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The Tri-Valley Mustang boys golf team traveled to Dell Rapids for the Dells Invite on Monday, August 23rd. The Mustangs finished with a team score of 375.
Josh Leiseth had the low round for the Mustangs with a 91. Cole Focken had a round of 93. Mayson Rise had a 95. Riley Carlson had a round of 96. Carson Sanders finished with a 100, and Lance DeWitt had a 102 on the day.
Tri-Valley will be at the Charger Invite at Spring Creek Golf Course on Tuesday, August 31st.
The Tri-Valley Mustang boys golf team hit the links for the second day in a row on Tuesday, August 17th. Tri-Valley finished with a team score of 416 in Madison.
Josh Leiseth had a round of 98. Cole Focken finished with a 102. Lance DeWitt ended with a round of 107. Riley Carlson had a 109. Carson Sanders had a 119, and Mayson Rise ended with a 127.
Tri-Valley will be at Dakota Valley Invite on Wednesday, August 18th and then at the Quarrier Invite in Dell Rapids on Monday, August 23rd.
The Tri-Valley Mustang boys golf team opened their 2021 season at the West Central Early Bird Invitational at Central Valley Golf Course in Hartford on Monday, August 16th. The Mustangs finished ninth as a team with a total score of 393. Vermillion was first at 329. West Central was second also with 329, and Tea Area finished third at 333.
Josh Leiseth finished just outside the top 20, finishing tied for 21st with a round of 90. Riley Carlson finished the day with a 97. Cole Focken had a 101, Carson Sanders had a 105, and Mayson Rise and Lance DeWitt both finished with a round of 108.
The Mustangs will be at the Madison Invitational on Tuesday, August 17th.
The defending 16U Class A state champions, Beresford, held off a late rally by Tri-Valley for a 10-9 win in an elimination game at the Region 1A tournament in Humboldt on Tuesday, July 27th. The loss suffered by Tri-Valley ended their 2021 season.
Beresford scored four times right away in the top of the first inning, but Tri-Valley had a big first inning as well. Noah Haynes had an RBI single, and Lawson Louiseau had a two-run single to pull Tri-Valley within a run at 4-3. Tri-Valley tied the game in the bottom of the third inning on an RBI ground out by Haynes. Beresford took the lead again in the top of the fourth with two runs. Haynes reached on an error in the bottom of the fifth that also scored Cole Focken, and Tri-Valley trailed 6-5 after five innings.
Beresford took advantage of a walk, hit by pitch, and an error with two outs in the top of the seventh and scored four times to take a 10-5 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning. Tri-Valley put together a rally of their own. Mason Hendrixson was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, Louiseau drove home a run with a single, Haynes scored on a wild pitch, and then Hendrixson scored on a wild pitch to pull Tri-Valley within a run, 10-9. With two outs and the trying run on third and the winning run on second, Beresford was able to get a pop-up in the infield for the third out to end the game.
Louiseau had three hits and three RBIs. Everett Althoff had three hits. Focken finished with two hits. Haynes had a hit and two RBIs, and Hendrixson had an RBI. Beau Keith pitched an inning allowing four earned runs on two hits with four walks and a strikeout. Haynes pitched 5 2/3 innings allowing six runs, two earned, on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Aidan Heitkamp pitched 1/3 of an inning.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beresford 16U | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Tri-Valley 16U | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
The Tri-Valley 16U team ran into a tough Dakota Valley team in the opening round of the Region 1A baseball tournament in Humboldt on Monday, July 26th. Dakota Valley took the win 8-1.
Dakota Valley got a run in the top of the second and another in the top of the third for a 2-0 lead. Everett Althoff reached on an error that scored Tanner Van Asselt to cut the lead in half at 2-1. That’s as close as Tri-Valley would get however. Dakota Valley got a run in the top of the fifth, three more in the top of the sixth, and two in the seventh for the win.
Tri-Valley was held to just three hits in the game. Noah Haynes, Mason Hendrixson, and Holden Rise all had singles. Kaden Egger pitched 5 1/3 innings allowing four runs, two earned, on six hits with two walks and five strikeouts. Beau Keith pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two runs, one earned, on a hit with two walks and a strikeout. Aidan Heitkamp pitched one inning and allowed two earned runs on three hits.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota Valley 16U | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 |
| Tri-Valley 16U | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Tri-Valley 16U couldn’t get out of an early deficit and lost to Garretson 10-5 on Thursday, July 22nd in Garretson.
