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Changes to 2015-2016 Sports Season

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The 2015-2016 high school sports season has arrived, and this year will bring changes to both Dell Rapids and Dell Rapids St Mary schools for the upcoming seasons.

The biggest change will be for the Quarrier football team.  Class 11A football will be completely different this year.  The first change the Quarriers will face is no “open” date.  Class 11A football will be moving from an eight game schedule to a nine game schedule.  After the Quarriers complete the new nine game schedule, they will see a change in the playoff format.  11A will move to the same format that 11AAA and 11AA use.  Only the top eight teams in powerpoints will advance to the playoffs, thus eliminating one playoff game.  Class 11A will play the quarterfinal game on October 29th, and the semifinal game will be played on November 6th or 7th.

Head coach Steve Hansen said that he was a little hesitant about the change in the playoff system.  “With our schedule, the Dak-12 Conference, we are going to be playing the top teams in 11A week in and week out, and with the west river schedules, they will probably end with better records than some of the schools around here.  With the new power point system, they say that won’t matter, the best teams are going to make the playoffs.  We will have to see how it all shakes out this year.”

Both Dell Rapids and Dell Rapids St Mary will see new teams this year.  Canton and Sioux Falls Christian both make the jump from 11B to 11A this year.  Dell Rapids St Mary will have a couple of new teams on their schedule this year.  Arlington and Lake Preston have entered into a co-op for football this year.  Castlewood and Estelline have also entered into a co-op for football.  The Cardinals will have games against both of those combined teams this year, and have added Canistota and De Smet to fill the two empty spots created by the co-ops.

Both schools will have a change in their respective district and region plan.  Baltic has made the jump to Class A this year, meaning District 7B will now be a five-team district.  Baltic will now join Dell Rapids, Flandreau, Flandreau Indian, Garretson, Madison and Sioux Falls Christian in Region 3A making that a seven-team region.

All-Dells Championship at St Mary Tournament

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The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal 5th-grade boys basketball team hosted a tournament on Saturday, March 15th.  Six teams participated in the tournament including Dell Rapids St Mary, Dell Rapids, Sioux Falls Christian, West Central, Harrisburg and Howard.  The six teams were broken into two pools of three teams each.  After six “pool-play” games, two players from each team participated in a “hot shot” contest, and then the final three games were played to determine placings.  All nine of the games and the “hot-shot” contest were streamed live on Big Sioux Media, and all the games are available to watch as an archived video under the webcasts page.

The championship game  of the tournament was between Dell Rapids St Mary and Dell Rapids, with the St Mary Cardinal team winning 53-27.

Back Row L to R: Noah D, Austin G, Colin W, Sam P, Max H, & Thomas E. Front Row L to R: Connor L, Clay W, Connar K, Nick W, Hunter G, and Jon B.

Back Row L to R: Noah D, Austin G, Colin W, Sam
P, Max H, & Thomas E. Front Row L to R: Connor
L, Clay W, Connar K, Nick W, Hunter G, and Jon
B.

 

Back Row L to R: Asher L, Brady L, Coby M, Jakob L, Carter N. Front Row L to R: Dayton A, Connar R, Colin R, Mitchell G

Back Row L to R: Asher L, Brady L, Coby M, Jakob L, Carter N. Front Row L to R: Dayton A, Connor R, Colin R, Mitchell G

Game Results:

  • Game 1:  DR St Mary 43, SF Christian 16
  • Game 2:  Harrisburg 32, Howard 15
  • Game 3:  West Central 41, SF Christian 16
  • Game 4:  Dell Rapids 39, Howard 24
  • Game 5:  DR St Mary 44, West Central 24
  • Game 6:  Dell Rapids 37, Harrisburg 34
  • 5th/6th Place Game:  Howard 27, SF Christian 18
  • 3rd/4th Place Game:  Harrisburg 31, West Central 20
  • 1st/2nd Place Game:  DR St Mary 53, Dell Rapids 27

Canton Sweeps Dell Rapids

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Quarrier LogoThe Canton C-Hawks swept a girls-boys double-header from the Dell Rapids Quarriers on Tuesday, February 4th.  The C-Hawks girls team picked up a 54-32 win.  Canton led just 7-5 after the first quarter, and the game was tied 21-21 at halftime before Canton out-scored Dell Rapids 33-11 in the second half for the win.

