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Dell Rapids Busy with Baseball This Weekend

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Dell Rapids will again be the place to be for baseball fans.  Dell Rapids will be hosting the MinnDak League end of the season tournaments this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 6-8.  29 teams will be playing for one of four championships this weekend.  The Midget age (11-13) will be broken up into two tournaments, a Gold and Silver Bracket.  The Pee-Wee age (9-10) will also be broken up into two tournaments, a Gold and Silver Bracket.  The first games will take place Friday night and championship games are scheduled for Sunday afternoon.

Go to www.dellrapidslittleleague.com and click on the Tournaments tab to find all four brackets with times, teams and field details.

Mudcats Remain #1

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The Dell Rapids Mudcats remained #1 in the latest amateur baseball polls in Class B.  Canova, Salem and Harrisburg remained third, fifth and tenth respectively in the latest polls out of the Cornbelt League.

Brandon Valley remains #1 in Class A.


Class B
1. Dell Rapids Mudcats
2. Crofton, NE
3. Canova
4. Redfield
5. Salem
6. Parkston Mudcats
7. Alexandria
8. Clark
9. Dimock-Emery
10. Larchwood, IA
10. Harrisburg

Class A
1. Brandon Valley
2. Renner Monarchs
3. Pierre
4. Yankton
5. Sioux Falls Saints

Mudcats Beat PBR at “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” Night

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Friday night baseball during Quarry Days between the two amateur baseball teams from Dell Rapids has seen many exciting and intense games.  This year during the 25th annual Take Me Out to the Ballgame event (which was streamed live on Big Sioux Media) looked to be more one-sided than not with the Mudcats jumping out to a 2-run lead after one complete inning and Matt Wilbur on the mound for the Mudcats in total control.  The home team added another run in the 2nd and the 3rd but went scoreless in the 4th.  Holding a 4 nothing lead into the bottom of the 5th Nate Henry jacked a two run homer moving it up to a 6-nothing score.  And then the biggest run producing inning for the Mudcats came in the bottom of the 6th when they produced 3 more runs off of PBR started, Kevin Krull.  With the score sitting at 9-zip, Krull was done on the mound and Dale Solberg took over in relief and sat the Mudcats down in order not allowing any more runs.  PBR also managed 4 runs of their own in the top of the 8th inning (the final inning for Wilbur on the mound).  In the top of the 9th, Mark Hauck came in relief and got the save.  Travis Peters was 3 for 4 while Hauck and Henry were both 2 for 4 for the Mudcats while PBR managed only 6 hits.  The big hitter was Bruce Mogen, 2 for 4.   

Mogen 13-14 Teeners Defeat Flandreau

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Dell Rapids scored four runs in the top of the 7th to break open a close game and defeat Flandreau 7-3 June 19.

Casey Hansen picked up the win after pitching the first three innings and giving up just one unearned run. Hansen allowed two hits, one walk and struck out one. Elijah Story followed with 1 1/3 innings of solid middle relief. Story allowed one run, two hits, one walk and struck out one. Ty Hoglund picked up the save with 2 2/3 innings of relief. He struck out five and gave up three hits and one run.

Hoglund, Brett Mogen and Mason Peter each collected two hits. Ross Wiebenga, Josh Parrott and Eric Klein all singled.

Dell Rapids is 6-1 on the season and plays Colton tonight.

Dell Rapids Little League Coach a Legend Camp Leader

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Every year the HyVee/Sanford Legends Camp is held which provides free specialized training in multiple sports.  These sessions are conducted by professional athletes and the region’s best college players and coaches.  One such Dell Rapids Little League coach is Jeff Holm.  Holm  has been coordinating the baseball portion of the Legends Camp for the past 11 years.  He is responsible for organizing and coordinating the coaches that will help put on the baseball clinic.  Holm said that lining up the help can be challening especially in recent years as the camp time has moved to Fridays from 3:30 to 5:30, and typically Fridays have become the make-up date for local baseball teams which can take away coaches and participants in the camp.

Holm said that he doesn’t make the final decision on who the legend will be for the baseball clinic, but does provide suggestions.  He said that it all comes down to the timing of schedules, who’s available, what the budget is, and who might be a good regional draw for this area.  This year’s baseball legend was Jack Morris.

While Holm’s main duty prior to the camp is to line up the coaches that assist the legend in the baseball clinic, he is the coordinator with the legend during the day of the clinic.  He can be seen ushering the legend around to the different stations throughout the afternoon, assigning the coaches to the different stations, and being the overall center of command during the afternoon.

This year along with Holm, six other Dell Rapids Little League coaches took part in helping with the legends camp.  They were Jody Schumaker, Danny Miller, Jeff Welbig, Nate Henry, Greg Gullickson and Matt Larson.

Mudcats still #1 in Class B Amateur Baseball

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The Dell Rapids Mudcats remained the top team in the Class B Amateur Baseball polls again this week.  Canova (#3) and Salem (#5) also remained in the polls this week, and another Cornbelt League team, Harrisburg, entered the polls tied at #10.

