The second ranked Dell Rapids Quarriers had no trouble in their first road game of the season.  Dell Rapids were impressive on both sides of the ball in a 41-16 win over the Flandreau Fliers on Friday, September 4th in Flandreau.

The Quarriers scored on every offensive possession in the first half, which began with a 15-yard touchdown run by Landon Ruesink with 7:56 to go in the first quarter.  Ruesink scored again on a 23-yard run with 3:20 to play in the quarter for a 14-0 lead after the first.

Brayden Gee got a five-yard touchdown run with 10:13 remaining in the second quarter.  Colin Rentz followed that with an interception returned for a touchdown with 8:53 to play in the half.  Landon VonHoltum had a one-yard touchdown run with 4:24 to go in the second quarter.  Dell Rapids scored their final touchdown of the half in about thirty seconds.  Austin Henry threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Coby Maeschen with :26 to go for a 41-0 halftime lead.

Flandreau scored a touchdown in each of the final two quarters.  Tash Lunday had a 15-yard touchdown with 4:46 to play in the third quarter.  Lane Johanson had a one-yard touchdown run with 9:18 left in the game.

Dell Rapids finished with 261 yards of total offense, 74 passing yards and 187 passing yards.  The defense allowed 161 yards of total offense to Flandreau.  Dell Rapids also had four takeaways, three fumble recoveries and an interception.

Henry finished 4-7 passing for 74 yards and a touchdown.  Maeschen had one catch for 40 yards and a touchdown.  Ruesink had two catches for 26 yards.  Ruesink also finished with six carries for 90 yards and two touchdowns.  Gee had six carries for 42 yards and a touchdown.  Maeschen had four carries for 33 yards.

Maeschen led the team with eight tackles.  VonHoltum and Will Jaton both had five tackles.  Ian Mason and Cody Schultz both had four tackles.  Jaton, Chase Jones, and Henry all had fumble recoveries.

Dell Rapids (2-0) will travel to Madison to play the Bulldogs on Friday, September 11th.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

	1	2	3	4		Final
Dell Rapids	14	27	0	0		41
Flandreau	0	0	8	8		16

The 2020 football season started with a win for the Dell Rapids Quarriers.  Following an undefeated 2019 regular season, Dell Rapids opened this year with a 27-18 win over the Lennox Orioles at home on Friday, August 28th.

Austin Henry got the Quarriers on the board with a 22-yard touchdown run as the clock hit zero on the first quarter.  Aiden Boechler made the extra point.  Colin Rentz connected with Landon Ruesink on a 24-yard touchdown pass with 8:27 to play in the second quarter for a 13-0 lead.  Coby Maeschen added another touchdown for the Quarriers on a one-yard run with 3:22 to play in the half.  Ruesink added the two-point conversion to push the lead to 21-0.  Lennox got their first score with 2:16 to play in the half to cut the lead to 21-6 by halftime.

The next score came with 7:11 to play in the game.  Lennox scored on a three-yard run.  Dell Rapids stopped a two-point conversion to keep a two score lead at 21-12.  Maeschen scored his second touchdown of the game with :53 to go securing the win for Dell Rapids.  Lennox did get a score as time expired.

Rentz finished the game 1-2 passing for 24 yards and a touchdown.  Henry was 2-9 passing for 14 yards.  Ruesink had two catches for 29 yards and a touchdown.  Ruesink also led the team in rushing with 15 carries for 82 yards.  Brayden Gee had 13 carries for 28 yards.  Maeschen had 14 carries for 45 yards and two touchdowns.

Maeschen and Landon VonHoltum both had eight tackles.  Cody Schultz and Brayden Pankonen had seven tackles each.  Gee finished the night with five tackles.  Henry had two interceptions, and Maeschen also had an interception.

Dell Rapids (1-0) will travel to Flandreau on Friday, September 4th.

	1	2	3	4		Final
Lennox	0	6	0	12		18
Dell Rapids	7	14	0	6		27

A West Central field goal in the final seconds gave the Trojans a 16-13 win over the Dell Rapids Quarriers in the quarterfinal round of the 11A playoffs on Thursday, October 31st at Dell Rapids High School.

