The four-game winning streak for Dell Rapids came to an end on Tuesday, April 18th.  Sioux Falls Roosevelt defeated Dell Rapids Baseball 12-2 at Rickemen Field.

SF Roosevelt scored in the top of the second inning on an RBI fielder’s choice ground out.  SF Roosevelt led 1-0 after two innings of play.  Dell Rapids tied the game in the bottom of the third on an RBI single by Nate McKee to score Josh Roemen.  SF Roosevelt scored six times in the fourth inning on three hits and two Dell Rapids errors.  SF Roosevelt scored three more times in the fifth on a two-run triple and a wild pitch.  They would also score two runs in the sixth.  Dell Rapids scored just one run in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI single by Elijah Story.

McKee had two of the three hits in the game for Dell Rapids.  Story had the other hit.  Both Story and McKee had an RBI in the game.  Roemen pitched the first four innings giving up seven runs, but just one earned, on nine hits.  Austin Ellingson pitched two innings giving up five runs, three earned, on three hits with four walks and two strikeouts.

Dell Rapids (5-4) will host Wolsey-Wessington on Friday, April 21st.  The varsity will play at 5:30 p.m. with the JV to follow.

Dell Rapids picked up their fourth straight win on Monday, April 17th, after an 11-0 victory in Baltic.

Dell Rapids scored in the top of the second inning after an RBI groundout by Keegan Miller to score Nate McKee.  Dell Rapids led 1-0 after the second inning.  Dell Rapids then scored four times in the top of the third inning.  Carter Gullickson had an RBI walk, McKee was hit by a pitch to score another run, Josh Roemen scored on a passed ball, and Miller had an RBI single.  Dell Rapids added six runs in the top of the sixth on hits by Roemen and JD Holm.

Adrian Juba, Elijah Story, Roemen, Holm, Gullickson, and Miller all had hits in the game.  Roemen and Miller had two RBIs each.  Holm, McKee, and Gullickson each had an RBI.  Trevor Pulscher started the game on the mound pitching three innings giving up three hits while walking one and striking out one.  Gullickson pitched the final three innings giving up two hits while walking one and striking out five.

Dell Rapids (5-3) will host Sioux Falls Roosevelt on Tuesday, April 18th, at 5:30 p.m. at Rickeman Field.

The Dell Rapids baseball team won their third straight game, and fourth out of their last five, after beating Deuel/Hamlin/Castlewood 7-3 at Rickeman Field on Thursday, April 13th.

Dell Rapids scored first in the bottom of the first inning when Austin Ellingson scored on an RBI groundout by Nate McKee to take a 1-0 lead.  D/H/C picked up two runs in the top of the seconding inning on an RBI single and throwing error to take a short-lived 2-1 lead.  Dell Rapids tied the game on back-to-back hits to start the bottom of the second.  Keegan Miller started the inning with a lead-off triple and then scored on a single by Seth Anderson.  Anderson scored later in the inning on an RBI single by Josh Roemen, and Dell Rapids regained the lead 3-2 after the second inning.  Neither team scored until the top of the fifth when D/H/C tied the game on an RBI fielder’s choice.  Dell Rapids would take the lead for good in the bottom of the fifth inning.  Roemen scored on an RBI single by Gullickson.  Nate McKee drove home Brandon Geraets and Gullickson on a triple to put Dell Rapids ahead 6-3.  Dell Rapids got one more run in the sixth inning on an RBI single by McKee.

Gullickson picked up three hits and an RBI in the game.  McKee had two hits, including a triple, along with four RBI.  Roemen had a hit and RBI, Miller had a triple, and Anderson had a hit and RBI.  Trevor Pulscher started the game on the mound pitching four innings giving up two runs, one earned, on five hits with one walk and four strikeouts.  Elijah Story picked up the winning in relief pitching three innings giving up one unearned run on three hits while striking out five batters.

Dell Rapids (4-3) will travel to Baltic on Monday, April 17th, at 5:30 p.m.

The Dell Rapids baseball team evened their season record after earning two wins in Madison against the Bulldogs on Sunday, April 9th.

After giving up the first run of the game, Dell Rapids scored seven runs in the second inning of the first game with the big hit being a grand slam by Matt Gillogly.  Dell Rapids added another run in the third and then three more in the top of the fifth to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Carter Gullickson had three hits, including a double, along with three RBIs.  Josh Roemen had two hits, and Nate McKee, Seth Anderson, and Gillogly all had a hit.  Gillogly had five RBIs.  Trevor Pulscher pitched all five innings giving up one run, which was unearned, on three hits with three walks and four strikeouts.

