The Tri-Valley 16U baseball season ended with two losses in the Region 3A tournament in Humboldt on Monday, July 25th.  Tri-Valley lost games to West Central and Madison.

West Central 7, Tri-Valley 3

West Central scored four times in the bottom of the sixth to break a 3-3 tie and advance in the Region 3A tournament.  The game was scoreless for the first three innings.  West Central got on the board first with three runs in the bottom of the fourth.

Tri-Valley scored once in the top of the fifth.  Benjamin Myhre reached on an error that scored Hunter Foster.  Tri-Valley then tied the game, 3-3, after two runs in the top of the sixth.  Carter Sorenson drove home two with a single.  West Central had the first four batters reach base in the bottom of the sixth, scoring two times.  They added two more runs with just one out to build a 7-3 lead for the win.

Sorenson had two hits and two RBIs in the game.  Ledger Burggraff also had two hits.  Alex Wingen and Levi Kretzschmar both had a single.  Wingen pitched 4 2/3 innings and allowed three runs, none earned, on one hit and four walks with seven strikeouts.  Sorenson pitched 1/3 of an inning and allowed four earned runs on two hits and two walks with one strikeout.  Everett Althoff pitched one inning and allowed one hit and one walk.

Madison 16, Tri-Valley 1

In the first elimination game of the tournament, Madison jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the top of the first inning.  Sorenson had a double and later scored in the bottom of the first for Tri-Valley to cut the lead to 3-1.  Madison scored one run in the second and third innings to lead 5-1 after three innings.  They would deliver the knock-out blow with 11 runs in the top of the fourth.

Sorenson finished with a double.  Wingen and Althoff each had a single.  Althoff pitched three innings and allowed 10 runs, six earned, on eight hits and four walks with three strikeouts.  Lofswold gave up an earned run on two hits and two walks.  Cyrus Kirstein pitched 1/3 of an inning and allowed five earned runs on three hits and two walks.  Sorenson pitched 2/3 of an inning and recorded two strikeouts.

Tea Gold scored two times in the top of the seventh to steal a 6-5 win over Tri-Valley 16U on Wednesday, July 20th.

Tea grabbed the early lead with two runs in the top of the first.  Tri-Valley got a run back in the bottom of the first when Alex Wingen scored on a passed ball.  Tea scored two more runs in the top of the second and led 4-1 after two innings.

Tri-Valley picked up two runs in the bottom of the third.  Everett Althoff and an RBI triple and then scored on an error to make it a 4-3 game.  They then took the lead in the bottom of the fifth.  Holden Rise reached on an error that scored Althoff and Carter Sorenson to give Tri-Valley the 5-4 advantage.  Tea took the lead back with two runs after two outs in the top of the seventh.

Althoff had two hits, one a triple, and an RBI.  Holden Foster and Sorenson both had singles.  Wingen pitched six innings and allowed four earned runs on four hits and five walks with four strikeouts.  Althoff pitched one inning and allowed two earned runs on a hit and two walks.

The Tea Bolts scored in every inning but one in a 14-9 win over Tri-Valley 16U on Tuesday, July 19th.

Tea built an early lead with three runs in the bottom of the first.  Tri-Valley cut into the lead in the top of the second.  Ledger Burggraff and Benjamin Myhre both had RBI singles to make the score 3-2.  Tri-Valley then took the lead in the top of the third.  Hunter Foster had an RBI double to tie the game 3-3.  Burggraff brought home two more with a single for a 5-3 lead.

Tea, however, would score the next 11 runs.  They regained the lead in the bottom of the third with five runs.  They had a single run in the fourth and fifth innings, and then scored four more times in the sixth.  Tea lead 14-5 heading into the top of the seventh inning.  Burggraff brought home another run with a single.  Myhre had a two-run single, and Burggraff later scored on a passed ball.

Burggraff had three hits and four RBIs.  Myhre also had three hits with three RBIs.  Everett Althoff finished with two hits.  Foster had a double and an RBI.  Carter Sorenson, H Rise, and Levi Kretzschmar all had singles.

Cody Lofswold pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed eight runs, four earned, on six hits and four walks with three strikeouts.  Sorenson pitched three innings and allowed six runs, three earned, on three hits and three walks with five strikeouts. Alex Wingen pitched 1/3 of an inning and allowed a walk with a strikeout.

Baltic used two big innings to score 18 runs in an 18-0 win over Tri-Valley 16U on Thursday, July 14th.  Baltic scored 11 times in the top of the first inning and then seven more in the top of the third.

Tri-Valley was held to just one hit in the game.  Mayson Rise had a one-out single in the bottom of the third inning.  Benjamin Myhre pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed 11 earned runs on 11 hits and a walk with one strikeout.  Everett Althoff pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed seven earned runs on four hits and four walks with one strikeout.  Holden Rise pitched one inning and allowed one hit and two walks with one strikeout.

Tri-Valley 16U was shut out by Madison White at home on Tuesday, July 12th. Madison had an eight-run second inning and won 10-0 in five innings on the 10-run rule. Madison also scored a run in the top of the third and top of the fifth.

Tri-Valley was held to just two hits in the game. Holden Rise and Levi Kretzschmar each had a single. Carter Sorenson pitched three innings and allowed nine runs, five earned, on six hits and four walks with seven strikeouts. Cyrus Kirstein pitched two innings and allowed an unearned run on three walks with three strikeouts.

Tri-Valley 16U scored four runs in the top of the eighth for a 10-6 road win over Flandreau on Thursday, June 30th.

Carter Sorenson drove home the first run for Tri-Valley on a single in the top of the first.  Flandreau took the lead in the bottom of the inning with three runs.  They added another in the bottom of the second and led 4-1 after two innings of play.

Hunter Foster had a two-run single in the top of the third to pull Tri-Valley within a run, 4-3.  Tri-Valley would tie the game in the top of the fifth on an RBI double by Javier Mendoza.  Flandreau regained the lead with a run in the bottom of the sixth.  Cody Lofswold and Sorenson both scored in the top of the seven to give Tri-Valley a 6-5 lead.  Fandreau took advantage of an error in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game 6-6 and force extra innings.

Alex Wingen broke the tie with an RBI single in the top of the eighth.  Sorenson added a three-run double with two outs to push the lead to 10-6 for Tri-Valley.  Flandreau went down in order in the bottom of the eighth.

Wingen had three hits, one a double, and an RBI.  Sorenson had two hits, one a double, and four RBIs.  Everett Althoff and Lofswold both had two hits.  Foster finished with a single and three RBIs.  Mendoza had a double and an RBI.  Levi Kretzschmar and Benjamin Myhre both had a single.

Cyrus Kirstein pitched five innings and allowed four runs, one earned, on four hits and a walk with five strikeouts.  Sorenson pitched two innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits and a walk with three strikeouts.  Wingen pitched one inning.

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.

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.

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 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.