The Quarriers scored first with 7:57 to go in the first quarter.  Austin Henry connected with Logan Ellingson on a 57-yard touchdown pass.  The extra point was blocked, and Dell Rapids led 6-0.  West Central tied the game with :59 to go in the quarter on a seven yard run by Justin Zirpel.  Braden Dierickx kicked the extra point to give the Trojans a 7-6 lead.

West Central extended their lead after a two-yard touchdown run by Zirpel with 2:23 to play in the second quarter.  The extra point was no good, and the Trojans lead 13-6.  Dell Rapids marched down the field in the final minutes of the half, and Logan Stone scored on a six-yard run with 1:02 to play in the half.  Victor Knuppe mad the extra point to tie the game 13-13 heading into halftime.

The second half was a defensive battle.  Neither team really threatened to score in the third quarter.  The Quarrier offense got deep into West Central territory, but was held on fourth down for a turnover on downs with 7:01 to play in the game.  The Trojan offense could not take advantage, and they had to punt the ball back to Dell Rapids.  Again, the Quarriers drove the ball to the Trojan 25-yard line only to be stopped on fourth down, this time with 2:05 to play in the game.  West Central was able to drive the ball down to the Dell Rapids 14-yard line with :05.5 seconds to play.  Derek Eidsness lined up for a 30-yard field goal attempt and put the ball through the uprights with :01.7 to go in the game.  Dell Rapids had one last play after the kickoff to try to put a score on the board, but the pass attempt fell incomplete for the Trojan win.

Dell Rapids finished with 260 yards of total offense, 179 passing yards and 81 rushing yards.  West Central had 288 yards of total offense, 26 passing yards and 262 rushing yards.  Dell Rapids was 4-12 on third down and 0-2 on fourth down and also had two turnovers.

Henry finished the game 11-23 passing for 179 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions.  Avery Boechler had four catches for 70 yards.  Ellingson had two catches for 64 yards and a touchdown.  Tyler Wood had two catches for 17 yards.  Coby Maeschen had one catch for 12 yards.  Stone had 13 carries for 51 yards and a touchdown.  Maeschen had four carries for 10 yards, and Carter Rentz had three carries for 10 yards.

Maeschen finished with 13 tackles in the game.  Brayden Gee had 11 tackles.  Cody Schutlz tallied 10 tackles, and Logan Ruesink and Connor Rentz had nine tackles each.

Dell Rapids has their season come to an end with an overall record of 9-1.

The match-up between the top two teams in 11A football was just as expected, maybe even more.  The #1 ranked Dell Rapids Quarriers hosted the #2 ranked Tea Area Titans to close out the regular season for both teams.  The hype around this game was built for a week, and the two teams did not disappoint.

The first half was a defensive battle between the two squads.  Dell Rapids broke through first late in the opening quarter.  Colin Rentz found Logan Stone with a cross-body pass after a rollout.  Stone then took off down the sideline with nothing but open field in front of him for an 80-yard score.  The extra point was blocked, but the Quarriers led 6-0 with 1:25 to play in the first quarter.  Both defenses continued to make big plays and get big stops in the second quarter.  The Titans were able to force and recover a fumble with 2:46 to play in the second quarter.  Tea Area turned the fumble recovery into points.   Joey Headrick on a 10-yard run with :06 to play in the half.  The extra point was good to give Tea Area a 7-6 lead heading into halftime.

The Titans received the ball to begin the second half and ran nearly six minutes off the clock on their opening drive.  Headrick scored on an eight-yard run with 6:32 to play in the third quarter.  The extra point was good to push the Titan lead to 14-6.  The Tea Area defense held Dell Rapids to a three-and-out on the Quarriers first drive of the half.  Two and a half minutes later, they were in the end zone again.  Headrick scored his third touchdown of the game on a 22-yard run with 3:04 to go in the quarter.  The extra point gave the Titans a 22-6 lead late in the third quarter.

