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Dell Rapids Baseball 10U traveling team had another great showing this past weekend in the final tournament of the year. Dell Rapids ended 1 and 1 in pool play on Friday and Saturday giving them a 3 seed for the semi finals on Sunday. The team won their semi final game 23 to 5. In the championship game Dell Rapids came up a little short losing to the Sioux Falls Express 3 to 1. It was a hard fought game, and the boys ended up with a runner Up finish to end the year.
The Dell Rapids All-Star team finished second in the 12U VFW State Baseball Tournament held July 20 – 22 at Pasley Baseball Complex in Sioux Falls. Dell Rapids lost it’s opening round game in a close game to Milbank 5-4. Dell Rapids came back to win their next two games, defeating Harrisburg 11-0 and then Elk Point 13-0 to qualify as the third seed in the championship round.
In the first game of the championship round, Dell Rapids beat Bon Homme, the second seed, 8-5. Madison, the fourth seed, defeated Vermillion, the one seed, 12-1 to set the championship game as Dell Rapids versus Madison. Madison took the championship game 6-0.
The Dell Rapids Little League All-Stars played in their final game of the 2012 SD/ND Little League All-Star Tournament Pool Play yesterday. Brookings handed Dell Rapids a tough loss as Brookings came back to beat Dell Rapids 5-4 in the final inning after Dell Rapids lead the entire game. Logan R. was 3-4 in the game with a double and two singles.
The Dell Rapids Little League All-Stars played in their second game of the 2012 SD/ND Little League All-Star Tournament Pool Play yesterday, June 14th against Fargo. Fargo handed Dell Rapids their second loss in pool play by a score of 7-2. Austin E. pitched six strong innings for Dell Rapids and Carter G. had two singles in the loss. Dell Rapids will play their final pool play game this afternoon, July 15th, at 1:00 p.m. against Brookings in Valley Springs.
In the first game of the 2012 ND/SD Little League All-Star Tournament of Pool C, Brandon Valley defeated the Dell Rapids All-Stars 13-4 in Valley Springs. Adam N. lead the Dell Rapids team offensively with two singles on the night. Dell Rapids will play Fargo this evening in their second game of pool play at 5:00 p.m.
Three Dell Rapids Little League teams were in the championship games of their respective MinnDak Tournament brackets on Sunday afternoon. Dell Rapids Severtson Spinal Care was in the championship game of the Pee Wee Silver Bracket against Garretson Orange. Dell Rapids fell behind early, but came back with a couple of big innings late in the game to take first place in their bracket with a 14-8 win.
Dell Rapids Dairy Queen fought their way back into the championship game of the Midget Silver Bracket after losing their first game Friday night and took on Dell Rapids Jody’s Collision and Auto, who made it to the championship game through the winner’s side of the bracket. Dell Rapids Jody’s defeated Dell Rapids Dairy Queen in the Sunday afternoon championship game.
All seven of the Dell Rapids Little League teams played very well in this year’s MinnDak League end of the season tournaments.
Dell Rapids Severtson Spinal Care
Dell Rapids Jody’s Collision and Dell Rapids Dairy Queeen
Dell Rapids Jody’s Collision and Auto
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.
The 2012 Dell Rapids All-Star Little League team was selected a little more than a week ago, and the team won it’s first warm-up tournament over the weekend. The team was selected by their peers in closed ballot voting among the three midget teams. In their first games playing together as a team, they won all three games.
In the first game, Dell Rapids beat Garretson 5-3. Austin E. pitched 3 shutout innings, and Blake R. was the winning pitcher in relief. Jeffrey S. had a triple, and scored two runs.
Dell Rapids beat Flandreau 8-0 (run rule in 4 innings) in the second game. Matt G. and Eddie P. combined to pitch a shutout. Matt G. also added a double and 2 RBI. He was the winning pitcher.
In the championship against Madison, Dell Rapids won 8-5. Keegan M. had a triple and 2 RBI. Austin E. added 2 singles and 2 RBI, and Carter G. had a double with 2 RBI. Blake R. picked up the win in relief.
The All-Star team is preparing for the 2012 ND/SD All-Star Tournament Pool Play on July 13-15 in Valley Springs. They will play Brandon Valley on the 13th, Fargo on the 14th and Brookings on the 15th. The winner of the Pool Play will travel to Harney, SD to take on the winner of two other pool plays in the 2012 ND/SD All-Star Tournament Championship. The winner of the 3-team double-elimination tournament will move on to the Central Regional Little League Tournament in Indianapolis, IN.
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.
Dell Rapids will play host to a Little League baseball tournament today (June 1), tomorrow (June 2), and Sunday (June 3). Fifteen teams will participate in this year’s tournament from Dell Rapids, Humboldt, Garretson, Brookings and Fargo. Games will be played on fields A, B, E and F throughout the weekend beginning tonight at 6:00 p.m. One member from each team will also get to participate in a home run derby with prizes awarded by Scheel’s and Augustana College. The tournament championship game will be played at 4:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Big Sioux Media will have the scores of each game.
Schedule of games and results can be found by clicking here
Pictures of the tournament can be found by clicking here
Friday Games:
Dells DQ defeated Bravos
Dells Jody’s Collision defeated Superior Homes
Saturday Games:
Garretson defeated Brookings Pizza Ranch
Cal Oien defeated Dells Minnehaha County Funeral Home
Jim Lund defeated CF Promo
Dash Sports defeated Century 21
Gjesdal Law defeated Humboldt US Bank
Garretson defeated First National Bank
Dash Sports defeated Dells DQ
Jim Lund defeated Cal Oien
CF Promo defeated Dells Minnehaha County Funeral Home
Bravos defeated Century 21
Gjesdal Law defeated Dells Jody’s Collision
Humboldt US Bank defeated Superior Homes
Sunday Games:
First National Bank defeated Dells DQ
Cal Oien defeated Dells Jody’s Collision
Dells Minnehaha County Funeral Home defeated Superior Homes
Bravos defeated Brookings Pizza Ranch
CF Promo defeated Humboldt US Bank
Dells Minnehaha County Funeral Home defeated Century 21
Cal Oien defeated First National Bank
Garretson defeated Dash Sports
Jim Lund defeated Gjesdal Law
Humboldt US Bank defeated Brookings Pizza Ranch
CF Promo defeated Bravos
Dash Sports defeated Gjesdal Law
Championship: Jim Lund defeated Garretson