Garretson scored four times right away in the bottom of the first inning. Tri-Valley got a run back in the top of the second when Lawson Loiseau scored on a wild pitch. Garretson, however, scored two more in the bottom of the second for a 6-1 lead. Noah Haynes had an RBI ground out in the top of the third, but again Garretson responded with three more runs in the bottom of the third to push the lead to 9-2.
Duncan Snethen had an RBI single for Tri-Valley in the top of the fourth inning. Garretson’s final run also game in the fourth inning to make the score 10-3. Cole Focken scored on an error in the top of the fifth inning, and Haynes had an RBI single in the top of the seventh for the final Tri-Valley run.
Everett Althoff had three hits. Haynes had two hits and two RBIs. Kaden Egger had two hits. Snethen had a hit and an RBI. Beau Keith and Loiseau both had a triple in the game. Focken added a single. Althoff pitched two innings allowing six runs, three earned, on five hits with a walk and three strikeouts. Aidan Heitkamp pitched an inning allowing three runs, all unearned, on two hits with three walks and a strikeout. Mason Hendrixson pitched three innings allowing an unearned run with two walks and a strikeout.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-Valley 16U | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 9 |
| Garretson 16U | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 10 | 7 | 1 |
The Colton Legion baseball team had their season come to an end at the Region 5B tournament on Monday, July 19th in Canova.
Colton played in the opening game of the tournament against Lake Norden/Badger. Lake Norden/Badger advanced with a 20-4 victory, sending Colton to the loser’s bracket.
Colton then met the host team, Canova, in an elimination game later in the day. Canova scored first in the top of the first inning, but Colton took the lead in the bottom of the first. Luke Lofswold had a two-out, two-run single to give Colton a 2-1 lead after the first inning. Canova, however, took the lead for good in the top of the second inning. They scored seven times for an 8-2 lead. Colton cut into the lead in the bottom of the second when Cole Skadsen had a three-run double to cut the lead to 8-5.
Canova got a single run in the top of the third inning and one more in the top of the fifth to push the lead to 10-5. Nick Haas had an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth for Colton to cut the score to 10-6, but Canova got one more run in the top of the sixth for the 11-6 victory. The loss ended Colton’s time in the Region 5B tournament and ended their season.
Skadsen had three hits, including a double, and three RBIs. Alex Andresen had three hits. Hass had two hits and an RBI. Braydon Humpel had two hits. Lofswold finished with a single and two RBIs. Preston Wieman also had a hit. Logan Cowill pitched five innings allowing 11 runs, six earned, on nine hits with two walks and five strikeouts. Lofswold pitched two innings allowing one hit and one walk with one strikeout.
Tri-Valley 16U came from three runs behind to beat West Central 16U 7-5 in Colton on Monday, July 19th.
West Central’s Andrew Zimmer had an RBI ground out to shortstop in the top of the first inning. Gage Nelson had an RBI double followed by an RBI double by Duece Sherard to give West Central a 3-0 lead after two innings.
Tri-Valley picked up two runs in the bottom of the third inning. Kaden Egger had an RBI single, and then Everett Althoff had an RBI single to cut the lead to 3-2. West Central extended the lead back to three runs with two more in the top of the fourth inning. Sherard had an RBI single, and D Mulder drove home a run on a single for a 5-2 advantage.
Tri-Valley then had a four-run bottom of the fourth. Tanner Van Asselt had an RBI single. Lawson Loiseau also had an RBI ground out. Ledger Burggraff brought home the tying run on an RBI double, and Holden Rise scored on a passed ball to give Tri-Valley a 6-5 lead. Tri-Valley added another run in the bottom of the sixth when Loiseau scored on a passed ball.
Sherard had three hits, including a double, and two RBIs for West Central. Mulder and Nelson both had two hits each, one a double, and an RBI. Camden McDonald had a double, and Owen Heath had a single. Zimmer pitched four innings allowing six runs, four earned, on seven hits with one walk and five strikeouts. Heath pitched two innings allowing an unearned run on four hits with a walk and four strikeouts.