With momentum heavily favoring the Titans, the Quarrier offense came up with a big play to get themselves back into the game.  Austin Henry hit Logan Ellingson in stride down the sideline for a 76-yard touchdown with 2:06 to go in the quarter.  Dell Rapids was given two opportunities to score the two-point conversion due to a Tea Area penalty, and Landon Ruesink found the end zone on the second try to cut the Titan lead to 21-14.

Dell Rapids looked to tie the game midway through the fourth quarter.  With 7:53 to play, the Quarrier defense forced and recovered a fumble on the Titan 34-yard line.  Dell Rapids drove the ball to the 11-yard line and was stopped on fourth down with 5:33 to play.  The Titans took over, but the Quarrier defense held strong to force a Tea Area punt.  Dell Rapids got the ball back with 3:40 to play in the game around midfield.  On fourth and 10 from the Titan 37 yard line, the Quarriers were again stopped with 3:18 to play.  Tea Area once again had the ball, but two plays later, the Dell Rapids defense made a game-saving stop.  Tyler Wood and Henry stripped the ball from Austin Lake, and the Quarrier defense pounced on the ball. 

With 2:22 to go in the game, the Quarrier offense went to work starting on the Tea Area 47-yard line.  Henry connected with Ellingson on a 31-yard pass to the Titan 16-yard line.  Henry then found Ellingson again at the Titan six-yard line.  On the very next play, Stone pushed his way into the end zone with 1:30 left in the game to pull the Quarriers within a point.  There was no hesitation from the sideline…Dell Rapids was going for the two points and the win.  Henry launched a fade pass to the corner of the endzone to Ellingson.  Ellingson made a great catch reaching around the defender and keeping himself inbounds to score the two points giving Dell Rapids a 22-21 lead.  The Quarrier defense forced a turnover on downs with 1:10 to play.  Dell Rapids tried to run out the clock, but Tea Area had enough timeouts left to force the Quarriers to punt.  The Titans got the ball back with :10 to go, but the Quarrier defense held strong for the win.

Dell Rapids finished with 301 yards of total offense, 292 passing yards and just nine rushing yards.  Tea Area had 274 yards of total offense, 104 passing yards and 170 rushing yards.  Dell Rapids was 2-9 on third down and 0-2 on fourth down, while the Titans were 5-13 on third down and 1-2 on fourth down.  The Quarriers committed four turnovers, and Tea Area had five turnovers in the game.

Henry finished the game 5-12 passing for 151 yards with a touchdown and interception.  Colin Rentz was 5-8 passing for 141 yards also with a touchdown and interception.  Ellingson had four catches for 155 yards and a touchdown.  Stone had two catches for 80 yards and a touchdown.  Wood finished with two catches for 31 yards, and Ruesink had two catches for 26 yards.  Stone led the rushing attack with 11 carries for 14 yards and a touchdown.  Coby Maeschen had nine carries for 13 yards.

Maeschen finished the game with 13 tackles on defense.  Ruesink had nine tackles.  Henry finished with eight tackles.  Drew VanRegenmorter had seven tackles, Brayden Gee had six tackles, and Ian Hackett had five tackles.  Henry, VanRegenmorter, and Thane Hilmoe all had fumble recoveries.  Maeschen and Ellingson each had an interception.

The Quarriers finished the regular season with a perfect 9-0 record for the first time in program history.  Dell Rapids will host the #8 seeded West Central Trojans in the quarterfinals of the 11A playoffs on Thursday, October 31st.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier football team kept their undefeated season going with a 14-0 win over the West Central Trojans on Friday, October 18th.  The shutout was the second straight shutout for the Quarrier defense and third overall this season.

Both defenses came to play in this game.  It was a hard-fought, old-fashioned smash-mouth football game.  Neither offense could really get into any sort of rhythm all night long.

The Quarriers finally broke through late in the second quarter.  Logan Ellingson scored on a five-yard run on fourth down with 1:04 to go in the half.  The extra point was made by Victory Knuppe to give Dell Rapids a 7-0 lead heading into halftime.

