The Dell Rapids 16U baseball team made the long trek across the state to Spearfish and played four games between Friday, July 8th and Sunday, July 10th.  Dell Rapids finished the weekend 2-2.

Spearfish Post 164 16U 4, Dell Rapids 3

Spearfish scored four times in the bottom of the third and earned a 4-3 win over Dell Rapids on Friday.

Quinn Carr had an RBI single in the top of the second to give Dell Rapids a 1-0 lead.  Lincoln Fersdahl added an RBI single in the top of the third for a 2-0 lead.  Spearfish then had their four-run bottom of the third inning.  Dell Rapids got one more run in the top of the fourth when Carr scored on a wild pitch.

Carr and Fersdahl both had a hit and RBI.  Tad Tjaden and Luke Schoolmeester both had two hits each.  Talan Millage also had a hit.  Fersdahl pitched 4 2/3 innings and allowed four earned runs on three hits and six walks with nine strikeouts.  Tjaden pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed three walks with four strikeouts.

Dell Rapids 17, Post 320 Shooters 4

Dell Rapids only scored in three innings, but had an eight-run third, two-run fourth, and seven-run sixth in their 17-4 win over Post 320 on Saturday.  Post 320 had a run in the third, two in the fourth, and one in the fifth.  Dell Rapids never trailed in the game and finished with 17 total hits.

Cole Ruesink had three hits and two RBIs.  Cooper Frost had three hits and an RBI.  Fersdahl also had three hits.  Tjaden had two hits, one a triple, with four RBIs.  Millage finished with two hits, one a double, and two RBIs.  Carr had a double and three RBIs.  Stubbe also added a double and three RBIs.  Micah Pickard had a single and an RBi, and Schoolmeester finished with a single.

Carr pitched four innings and allowed three earned runs on three hits and three walks with six strikeouts.  Ruesink pitched 1 2/3 innings and allowed an earned run on a hit and two walks.  Frost pitched 1/3 of an inning.

Dell Rapids 16, Post 320 Risers 8

Dell Rapids had another big game, this time against Post 320 Risers, also on Saturday.  They scored in every inning while having a total of 15 hits.  Dell Rapids scored four times in the bottom of the first and two more in the bottom of the second for a 6-0 lead.  The Risers scored four runs in the top of the third, with Dell Rapids added another in the bottom of the inning.

Post 320 Risers tied the game, 7-7, in the top of the fourth with three runs.  Dell Rapids broke the tie with two runs in the bottom of the fourth.  After the Risers scored a run in the top of the fifth, Dell Rapids ended the game with seven runs in the bottom of the fifth.

Frost had three hits, one a double, with three RBIs.  Stubbe also finished with three hits, one a double, and an RBI.  Carr added two hits and two RBIs.  Ruesink had two hits, one a double, and an RBI.  Tjaden had two hits.  Fersdahl had a triple with three RBIs.  Ethan Kringen added a single and three RBIs.  Micah Pickard added a double and two RBIs.

Frost pitched 2 1/3 innings and allowed four runs, three earned, on a hit and five walks with four strikeouts.  Millage pitched two innings and allowed four unearned runs with two hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  Ruesink pitched 2/3 of an inning and had one strikeout.

Spearfish Post 164 16U 11, Dell Rapids 6

Dell Rapids met Spearfish again on Sunday, but Spearfish won again, this time 11-6.  Dell Rapids had a run in the top of the first, but Spearfish had three runs in the bottom of the inning.  The lead was cut to 3-2 after Dell Rapids scored a run in the top of the second.  They then took the lead with three runs in the top of the third.  Spearfish took the lead for good in the bottom of the third with five runs.

Both teams got a run in the fourth inning.  Spearfish added two more in the bottom of the sixth.

