The Dell Rapids Quarriers won their Homecoming game in an offensive battle with the third-ranked Tea Area Titans on Friday, September 28th in Dell Rapids.  The Quarriers defeated the Ttians 49-34.

Tea Area started the game strong forcing Dell Rapids to a punt in their opening possession, and then the Titans scored on their first possession on a 16-yard run by Riley Knutson.  Dell Rapids answered back with a 2-yard touchdown run by Matt Kolbeck.  The Titans would again take the lead at 14-6 after a 1-yard touchdown run by Gunnar Ensz.  The Quarriers would again answer, this time on 6-yard touchdown run by Lane LeBrun.  Dell Rapids would convert the 2-point conversion to tie the game at 14-14.  Dell Rapids would take the lead at 21-14 in the 2nd quarter after a 41-yard touchdown run by Cole Langer.  Tea Area would tie the game at 21-21 before halftime with a 6-yard touchdown run by Taylor Roemen.

The defense of the Quarries would take over early in the third quarter.  Dell Rapids recovered three fumbles by the Titans and turned those recoveries into 14 points on a 21-yard touchdown run by Riley Schmidt, and a 25-yard touchdown run by Langer.  Dell Rapids would add another touchdown in the third quarter on a 43-yard pass from Kolbeck to Bryce Koch to take a 42-21 lead.  Tea Area would score first in the fourth quarter on a 65-yard pass from Roeman to Knutson to cut the lead to 42-27 after a missed extra point.  Dell Rapids would add one last touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard pass from Kolbeck to Koch.  The Titans would score one last time on a 45-yard pass from Chase Deckert to Knutson.  Tea Area would not get any closer as the Quarriers ran out the clock for the 49-34 win.

Dell Rapids finished the game with 25 first downs, 451 yards of total offense, and possessed the ball for 29.01.  Tea Area had 22 first downs, 465 yards of total offense, and possessed the ball for 18:59.  The key stat of the game was the four turnovers by Tea Area.  Dell Rapids did not turn the ball over in the game.  Langer led the Quarriers ground attack with 22 carries for 196 yards and two touchdowns.  LeBrun had 17 carries for 94 yards and a touchdown.  Schmidt carried the ball 12 times for 65 yards and a touchdown.  Kolbeck was 6-8 passing for 96 yards and two touchdowns.  Koch had three catches for 62 yards and two touchdowns.  Defensively for Dell Rapids, Langer finished the game with 9.5 tackles.  Jacob Morris had 6.5 tackles and an interception.  Ryan Nichols and Cody Nielson each had five tackles and each had a tackle for a loss.  R. Nichols, Koch, and Brett Nichols each had a fumble recovery for Dell Rapids.

The Quarriers improve their record to 4-1 on the year.  Dell Rapids will travel to Dakota Valley to take on the Panthers Friday, October 5th.  The game will be webcast starting around 6:45 p.m.

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The Tri-Valley Mustangs defeated the Dell Rapids Quarriers for the second year in a row, this time during the Tri-Valley homecoming, by a score of 28-21.  The Mustangs scored in every quarter and led 14-0 mid way through the second

quarter before Dell Rapids scored a touchdown on a 10-yard TD run by Matt Kolbeck to cut the lead down to 14-7 at halftime.  Dell Rapids took the kickoff to start the second half and scored on a 10-yard TD run by Riley Schmidt after a 5:00 drive to tie the game up.  Tri-Valley then scored on their first possession of the third quarter on a 2-yard TD run on fourth down by Brett Page with 0:41 left in the quarter to take the lead back at 21-14.  Cole Langer would score on a 4-yard run with 7:37 left in the game as the Quarriers tied the game up again, this time at 21-21.  With 3:11 left to play, Tri-Valley scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 4-yard pass play from Brett Page to Logan Otto to take a 28-21 lead.  The Quarriers had the ball in Mustang territory with just over 1:00 to play, but a fourth-down pass fell incomplete, and the Mustangs were able to run the clock out for the win.

Dell Rapids had 169 rushing yards and 64 passing yards for a total of 233 yards of total offense.  Tri-Valley had 170 rushing yards and 73 passing yards for a total of 243 yards of total offense.  Langer had 14 carries for 67 yards and a touchdown, and Kolbeck carried the ball 10 times for 62 yards and a touchdown.  Kolbeck was also 4-7 passing for 64 yards and an interception.  Schmidt had three catches for 46 yards.  Schmidt also had a rushing touchdown on the night.  Bryce Koch had 11.5 tackles in the game to lead the defense.  Jackson Entringer had eight tackles, and Jacob Morris added six.  For Tri-Valley, Otto had 10 carries for 74 yards. Sam Mader had 18 carries for 38 yards and a touchdown.  Page was  6-7 passing for 73 yards and two touchdowns.

The big stat of the night was Tri-Valley converting on 6 of 12 3rd down chances, while the Quarriers were only able to convert 2 of 9 chances.  Both teams converted three 4th down

chances.  The Mustangs also had the ball for 7:30 longer than Dell Rapids in the game.

