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Quarriers and Cardinals Race at Jesse James Cross Country Invite

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The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal and Dell Rapids Quarrier cross country teams traveled to Garretson for the Jesse James Invite on Tuesday, September 7th.

Five runners competed in the girls varsity race for the Cardinals.  Cami Wolles had a time of 23:47.17.  Sierra Klein posted a time of 24:47.44.  Addy Gilbert finished in 25:07.45.  Lucy Vargas had a time of 25:37.03, and Madison Reiff had a time of 25:48.17.

Dell Rapids had two runners in the girls varsity race.  Elizabeth Price finished with a time of 23:22.15.  Peyton VanZee had a time of 25:33.99.

Noah Reiff finished with a time of 20:31.12 for the Cardinal boys.  Seth Roemen had a time of 20:55.32.  Owen Vargas finished in 21:54.29.  Gabe Nelson had a time of 27:12.90

For the Dell Rapids Quarriers, Josh Fletcher placed second individually with a time of 17:53.90.  Weston Mason finished in 20:33.90.  Jack Montgomery had a time of 22:35.91.

The Quarriers will be at the Charger Invite at Yankton Trail Park on Tuesday, September 14th.  St Mary will race next in the Flyer Invite at Valley View Golf Course on Wednesday, September 15th.

Cardinals Fall to Avon at Home

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Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals hosted the Avon Pirates on Friday, September 3rd at Rickeman Field.  After St Mary scored the first touchdown, Avon scored 48 straight points on their way to a 48-14 win over the Cardinals.

CJ Smith completed a 23-yard touchdown pass to Tate Bunkers with 3:17 to play in the opening quarter for the first score of the game.  That was the only lead the Cardinals would hold.  The Pirates tied the game after a 20-yard Brady Bierema run, and then they took the lead on a two-point conversion by Jaden Stahl.  Avon led 8-6 at the end of the first quarter.

Avon controlled the game through the middle two quarters.  Bierema had a 27-yard touchdown run, Stahl had a seven-yard touchdown run, and Riley Rucktaeschel had a four-yard touchdown run to give the Pirates a 28-6 halftime lead.  They added to that score with two third-quarter touchdowns.  Bierema scored two more times on runs of 15 yards and five yards.

Tyler Tjeerdsma scored the final touchdown for Avon with 10:14 to play in the fourth quarter.  The Cardinals got another score when Lucas Flemmer had a 54-yard touchdown run with 9:45 to go in the game.  Owen Vargas completed a pass to Camden Gilbert for the two-point conversion.

St Mary was held to 195 yards of total offense, 131 rushing yards and 64 passing yards.  They had a total of six first downs.  The Cardinals were 0-7 on third down attempts and 0-4 on fourth down.  Avon finished with 381 yards of offense, 362 rushing yards and 19 passing yards.  The Pirates had 23 first downs and were 7-10 on third down attempts.

Flemmer finished the game with three carries for 65 yards and a touchdown.  Smith had five carries for 38 yards.  Gabe Lindeman had five runs for 18 yards.  Smith was 5-13 passing for 64 yards with a touchdown and an interception.  Bunkers had two catches for 60 yards and a touchdown.  John Pica had 14 tackles in the game.  Ty Brown finished with 11 tackles.  Lindeman had nine tackles, and Noah Olund and Nic Gaspar both had seven tackles each.

The Cardinals travel to Colman to play the Colman-Egan Hawks on Friday, September 10th.

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Cardinal Volleyball Cruises to Win over Mitchell Christian

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The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team had no trouble earning their sixth win of the season on Thursday, September 2nd.  St Mary traveled to Mitchell and defeated the Mitchell Christian Golden Eagles in straight sets by scores of 25-11, 25-9, and 25-19.

Maya Heinitz had 10 kills, three digs, and an ace serve in the match.  Courtney Brown also had 10 kills and three digs.  Brianna Lindeman finished with 10 set assists, seven ace serves, four digs, and two kills.  Ella Griffin tallied eight set assists, five ace serves, and four kills.  Addy Gilbert had five kills and two blocks.  Madala Hanson ended the night with 10 set assists.  Josie Baumberger had three digs and an ace serve, and Jaycee Tebay had five ace serves and two digs.

The Cardinals (6-1) will travel to Canistota on Thursday, September 9th.

Cardinal Volleyball Wins Fifth Match of Season

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The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team has already won their fifth match of the season.  The Cardinals opened the season with a win at home on Thursday, August 26th.  They finished the Redhawk Tournament 3-1 on Saturday, August 28th.  And on Tuesday, August 31st the Cardinals won for the fifth time in Rutland.