The Canton boys team picked up a five-point win at 57-52 over the Quarriers.  This game was close throughout as Dell Rapids led 12-10 after the first quarter.  The C-Hawks had a slight 28-26 advantage at halftime.  Both teams were tied at 41-41 after the third quarter.  Zane Schumaker led Dell Rapids with 18 points in the game.  Ty Hoglund finished with 15 points.  The team shot 45% from the field, but just 20% (4-20) from three-point area.

The Quarrier girls fall to 4-9 on the year.  The Quarrier boys now fall to 7-6 on the year.  Both teams will host Tri-Valley in a double-header on Friday, February 7th.

Barefoot for Bare Feet

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This year the Dakota XII Conference will be hosting “Barefoot for Bare Feet” during the Conference Classics held on February 1st and February 8th.  The girls classic will be held on Saturday, February 1st in Madison, and the boys classic will be held on Saturday, February 8th in Tea.

The plan to raise funds this year is to have a bucket for each school that fans can simply drop donations into throughout the day and have a friendly competition amongst schools.  The buckets will be labeled with each school’s name on them.  During the games throughout the day, fans will be reminded to support “their barefoot coach”.  The coaches will be coaching their games barefoot.

During the month of February, not only in the Dakota XII Conference, but coaches all around the state of South Dakota will be coaching barefoot to raise awareness for the need of shoes in the United States and around the world.  Funds raised from this effort will go towards Samaritan’s Feet’s goal of providing shoes for 2,014 South Dakota children this summer.

Barefoot for Bare Feet 8 X 10

Fall Sports Athletes Earn Accolades

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Now that the fall sports season has come to an end, many of the athletes have earned post-season accolades for their efforts.

All-Conference Team Mentions:
Junior Ally Mullaney from Dell Rapids St Mary was selected to the Dakota Valley All-Conference team.  Senior Kelly Michel, also from Dell Rapids St Mary, was an honorable mention.  Seniors Maria Nagelhout and Jordan Stone of the Quarriers earned a Dak-12 All-Conference honorable mentions.  Four Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals were selected as Dakota Valley Conference All-Conference players in football.  They are Leon Maxwell, Josh Brown, Christian Schnieders, and Ben Bunkers.  Jonah Longville and Jared Scholten were honorable mention selections.  Head Coach Ross Flemmer was also voted the Dakota Valley Conference Coach of the Year!  Six Dell Rapid Quarrier football players earned Dak-12 Conference All-Conference Team honors.  They are seniors Brett Nichols, Cody Nielsen, Andy Scherff, and Zach White along with juniors Riley Schmidt and Andrew Wiebenga.  Honorable Mention selections from Dell Rapids were senior Matthew DeNoon, and junior Ben Hammer.

All-State Team Mentions:
Seven football players from Dell Rapids were honored with All-State team mentions this year.  Four players from Dell Rapids High School and three players from Dell Rapids St Mary were selected by the coaches from across the state.  Riley Schmidt was selected to the 11A All-State team.  Brett Nichols, Andy Scherff, and Zach White received honorable mentions on the 11A All-State team for the Quarriers.  Leon Maxwell and Ben Bunkers were selected to the 9B All-State team this year by the 9B coaches.  Receiving an honorable mention was Josh Brown.

Academic All-State:
Numerous athletes from Dell Rapids earned Academic All-State honors this year.  To receive the honor, the student-athlete must have a 3.5 cumulative GPA and participate in the sport for at least three years.  The Quarrier football team had nine players receive the honor.  They were Matthew DeNoon, Jonathan DeNoon, Andy Scherff, Cody Nielsen, Kutler Leighton, Jacob Huewe, Zach White, Tanner Solberg, and Zane Schumacher.  For the Cardinals Jonah Longville and Kelly Michel earned the honor.  Three Quarrier volleyball players also earned the honor.  They are Jordan Stone, Courtney Wolles, and Maria Nagelhout.

Elite 45:
Leon Maxwell was selected as an Elite 45 player this year by the Argus Leader.  Josh Brown and Riley Schmidt were honorable mentions.

Jesse James Invite Results

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The Dell Rapids Quarriers and Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal boys and girls cross country teams participated in the Jesse James Invitational meet held in Garretson on Tuesday, September 4th.  The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls team finished the meet 5th with 77 points.  Luverne won the girls event with 25 points, Garretson finished 2nd with 38 points, and Madison finished 3rd with 43 points.  The Dell Rapids Quarrier boys team finished 10th with 166 points.  Lennox won the boys event with 32 points, Madison finished 2nd with 34, and Luverne 3rd with 36 points.