The third quarter and most of the fourth quarter was scoreless as well.  The Quarriers got the game-sealing touchdown with 2:59 to play on a 23-yard pass from Colin Rentz to Tyler Wood.  Knuppe again made the extra point for the 14-0 win.

Dell Rapids finished with only 218 yards of total offense, 149 passing yards and 69 rushing yard.  West Central, though, was held to just 111 total yards, 83 rushing yards and 28 passing yards.  Dell Rapids was 2-9 on third down and 2-5 on fourth down, while the Trojans were 0-6 on third down and 1-1 on fourth down.

Colin Rentz finished 10-14 passing for 143 yards with a touchdown and interception.  Austin Henry was 1-4 passing for six yards.  Ellingson had six catches for 80 yards.  Wood had four catches for 63 yards and a touchdown, and Carter Nelson had a catch for six yards.  Wood also finished with three carries for 36 yards.  Logan Stone had six carries for 24 yards.  Coby Maeschen had nine carries for 15 yards, and Carter Rentz had five carries for 12 yards.

Drew VanRegenmorter led the team with six tackles.  Maeschen and Brayden Gee had four tackles each.  Wood and Ian Hackett both had three tackles.  Carter Rentz had an interception.

Dell Rapids (8-0) will host the Tea Area Titans on Thursday, October 24th.  The game will be the final regular season game for the Quarriers, and will also be Senior Night.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier defense has been one of the biggest reasons for the success of the 2019 Quarrier football team.  The defense is allowing just 5.4 points and just under 200 yards of offense per game.

The defensive dominance continued on Friday, October 11th.  The #1 Quarriers shut out the Milbank Area Bulldogs 30-0 to remain undefeated on the season.  Dell Rapids allowed just 166 yards of total offense in the game, and almost half of those yards came in the final minute before halftime and in the final minute of the game.  The Quarriers held the Bulldogs to just 2-10 on third down conversions and wouldn’t let Milbank get into any offensive rhythm all night long.

With the weather being cold and windy, Dell Rapids was content to keep the ball on the ground offensively and chew up the clock.  The Quarriers gained 216 of their 257 yards of offense running the football.  Four players had 30 rushing yards or more in the game.

Coby Maeschen put Dell Rapids on the board first with 7:04 to go in the opening quarter with a six-yard run.  The two-point conversion was no good, and Dell Rapids led 6-0.  About a minute and a half later, the defense got a score.  Logan Ellingson intercepted a pass and returned it 36 yards for a touchdown.  Maeschen scored the two-point conversion to give Dell Rapids a 14-0 lead after the first quarter.

Maeschen scored two more times for Dell Rapids.  His second rushing touchdown came on a fourth and goal with just over 5:00 to play in the second quarter from a yard away.  Mason Goeken made a great stretched-out grab of a Colin Rentz pass for the two-point conversion to give the Quarriers a 22-0 halftime lead.  The final touchdown came with 7:34 to play in the third quarter.  Maeschen scored on a 14-yard run, and Tyler Wood dove into the end zone for the two-point conversion for the 30-0 lead.

Colin Rentz finished the game 2-5 passing for 41 yards.  Ellingson had both catches.  Ellingson also had three carries for 69 yards.  Maeschen finished with 10 carries for 57 yards and three touchdowns.  Logan Stone had 13 carries for 40 yards, and Wood finished with seven carries for 35 yards.

Four players, Thane Hilmoe, Maeschen, Trevon Cross, and Drew VanRegenmorter, finished with six tackles for the Quarrier defense.  Cody Schultz had five tackles.  Connor Rentz and Brayden Gee both had four tackles each.  Ellingson and Maeschen each had an interception as well.

Dell Rapids (7-0) will travel to Hartford to play the West Central Trojans on Friday, October 18th.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

Wind, rain, and sloppy field conditions were not going to stand in the way of the Dell Rapids Quarriers…not on homecoming night.  Dell Rapids put together a dominating performance in a 28-7 win over the Dakota Valley Panthers on Friday, October 4th.

