The Dell Rapids Quarriers rallied from a 2-0 set deficit to force a fifth set, but the Madison Bulldogs held off the Quarrier rally to advance in the Region 3A tournament.  The #6 seeded Quarriers traveled to Madison to play the #3 seeded Bulldogs on Tuesday, November 2nd in the opening round of the Region 3A Tournament.

Madison took the first two sets of the match.  They won the first one by a score of 25-21 and 25-14.  Dell Rapids rallied in the next two sets earning wins by scores of 25-14 and 25-16.  The Bulldogs, however, found momentum between the fourth and fifth set.  They stormed out to a big lead in the fifth set and eventually won by a score of 15-2 to win the  match.

JoJo Henry finished with 12 kills.  Sophi Randall had 11 kills.   Henry also led the team with 18 digs and three ace serves.  Riley Hill had 24 set assists, 12 digs, and two ace serves.  Randall also had 21 set assists, seven and four blocks.  Kenzie Garry finished with 16 digs, and Emma Molskness had 10 digs.   Kylee Fiddelke had three blocks.

Dell Rapids finishes the 2021 season with a record of 16-14.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team played their final regular season match and recognized their seniors at home on Tuesday, October 26th.  The Quarriers hosted the Beresford Watchdogs and won by set scores of 25-17, 25-17, and 25-21.

Beresford scored the first four points of the first set, but the Quarriers then went on a 14-3 run for a 14-7 lead and never looked back.  Dell Rapids cruised from there to a 25-17 win.  The Watchdogs again scored four in a row early in the second set for a 4-1 lead.  The Quarriers took the lead 8-7 and extended it to 10-7.  Dell Rapids kept a three-point lead until before pulling ahead farther at 22-15.  The Quarriers won the second set 25-17.

The Watchdogs had the lead for most of the third set.  They kept a three-point lead until Dell Rapids was able to tie the score 16-16.  The two teams traded points over the next five points, and the score was tied 21-21.  The Quarriers scored the final four points for the 25-21 set and match win.

JoJo Henry finished with 10 kills.  Kenzie Garry had eight kills, and Sophi Randall had seven.  Lauryn Kloth and Riley Hill both had five kills on the night.  Henry also had a team-high four ace serves.  Randall finished with two.  Lexi Ingalls had Garry finished with 11 digs each.  Emma Molskness and Hill each had seven.  Randall added 19 set assists, and Hill had 17. 

Three seniors were recognized before the match.  Players Kenzie Garry and Riley Hill, along with statistician Makayla Duinkerken.

Dell Rapids finished the regular season with a 16-13 record.  The Quarriers will begin Region 3A tournament play on Tuesday, November 2nd.

The Dell Rapids Quarriers hosted the Madison Bulldogs in volleyball action on Tuesday, October 19th.  Madison won the match in four sets by scores of 26-24, 25-21, 16-25, and 25-21.

The first set was back and forth with three ties early.  Dell Rapids was able to get a 15-11 lead.  The Quarriers kept a four point lead at 19-15.  Madison pulled within a point at 22-21 before Dell Rapids pushed the lead back to 24-21.  The Bulldogs then scored the final five points to steal the first set 26-24.

The Bulldogs carried that momentum into the second set to build an 11-6 lead.  The Quarriers tied the set at 13-13, and the two teams went back-and-forth as the score remained tied at 20-20.   Dell Rapids took the advantage at 21-20, but the Bulldogs again scored five in a row late to take the second set 25-21.

After an early 4-4 tie in the third set, Dell Rapids went on an 11-2 run for a 15-6 lead.  The Quarriers cruised the rest of the set for a 25-16 win to force a fourth set.  Madison gained an early five-point lead to start the fourth set at 7-2.  That early advantage was enough to keep the Bulldogs in front the rest of the set.  Dell Rapids could not get the score tied, getting as close as two points at 20-18, 22-20, and 23-21, before Madison ended the set and match with a 25-21 win.

Sophi Randall had 15 kills.  JoJo Henry had 12 kills, and Kenzie Garry had nine kills.  Lauryn Kloth had two ace serves and two blocks.  Randall finished with three blocks.  Riley Hill had 25 set assists, and Randall had 20 assists.  Five players had double digit digs.  Hill had a team-high 16 digs, Randall and Garry both had 14 digs, and Lexi Ingalls and Henry each had 13 digs.

Dell Rapids will end the regular season at home against Beresford on Tuesday, October 26th.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team placed fifth at the Dak-12 Conference tournament on Saturday, October 15th in Tea.  Dell Rapids finished 3-1 on the day.

