Tri-Valley 16U banged out 11 hits and routed Parker 17-2 in four innings on Tuesday, June 28th.

Seven different players collected hits for Tri-Valley.  Everett Althoff led the attack with a double and triple and five RBIs.  Carter Sorenson had two hits, one a triple, and three RBIs.  Holden Rise also had two hits and three RBIs.  Levi Kretzschmar had two hits, one a double, and an RBI.  Benjamin Myhre and Ledger Burggraff both had a hit and an RBI.  Javier Mendoza also added a hit.  Mayson Rise and Hunter Foster each had an RBI.

Althoff also pitched all four innings and allowed two earned runs on four hits and four walks with three strikeouts.

Tri-Valley scored three runs in the bottom of the first, six in the second, and eight in the third inning.  Parker got a single run in the second and third innings.

Tri-Valley Maroon 14U and Garretson combined for 34 runs on Monday, June 27th, but it was Garretson that took the win by a score of 22-12.

Tri-Valley got out to a big lead early in the game.  They scored four runs in the top of the first, one in the second, and five in the top of the third.  Garretson scored just one run in the bottom of the first, and Tri-Valley led 10-1 going into the bottom of the third inning.

Garretson then scored seven times in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 10-8.  Tri-Valley scored a run in the top of the fourth, but Garretson responded with three more in the bottom of the inning. The game was tied 11-11 after four innings.  Garretson had another seven-run inning in the bottom of the fifth.  Tri-Valley added one more run in the sixth, but Garretson scored four more times to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Treyson Richter had three hits and two RBIs.  Gage Egger had two hits and two RBIs.  Cole Hendrixson added two hits and an RBI.  Kaiden Bernards and Tristen Bunde both had a hit and an RBI.  Dylan Christensen and Parker Hemme both had an RBI.

The Tri-Valley 16U baseball team lost three games at the I-29 League Tournament in Madison on Friday, June 24th and Saturday, June 25th.

West Central 13, Tri-Valley 8

The two teams went back and forth throughout the game, but a seven-run fifth for West Central led them to a 13-8 victory on Friday.

West Central scored three runs in the bottom of the first for an early 3-0 lead.  Tri-Valley took the lead in the top of the second.  Mayson Rise had a two-run single and then later scored on a passed ball, and Ledger Burggraff also scored on a passed ball for a 4-3 lead.  West Central responded with two runs in the bottom of the second and another in the third for a 6-4 lead after three innings of play.

Tri-Valley had another four-run inning in the top of the fifth.  Rise brought home two more runs with a single, Levi Kretzschmar scored on a passed ball, and Benjamin Myhre had an RBI double to give Tri-Valley an 8-6 lead.  West Central then scored seven times in the bottom of the fifth for the win.

Rise had two hits and four RBIs.  Everett Althoff also had two hits.  Myhre had a double and an RBI.  C Carter Sorenson, Kretzschmar, and Burggraff each had a single.  Althoff pitched two innings and allowed six runs, three earned, on six hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  Sorenson pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed seven earned runs on six hits and three walks with four strikeouts.

Madison Gold 13, Tri-Valley 4

Madison scored the first 11 runs and won 13-4 over Tri-Valley on Saturday.  The top of the first inning ended with two runs in the top of the first.  Madison scored four more times in the top of the second, and five in the top of the fourth for an 11-0 lead.

Hunter Foster and Kretzschmar had back-to-back RBI doubles in the bottom of the fourth.  Both Madison and Tri-Valley scored two times in the fifth inning.  Sorenson had an RBI double, and Rise scored on a passed ball for Tri-Valley.

Rise had two hits.  Kretzschmar, Foster, and Sorenson all had a double and an RBI.  Alex Wingen also had a double.  Althoff and Burggraff each finished with a single.  Myhre pitched four innings and allowed 11 runs, six earned, on nine hits and four walks with two strikeouts.  Lofswold pitched two innings and allowed two earned runs on four hits and a walk with a strikeout.

Dell Rapids 5, Tri-Valley 4

A 4-4 tie after six innings was broken with a bases-loaded walk in the top of the seventh by Dell Rapids for a 5-4 win on Saturday.

Sorenson had an RBI double in the bottom of the first to give Tri-Valley a 1-0 lead.  Dell Rapids tied the game with a run in the top of the second, but Kretzschmar scored on an error in the bottom of the inning to keep the lead with Tri-Valley, 2-1.

Dell Rapids took the lead in the top of the third with three runs.  Tri-Valley made sure the lead didn’t last long as they scored twice in the bottom of the inning.  Sorenson had another RBI hit, and then Althoff also had an RBI single for a 4-4 tie.

Sorenson had two hits, one a double, and two RBIs.  Althoff had two hits and a single.  Wingen, Foster, Kretzschmar, and Rise all had singles.  Wingen pitched 6 1/3 innings and allowed four runs, one earned, on 12 hits and two walks with five strikeouts.  Lofswold pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed an earned run on three walks with two strikeouts.

Madison Maroon, who is undefeated in 14U I-29 League play, defeated Tri-Valley White 11-0 on Wednesday, June 22nd. Madison held Tri-Valley to just one hit in five innings of play, while the offense scored in every inning.

Sullivan Snethen had a lead-off single in the bottom of the first inning. Brady Jewett pitched two innings and allowed five earned runs on eight hits with a walk. Blaine Wiezoreck also pitched two innings and allowed five earned runs on four hits and three walks. Noah Eggert threw an inning and allowed an earned run on two hits and a walk with a strikeout.

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.