St Mary took a four-set win over the Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Raiders.  The Cardinals opened the match with a 25-22 win.  The Raiders bounced back with a win in the second set 14-25.  St Mary would make sure the match would only go four sets as they won the next two by scores of 25-21 and 25-16.

The Cardinals finished with 42 kills as a team, 40 digs, 32 set assists, and 12 ace serves in the match.  Courtney Brown had 17 kills and 11 digs.  Ella Griffin had eight kills, five digs, nine set assists, and four ace serves.  Brianna Lindeman finished with 14 set assists and five digs.  Maya Heinitz added seven kills and four ace serves.

St Mary will be on the road on Thursday, September 2nd at Mitchell Christian.

Cardinal Volleyball Wins Three at Redhawk Tournament

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The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team picked up three more wins at the Redhawk Tournament in Estelline on Saturday, August 28th.  The Cardinals finished the tournament with a 3-1 record in their four matches.

The Cardinals won in straight sets over Waverly-South Shore by scores of 25-13 and 25-9.  Courtney Brown and Maya Heinitz both had six kills.  Addy Gilbert, Ella Griffin, and Brianna Lindeman all had two kills each.  Lindeman also had seven set assists, three digs, and three ace serves.  Griffin had four set assists and five ace serves.  Brown also had four digs, and Heinitz had five ace serves.

St Mary followed that with a straight set win over Great Plains Lutheran by scores of 25-22 and 25-18.  Brown tallied 15 kills and nine digs.  Heinitz had four kills and nine digs.  Griffin finished with three kills, four set assists, and two ace serves.  Lindeman had two kills, nine set assists, three digs, and three ace serves.  Madala Hanson had six set assists, and Josie Baumberger had three digs and two ace serves.

The third win for the Cardinals came against Wilmot by scores of 25-19 and 25-14.  Brown had eight kills, three ace serves, and two digs.  Heinitz had four kills, two digs, and two ace serves.  Brianna Griffin tallied three kills.  Lindeman had five set assists, three digs, and three ace serves.  E. Griffin finished with three set assists, four aces, and a dig.  Hanson had five set assists.

The Cardinals lone loss came against the Hamlin Chargers in three sets.  Hamlin won by scores of 25-19, 22-25, and 27-25.  Brown finished this match with nine kills and 17 digs.  Heinitz added seven kills and 11 digs.  E. Griffin had five kills, four set assists, three digs, and two blocks.  Addy Gilbert had four kills.  Lindeman added four kills 12 set assists, eight digs, and five ace serves.  Hanson had eight set assists, and five digs.  B. Griffin tallied five blocks.  Baumberger finished with five digs, and Whitney Warwick had six digs.

St Mary now has a record of 4-1.  The Cardinals will play Oldham-Ramona/Rutland in Rutland in Tuesday, August 31st.

Cardinal Cross Country Participates in Don Ray Invite

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The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal cross country team participated in the Don Ray Invitational at White on Saturday, August 28th.  Ten boys teams and nine girls team had team scores kept.

The Cardinal girls finished eighth with 68 team points.  The boys finished ninth as a team with 90 points.

Cami Wolles placed 18th out of 44 runners with a time of 24:15.  Madison Reiff was 28th with a time of 26:24, and Lucy Vargas placed 31st with a time of 26:30.  Noah Reiff had a 30th place finish out of 47 runners with a time of 21:35.  Seth Roemen was 34th at 22:09, and Gabe Nelson finished with a time of 32:18.

St Mary will be at the McCook Central Invitational at McCook Country Club on Tuesday, August 31st.

Cardinals Bounce Back with Big Win over Alcester-Hudson

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A week after opening the season with a loss, the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals bounced back with a big win over Alcester-Hudson in Alcester on Friday, August 27th.  The Cardinals built a 24-0 lead in the first half and cruised to a 40-0 victory.

CJ Smith put the Cardinals on the board first with a two-yard run and then also scored the two-point conversion with 1:36 in the opening quarter.  Just a couple of minutes later, Gabe Lindeman scored on a 10-yard run in the opening seconds of the second quarter.  Smith scored the two-point conversion, and St Mary led 16-0 with 11:53 to play in the first half.  St Mary also scored in the final seconds of the half.  Smith hit Nic Gaspar with a 10-yard pass for a touchdown.  Gaspar also scored the two-point conversion for a 24-0 halftime lead.

Neither team scored in the third quarter, but the Cardinals scored in the first minute of the fourth quarter.  Lindeman had another 10-yard run.  Smith then completed a pass to Noah Olund for the two-point conversion with 11:15 to go in the game.  The final score came with 5:16 to play in the game.  Lucas Flemmer scored on a 46-yard run, and then Camden Gilbert scored the two-point conversion for the 40-0 lead.