In the opening round, the Quarriers defeated the Vermillion Tanagers in three sets.  Vermillion won the opening set 25-22, but the Quarriers won the next two by scores of 26-24 and 25-12.  JoJo Henry had 11 kills to lead the team.  Riley Hill had seven kills, and Kenzie Garry had five kills.  Randall had four ace serves, and Hill had three.  Randall also had a team high three blocks.  Lauryn Kloth had two blocks.  Hill added 12 digs.  Henry had eight, Randall seven, and Garry, Emma Molskness and Lexi Ingalls all had six digs.  Randall had 14 set assists, while Hill had 10.

The Quarriers faced the Dakota Valley Panthers in the second round.  The Panthers got the win in three sets by scores of 25-16, 23-25, and 25-14.  Randall led the team in kills with 15.  Henry finished with six.  Randall also had two ace serves, 10 digs, and 11 set assists.  Kloth finished with four blocks.  Henry and Garry each had two.  Ingalls had a team-high 12 digs.  Henry had 10, and hill finished with eight digs.  Hill had 17 set assists.

Dell Rapids bounced back in the third round with a straight set win over the Canton C-Hawks by set scores of 25-20 and 25-13.  Henry had a team-high eight kills, and Randall finished with seven kills.  Henry also had three ace serves with Ingalls adding two.  Ingalls also finished with seven digs.  Randall and Garry both finished with five digs.  Randall had 13 set assists, and Hill finished with 12 set assists.

The Quarriers finished the day with a three-set win over the Lennox Orioles for fifth place.  They won by set scores of 20-25, 25-13, and 25-20.  Henry had 10 kills.  Kloth and Garry both had nine kills.  Randall finished with five ace serves with Henry finishing with three.  Randall also had three blocks, and Kloth had two.  Garry tallied seven digs.  Ingalls finished with six.  Hill had five digs, and Randall and Molskness both had four digs each.  Hill and Randall both had 13 set assists each.

Dell Rapids (15-12) will host Madison on Tuesday, October 19th.

The Deubrook Dolphins spoiled the homecoming match for the Dell Rapids Quarriers on Tuesday, October 12th in Dell Rapids.  The Dolphins defeated the Quarriers in straight sets by scores of 25-16, 25-23, and 25-23.

Deubrook jumped out to an early 6-1 lead in the opening set.  The lead grew to eight points at 15-7 before the Quarriers got within two points at 16-14.  Deubrook stopped the Dell Rapids rally and finished the set on a 9-2 run for the win.

The second set started back and forth, and the score was tied 8-8.  The Dolphins then went on a 6-0 run for a 14-8 lead.  Dell Rapids battled to get within a point at 23-22, but the Dolphins were able to finish the set with a 25-23 win.

The Dolphins got out to another quick 4-0 lead to start the third set.  Dell Rapids then went on a 5-0 run after trailing 6-3 for an 8-6 lead.  After that point neither team had a lead of more than two points.  The set was tied multiple times late and was tied 23-23.  Deubrook then scored the final two points for the match win.

Sophi Randall had six kills.  Kenzie Garry, JoJo Henry, and Lauryn Kloth all had five kills each.  Riley Hill and Randall both ended with two ace serves.  Randall had a team-high four blocks.  Garry and Kloth both had two blocks.  Three players finished with 10 digs – Hill, Henry, and Randall.  Garry had eight digs, and Lexi Ingalls had six.  Randall finished with 12 set assists, and Hill had 10.

Dell Rapids (12-11) will play in the Dak-12 Conference Tournament in Tea on Saturday, October 16th.

The Dell Rapids Quarriers lost a five-set, Dak-12 Conference match at home to the Vermillion Tanagers on Tuesday, October 5th.

After the opening set was tied 6-6, Vermillion went on a 10-1 run for a 17-6 lead and went on to win the opening set 25-11.  The Tanagers started the second set on a 5-1 run.  They pushed the lead to 18-11 and eventually won the second set 25-12 ending the set on a 7-0 run.

Dell Rapids regrouped during the break and started the third set on a 5-0 run.  The Quarriers never trailed in the third set and led by as many as eight points.  Dell Rapids won the third set 25-16.  The Quarriers carried the momentum into the fourth set and built an early 9-1 advantage.  Dell Rapids cruised through the fourth set winning 25-10 to force the fifth set.

The Quarriers scored the first two points of the fifth set, but Vermillion responded with six straight points for a 6-2 lead.  Dell Rapids cut the lead down to one point two times, including at 11-10.  The Tanagers, however, held off the rally and won the fifth and final set 15-11.

Sophi Randall had a team-high 12 kills on the night.  JoJo Henry and Kenzie Garry both had six kills, while Kylee Fiddelke had five kills.  Henry had four ace serves, and Randall finished with three.  Fiddelke led the team with two blocks.  Riley Hill and Henry both finished with 11 digs.  Emma Molskness and Randall each had eight digs.  Lexi Ingalls finished with six digs.  Hill had a team-high 19 set assists, and Randall had 11.