Tjaden had three singles and three RBIs.  Frost finished with two hits and two RBIs.  Millage also had two hits, one a double.  Schoolmeester had a single and an RBI.  Fersdahl had a triple.  Stubbe and Konrad Richeal both had a hit.  Richeal pitched 3 1/3 innings and allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks with four strikeouts.  Tjaden pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed eight runs, five earned, on two hits and 10 walks with five strikeouts.

The regular season came to an end for both of the Dell Rapids 14U teams on Wednesday, July 6th.  Dell Rapids Red hosted West Central Blue, and Dell Rapids Navy was at Madison Black.

West Central Blue 16, Dell Rapids Red 1

West Central had two big innings, a six-run first and 10-run third, in their 16-1 win over Dell Rapids.  Dell Rapids was held to just two hits in the game and scored their run in the bottom of the third.

Connor Hanson and Caden Bitzer both had singles.  Alex Heinemann had an RBI on a ground out to second that scored Hayes Sehr.  Kaiden Zelmer pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed just one hit.  Bitzer pitched two innings and recorded two strikeouts.

Madison Black 11, Dell Rapids Blue 1

Madison scored nine straight runs in the first four innings on their way to an 11-1 win in six innings.  They scored five times right away in the first inning and then added a run in the second, one in the third, and two more in the fourth.  Dell Rapids scored their run in the top of the fifth on an RBI double by Carson Maeschen.  Madison scored two more runs in the sixth to end the game.

Maeschen had a double and an RBI.  Logan Donovan, Gage Bunkers, Kenny Swanson, and Jackson Peppel all had singles.  Swanson pitched 1/3 of an inning and allowed five runs on a hit and five walks.  Bunkers pitched 2 2/3 of an inning and allowed two runs on two hits and a walk with three strikeouts.  Jake Heinitz also pitched 2 2/3 of an inning and allowed five runs on nine hits and a walk with two strikeouts.

Both Dell Rapids Red and Dell Rapids Navy 14U baseball teams were in action before the 4th of July weekend.  Dell Rapids Red hosted Hamlin, and Dell Rapids Navy traveled to Parker on Friday, July 1st.

Hamlin 21, Dell Rapids Red 0

Dell Rapids Red was held hitless in three innings as Hamlin scored in all three innings.  Hamlin scored four times in the first, four times in the second, and nine more in the third inning.

Conner Hanson and Derek Gerlach each drew a walk in the game.  Caden Zellmer pitched all three innings and recorded four strikeouts.

Parker 10, Dell Rapids Navy 5

Parker scored five early runs, saw their lead shrink to one, but held on to beat Dell Rapids Navy 10-5 on July 1st.

Parker scored four runs in the bottom of the first and another in the bottom of the second to lead 5-0 after two innings of play.  Dell Rapids scored three times in the top of the third.  Logan Donovan had an RBI single and later scored on a passed ball.  Gage Bunkers also had an RBI single to make the score 5-3.  Dell Rapids cut the lead to 5-4 after Jackson Peppel had an RBI single in the top of the fifth.  Parker, however, scored five times in the bottom of the inning to secure the win.  Dell Rapids got another run in the top of the sixth.

Peppel had two hits and an RBI.  Jack Paterson had a double and an RBI.  Donovan and Bunkers each had a single and RBI.  Thomas Lavoy added a hit.  Donovan pitched four innings and allowed eight runs, four earned, on two hits and five walks with 11 strikeouts.  Bunkers pitched two innings and allowed two unearned runs on three hits with two strikeouts.

A nine-run fourth inning helped Dell Rapids 16U to a 13-6 win over Tea on Thursday, June 30th.

Tea took the first lead with a two-run bottom of the fourth inning, but Dell Rapids tied the game with two runs in the top of the second.  Luke Schoolmeester had an RBI single, and Cooper Frost followed with an RBI triple.  Dell Rapids then broke the 2-2 tie with their nine-run fourth inning.  Cole Ruesink had a two-run single.  Sutton Williams added an RBI single.  Quinn Carr followed with a three-run double.  Talan Millage brought home a run with a single, and Konrad Richeal and Ruesink both had a bases-loaded walk to give Dell Rapids an 11-2 lead.

