Tri-Valley White 14U and Dell Rapids Navy combined for 18 runs and 20 hits, but it was Dell Rapids that took the 11-7 win in Dell Rapids on Tuesday, June 21st.

Bracken Sharpe scored on an error in the top of the second for the first run of the game.  Dell Rapids also scored a run in the bottom of the second.  Tri-Valley then had a big four-run top of third getting all their runs on two outs.  Sullivan Snethen, Brady Jewett, Cooper Nielson, and Matthew Cypher all scored on passed balls to take a 5-1 lead.

That lead was short-lived, however, as Dell Rapids scored five times in the bottom of the third.  The two teams went back and forth inning.  Landen Jensen and Snethen both had RBI singles for Tri-Valley to go ahead 7-6.  Dell Rapids also scored two times in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead back 8-7.  Dell Rapids then scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth to secure the win.

Snethen had two hits and an RBI.  Sharpe had two hits, one a double.  Nielson also had two hits.  Jensen finished with a single and RBI.  Cypher had a double.  Jewett and Blaine Wiezoreck both had a single.  Snethen pitched three inning and allowed five earned runs on five hits with two strikeouts.   Brenner Struiksma also pitched three innings and allowed six earned runs on five hits and four walks with three strikeouts.

Tri-Valley Maroon scored all their runs in one inning and then held off Tea-P for an 8-7 road win on Tuesday, June 21st.

Tea-P got on the board first with a run in the bottom of the first inning.  They added two more in the bottom of the third and led 3-0 after three innings of play.

Tri-Valley Maroon then had their big eight-run inning in the top of the fourth.  Gage Egger drove home the first run with a single.  Egger then scored on a passed ball.  Treyson Ricther tied the game when he scored on a passed ball.  Dylan Christensen followed with an RBI single.  Parker Atwood and Denton Bicknase both had RBI singles.  Both Cole Hendrixson and Mason Hemme reached on errors that also scored runs to give Tri-Valley an 8-3 lead.

Tea-P put together a late rally.  They scored a run in the bottom of the fifth to make the score 8-4.  They then got the bases loaded with one out after three straight walks.  A strikeout followed leaving the bases loaded with two outs.  Another walk brought home one run, then a single added two more runs to make the score 8-7.  Tri-Valley, however, got a ground out of the next better to end the game and leave the tying run on third base.

Bicknase had two hits with an RBI.  Egger, Christensen, and Atwood all had a single and an RBI.  M. Hemme and Parker Hemme both had a single.  Egger pitched two innings and allowed an unearned run on three hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  Bicknase also pitched two innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on a hit with one strikeout.  Jackson Williams pitched 1 2/3 innings and allowed four runs, three earned, on a hit and five walks with a strikeout.  Hendrixson pitched 1/3 of an inning.

Volga scored in four of the five innings and held Tri-Valley 16U to four jhits in an 11-0 win on Monday, June 20th.  Volga got a run in the first, four in the second, five in the third and, and one more in the fourth inning.

Carter Sorenson had a double.  Hunter Foster, Alex Wingen, and Cody Lofswold all had singles.  Cyrus Kirstein pitched 1 2/3 innings and allowed five runs, two earned, on three hits and four walks.  Foster pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed five runs, four earned, on four hits and three walks with three strikeouts.  Holden Rise also threw an inning and allowed an earned run on a hit.

Tri-Valley Maroon 14U scored five times in the top of the seventh inning to get a 9-6 come-from-behind win at Hamlin on Friday, June 17th.

Kaiden Bernards drove home the first run for Tri-Valley in the top of the first with a double for an early 1-0 lead.  Hamlin took the lead in the bottom of the third with a three-run inning.

Tri-Valley responded with three runs of their own in the top of the fifth.  Cole Hendrixson drove home two with a double to left field, and then he later scored to give the lead back to Tri-Valley, 4-3.  The lead was short lived as Hamlin had another three run inning in the bottom of the fifth to go ahead 6-4.

The third time Tri-Valley took the lead was for good.  They scored five times in the top of the seventh inning.  Tristen Bunde had an RBI single.  Dylan Christensen tied the game, 6-6, with an RBI single.  Bernards scored on a passed ball, and then Myles DeWitt had an RBI ground ball. Parker Atwood drove home the final run of the game with an RBI single.

Bernards had two hits, one a double, and an RBI.  Christensen and Atwood both had two singles and an RBI.  Mason Hemme and Denton Bicknase both had two singles.  Hendrixson had a double and three RBIs.  Bunde and T. DeWitt each added a single and an RBI.  Jackson Williams and Owen Bunde both finished with a single.