Pulscher hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the top of the eighth inning in the second game to give Dell Rapids the double-header sweep.  Neither team scored through the first four innings, but Dell Rapids was able to scratch across a run on a sacrifice fly by Gullickson to score Roemen.  Madison answered with four runs in the bottom half of the fifth inning to take a 4-1 lead.  Dell Rapids answered scoring three times in the top of the sixth inning.  Anderson scored on an error, and Brandon Geraets and Roemen scored on a double by Gullickson.  Pulscher hit the game-winning home run after Elijah Story and Anderson reached to start the eighth inning.

Roemen had two hits in the second game.  Story, Gillogly, Gullickson and Pulscher all had a hit as well.  Gullickson and Pulscher each had three RBIs.  Roemen pitched the first five innings giving up four runs, three earned, on six hits with two walks and 11 strikeouts.  Story picked up the win pitching three innings giving up no runs on no hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.

Dell Rapids (3-3) will host Deuel/Deubrook/Estelline/Hamlin/Castlewood/Clear Lake on Thursday, April 13th, at Rickeman Field.  Varsity will start at 5:30 with JV to follow.

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The Dell Rapids high school baseball team split a double-header against Sioux Valley in Volga on Sunday, April 2nd.  Dell Rapids won the first game 9-3, with Sioux Valley taking the second game in extra innings by a score of 4-3.

After giving up three runs in the bottom of the first inning, Dell Rapids scored the final nine runs of the game, including four runs in the third inning, to pick up their first win of the season.  Josh Roemen, Carter Gullickson, and Keegan Miller all had two hits in the game.  Adrian Juba, Nate McKee, and Matt Gillogly also picked up hits.  Miller had a double and three RBIs.  Juba, Roemen, McKee and Gillogly each had an RBI in the ball game.  Trevor Pulscher starting the game pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up three runs, all earned, on three walks.  Roemen earned the win for Dell Rapids pitching 6 2/3 innings giving up just three hits while walking three and striking out 18 batters.

Sioux Valley earned an extra inning win in the second game on a home run in the top of the ninth inning.  Sioux Valley scored first in the top of the third inning, but Dell Rapids took the lead in the bottom of the fourth when Gullickson hit an RBI single to right field.  Gullickson scored on a wild pitch two batters later to give Dell Rapids the lead.  Sioux Valley regained the lead in the top of the sixth on a two-run single to go ahead 3-2.  Dell Rapids tied the game in the bottom of the seventh.  Miller got on base with a one-out single, and then scored just ahead of the throw to the plate on a two-out triple by Elijah Story.  However, a lead-off home run in the top of the ninth proved to be the winning run for Sioux Valley.

Seth Anderson had two hits in the second game.  Story, Gullickson, Austin Ellingson, and Miller all had hits as well.  Story and Gullickson picked up RBIs in the game.  Pulscher also started the second game, this time pitching five innings giving up two runs, one earned, on one hit with three walks and one strikeout.  Gillogly pitched three innings giving up one earned run on two hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.  Gullickson took the loss pitching one inning giving up one earned run on one hit.

Dell Rapids (1-3) will travel to Vermillion for their next game on Tuesday, April 4th.

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Sioux Falls O’Gorman scored seven runs in the fifth inning as they came from behind to beat Dell Rapids 12-4 at Ronken Field in Sioux Falls on Thursday, March 30th.  This was the second straight game against a Sioux Falls team for Dell Rapids to open the 2017 season.

Dell Rapids got on the board first when Nate McKee earned a bases-loaded walk scoring Austin Ellingson.  SF O’Gorman scored two times in the bottom of the first inning on a double and fielder’s choice to take an earl 2-1 lead.  Dell Rapids would take advantage of three SF O’Gorman errors in the second inning and pushed across three runs to go ahead 4-2.  SF O’Gorman picked up a run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third inning, and Dell Rapids still led 4-3 after three innings.

Both teams were scoreless in the fourth inning, but SF O’Gorman took the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning on back-to-back doubles after a lead-off walk.  O’Gorman would score three more runs on wild pitches.  O’Gorman scored seven times in the fifth inning to take a 10-4 lead.  O’Gorman added two more runs in the sixth inning.

Josh Roemen, Matt Gillogly, and Ellingson all picked up hits in the game.  McKee and Gillogly each had an RBI.  Elijah Story pitched two innings to start the game giving up three runs, all earned, on two hits and six walks.  Carter Gullickson pitched two innings, taking the loss by giving up three runs, all earned, on two hits while striking out two and walking one.  Ellingson gave up four runs, three earned, on five walks.  Gillogly also pitched two innings giving up two runs, none earned, on one hit with five strikeouts and two walks.