Below are the individual results for both the Dell Rapids Quarrier and Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal runners:

Girls Results

  • Corynn Hoff – Dell Rapids Public – 17:03.87 (14th)
  • Alexandra Snyders – Dell Rapids Public – 17:37.22
  • Anna Wolles – Dell Rapids St Mary – 17:44.90
  • Shaylee Hoff – Dell Rapids Public – 18:11.25
  • Averi Pankonen – Dell Rapids Public – 18:17.03
  • Jessica Tischer – Dell Rapids Public – 19:22.98
  • Rachel Devlin – Dell Rapids Public – 20:07.14
  • Hannah Fiedler – Dell Rapids Public – 20:27.47

Boys Results

  • Mitch Roemen – Dell Rapids St Mary – 19:42.18
  • Micah Roemen – Dell Rapids Public – 20:22.60
  • Ethan Schmidt – Dell Rapids St Mary – 20:47.73
  • Matt Farmer – Dell Rapids St Mary – 21:08.51
  • Tyler Gee – Dell Rapids Public – 21:31.08
  • Zane Schumaker – Dell Rapids Public – 22:03.59
  • Alex Reams – Dell Rapids Public – 23:45.01
  • Alex Riswold – Dell Rapids Public – 24:08.62

Quarrier Golf 3rd at Charger Invite

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The Dell Rapids Quarriers Boys’ Golf team finished 3rd at the Charger Invite on Thursday at Bakker’s Crossing with a team score of 338.  Sioux Falls Christian finished first as a team with a score of 325.  Parkston was second with a 335.  Individually for the Quarriers, Zach Schroeder finished 7th with a round of 81 and Ty Hoglund finished 12th with an 83.  Head coach Mick Hoglund said,  “Everyone battled the wind at Bakker.  I was proud of the way we hung in there and competed.”

Quarriers Finished 2nd at Dakota Valley Golf Invitational

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The Dell Rapids Quarriers boys golf team was at Dakota Valley, Wednesday, August 15, for a 12-team invitational and they knocked off 14 strokes from their first golf invite in Volga this past Monday.  Coach Mick Hoglund told Big Sioux Media the team shot better, finishing in 2nd place behind Harrisburg.  The top three teams were Harrisburg with a 303 (who by the way won Monday’s West Central Invitational), Dell Rapids with a 315, and 3rd place was Sioux Falls Christian with a 324.  The medalist honors went to Harrisburg golfer Brooklyn DeVries with a 69.  For the Quarriers:  Ted LaCoursiere with a 75 (3rd place); Zach Schroeder with a 77 (6th place);  Ty Hoglund with an 80 (12th place);  Devon Weber with an 83;  Adam Karst with an 87.   The Quarriers Junior Varsity team finished 3rd overall.   The next Invitational for Dells will be their own on Monday, August 20th,  at Rocky Run.

Quarriers 4th in First Golf Meet of Year

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The schedule said West Central in Hartford would be the location for the Dell Rapids Quarriers first golf match for the season, but strategy came into play when the chance for the Quarriers to play Meadow Creek Golf in Volga came into the picture.  Meadow Creek Golf will host the regional golf meet later in the year, and this was an opportunity to play the course early and see some of the regional competitors as well.  Big Sioux Media spoke to Coach Mick Hoglund about the play Monday afternoon and he said the team knows the “region is going to be very, very good” and the Quarriers have some work to do.  Team scores had Aberdeen Roncalli finishing 1st with a 310;  Sisseton was 2nd with a 314; Madison 3rd with a 317; and the Quarriers 4th with a 329.  Other teams competing were Milbank and Sioux Valley.

Individually for Dells was Zach Schroeder with a score of 78 (6th place);  Adam Karst with a 79 (9th place);  Ted LaCoursiere an 85; Devon Weber with an 87; and Ty Hoglund with a 90.   The next outing for the Quarriers will be Wednesday at Dakota Valley.

Langer Verbally Commits to SDSU

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Dell Rapids Quarriers running back, Cole Langer, has made a decision prior to the start of his senior year of high school football as to his choice of where he will play college football.   As heard on the radio sports show, Calling All Sports with Mike Henricksen and Mark Ovenden Monday afternoon (August 13th), the outstanding Quarrier athlete has decided to play for the SDSU Jackrabbits.

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