The Panthers scored first late in the opening quarter on a two-yard touchdown run by Zion Robinson.  The extra point was good by Treygun Bowen, and Dakota Valley led 7-0 with 3:01 to play in the first quarter.  That was all the Quarriers would allow the rest of the game.

Dell Rapids scored the next four touchdowns on their way to victory.  The Quarriers took the lead late in the second quarter.  Colin Rentz threw a ball to Logan Ellingson, who was covered by two Panther defenders, and Ellingson made the leaping grab and walked into the endzone to put the Quarriers on the board.  Colin Rentz scored the two-point conversion, and Dell Rapids led 8-7 with 3:29 to play in the half.  The score remained 8-7 heading into halftime.

The Quarriers received the ball to begin the third quarter and took nearly five minutes off the clock in their opening drive of the second half.  With 7:06 to play in the third quarter on a third and goal play from the one yard line, the snap to Colin Rentz was fumbled, but the Quarriers fell on the ball in the endzone for the touchdown.  Logan Stone scored the two point conversion to give Dell Rapids a 16-7 lead.   Less then five minutes later, Dell Rapids would score again.  With 2:40 to play in the quarter, Mason Goeken blocked a Dakota Valley punt and recovered the ball in the endzone for another Dell Rapids touchdown.  Dell Rapids put the exclamation point on homecoming with 8:06 to play in the game.  Carter Rentz scored on a four-yard run to put the Quarriers comfortably out front at 28-7.

Dell Rapids made a big halftime adjustment to the defense.  Dakota Valley had 169 yards of total offense in the first two quarters of play, but Dell Rapids held them to just 65 yards in the second half.  The Quarriers finished with 210 yards of total offense, 168 rushing yards and 42 passing yards.  Dell Rapids was also 4-7 on third down attempts.

Colin Rentz finished the game 2-3 passing for 42 yards and a touchdown.  Ellingson had the touchdown catch for 34 yards, and Coby Maeschen had a catch for eight yards.  Stone finished the game with nine carries for 65 yards.  Maeschen had 11 carries for 43 yards, and Carter Rentz added 43 yards and a touchdown on eight carries.  Maeschen led the team in tackles with 11 in the game.  Landon Ruesink and Drew VanRegenmorter both had eight tackles.  Ellingson and Tyler Wood had six tackles each.

Dell Rapids (6-0) will host the Milbank Bulldogs on Friday, October 11th.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

The 2019 season is proving to be wide open in class 11A, and the Dell Rapids Quarriers are showing everyone they are one of the top teams in the class.  With wins over Lennox, Mitchell, and Madison this season, the Quarriers picked up another road win on Friday, September 27th.  Dell Rapids defeated Tri-Valley 35-6 for their fifth win of the season.

The Quarriers took the lead late in the first quarter and never looked back.  Logan Stone put Dell Rapids on the board with an eight-yard touchdown run with 3:41 to play in the quarter.  Aiden Boechler made the extra point for a 7-0 lead.  Coby Maeschen scored again for Dell Rapids with 8:40 to go in the second quarter on a five-yard run, and Boechler made the extra point for a 14-0 Quarrier lead.  Tri-Valley took advantage of a couple of penalties in their only drive that resulted in a touchdown.  Mason Mathieau scored with 4:59 to play in the half, but the two-point conversion was no good.  Dell Rapids led 14-6.  After a fourth down stop late in the quarter, the Quarrier offense drove down the field in about a minute’s time to score right before halftime.  Collin Rentz connected with Logan Ellingson on a 10-yard touchdown pass with :33 to go, and Boechler again made the extra point for a 21-6 halftime lead.

The Dell Rapids defense continued to keep the Mustang offense out of the endzone in the second half, while the offense scored two more times in the third quarter.  Maeschen scored both of the touchdowns in the third quarter on one-yard carries.  The first touchdown came with 4:08 to play in the third quarter.  The second touchdown came after Maeschen intercepted a Mustang pass and returned it to the one-yard line.  Boechler made both extra points.

