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Dell Rapids and St Mary Compete in One-Act Play Regions, Dell Rapids Qualifies for State

January 28, 2022 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Both Dell Rapids and Dell Rapids St Mary performed at One-Act play regions recently.

Dell Rapids St Mary performed at the Region 3B competition on Tuesday, January 25th at the Dakota Prairie Playhouse in Madison. Danika Deuter, Rebecca Heinemann, Rachel Heinemann, Addison Van’t Hof, Sophie Schwebach, and Kade Lutt received Outstanding Acting Awards.

Dell Rapids performed at the Region 3A competition on Wednesday, January 26th also at the Dakota Prairie Playhouse in Madison. Dell Rapids earned a trip to the state competition for the first time in four years. Cariss Montgomery, Josie Geraets, Noah Larson, Kate Golden, Rylee Rinehart, and Charlie Prasek all earned Outstanding Acting Awards.

In order to win an Outstanding Acting Award, at least two of the three judges must vote on an actor giving an outstanding performance.

Dell Rapids will perform at Rapid City Central High School at 3:45 p.m. ct / 2:45 p.m. mt on Friday, February 4th for the 2022 South Dakota State One-Act Competition.

Two Local Performers Receive Superior Ratings from State Oral Interp

December 6, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Two local students, one from St Mary and one from Dell Rapids, received superior ratings for their pieces at the 2021 South Dakota State Oral Interpretation Festival in Huron on Friday, December 3rd and Saturday, December 4th.

Kade Lutt of Dell Rapids St Mary received a superior rating for his humorous piece “Any Junior’s Nightmare”. Madisyn Kistler of Dell Rapids High School also received a superior rating for her serious reading piece “Through a Window”.

Two other Dell Rapids High School students took part in the state festival. Cariss Montgomery performed “To This Day” in the non-original oratory category, and Rylee Rinehart performed “Lessons We Learn as Women” in the poetry category.

Cardinal and Quarrier Bands March in Parker

September 20, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Both the Dell Rapids St Mary and Dell Rapids High School marching bands participated in the Parker Marching Band Festival on Friday, September 17th. The Cardinals were entered in Class B, and Dell Rapids was competing in Class AA. Both schools also received awards.

St Mary took third place out of nine teams. The color guard also received the “Outstanding Color Guard” for Class B.

The Quarriers finished second in Class AA. Cara Rice received the “Best Drum Major” for the class.

Five St Mary Seniors Sign to Play College Sports

February 5, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

For a smaller class B sized school, having one or two student-athletes move on to play college athletics is a celebrated accomplishment. Dell Rapids St Mary will have at least five athletes participate in college athletics from the 2021 graduating class. This is the most for St Mary from one class since 2004, which had nine athletes play college sports.

St Mary Athletic Director Casey Michel said, “It’s great to see our kids continuing their athletic careers at the next level. This class, and these five in particular, have spent a lot of time and effort getting themselves to this point, and it’s great to see them rewarded for their dedication. Since I’ve been at St. Mary, we’ve had three total students pursuing college athletics, so to have five from one class is pretty special and has been great to be a part of. I know these five will represent St. Mary well!

Ella Heinitz, Max Herber, Connor Libis, Sam Palmer, and Ashaun Roach-Valandra all held a signing ceremony at Dell Rapids St Mary High School on Wednesday, February 3rd.

Heinitz will be attending Augustanta University and will be running track. Palmer and Herber both signed with Mount Marty to play basketball. Libis will be playing basketball at Briar Cliff. Roach-Valandra signed to play football at the University of Sioux Falls.

Photo taken and used with permission by Lee Palmer

St Mary Celebrating Homecoming This Week

January 12, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

After having school shut down during the original homecoming week in October, Dell Rapids St Mary is making sure students still get to have a homecoming in the 2020-2021 school year.

The Cardinals are having their homecoming celebration this week, January 11th – 15th. The festivities started with coronation on Sunday, January 10th. Thomas Eining was crowned the Homecoming King and Macie Brown was named Homecoming Queen.

The homecoming games this week include girls basketball Monday, boys basketball and wrestling on Tuesday, girls basketball at home on Thursday, and boys basketball at home on Friday.

SDHSAA Moving Forward with Winter Sports as Planned

November 24, 2020 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The South Dakota High School Activities Association (SDHSAA) held a special meeting on Tuesday, November 23rd to discuss the potential of changing the start of the winter sports season along with a couple of other items.

After hearing from athletic directors across the state on both sides of the issue for changing the start of winter sports, the SDHSAA Board of Directors did not make a motion to change the date. The winter sports season for basketball, wrestling, and gymnastics will continue to move forward as planned and on time as suggested by the winter sports committee.

The board of directors did make a motion and passed two recommendations in regard to the winter sports season. The SDHSAA high recommends masks be worn by spectators that are allowed into the events, and they also recommend schools put a limit on attendance of the events. The schools will make the decision as to what the limit will be based on their venue capacity and the ability to social distance.

