Photo taken and used with permission by Paula Harvey
Dakota Valley got a run in the top of the first inning and then added three more in the top of the second. The score remained 4-0 until the top of the fourth inning when Dakota Valley got another run. They would add two more in the top of the fifth for a 7-0 lead.
Dell Rapids finally got on the board on an RBI ground out by Aiden Boechler in the bottom of the fifth. They added three more runs in the bottom of the sixth. Will Jaton had an RBI ground ball, and Austin Harvey had a two-run double to make it a 7-4 game. Dakota Valley added one more run in the top of the seventh for an 8-4 win on Tuesday, July 12th
Harvey had two hits, including a double, and two RBIs. Joe Rechtenbaugh also had two hits. Jaton finished with a single and an RBI. Jack Henry, Treyse Eastman, and CJ Smith all had singles. Boechler added an RBI. Henry pitched four innings and allowed five runs, four earned, on two hits and six walks with four strikeouts. Rechtenbaugh pitched three innings and allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts.