Tri-Valley Maroon 14U season came to an end at the Region 5A tournament in Madison on Monday, July 11th. Tri-Valley finished 1-2 in their three games in the tournament.
Dell Rapids 16, Tri-Valley Maroon 3
In the opening game of the tournament on Friday, July 8th, Dell Rapids broke a 3-3 tie with 13 runs in the bottom of the fourth inning for a 16-3 win. Dell Rapids scored the first three runs in the bottom of the first inning, but Tri-Valley tied the game in the top of the second. Tristen Bunde had an RBI single. Denton Bicknase reached on an error that scored Bunde, and Mason Hemme had an RBI ground out.
Bunde had a hit and an RBI. Treyson Richter and Parker Hemme both had a single. M. Hemme and Bicknase each had an RBI.
Tri-Valley Maroon 19, Lennox 13s 4
On Saturday, July 9th, Tri-Valley held off elimination with a big 19-4 win over Lennox. Tri-Valley jumped on Lennox for eight runs in the top of the first inning. They got five more in the second, and then three runs each in the third and fourth innings. Lennox scored all four of their runs in the bottom of the third.
Bunde had three hits, one a double, and two RBIs. Bicknase finished with two hits and two RBIs. Gage Egger had two hits and an RBI. Kaiden Bernards and Parker Atwood both had a hit and two RBIs. M. Hemme and P. Hemme both added a single. Myles DeWitt had an RBI.
Bunde pitched two innings and allowed two hits with three strikeouts. Bernards pitched 1 1/3 innings and recorded a strikeout. Egger pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed four runs, none of them earned, on three hits and two walks with a strikeout.
Dell Rapids 9, Tri-Valley Maroon 5
Tri-Valley and Dell Rapids met again in an elimination game on Monday, July 11th.
Tri-Valley struck first with two runs in the top of the second. Dylan Christensen scored on a balk, and Jackson Williams had an RBI ground out. They would add two more runs in the top of the third. Atwood had an RBI ground out, and Egger had an RBI sacrifice fly to give Tri-Valley a 4-0 lead.
Dell Rapids cut the lead in half with two runs in the bottom of the third, and then took the lead in the bottom of the fourth with three runs. Tri-Valley tied the game 5-5 with a run in the top of the sixth when Bernards scored on an error. Dell Rapids, however, scored four times in the bottom of the sixth for the 9-5 win.
Bernards had the only hit for Tri-Valley in the game, a triple. Atwood, Egger, and Williams all had an RBI. Bicknase pitched five innings and allowed eight runs, five earned, on nine hits and a walk with four strikeouts. Bernards pitched an inning and allowed an earned run on a hit and walk with a strikeout.