Both Dells Varsity Teener teams have kept busy in recent weeks, with both squads logging wins and losses heading into post-season play.

**Dells ‘S’ vs. Madison**

A June 21 game brought the Dale Solberg-coached 15/16 Teener players face-to-face with the Madison Maroon.

The coach considered it the best play the team has had all season, surprising the undefeated Maroon in an 8-4 result.

“We played our best ball against a very good Madison team,” Solberg said. “I was very proud of our aggressiveness and approach to the game.”

Tanner Solberg pitched a complete game and added two doubles to the hitting game. Zane Schumacher added two singles to the tally.

**Dells ‘A’ vs. Humboldt**

The Nate Alfson-coached Varsity Teeners fell to Humboldt in a June 25 match, 13-12.

Spencer Kerzman started the game on the mound, pitching four innings for the Dells team, striking out four batters and walking four others.

Mitch Roemen took over for two innings, striking out one batter and walking three, while Reice Tiernan threw another two-thirds of an innings, striking out two batters.

Riley Jurgensen struck out the last two Humboldt batters.

Dell Rapids started with a 12-2 deficit to eventually make it a narrow win for Humboldt. The opponents scored once more in the seventh inning to force a loss for Dells.

**Dells ‘S’ vs. Elkton**

The Solberg Teeners traveled to Elkton June 25, with the Dells boys taking down the Elks, 20-5.

Schumacher, Riley Schmidt and Matt Juba each pitched during the match.

Tanner Solberg went five for five and scored a home run during the game, while Schumacher added two hits and a home run to the offensive. Keegan Hemenway managed a round-tripper to help the Dells cause.

**Dells ‘A’ vs. Flandreau**

The DR-A squad took on Flandreau June 28, with Jase Nelsen starting from the mound for two innings and Adam Karst relieving for one inning and Cody Nielsen finishing up the last two innings.

The Dells team ended the night losing 16-4 to the Flandreau boys. Roemen contributed two hits to the cause, while Nelsen logged one hit and an RBI.

Tanner Ljunggren and Karst each connected one hit.

**Dells ‘S’ vs. Volga**

The Dell Rapids boys hosted Volga July 3 at Volunteer Field, losing the match after two extra innings, 23-13.

The boys had a four-run lead heading into the last frame, but Volga scored four runs to go into extra rounds. At the top of the ninth, Volga plated a massive 11 runs to take the game.

Matt Juba, Riley Schmidt and Tanner Solberg each had a hand in the pitching, while on the hitting end, Solberg managed two hits and Beau Carpenter and Nate Klein each connected doubles.

“This type of game you want to just take the positives and move on,” coach Solberg said.

**Dells ‘S’ vs. Hartford-Humboldt**

The Solberg-coached Teeners closed out the week’s games with a July 5 game versus Hartford-Humboldt, resulting in a 9-6 loss for the Dells boys.

Tanner Solberg pushed to four for four to lead the offensive, Schumacher pitched a strong five and two-thirds innings, allowing six hits and fanning six others.

“In tight ball games like this, errors are magnified, and that is what happened to us,” coach Solberg said. “We had a couple of miscues that Hartford-Humboldt were able to take advantage of. We did play well other than a couple of fielding mistakes.”