The Tri-Valley baseball team earned a 5-0 win over Garretson on Monday, April 26th in Garretson.

Tri-Valley got on the board in the top of the first inning after Riley Carlson scored on a pop-out for a 1-0 lead.  They added to the lead in the top of the second inning after Carlson earned a bases-loaded walk to push the lead to 2-0.

The score remained 2-0 as the two pitchers got locked into a pitching dual.  Tri-Valley was able to get one more run in the top of the sixth inning when Nate Hargreaves scored on a double.  They added two more runs in the top of the seventh after two hit batters and three straight walks.

Hargreaves pitched the complete game shutout giving up just three hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.  He also had two RBIs in the game.

Tri-Valley had a 4-1 lead after five innings, but McCook Central rallied for nine runs in the final two innings, scoring two in the sixth and seven runs in the seventh to take a 10-4 win over Tri-Valley on Sunday, April 18th.

McCook Central got the first run in the top of the third scoring on a passed ball for an early 1-0 lead.  Tri-Valley scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI double by Riley Haynes and a sacrifice fly by Cole Focken.  Haynes drove in two more runs on a single in the bottom of the fifth inning to give Tri-Valley a 4-1 lead.

McCook Central added two runs in the top of the sixth to start their rally.  They scored on back-to-back hits with two outs to cut the lead down to 4-3.  McCook Central then scored seven times in the top of the seventh inning taking advantage of three walks, two hit batters, a Tri-Valley error, and three hits.  Logan Colwill hit a double in the bottom of the seventh, but that was the only hit Tri-Valley got in the bottom of the seventh.

Haynes had two hits, one of them a double, and three RBIs.  Colwill finished with three hits, including a double.  Focken had a double and an RBI.  Beau Keith also had two hits.  Nate Hargreaves pitched six innings giving up three earned runs on three hits with five walks and nine strikeouts.  Riley Carlson took the loss pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up four earned runs on two hits with two walks and a strikeout.  Keith finished the last 2/3 of an inning giving up three runs, none of them earned, on one hit and a walk.

Vermillion scored five times in the first inning on their way to a 13-3, five-inning win over Tri-Valley on Monday, April 5th, in Vermillion.

Tri-Valley scored in the top of the first inning after an RBI single by Logan Colwill.  That lead would be short lived has Vermillion tied the game after their first three batters reached base.  Vermillion scored four more times in the inning on two hits, five walks, and a hit batter.  Tri-Valley got a run back in the top of the second when Tyler Groenewold scored after a Vermillion error.

Vermillion scored two runs each in the second, third, fourth, and fifth innings to end the game on the 10-run rule.  Tri-Valley’s final run came in the top of the fourth inning after an RBI groundout by Brayden Humble.

Riley Haynes, Riley Carlson, Colwill, and Groenewold all had hits in the game.  Colwill and Humble both had an RBI.  Beau Keith started on the mound pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up five earned runs on two hits with four walks and a strikeout.  Carlson pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up four runs, three earned, on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts.  Colwill pitched an inning giving up four earned runs on four hits and two walks.

Tri-Valley lost a road game to Dell Rapids in baseball action, 7-3, on Thursday, April 1st at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.

Tri-Valley got on the board first after getting a rally started in the top of the first inning.  The first two batters of the game reached base, and Luke Lofswold scored on an RBI groundout by Beau Keith.  Dell Rapids tied the game in the bottom of the inning when Brayden Pankonen scored on a wild pitch.

After setting down Tri-Valley in order in the top of the second, Dell Rapids took the lead in the bottom of the inning.  Will Jaton got an RBI double and later scored in the inning to give Dell Rapids a 3-1 lead after two innings.

Keith drove home another run for Tri-Valley in the top of the third after the first two batters reached to start the inning again.  Logan Colwill added an RBI single to tie the game 3-3.

Dell Rapids took the lead for good in the bottom of the third inning scoring two times.  They also added a run in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings for the win.

Colwill was two-for-three in the game with an RBI.  Nate Hargreaves and Brayden Humble both had a hit in the game.  Keith finished with two RBIs.  Hargreaves started the game on the mound throwing three innings while giving up five runs, four earned, on two hits with six walks and four strikeouts.  Tyler Groenewold pitched three innings giving up two runs, both earned, on three hits.