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.

Garretson scored eight runs in their final two at-bats to steal a 14-9 win from Tri-Valley White on Monday, June 13th in Garretson.

The first run of the game went to Garretson in the bottom of the first inning.  Tri-Valley bounced back with three runs in the top of the second.  Austin Puetz had an RBI single.  Bracken Sharpe brought home a run with a ground out, and Puetz scored on a balk for a 3-1 lead.  Tri-Valley added another run in the top of the third on an RBI single by Cooper Nielson.

Garretson regrouped and scored four times in the bottom of the third to take a 5-4 lead.  Puetz added another RBI single in the top of the fourth, and Landen Jensen had an RBI ground out to give the lead back to Tri-Valley, 6-5.  Garretson tied the game with a run in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Tri-Valley took the lead again in the top of the fifth with three more runs.  Puetz had an RBI single, and Sharpe brought home two on a single.  Tri-Valley led 9-6 heading into the bottom of the fifth.  Garretson then scored the final eight runs of the game, which included seven in the bottom of the fifth.  They added one more in the bottom of the sixth.

Puetz had three hits and three RBIs.  Matthew Cypher had three hits, including a double.  Sharpe added a single and three RBIs.  Nielson and Jensen both had a single and an RBI.  Noah Eggert finished with a double.  Sullivan Snethen pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing eight runs, seven earned, on six hits and three walks with two strikeouts.  Cypher pitched 3 2/3 innings allowing six earned runs on six hits and three walks with four strikeouts.

Tri-Valley Maroon 14U won two of their three games at the I-29 League Tournament in Flandreau Friday, June 10th and Saturday, June 11th.  Tri-Valley Maroon played Dell Rapids Red, West Central Gold, and Tea-D for their three games.

Tri-Valley Maroon 15, Dell Rapids Red 5

Tri-Valley started the tournament with a 15-5 win on Friday.  They had a total of six hits while holding Dell Rapids to just one hit.  Tri-Valley scored four in the bottom of the first inning.  Dell Rapids got three in the top of the second, but Tri-Valley responded with five in the bottom of the sixth.  Dell Rapids got two more in the top of the third, but Tri-Valley added six more in the bottom of the third.  The game ended after the top of the fourth inning on the 10-run rule.

Owen Bunde and Gage Egger each had a double and an RBI.  Cole Hendrixson and Tristen Bunde each had a hit and an RBI.  Treyson Ricther and Myles DeWitt also had hits.  Mason Hemme added two RBIs.  Egger pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing three earned runs on four walks and four strikeouts.  Denton Bicknase pitched an inning and recorded two strikeouts.  Kaiden Bernards pitched 1 1/3 inning and allowed two runs, one earned, on a hit and three walks with two strikeouts.

West Central Gold 8, Tri-Valley Maroon 5

In the second game of the day for Tri-Valley, West Central scored four runs in the fifth inning and three more in the sixth to steal an 8-5 victory.

West Central got a run right away in the top of the first inning.  Tri-Valley struck for four runs in the bottom of the third.  Bunde hit a fly ball to center and reached on an error that also scored Hendrixson.  Bunde scored on a passed ball for a 2-1 lead.  Richter also scored on a passed ball, and Egger scored on an error to give Tri-Valley a 4-1 lead.

The score remained 4-1 until the top of the fifth inning.  West Central scored four times to take a 5-4 lead.  Egger had an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game to send the game to extra innings.  West Central, however, scored three times in the top of the six and held Tri-Valley scoreless in the bottom of the inning for the 8-5 win.

Egger had a hit and an RBI.  Hemme had two hits.  Hendrixson finished with a double.  Bunde, Richter, and DeWitt each had a single.  Bicknase pitched 5 1/3 innings and allowed seven runs, five earned, on nine hits and a walk with seven strikeouts.  Hendrixson pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing an earned run on two hits and three walks.

Tri-Valley Maroon 15, Tea-D 2

Tri-Valley bounced back on Saturday against Tea-D.  They scored in every inning and held Tea to just two hits in their 15-2 win that ended in four innings on the 10-run rule.

Tri-Valley scored three times in the first inning, and then had four runs each in the second, third, and fourth innings.  Tea scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning.