Dell Rapids (0-2) will travel to Volga to face Sioux Valley in a double-header on Sunday, April 2nd, at 2:00 and 4:00 p.m.

The Dell Rapids High School baseball team dropped their first game of the year to Sioux Falls Lincoln by a score of 6-5 at Rickeman Field on Tuesday, March 28th.

SF Lincoln scored four times in the top of the first inning on just one hit to start the game.  Dell Rapids pushed across a run in the bottom half of the inning on a SF Lincoln error, and SF Lincoln led 4-1 after the first inning.  Neither team scored in the second inning, and then SF Lincoln pushed across two more runs in the top of third on a single and error to take a 6-1 lead.  Matt Gillogly had an RBI single in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 6-2.  Gillogly again had an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth inning as Dell Rapids cut the lead in half at 6-3.

Dell Rapids put together a rally in the bottom half of the seventh inning.  After a lead off pop-out, Austin Ellingson and Carter Gullickson received back-to-back walks with one out.  Gillogly went down swinging for the second out, but Nate McKee followed with a two-run double over the head of the left fielder to pull Dell Rapids within a run at 6-5.  Elijah Story followed with a walk to put the winning run on first base with two outs.  However, SF Lincoln was able to get a strike out of Keegan Miller to end the game and preserve the win.

Gillogly finished 2-3 for Dell Rapids with two RBIs.  McKee, Gullickson, and Ellingson all had doubles in the game.  Story also had a hit for Dell Rapids.

Ellingson took the loss for Dell Rapids giving up four runs, all earned, while walking four.  Trevor Pulscher pitched four innings giving up two runs, both unearned, on two hits while walking three and striking out two.  Josh Roemen pitched three innings giving up two hits while striking out four and walking two.

Dell Rapids (0-1) will travel to Sioux Falls to play Sioux Falls O’Gorman on Thursday, March 30th.

The Dell Rapids High School and Dell Rapids Legion baseball teams had players recognized with post-season awards.

Josh Roemen, Carter Gullickson, Ryan Geraets, and Brett Mogen were selected to the 2016 Class B All-State Team for Dell Rapids High School Baseball.  These four were also named to the All-Region team.  Eric Klein and Matt Gillogly were also named to the All-Region Team.  Noah Scotting, Mogen, Klein, Casey Hansen, and Geraets were also Academic All-State winners.

Two players from the Dell Rapids Legion team were selected to play in the 2016 American Legion All-Star game.  Trey Randel and Ryan Geraets were selected by the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Coaches Association to play in the games.  There will be two All-Star games played on Monday, August 1st, at Lake Norden starting at 5:30.

The Dell Rapids 13/14 Teeners won the Region 2A Tournament held in Madison Monday, July 11th, through Wednesday, July 13th.

Dell Rapids opened up the tournament against Madison Gold (13s) on Monday with an 8-1 win.  Ty Wood pitched the first four innings striking out seven batters.  Logan Stone pitched the final three innings striking out four.  Brandon Geraets had a triple and a single in the game, and Stone added a double.

Dell Rapids then earned a 13-0 win over Madison White (14s) on Tuesday.  Jake Steineke pitched the first four innings striking out seven batters.  JD Holm pitched an inning striking out two of the three batters.  Logan Ellingson had a triple and single, Karsen Welbig had two singles, and Brandon Kubly added a double.

Madison White (14s) fight their way back into the championship game for a rematch with Dell Rapids.  Dell Rapids won the Region 2A title with a 12-9 on Wednesday night.  Stone pitched the first four innings of the game striking out two battesr.  Wood pitched two innings with three strikeouts.  Steineke closed out the game striking out all three batters in the final inning.  Holm had two singles for Dell Rapids, Geraets also had two singles, Welbig cracked two doubles, and Kubly also had a double.

Dell Rapids will play in the 13/14 State A VFW Teener Tournament on July 22nd-24th held at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.

Front Row: Brandon Kubly, Connor Libis, Tyler Wood, Logan Ellingson, JD Holm, Dayton Anderson.
Middle Row: Riley Peter, Logan Stone, Gage Carr, Thane Hilmoe, Jake Steineke, Zeb Schumaker.
Back Row: Brandon Geraets, Karsen Welbig, Mason Goeken, Drew Van Regenmorter, Carter Nelson, Noah Randall.