T. Bunde pitched 4 2/3 innings allowing seven runs, but only one earned, on three hits and four walks with six strikeouts.  Bicknase pitched 2 1/3 innings and allowed two hits and a walk with five strikeouts.

Tri-Valley 16U scored eight runs in the final two innings for a 15-7 road win over Hamlin on Thursday, June 16th.

Hamlin took the early lead in the bottom of the first with a run.  Tri-Valley took their first lead with four runs in the top of the second.  Ledger Burggraff, Mayson Rise, and Carter Sorenson all had RBIs.  Tri-Valley scored three more times in the top of the third. Levi Kretzschmar had an RBI sacrifice fly, M. Rise had an RBI single, and Javier Mendoza had an RBI ground out.

Hamlin started to chip away at the lead over the next few innings.  They scored two times in the bottom of the third, two in the bottom of the fourth, and two in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game 7-7.

Tri-Valley took the lead for good in the top of the sixth.  Alex Wingen had a two-run single.  Holden Rise added an RBI single later in the inning, and Wingen scored on a passed ball for an 11-7 lead.  They scored four more times in the top of the seventh, all with two outs.  Everett Althoff drew a bases-loaded walk, Cyrus Kirsteing had a two-run single, and Althoff scored on an error.

H. Rise and Wingen each had two hits and two RBIs.  Althoff had a double and an RBI.  Sorenson had a double and two RBIs.  Kirstein had a hit and two RBIs.  Kretzschmar, Burggraff, and M. Rise all had a single and RBI.  Mendoza had an RBI.

Benjamin Myre pitched 3 1/3 innings allowing five runs, three earned, on four hits and four walks with three strikeouts.  Sorenson pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed two unearned runs on two hits and three walks with four strikeouts.  Wingen pitched one inning and recorded two strikeouts.

Tri-Valley White 14U scored eight times in the third inning and held off Tea-P in a 13-11 win on Wednesday, June 15th.

Tri-Valley scored a run in the top of the first when Sullivan Snethen scored on a wild pitch.  Tea put together a three-run second inning to lead 3-1 at that point.  That’s when Tri-Valley had their big inning.

Tri-Valley scored eight runs on four hits and four walks in the inning. Tea responded with a five-run bottom of the third, but Tri-Valley held a 9-8 lead after three innings.

Noah Eggert extended the lead with an RBI single in the top of the fourth.  Both Matthew Cypher and Eggert later scored in the inning for a 12-8 advantage.  Tea also scored three times in the bottom of the fourth, and the lead was just 12-11.  Tri-Valley added a big insurance run in the top of the fifth to secure the win.

Cooper Nielson had three hits.  Austin Puetz had two hits and an RBI.  Bracken Sharpe also had two hits.  Eggert finished with a single and an RBI.  Snethen, Cypher, Landen Jensen, and Brenner Struiksma all had singles.

Brady Jewett pitched two innings and allowed three earned runs on four hits with a strikeout.  Nielson pitched one inning allowing seven runs, five earned, on three hits and seven walks with two strikeouts.  Blaine Wiezoreck pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing an unearned run while striking out three.

The Tri-Valley Maroon 14U team put together a big rally in the bottom of the sixth inning against Sioux Falls Christian on Wednesday, June 15th.  Tri-Valley trailed 12-7 going into the bottom of the sixth, but scored 13 times and took the 20-14 win.

Sioux Falls Christian scored four runs in the top of the first inning.  Tri-Valley got half of those runs back and trailed 4-2 after the first inning.  Sioux Falls Christian scored the next five runs, four in the second and one in the third, to pus the lead to 9-2.

Tri-Valley got scored a run in the bottom of the third inning and another in the bottom of the fourth.  They trailed 9-4 after four innings of play.  Sioux Falls Christian put together a two-run inning in the top of the fifth.  Tri-Valley countered with three in the bottom of the inning to make the score 11-7.  After another run by Sioux Falls Christian in the top of the sixth, Tri-Valley then scored 13 times in the sixth inning.  Sioux Falls Christian scored twice in the top of the seventh.

Treyson Richter had two hits, including a double, and four RBIs.  Mason Hemme also had two hits, one a double, and three RBIs.  Cole Hendrixson had a triple and a double with an RBI.  Parker Hemme finished with a single and RBI.  Dylan Christensen, Tristen Bunde, and Kaiden Bernards all had a hit.  Denton Bicknase had two RBIs.

Hendrixson pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed eight runs, four earned, on five hits and four walks with two strikeouts.  Bernards pitched three innings and allowed three runs, two eanred, on two hits and four walks with three strikeouts.  Jackson Williams pitched 2 2/3 innings allowing three earned runs on two hits and four walks with three strikeouts.