Althoff and Loiseau both had two hits each and an RBI. Noah Haynes also had two hits. Burggraff had a double and an RBI. Egger and Van Asselt both had a single and an RBI. Beau Keith had a double, and Mason Hendrixson had a single. Egger pitched 5 2/3 innings allowing five earned runs on nine hits with one walk and six strikeouts. Keith pitched 1 1/3 innings walking two batters and striking out one.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Central 16U | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| Tri-Valley 16U | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 | 11 | 0 |
Colton Legion split a double-header with Dell Rapids in Colton on Friday, July 16th. Colton won the first game 4-3, but Dell Rapids took the second game 7-4.
Dell Rapids got on the board in the top of the first inning in game number one by scoring on an error. The score remained 1-0 until the top of the fifth inning. Dell Rapids then got another run in the top of the fifth for a 2-0 lead. Colton got one run back in the bottom of the sixth inning. Alex Andresen had an RBI double to make the score 2-1. Colton then tied the game in the bottom of the seventh. Braydon Humpel had an RBI single with two outs to tie the game 2-2. Dell Rapids broke the tie in the top of the tenth inning, but Colton came back in the bottom of the inning. Humpel had another RBI single to tie the game, and then Preston Wieman had the game-winning hit for the 4-3 win.
Humpel had two hits and two RBIs. Wieman also had two hits and an RBI. Andresen had a double and an RBI. Logan Cowill finished with a double. Nick Hass pitched three innings allowing an earned run on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Cowill pitched two innings allowing an earned run on four hits with two strikeouts. Luke Lofswold pitched five innings allowing an unearned run on three hits with three walks and two strikeouts.
In the five-inning second game, Colton scored first in the bottom of the first inning. Andresen scored on an error for an early 1-0 lead. Dell Rapids tied the game in top of the second inning. The scored was 1-1 after three innings of play, and then Dell Rapids scored four times in the top of the fourth inning for a 5-1 lead. Dell Rapids added two more in the top of the fifth to push the lead to 7-1. Colton put together a rally scoring three times in the bottom of the fifth. Hass scored on an error on a ground ball by Riley Carlson. Cole Skadsen scored on an error by the pitcher, and Andresen had an RBI single to cut the lead to 7-4, but Dell Rapids ended the rally there to get the win.
Andresen had three hits and an RBI. Lofswold, Hass, and Skadsen all had singles. Carlson had an RBI. Andresen pitched two innings allowing an earned run on two hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Carlson pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing four earned run on three hits with four walks and two strikeouts. Humpel pitched 1 1/3 inning allowing two earned runs on no hits with three walks and two strikeouts.
Tri-Valley held a 10-3 lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning over Madison on Thursday, July 15th. Tri-Valley ended the game with just a slim one-run victory at 10-9.
Tri-Valley scored two runs right away in the top of the first. Beau Keith scored on an error and Lawson Loiseau drew a bases-loaded walk for an early 2-0 lead. After Madison got one run in the bottom of the first inning, Tri-Valley added two more in the top of the second. Both Kaden Egger and Keith scored on an error in the inning. Two more runs scored in the top of the fourth on a two-run single by Mason Hendrixson. Madison scored two times in the bottom of the fourth inning to cut the lead to 6-3.
Tri-Valley then had a four-run sixth inning. Egger scored on an error, Cole Foken had an RBI triple, Hendrixson had an RBI single, and then Hendrixson scored on an error to push the lead to 10-3. Madison put together a big rally in the bottom of the seventh. The first six batters reached based before an out was recorded, and all six scored to cut the lead to 10-9. Tri-Valley was then able to get three of the next four batters out to stop the rally and win the game.
Hendrixson had two hits and three RBIs. Loiseau had two hits and an RBI. Keith had two hits, including a double. Everett Althoff also had two hits. Focken had a triple and an RBI. Egger, Jydin Dahl, Noah Haynes, and Ledger Burggraff all had a single in the game.
Haynes pitched six innings allowing three runs, two earned, on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Hendrixson allowed six earned runs on four hits with two walks. Egger got the final three outs allowing just one hit while striking out one.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-Valley 16U | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 5 |
| Madison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 |