The new recommendations made by the SDHSAA during the special meeting will not have major impact to Dell Rapids or Dell Rapids St Mary schools. Both schools had implemented a masking policy and had also limited attendance by the end of the falls sports season. Those policies will continue to be in place at the start of the winter season.

“Battle for Dells” T-shirt Fundraiser

October 20, 2020 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Quarrier and Cardinals fans….we are putting together a fundraiser for both schools! Due to the the covid pandemic and the schools having to limit admittance into events, we’d like to give back to the schools to help them offset the lost ticket sales.

Since both the girls and the boys basketball teams are going to be playing one another in the Entringer Classic this year, we’ve put together a shirt design for the games. There are three color options. You can choose Red (Cardinals), Orange (Quarriers), or Grey (Nuetrual). If you choose a red shirt, all proceeds from that color go to St Mary. Likewise, if you choose orange, all the proceeds go to Dell Rapids Public. If you choose grey, we’ll split the proceeds in half between the two schools.

The online store is open now. Get your orders in now because the store will close on Dec 5th to make sure shirts are done before the girls game on Dec 19th.

https://https-sungoldsports-com.printavo.com/merch/battle-for-dells-2020

2020 Homecoming to Look Different in Dell Rapids

October 3, 2020 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Homecoming for both Dell Rapids St Mary and Dell Rapids High Schools is scheduled for the week of October 12th – 16th. However, this year things will look vastly different than years past due to the Covid pandemic.

The biggest change this year is that there will not be a community-wide homecoming parade this year. Traditionally the two schools and the community come together for a parade that runs through downtown Dell Rapids, but because of limited social distancing options and increased interpersonal interactions from a community-wide parade, the schools have decided not to have one this year.

Dell Rapids St Mary will be having their own “mini” parade around the school. Their parade will start in front of the school on State Ave and move south to 8th St. The parade will then go east on 8th St to Garfield Ave before turning north and ending on the corner of Garfield Ave and 9th St. Other changes to the St Mary homecoming celebration include a change to the coronation. This year’s coronation will be held on Sunday, October 11th at 3:00 p.m. and will be open only to senior parents and the student body, but the event will be streamed on the St Mary YouTube channel. A pep rally will be held on Friday, October 16th at 9:30 a.m., but that too will be limited to students only. An “Olympics” event will be held on Friday at 9:45 and will be open only to the senior parents.

Dell Rapids public school is still finalizing some of the standard homecoming activities such as the royalty court. The school announced in an email to parents that there will not be a homecoming dance held this year. Some other activities being planned are a “reverse parade” for the elementary and middle school students, as well as a pep rally. Both of those activities will be held during the school day and not open to the public. More building-specific details on activities will be shared with students in the coming days.

At this time, both of the homecoming football games are planned to played as scheduled on Friday, October 16th. Both games are scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m.

Build Dakota Scholarship Winners Recognized, One Local Student Awarded

September 4, 2020 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Students that received the Build Dakota Scholarship for the 2020-2021 school year were recently congratulated by Governor Kristi Noem. There were a total of 313 students who were awarded the Build Dakota Scholarship across the state.

The city of Dell Rapids had one student who was awarded the scholarship. Logan Wolles was given the scholarship as he is participating in the Building Trades Technology program at Lake Area Technical College in Watertown.

Build Dakota aims to support students entering high-need workforce programs at South Dakota’s technical colleges to fill the state’s technical career fields with skilled professionals. The scholarships cover tuition and fees, books, equipment, and other related program expenses for eligible programs within nine high-need industry areas at South Dakota’s four technical colleges. Recipients were selected by technical colleges from a total of 1,189 applications.

In-state and out-of-state students of all ages are eligible to apply. Scholarship applicants must be accepted into their approved program of interest. Recipients of the scholarship must enroll full-time, complete their educational program on schedule, and commit to stay in South Dakota to work in their field of study for three years following graduation.

Applications for the 2021-22 school year open in January 2021. Find more information on Build Dakota Scholarships here.

Click here to access the complete list of this year’s Build Dakota Scholarship Winners.

Postponed Events and Spring Sports Seasons Officially Cancelled in South Dakota

April 6, 2020 by Submitted

With the Governor’s announcement of in-person school closure for the remainder of the school year, all remaining SDHSAA events for 2019-20, to include all spring activities and all postponed winter events, are cancelled. This is an unprecedented time across our state and country, and we do not make this decision lightly. We thank all of the participants, their coaches/directors/advisors/administration, their parents, and everyone else who has dedicated tremendous amounts of time, passion, and effort to these events. To our senior participants- we thank you for everything you have done for your schools and communities and wish you the very best in your bright futures. This is difficult, but the lessons you’ve learned and friendships you’ve made through high school activities will last your lifetime. The cancellation will be formalized at the April 21^st Regular Meeting of the SDHSAA Board of Directors. We look forward to the resumption of high school activities during the 2020-21 school year, and will continue work on those events at this time. The SDHSAA thanks everyone involved for their patience and understanding throughout this process.

– Dr. Dan Swartos, SDHSAA Executive Director

– Dan Swartos, SDHSAA Executive Director