The loss drops the Quarriers to 3-1 on the season.  Dell Rapids will host the Tea Area Titans for Homecoming on Friday, September 28th, and the game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.

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The Dell Rapids Quarriers led 20-0 at halftime and put up 26 unanswered points on their way to a 33-6 win over the Madison Bulldogs Friday, September 14th.

The Quarriers had 291 yards of rushing and 98 yards of passing for a total of 389 yards of offense.  The Quarrier defense held Madison to just 28 yards of rushing and 134 yards of passing for a total of 162 yards of offense.  Lane LeBrun led Dell Rapids with seven carries for 112 yards rushing and one touchdown.  Cole Langer had 10 carries for 84 yards and three touchdowns.  Matt Kolbeck was 5-10 passing for 98 yards and one touchdown and one interception.  Bryce Koch led the team in catches with three for 59 yards and a touchdown.  Langer had one catch for 29 yards, and Jacob Morris had a catch for 10 yards.  Langer led the defense of the Quarriers with 10 tackles on the night.  Jackson Entringer had three tackles, 2.5 assisted tackles, and 1.5 tackles for loss.  Ryan Nichols had 2.5 tackles and three assisted tackles.

The win moves the Quarrier record to 3-0 on the year.  Dell Rapids will be on the road on Friday, September 21st as they take on the Tri-Valley Mustangs.  The game will be webcasted starting at 7:00 p.m.

The Dell Rapids Quarriers, ranked #1 in the latest 11A football polls, knocked off the West Central Trojans (#2 11A) in Hartford Friday, September 7th.  Each team scored in the first 1:30 of the game.

Dell Rapids took the opening kickoff, and turned the ball over on a fumble on the first offensive play of the game.  Three plays later the Trojans were in the end zone and had a 7-0 lead.  But Riley Schmidt took the following kickoff all the way in for a touchdown, and the Quarriers trailed 7-6 about 1:30 into the game.  Dell Rapids would add two more touchdowns in the first half on runs by Cole Langer to take a 20-7 lead into halftime.

 

West Central scored the first touchdown of the second half on a 1-yard run by Eric Krizan about mid way through the 3rd quarter to close the gap 20-14.  The Quarriers would add a touchdown early in the 4th on a 12-yard pass from Matt Kolbeck to Bryce Koch.  The Quarrier defense would hold the Trojans the rest of the game for a 28-14 road win.

 

 

 

 

Dell Rapids had 328 yards of total offense while holding West Central to 146 yards.  Langer had 23 carries for 161 yards rushing and two touchdowns.  Lane LeBrun had 11 carries for 57 yards.  Kolbeck was 3-10 passing for 71 yards and a touchdown.  Koch had three catches for 71 yards and a touchdown.  Schmidt had a catch for 17 yards as well.  Defensively, the Quarriers were led by Langer who had 8.5 tackles and three assists.  LeBrun had 4.5 tackles and three assists.  Peter Nebben added 4.0 tackles and two assists.  Zach White had an interception.

Dell Rapids moved to 2-0 on the year, and will host Madison on Friday, September 14th.

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The Dell Rapids Quarriers cruised to a 39-7 win over Canton on Friday, August 31st, to open up their 2012 football season.  The number one team in class 11A scored in every quarter and held a 26-0 lead at halftime over Canton, who was ranked in class 11B in the pre-season polls.  Dell Rapids had 375 total yards, 292 of those on the ground, and had 14 first downs.  The most impressive stat for the Quarriers was that they were 10-13 on 3rd down conversions.

Cole Langer had nine carries for 97 yards and two touchdowns for Dell Rapids.  Lane LeBrun had 12 carries for 51 yards and a touchdown, Brett Nichols had nine carries for 39 yards and a touchdown, and Michael McGee had three carries for 34 yards and a touchdown.  Matt Kolbeck was 3-7 passing for 83 yards and a touchdown.  Bryce Koch had a touchdown catch of 49 yards in the game.

Langer led the team defensively with 13 total tackles.  LeBrun had a sack in the game, and Jacob Morris and an interception for the Quarriers.

Up next for Dell Rapids will be 2nd ranked West Central (2-0) as the Quarriers will travel to Hartford on Friday, September 7th.

The Dell Rapids Quarriers kick off their season on Friday, August 31st, as they host Canton on their journey for a 3rd straight 11A football championship.  This year will be a tough road to the dome as seven of the eight teams on their schedule were either ranked or had votes to be ranked in the preseason polls.  Head coach Steve Hansen said, “It is a very demanding schedule and there is no room for a learning curve for our team that does not have a lot of varsity experience.  We have to stay away from injuries and develop the depth for any unexpected circumstances that may pop up.  I feel like our kids have worked hard in the off season and are focused in the preseason so hopefully that is going to happen.  Our goals are high but realistic, we expect to give it our all every game and to improve every week.  If that happens we feel we will be competitive when playoffs come around.”

2012 Schedule:

• 8/31 – Canton
• 9/7 – @ West Central
• 9/14 – Madison
• 9/21 – @ Tri-Valley
• 9/28 – Tea (Homecoming)
• 10/5 – @ Dakota Valley
• 10/12 – Sisseton
• 10/18 – @ Milbank