Dell Rapids held Tri-Valley to just 119 yards of total offense.  The Quarriers had 314 yards of offense, 172 passing yards and 142 rushing yards.  Collin Rentz was 7-10 passing for 136 yards and a touchdown.  Austin Henry finished 3-9 passing for 36 yards.  Maeschen had three catches for 86 yards.  Ellingson had five catches for 66 yards and a touchdown, and Tyler Wood had two catches for 20 yards.  Stone tallied 42 yards and a touchdown on seven carries.  Maeschen had five carries for 15 yards and three touchdowns.  Wood also had 12 rushing yards.  Trevon Cross had a 32 yards run, and Landon Ruesink had a 19-yard run.

Brayden Gee led the defense with nine tackles and a sack.  Thane Hilmoe, Carter Rentz, and Maeschen (also had an interception) all had eight tackles in the game.  Cross finished with seven tackles, and Ian Hackett finished with six tackles.  Drew VanRegenmorter finished with four tackles and a sack.

Dell Rapids (5-0) will host Dakota Valley for homecoming on Friday, October 4th.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

Leading by just a point after a Mitchell touchdown, the Dell Rapids Quarrier defense kept the Kernals out of the endzone on a two-point conversion attempt to keep the Quarriers undefeated in the 2019 season.  Dell Rapids went to Mitchell on Friday, September 20th, and came home with a 7-6 road victory.

The defenses of both teams were the stars of this game.  Mitchell finished with just 230 total yards, while the Quarriers were held to just 173 total yards.  The teams were a combined 7-20 on third down attempts and 3-8 on fourth down attempts.

Mitchell had the ball to start the game and drove deep into Quarrier territory.  On a third down play near the Quarrier ten yard line, Coby Maeschen intercepted a pass for the first turnover of the game.  Mitchell returned the favor about a minute and a half later with an interception of their own.  Neither team was able to get on the scoreboard in the first quarter.

Dell Rapids broke through with a touchdown with 5:42 to play in the second quarter.  Maeschen scored on a one-yard touchdown run after a drive that lasted over seven minutes.  Aiden Boechler made the extra point, and Dell Rapids held a 7-0 lead.  The lead would stand through the remainder of the second quarter into halftime.

Neither offense could get into a groove in the third quarter as the score remained 7-0 heading into the fourth quarter.  Mitchell moved the ball deep into the Quarrier territory, but the Quarrier defense shut down the Kernals on fourth down to get the ball back with 5:42 to play.  However, on the very first play, Dell Rapids fumbled the snap and the Kernals recovered the ball.  Mitchell then took the ball inside the Quarrier five yard line.  The Dell Rapids defense kept Mitchell out of the endzone on three plays and forced a fourth and goal.  The Quarriers hit Parker Phillips in the backfield, but he spun out of the tackle and scored to pull the Kernals within a point at 7-6 with 3:03 to play.

Mitchell called one of their timeouts and decided to go for the two-point conversion instead of the game-tying extra point.  Mitchell quarterback Austin Kerr lobbed a pass to the corner of the end zone that fell incomplete, but a pass interference call was made against the Quarriers.  That gave Mitchell another chance at the conversion from the 1.5 yard line.  The hand off was given to Phillips, but he was tackled short of the goal line by Brayden Gee to keep the score at 7-6.  Dell Rapids caught the onside kick attempt and ran out the clock for the win.

Colin Rentz finished the game 6-9 passing for 62 yards and an interception.  Tyler Wood had three catches for 36 yards, and Logan Ellingson had three catches for 26 yards.  Logan Stone had 10 carries for 38 yards on the ground.  Maeschen had nine carries for 36 yards and a touchdown.  Wood also had five carries for 11 yards.

Maeschen led the defense with 17 tackles and an interception.  Trevon Cross had 11 tackles.  Wood and Carter Rentz both had nine tackles and a tackle for loss.  Drew VanRegenmorter had eight tackles, and Gee finished with seven tackles.

Dell Rapids (4-0) will travel to Tri-Valley to play the Mustangs on Friday, September 27th.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.