The Tri-Valley 16U teener team played three games between Friday, June 11th and Saturday, June 12th in the I-29 League Tournament in Garretson.  Tri-Valley finished those three games with a record of 1-2.

Tri-Valley gave up four early runs to Garretson, and their rally fell short in the sixth inning as Garretson got a 5-4 win on Friday.

Garretson picked up a run in the bottom of the first.  Beau Keith drove home two runs with a single in the top of the third to give Tri-Valley a 2-1 lead.  Garretson scored three times in the bottom of the third to regain the lead, and then added another one in the bottom of the fifth to extend the lead to 5-2.  Everett Althoff had an RBI double, and Noah Haynes scored on an error to cut the lead to 5-4.  Tri-Valley had the tying run thrown out at home for the second out of the inning.  A strikeout ended the game with the tying run on third.

Keith had two hits with two RBIs.  Haynes, Kaden Egger, and Barrett Althoff all had two hits.  E. Althoff had a double and an RBI.  Cole Focken and Mason Hendrixson both had a single.  Tanner Van Asselt had an RBI.  Egger pitched four innings allowing four earned runs on seven hits with one walk and seven strikeouts.  Keith pitched one inning allowing an unearned run with one walk and two strikeouts.

Tri-Valley scored eight runs in the middle innings to earn a 9-4 win over the Tea Bolts in their first game on Saturday.

Keith scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the first for a 1-0 lead.  Tea got single runs in the top of the second and third for a 2-1 lead, but Tri-Valley got five runs in the bottom of the third.  Haynes had a two-run single, and Brendan Newman had a three-run triple for a 6-2 lead.  They would score three more runs in the bottom of the fourth.  Two runs scored on an error, and Keith scored on a passed ball as Tri-Valley closed out the game for the win.

Newman had a triple with three RBIs.  Hendrixson had two hits and two RBIs.  Haynes had a hit with two RBIs.  Holden Rise had two hits.  Lawson Loiseau and Aidan Heitkamp both had hits as well.  Haynes pitched all six innings allowing four runs, three earned, on eight hits with one walk and one strikeout.

Tri-Valley fell to the Tea Gold 16U team in their final game of the day.  Tea scored five runs in the first two wins and finished with a 7-2 over Tri-Valley.

B. Althoff scored on a passed ball in the top of the fourth for Tri-Valley’s first run of the game.  Keith scored on an error in the top of the sixth as Tri-Valley was held to just three hits in the game.

B. Althoff, Rise, and Van Asselt had the three hits.  Hendrixson pitched 3 2/3 innings allowing seven runs, three earned, on eight hits with three walks and six strikeouts.  Keith pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing just one hit and one walk with two strikeouts.

The Tri-Valley 16U team led 6-2 after five innings of play, but Baltic scored four runs in the top of the sixth to tie the game, and then eight in the top of the seventh to get a 14-6 win over Tri-Valley on Thursday, June 3rd.

After two outs in the bottom of the first inning, Tri-Valley scored two runs.  Beau Keith scored on a bases-loaded walk to Barrett Althoff, and then Mason Hendrixson stole home for a 2-0 lead.  Baltic scored a single run in the top of the fourth inning, but Kaden Egger pushed the Tri-Valley lead to 4-1 after a two-run double in the bottom of the inning.  Baltic again cut the lead in half with a run in the top of the fifth inning, however, Tri-Valley got two more runs when Lawson Loiseau and Althoff scored on wild pitches to give Tri-Valley a 6-2 lead after five innings.

Baltic then took advantage of some Tri-Valley miscues in the top of the sixth inning.  Baltic scored four times on one hit as Tri-Valley had four errors and two walks in the inning.  Baltic then scored eight times on three hits in the top of the seventh taking advantage of seven walks.

Egger finished with a double and two RBIs.  Althoff had a hit and an RBI.  Loiseau had a double.  Keith, Hendrixson, and Tanner Van Asselt all had a single in the game.  Egger pitched the first five innings giving up two runs, both earned, on two hits with four walks and four strikeouts.  Cole Focken pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing six runs, two earned, on two hits with two walks.  Keith pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing six runs, five earned, on two hits with five walks.  Hendrixson pitched 1/3 of an inning and gave up one walk.