Tri-Valley and Sioux Falls Christian only combined for a total of seven hits in the game, but Sioux Falls Christian was able to get three runs and defeated Tri-Valley 3-0 on Wednesday, May 12th.

The first run for Sioux Falls Christian came in the bottom of the third inning on a bases loaded sacrifice fly.  They added another run in the bottom of the fourth inning on an RBI single.  One more run scored in the bottom of the sixth inning on a wild pitch to give Sioux Falls Christian the 3-0 lead.

Tri-Valley was held to just four hits in the game.  Luke Lofswold, Beau Keith, Kaden Egger, and Cole Focken all collected hits.  Nate Hargreaves pitched four innings giving up two runs, both earned, on three hits with five walks and six strikeouts.  Keith pitched two innings giving up an earned run on four walks and two strikeouts.

Flandreau/Chester/Colman-Egan scored four of their five runs in the final three innings to get a 5-1 win over Tri-Valley on Friday, May 7th.

Flandreau got the first run of the game on a passed ball in the top of the third inning.  They got another run via a passed ball in the top of the fifth inning for a 2-0 lead.  Riley Haynes got an RBI single for Tri-Valley in the bottom of the fifth inning to cut the lead to 2-1, but Flandreau scored another run in the top of the sixth and two more in the top of the seventh to put the game out of reach for Tri-Valley.

Haynes finished with a hit and RBI.  Beau Keith, Cole Focken, and Lawson Loiseau all had a hit as well.  Nate Hargreaves pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up two runs, both unearned, on one hit with five walks and 13 strikeouts.  Keith pitched the final 2 2/3 innings giving up three runs, all earned, on five hits with four strikeouts.

The Tri-Valley high school baseball team got a win, 8-7, scoring the winning run on the final play of the game over Baltic in Colton on Sunday, May 2nd.

Both teams held the lead in the game. Baltic scored three runs in the first, but Tri-Valley scored two in the bottom of the inning on two Baltic errors to cut the lead to 3-2. Tri-Valley tied the game when Riley Haynes scored after another Baltic error. Connor Christensen gave Tri-Valley the lead after a two-run single to make the score 5-3.

Baltic got a run in the top of the fourth inning, and then took the lead again in the top of the fifth inning after a run scored on passed ball and then a groundout. Beau Keith tied the game on an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning at 6-6. Baltic again grabbed the lead in the top of the sixth inning after a run scored on a passed ball. Luke Lofswold hit an RBI sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning to tie the game 7-7. Braydon Humpal hit a ground ball in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Logan Colwill scored the winning run on an error.

Keith had a double with two RBIs. Christensen had a hit with two RBIs. Haynes and Colwill had hits. Lofswold and Humpal both had an RBI. Tyler Groenewold started the game pitching an inning giving up two runs, one earned, with no hits, five walks, and four strikeouts. Nate Hargreaves then pitched four innings giving up three runs, one earned, on three hits with three walks and 12 strikeouts. Keith pitched the final two innings giving up one unearned run on one hit.