St Mary had a total of 380 yards of offense, 277 rushing yards and 103 passing yards.  The Cubs were held to just 90 yards of total offense, 84 rushing yards and only six passing yards.

Lindeman had 18 carries for 118 yards and two touchdowns.  Gaspar had five carries for 62 yards.  Flemmer finished with three carries and 47 yards with a touchdown.  Smith had nine carries for 25 yards and a touchdown.  Ty Brown had three carries for 24 yards.  Smith was 7-12 passing for 103 yards, a touchdown, and an interception.  Gaspar had four catches for 67 yards and a touchdown.  Flemmer had a catch for 17 yards, and Brown had a catch for 14 yards.

Lindeman also led the defense with eight tackles and a forced fumble.  John Pica had five tackles and a forced fumble.  Olund had four tackles.  Kyle Bares had 3.5 tackles and a forced fumble, and Brown also had 3.5 tackles and a forced fumble.

St Mary will host Avon on Friday, September 3rd.

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Cardinal Volleyball Starts 2021 with Win

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Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal volleyball team played in front of a home crowd to start the 2021 season on Thursday, August 26th.  The Cardinals are coming off a 10-9 season in 2020 losing to Chester in the Region 4B tournament in the SoDak 16 qualifying match.

St Mary returns two seniors from last year’s team, Courtney Brown and Addy Gilbert.  Head coach Sandra Heinitz said the team returns Ella Griffin, Maya Heinitz, Josie Baumberger, Whitney Warwick, and Jaycee Tebay as key players.  She also mentioned that new comers Brianna Lindeman, Katie Scherff, Madala Hanson, and Brianna Griffin will be players to watch for the Cardinals.

“This season I am excited to see our team continue to work hard and improve and to build upon our finish from last season.  Last year was our first winning season in quite some time at St Mary.  I hope to see our players continue to work together as a team, have great effort and attitude, and to compete every time we step out on the court.  I am excited to see what this team can accomplish,” said Coach Heinitz.

The Cardinals showed off the 2021 team with a win over the Alcester-Hudson Cubs in four sets.  They won by scores of 21-25, 25-17, 25-17, and 25-23.

St Mary fell behind early in the first set and found themselves trailing 16-8.  They started to find their groove and picked up some momentum, tying the match 19-19.  The Cubs were able to hold off the complete comeback by the Cardinals and win the first set 25-21.

But the momentum the Cardinals gained in the first set carried over throughout the rest of the match.  St Mary jumped out to an 8-1 lead in the second set, and they were able to cruise from there for the 25-17 win.  The third set started the same way as the second set.  St Mary got out to a quick lead early and again took at 25-17 win.  The two teams battled back and forth throughout the fourth set as neither team was able to get a lead of more than three points.  The Cardinals put together the late rally to take the fourth set 25-23 and win the match.

Brown finished the night with 16 kills, eight digs and four ace serves.  M. Heinitz added 10 kills, eight ace serves, and six digs.  E. Grifin had four kills, eight set assists, six ace serves, and four digs.  Lindeman had 13 set assists, five digs, three kills, two ace serves, and a block.  Gilbert finished with three kills, two digs, and two ace serves.  Hanson added eight set assists, and Josie Baumberger had eight digs.

The Cardinals (1-0) will play in the Estelline Tournament on Saturday, August 28th.

Cardinals Fall in 2021 Football Season Opener

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Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals started their 2021 football season at home on Friday, August 23rd.  The Cardinals hosted the Gayville-Volin Raiders, and it was the Raiders who went home victorious, 42-8.

The Cardinals looked to get the momentum very early in the game.  Gabriel Lamb dropped Nate Quatier for a loss on the first play of the game, and then CJ Smith intercepted Quatier’s pass on the next play.  St Mary had the ball two plays after the opening kickoff.  The momentum would be short lived however.  The Raiders forced and recovered a fumble three plays later. 

Kyle Hirsch scored with 7:37 in the first quarter for the Raiders.  They converted the two-point conversion for an 8-0 lead.  St Mary had to punt on their second drive.  The Raiders then marched down the field on their next possession.  Hirisch had a 22-yard touchdown run with 4:06 left in the first quarter.  Anther two-point conversion pushed the lead to 16-0. 

St Mary continued to struggle a bit offensively in their next drive.  The Raiders forced and recovered another fumble late in the quarter.  The Cardinal defense was able to hold Gayville-Volin to a punt, but the punt returned was fumbled by St Mary and recovered by the Raiders.  The Raiders turned that into points after a one-yard touchdown run by Quatier.  Another two-point conversion made the score 24-0. 