Dell Rapids (12-10) will host Deubrook Area on Tuesday, October 12th.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team traveled to Dakota Valley to play the #2 Panthers on Monday, October 4th.

The Panthers won the first set 25-13.  Dakota Valley held a 17-9 lead in the second set, but Dell Rapids cut the lead to 22-17.  The Panthers closed out the second set on a 3-1 run for a 25-18 win.  Dell Rapids got out to a 16-8 lead in the third set.  Dakota Valley rallied to tie the set 21-21 and then scored the last four points for a 25-21 set and match win.

Kenzie Garry had seven kills, six digs, and two ace serves.  Sophi Randall finished with six kills, two blocks, 11 digs, and six set assists.  Lauryn Koth added three kills, 11 blocks, and three digs.  Riley Hill had two ace serves, four blocks, 11 digs, and 11 set assists.  JoJo Henry had two kills, two ace serves, and 11 digs.  Kylee Fiddelke had three kills, and Emma Molskness had three digs.

Dell Rapids will host Vermillion on Tuesday, October 5th.

After dropping the first two sets of the match, the Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team rallied for three straight set wins to defeat the Lennox Orioles on Thursday, September 30th.

Four of the five sets could have been won by either team.  The opening set was back-and-forth over the first half.  The two teams were tied multiple times, including at 13-13.  The Quarriers built a three point lead at 16-13, 18-15, and then again 21-18, but Lennox outscored Dell Rapids 7-1 to win the opening set 25-22.

Lennox used that momentum to build a 15-9 lead through the midway point of the second set.   The Quarriers chipped away at the lead and eventually tied the set at 23-23.  Dell Rapids took the lead 24-23, but Lennox tied the score 24-24.  After another one-point lead for Dell Rapids at 25-24, the Orioles scored the final three points for a 27-25 win and a 2-0 match lead.

Momentum then shifted to Dell Rapids in the third set.  The Quarriers jumped out to a 9-1 lead and never looked back.  Dell Rapids kept rolling in the third set and won 25-7.  Dell Rapids kept the run going into the fourth set building an early 8-2 lead.  Lennox was able to cut the Dell Rapids lead to a single point a couple of times in the fourth set, but the Quarriers never lost the lead.  Dell Rapids won the fourth set 25-19 to force a fifth set.

Lennox delivered the first blow in the fifth set getting an early 4-1 lead.  Dell Rapids got within a point at 7-6 and 9-8, but both times the Orioles were able to increase the lead.  It wasn’t until Dell Rapids pulled within a point at 11-10 that momentum shifted back to the Quarriers.  Dell Rapids tied the score at 11-11, and then finished the match on a 4-1 run for the 15-12 win.

Three Quarriers had double digit kills on the night.  JoJo Henry had 16 kills, and Sophi Randall and Kenzie Garry both had 10 kills.  Henry also had a team-high four ace serves.  Garry had three ace serves, and Lauryn Kloth and Riley Hill both had two.  Kloth finished with seven blocks up front with Hill and Randall both finishing with five blocks.  Four players had double digit digs.  Emma Molskness had a team-high 22 digs.  Lexi Ingalls finished with 19, Henry had 17, and Hill added 11 digs.  Hill also led the team with 31 set assists, and Randall had 17.

Dell Rapids (12-8) will travel to Dakota Valley High School on Monday, October 4th, and then host Vermillion on Tuesday, October 5th.

The Dell Rapids Quarriers earned a well-deserved win over the McCook Central/Montrose Cougars on the road Tuesday, September 28th.  The two teams battled back-and-forth all night long before Dell Rapids took the five-set match win.

The Cougars opened the match with a win in the first set at 25-19.  Dell Rapids took the second set by a score of 25-18 to even the match at 1-1.  McCook Central/Montrose regained the advantage after winning the third set 25-19.  The Quarriers again responded taking the fourth set 25-20 to force the fifth set.  In that fifth set, Dell Rapids was able to pull away from the Cougars for a 15-8 win for the match victory.

JoJo Henry led the team with 14 kills.  Lauryn Kloth and Kylee Fiddelke both had nine kills.  Sophi Randall and Kenzie Garry ended with eight kills each.  Kloth had a team-high three ace serves.  Riley Hill had two.  Randall and Kloth were strong up front defensively.  Randall finished with 13 blocks, and Kloth had six.  Five different players had double-digit digs defensively for Dell Rapids.  Henry finished with 15.  Lexi Ingalls, Hill, and Garry all had 14 digs each.  Randall finished with 13 digs, and Kloth and Emma Molskness each had seven digs.  Hill tallied 24 set assists, and Randall finished with 19.

Dell Rapids (11-8) will host Lennox on Thursday, September 30th.