Madison Black 14U scored six times in the top of the fifth inning, which proved to be the difference in a 10-4 win over Tri-Valley Maroon on Tuesday, June 7th.

Madison scored two times in the top of the second inning for an early 2-0 lead.  Tri-Valley had a big inning of their own in the bottom of the fourth.  Tristen Bunde had an RBI ground ball and reached on an error.  Treyson Richter also scored on the error to tie the game 2-2.  Gage Egger followed with an RBI single.  Parker Atwood had an RBI ground out later in the inning, and Tri-Valley led 4-2 after the fourth inning.

Madison, however, scored six times in the top of the fifth, all with two outs.  The runs came on just two hits, but also four walks, a hit batter, and an error.  Madison would also score a single run in the top of the sixth and seventh innings.

Egger had a hit and an RBI.  Richter had two hits, including a double.  Denton Bicknase finished with a single.  Bunde had two RBIs in the game, and Atwood had one RBI.  Cole Hendrixson pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing two runs, neither of them earned, on a hit and walk with four strikeouts.  Bunde pitched 4 2/3 innings and allowed six runs, all earned, on six hits and three walks with five strikeouts.  Jackson Williams allowed two unearned runs on two walks.

Both Tri-Valley 14U White and Tri-Valley 14U Maroon posted wins in their last games.  Tri-Valley White beat Parker 13-3 Tuesday, May 31st.  Tri-Valley White defeated Dell Rapids Red 14-2 on Wednesday, June 1st.

Tri-Valley Maroon 13, Parker 3

Tri-Valley Maroon scored 10 unanswered runs after the game was tied 3-3 in a 13-3 victory over Parker at home in a six-inning game.  Parker scored the first two runs in the top of the first inning, but Tri-Valley answered with three in the bottom of the inning.  Parker scored one more time in the top of the second to tie the game 3-3.  Tri-Valley then scored three runs in the bottom of the third, six more times in the bottom of the fifth, and one in the sixth to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Mason Hemme had two hits and three RBIs.  Tristen Bunde and D Christensen both had a hit and an RBI.  Treyson Ricther had two hits.  Cole Hendrixson finished with a double.  Myles DeWitt had two RBIs, and Gage Egger had an RBI.

Egger pitched the first three innings allowing three runs, two earned, on two hits and three walks with six strikeouts.  Bunde pitched the final three innings and allowed just one hit while striking out five batters.

Tri-Valley White 14, Dell Rapids Red 2

Tri-Valley White had a 12-run third inning in a 14-2 five-inning win over Dell Rapids Red at home.  Tri-Valley also scored a run in the second and fourth innings.  Dell Rapids scored both of their runs in the top of the fifth inning.  Tri-Valley belted 16 hits in the win, while holding Dell Rapids to just three hits.

Cooper Nielson had four hits and an RBI.  Sullivan Snethen had two hits and three RBIs.  Both Noah Eggert and Luke Strom had two htis and two RBIs.  Landon McGill and Brenner Struiksma each had two hits and an RBI.  Matthew Cypher had a hit and an RBI, and Austin Puetz had a hit.

Struiksma pitched the first four innings and allowed three hits and three walks while striking out eight.  Nielson pitched the final inning allowing two earned runs on two walks with three strikeouts.

Tri-Valley 14U White dropped their first game of the season to Parker on Tuesday, May 24th.  Parker grabbed the lead in the second inning and took the win 9-1.

Parker scored all their runs before Tri-Valley got on the board.  They got two runs in the second, three in the fourth, and four more in the top of the sixth.  Tri-Valley got their run in the bottom of the sixth when Cooper Nielson scored on an error.

Tri-Valley was held to just two hits.  Sullivan Snethen and Austin Puetz each had a single.  Brady Jewett pitched three innings and allowed two earned runs on two hits with three walks and three strikeouts.  Brenner Struiksma pitched three innings and allowed seven runs, four earned, on six hits and two walks with six strikeouts.  Snethen pitched one inning.