Brandon Valley jumped ahead of Renner this week to take the top spot in Class A.

Class B
1. Dell Rapids Mudcats
2. Crofton, NE
3. Canova
4. Redfield
5. Salem
6. Parkston Mudcats
7. Wynot, NE
8. Dimock-Emery
9. Clark
10. Larchwood, IA
10. Harrisburg

Class A
1. Brandon Valley
2. Renner Monarchs
3. Pierre
4. Sioux Falls
5. Yankton
5. Vermillion Red Sox

Mudcats Defeat Humboldt

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The Dell Rapids Mudcats defeated Humboldt 19-2 in Cornbelt League action Thursday night.  The Mudcats got out to an early lead by scoring nine runs in the top of the 1st inning highlighted by Tom Pischke’s first career grand slam.  Jesse Kurtenbach and Jimmie Bauer also homered for the Mudcats.  Aaron Johnson got the win on the mound giving up two runs, one earned, in five innings of work.

The #1 Dell Rapids Mudcats will play host to #3 Salem at 7:30 at Rickeman Field in a battle of top 10 teams.

Mudcats #1 in Class B Amateur Baseball Polls

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The South Dakota Amateur Baseball polls were released for this week, and the Dell Rapids Mudcats are ranked #1 in Class B.  Two other Cornbelt League teams were in the top 10, with Salem ranked 3rd and Canova 8th.  The Renner Monarchs were ranked #1 in the Class A polls this week.

Class B
1. Dell Rapids Mudcats
2. Crofton, NE
3. Salem
4. Redfield
5. Garretson
6. Dimock-Emery
7. Parkston Mudcats
8. Canova
9. Wynot, NE
10.  Clark A’s

Class A
1. Renner Monarchs
2. Brandon Valley
3. Pierre
4. Yankton
5. Vermillion
5. Sioux Falls Saints

Dell Rapids Finishes 2nd in I-29 League Tourney

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Dell Rapids (Mogen) B Teeners finished second in the I-29 League Tournament in Flandreau June 10 from a field of 22 teams.

Dell Rapids finished 4-0 in pool play before losing to champion Humboldt/Hartford in the title game 10-7.

Humboldt/Hartford 10, Dell Rapids 7

Ross Wiebenga led the Dell Rapids offense with two hits. Josh Parrot had a single and 2 RBI. Ty Hoglund, Casey Hansen, Brett Mogen, Adrian Juba and Eric Klein all singled.

Brett Mogen took the loss pitching the first four innings. Nate McKee and Hoglund pitched in relief.

Dell Rapids 5, Madison/White 4

In a game of two 3-0 teams, Dell Rapids came from behind to win the pool to advance to the title game.

Madison scored four in the first inning before Hoglund pitched four shutout innings to get the win. He allowed five hits and struck out ten in five innings.

Hansen, Mogen, Weibenga and Parrott each had a hit to lead the offense.

Dell Rapids 10, Canistota/Salem 1

Mogen allowed two hits and one unearned run in three innings of pitching. He struck out eight.

Elijah Story led the offense with two singles. Hansen, Mogen, Mason Peter, Wiebenga and Adrian Juba each singled.

Dell Rapids 17, Harrisburg Gold 8

Starting pitcher Hoglund staked Dell Rapids to a 13-0 lead after two innings. Harrisburg stormed back with 8 runs in the third off of three relief pitchers.

McKee struck out five of the final six Harrisburg hitters to preserve the win for Dell Rapids.

Mogen had three hits and three RBI to lead the Dell Rapids offense. Peter hit a home run and single and added three RBI. McKee had two hits and Hoglund, Hansen, Klein, Parrott, Wiebenga, Juba and Thomas Schuring all contributed a single to the 14-hit effort.

Dell Rapids is 5-1 on the season and plays Wednesday, June 13 at 7:00 PM in Dell Rapids versus Madison/Red.

PBR Ends Mudcats Winning Streak

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Last night in a battle between the two Dell Rapids amateur baseball teams, PBR ended the Mudcats eight game winning streak with a win by a score of 5-2 at Rickeman Field.  The Mudcats drop to 9-2 on the year and 7-2 in the Cornbelt League.  PBR improves to 5-4 in the Cornbelt League with the win.

Andy Dunn pitched seven innings for PBR giving up five hits, two runs while striking out six.  Landon Klock pitched the final two innings to close out the game.  Dunn and Klock combined to hold the Mudcats hitless after the sixth inning.  Kevin Krull had a double for the PBR offense and Scott Lebrun had a 2 RBI single.  Mark Houck had a double and a single for the Mudcats.

PBR will be in Tea Sunday afternoon for a double-header starting at 4:00 pm.  The Mudcats will host Canistota for a double-header starting at 2:00 pm.

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PBR 5 8 2
Mudcats 2 5 1
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