Frost had an RBI single in the the top of the fifth to push the lead to 12-2.  Tea got a run in the bottom of the inning to avoid the 10-run rule.  Ruesink had an RBI sacrifice fly in the top of the sixth.  Tea added three more runs in the bottom of the inning.

Frost had three hits, including a triple, and two RBIs.  Carr had two hits, one a double, and three RBIs.  Williams and Millage both had two hits and an RBI.  Ruesink finished with a hit and four RBIs.  Schoolmeester and Richeal both had a single and RBI.  Ethan Kringen had two hits, and Lincoln Fersdahl and Micah Pickard both had a hit.

Ruesink pitched three innings and allowed three runs, none earned, on a hit and three strikeouts.  Fersdahl pitched three innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on two hits and two walks with six strikeouts.  Frost pitched an inning and allowed an unearned run on two hits and a walk with two strikeouts.

Tri-Valley Maroon 14U scored 18 unanswered runs in the middle innings of an 18-8 win over Dell Rapids Navy in Dell Rapids on Wednesday, June 29th.

Dell Rapids scored the first four runs in the bottom of the first, but it was all Tri-Valley for the next three innings.  They scored three runs in the top of the second, five in the third, and then had a big 10-run fourth inning to lead 18-4.  Dell Rapids scored four times in the bottom of the fifth, but Tri-Valley stopped the rally to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Logan Donovan had three hits, including a triple, and an RBI.  Thomas Lavoy also had three hits.  Gage Bunkers finished with two hits, one a double, and an RBI.  Carson Maeschen and Noah Larson both had a single and an RBI.  Tollin Peterson had a hit, and Kenny Swanson finished with an RBI.

Jake Heinitz pitched two innings and allowed three runs, all unearned, on three hits and two walks with a strikeout.  Peterson pitched two innings and allowed 15 runs, only three earned, on 10 hits and a walk with three strikeouts.  Bunkers threw one inning and allowed three hits.

Sioux Falls Christian 14U brought hot bats into Dell Rapids on June, 29th.  They had 14 total hits and scored 18 runs in an 18-2 win over Dell Rapids Red 14U.

Sioux Falls Christian scored in every inning getting two in the first, five in the second, two in the third, three in the fourth, and six in the fifth.  Alex Heinemann had an RBI ground out in the bottom of the second for Dell Rapids.  Heinemann had another RBI ground out in the bottom of the fifth.

Heinemann finished with two RBIs.  Austin Gross, Connor Hanson, and Caden Bitzer had hits in the game.  Hanson recorded three strikeouts in two innings of pitching.  Sawyer Hebert and Bitzer each had two strikeouts.

Tea Gold took the lead in the bottom of the first and led the whole rest of the game in a 14-4 win over Dell Rapids 16U on Tuesday, June 28th.

Dell Rapids got two runs right away in the top of the first.  Tad Tjaden scored on an error, and Sutton Williams drew a bases-loaded walk for an early 2-0 lead.  Tea, however, scored four times in the bottom of the first.  The score was still 4-2 through three innings of play.

Tea then had a six-run bottom of the fourth to push the lead to 10-2.  Dell Rapids got another two runs in the top of the fifth.  Micah Pickard had an RBI triple, and Luke Schoolmeester followed with an RBI single.  Tea added four more runs in the bottom of the fifth to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Pickard had a triple and an RBI.  Schoolmeester also had a hit and an RBI.  Williams finished with an RBI.  Cole Ruesink and Mason Stubbe both had a single.  Quinn Carr pitched three innings and allowed four earned runs on four hits and four walks with eight strikeouts.  Talan Millage pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed two unearned runs on three hits with a strikeout.  Stubbe pitched 1/3 of an inning and allowed four earned runs on a hit and three walks.  Konrad Richeal allowed four earned runs on a hit and five walks.