Bernards had a double and two RBIs.  Hendrixson had a hit and two RBIs.  Hemme finished with a hit and an RBI.  Egger had a hit.   Bicknase finished with two RBIs, and Dylan Christensen also had an RBI.  Jackson Williams pitched two innings and allowed two unearned runs on three walks with three strikeouts.  Hendrixson also pitched two innings and allowed two hits.

Tri-Valley White 14U baseball played three games in the I-29 League tournament in Flandreau Friday, June 10th and Saturday, June 11th.  Tri-Valley White played Tea-D, Hamlin, and Sioux Falls Christian in their three games.

Tri-Valley White 13, Tea-D 0

Tri-Valley White scored 10 runs in the first two innings on their way to a 13-0 win over Tea-D.  Four Tri-Valley pitchers combined to keep Tea-D hitless in the game on Friday, June 10th.

Tri-Valley only had one hit in the game themselves, an RBI single by Blaine Wiezoreck.  The offense, however, drew 18 walks in the game.  Matthew Cyper also had an RBI.  Sullivan Snethen pitched 1 1/3 innings walking two batters and striking out one.  Cypher pitched an inning and had two strikeouts.  Brenner Stuiksma pitched an inning with one strikeout and one walk.  Cooper Nielson pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing one walk and struck out two.

Hamlin 10, Tri-Valley White 7

Hamlin scored seven runs in the middle innings and held off Tri-Valley for a 10-7 win on Saturday, June 11th.

Both teams scored three runs in the first inning.  Hamlin scored first in the top of the first.  Cypher drove home two for Tri-Valley with a single and later scored to tie the game 3-3 after the first inning.  Hamlin got two more runs in the top of the third. Tri-Valley got two runs in the bottom of the inning.  Nielson had an RBI ground out, and Noah Eggert reached on an error that scored Cypher.

Hamlin added three more runs in the top of the fourth and held Tri-Valley scoreless in their half of the inning for a 10-5 lead heading into the final inning.  Tri-Valley scored two times in the bottom of the fifth.  Brady Jewett and Cypher both had RBI singles, but Tri-Valley rally was stopped.

Cypher had three hits and three RBIs.  Jewett had a hit and an RBI.  Snethen had a hit, and Nielson had an RBI.  Struiksma pitched all five innings allowing 10 runs, four earned, on seven hits with three walks and five strikeouts.

Tri-Valley White 7, Sioux Falls Christian 5

Tri-Valley had a six-run fourth inning to give them a 7-5 come-from-behind win in their final game of the tournament on Sunday.

Snethen gave Tri-Valley a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on a steal of home.  Sioux Falls Christian tied the game with a run in the top of the second, and then they took the lead, 4-1, with three runs in the top of the third.  Tri-Valley responded with six runs in the bottom of the fourth.  Eggert scored on an error, Landon McGill had an RBI double and later scored, Jewett brought home two with a double, and Nielson had an RBI single.  Sioux Falls Christian got a solo home run to start the top of the fifth, but the next three batters got out to end the game.

Jewett had two hits, one a double, and two RBIs.  Nielson also had two hits, one a double, and an RBI.  McGill also had a double and an RBI.  Bracken Sharpe added a hit.  Snethen pitched two innings and allowed one earned run on a hit with three strikeouts.  Jewett pitched three innings and allowed four runs, none of them earned, on a hit and two walks with four strikeouts.

The Tri-Valley 16U baseball team trailed by just two runs after four innings of play, but Madison scored eight times in the bottom of the fifth for a 13-3 win on Thursday, June 9th in Madison.

Madison scored two runs in the bottom of the third to break a scoreless tie.  Tri-Valley took the lead in the top of the fourth with three runs.  Alex Wingen scored the first run on an error by the catcher.  Benjamin Myhre drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game, and Mayson Rise had an RBI single to give Tri-Valley a 3-2 lead.  Madison got the lead back in the bottom of the fourth with three runs.  Then they scored the eight runs in the fifth inning to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Rise had two hits and an RBI.  Myhre had a hit and an RBI.  Hunter Foster finished with two hits, and Carter Sorenson had a hit.  Sorenson pitched three innings allowing four earned runs on three hits and six walks with seven strikeouts.  Rise gave up five earned runs on three hits and three walks.  Cyrus Kirstein pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing four earned runs on a hit and two walks with three strikeouts.  Levi Kretzschmar pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing a hit and two walks.