The Raiders stopped a Cardinal drive that was moving in a positive direction for St Mary.  This time the drive stopped on an interception that was returned 48 yards for a touchdown by Ben Rumsey with 9:19 to play in the first half.  Gayville-Volin got another interception later in the second quarter, this time by Hirsch.  They turned that into  more points, scoring with 1:05 to play in the second quarter, and the Raiders led 36-0 at halftime.

St Mary took the kickoff to start the second half.  The Cardinals looked to be headed towards a score late in the third quarter, but the Raiders got their third interception of the game.  Rumsey intercepted a pass in the endzone and ran it back all the way for a Raider touchdown with 4:31 to play in the third quarter to make the score 42-0.  St Mary was able to find the endzone with 7:37 left in the game.  Smith connected with Camden Gilbert on a 23-yard touchdown pass.  Smith then completed a pass to Lucas Flemmer for the two point conversion.

The Raiders finished with 201 yards of offense, 104 passing yards and 97 rushing yards.  The Cardinals finished with 189 yards of offense, 107 rushing yards and 82 passing yards, but turned the ball over six times.

Ty Brown had 11 carries for 66 yards.  Gabriel Lindeman had three carries for 20 yards.  Smith finished the game 5-12 passing for 82 yards and three interceptions.  Gilbert had two catches for 32 yards and a touchdown.  Tate Bunkers had a catch for 34 yards, and Brown had a catch for 10 yards. 

Noah Olund led the defense with eight tackles.  Brown finished with five tackles.  Nic Gaspar had 4.5 tackles, and Bunkers and Kyle Bares both had four tackles each.  Smith also had an interception.

The Cardinals (0-1) will travel to play the Alcester-Hudson Cubs on Friday, August 27th.

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Cardinal Girls Track Finishes 2nd at State, More School Records Set

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The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal girls track team was the 2021 State B Runner-up finishing with a total of 66 points at the state track meet at O’Harra Stadium in Rapid City on Friday, May 28th and Saturday, May 29th.

The girls team also set three school records at the state meet.  Ella Heinitz broke her own 100m dash record with a time of :11.99, which also missed the state record by :0.01 seconds.  Madala Hanson set the school record in the 3200m run with a time of 11:30.86.  E. Heinitz also set the school record in the 400m dash with a time of :56.81.

E. Heinitz won the 100m dash and 200m dash.  Hanson won the 1600m run and the 3200m run.  The 4x400m relay team of Maya Heinitz, Hanson, Josie Baumberger, and E Heinitz came home champions.   E. Heinitz had a second place finish in the 400m dash, and the sprint medley relay team of Courtney Brown, Baumberger, M. Heinitz, and Hanson also had a second place finish.

E. Heinitz was named the Outstanding Female Athlete at this year’s state meet.

The boys team also had a number of participants at the state meet.  The Cardinals finished with two points.

Noah Dennis had an eighth place finish in the discus, and the sprint medley relay team of Lucas Flemmer, Sam Palmer, Nic Gaspar, and Connor Libis also placed eighth.

Individual Results

Girls Results

  • 100m Dash – Ella Heinitz – 1st – :11.99;
    • Courtney Brown – 10th – :13.05
  • 4×800 Relay (Maya Heinitz, Lauren Rasmussen, Stephenie Geraets, Addy Gilbert) – 19th – 11:02.79
  • 3200m Run – Madala Hanson – 1st – 11:30.86
  • Discus – Jaycee Tebay – 11th – 106’0″
  • 1600m Run – Madala Hanson – 1st – 5:22.15
  • 4x100m Relay (Josie Baumberger, Sydney Klein, Sophie Schwebach, Courtney Brown) – 14th – :53.61
  • 400m Dash – Ella Heinitz – 2nd – :56.81
  • Sprint Medley Relay (Courtney Brown, Josie Baumberger, Maya Heinitz, Madala Hanson) – 2nd – 4:25.44
  • 200m Dash – Ella Heinitz – 1st – :25.76
  • 4x400m Relay (Maya Heinitz, Madala Hanson, Josie Baumberger, Ella Heinitz) – 1st – 4:07.46

Boys Results

  • 4x800m Relay (Sam Palmer, Jacob Vogel, Connor Libis, Thomas Eining) – 10th – 8:57.46
  • 100m Dash – Lucas Flemmer – 21st – :11.77
  • 3200m Run – Jacob Vogel – 16th – 11:20.71
  • Discus – Noah Dennis – 8th – 130’8″
  • Sprint Medley Relay (Lucas Flemmer, Sam Palmer, Nic Gaspar, Connor Libis) – 8th – 3:50.38
  • 4x400m Relay (Sam Palmer, Lucas Flemmer, Nic Gaspar, Connor Libis) – 13th – 3:41.73
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