in the Cornbelt League season opener for both teams on Sunday, May 16th.  Despite having an early lead, the Mudcats fell to the Gamecocks 4-3.

Dell Rapids scored two runs in the top of the first inning taking advantage of two walks.  Travis Peters had a two-run single to drive home Jimmy Bauer and Mark Abrahamson for a 2-0 lead.

The Gamecocks tied the game in the bottom of the third inning after a Mudcat error and an RBI single by Cam Quigley.  Humboldt/Hartford took the lead with two more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning as the first three batters reached to start the inning.  The Mudcats got one more run in the top of the seventh on an RBI by Kris Regas, but that was all they could get the rest of the game.

Ty Hoglund finished with two hits in the game.  Peters had a hit and two RBIs.  Regas had a hit and an RBI.  Nate Henry, Logan Stone, and Dalton Allen also all had a hit.

Allen pitched four innings giving up four runs on four hits with six strikeouts.  Regas pitched the other four innings giving up just one hit and recording eight strikeouts.

The Mudcats (1-1 overall, 0-1 Cornbelt) will host the Colman A’s at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 20th.

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