The Tri-Valley high school baseball season came to an end at the Region 3B tournament in Dell Rapids on Tuesday, May 25th.  Tri-Valley entered the tournament as the #8 seed and played #1 Dell Rapids in the opening game.

Tri-Valley was only able to get two hits in the game, and Dell Rapids scored in every inning except the second inning as Dell Rapids ended the Tri-Valley season with a 10-0 victory.

The first hit of the game for Tri-Valley came off the bat of Tyler Groenwold in the top of the third inning.  Logan Colwill had the other hit of the game in the fourth inning.  Tri-Valley was only able to get a runner to third base twice in the game.

Nate Hargreaves pitched the first 3 2/3 innings giving up five runs, four earned, on four hits with six walks and four strikeouts.  Beau Keith pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing one earned run on a hit with two walks and two strikeouts.  Colwill pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing four runs, one earned, on one with with four walks and two strikeouts before Dell Rapids ended the game in the bottom of the sixth inning on the 10-run rule.

Tri-Valley finished their season with 2-7 record in Region 3B regular season games and a 2-10 overall record against Class B teams.

Tri-Valley and Sioux Falls Christian only combined for a total of seven hits in the game, but Sioux Falls Christian was able to get three runs and defeated Tri-Valley 3-0 on Wednesday, May 12th.

The first run for Sioux Falls Christian came in the bottom of the third inning on a bases loaded sacrifice fly.  They added another run in the bottom of the fourth inning on an RBI single.  One more run scored in the bottom of the sixth inning on a wild pitch to give Sioux Falls Christian the 3-0 lead.

Tri-Valley was held to just four hits in the game.  Luke Lofswold, Beau Keith, Kaden Egger, and Cole Focken all collected hits.  Nate Hargreaves pitched four innings giving up two runs, both earned, on three hits with five walks and six strikeouts.  Keith pitched two innings giving up an earned run on four walks and two strikeouts.

Flandreau/Chester/Colman-Egan scored four of their five runs in the final three innings to get a 5-1 win over Tri-Valley on Friday, May 7th.

Flandreau got the first run of the game on a passed ball in the top of the third inning.  They got another run via a passed ball in the top of the fifth inning for a 2-0 lead.  Riley Haynes got an RBI single for Tri-Valley in the bottom of the fifth inning to cut the lead to 2-1, but Flandreau scored another run in the top of the sixth and two more in the top of the seventh to put the game out of reach for Tri-Valley.

Haynes finished with a hit and RBI.  Beau Keith, Cole Focken, and Lawson Loiseau all had a hit as well.  Nate Hargreaves pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up two runs, both unearned, on one hit with five walks and 13 strikeouts.  Keith pitched the final 2 2/3 innings giving up three runs, all earned, on five hits with four strikeouts.

The Tri-Valley high school baseball team got a win, 8-7, scoring the winning run on the final play of the game over Baltic in Colton on Sunday, May 2nd.

Both teams held the lead in the game. Baltic scored three runs in the first, but Tri-Valley scored two in the bottom of the inning on two Baltic errors to cut the lead to 3-2. Tri-Valley tied the game when Riley Haynes scored after another Baltic error. Connor Christensen gave Tri-Valley the lead after a two-run single to make the score 5-3.

Baltic got a run in the top of the fourth inning, and then took the lead again in the top of the fifth inning after a run scored on passed ball and then a groundout. Beau Keith tied the game on an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning at 6-6. Baltic again grabbed the lead in the top of the sixth inning after a run scored on a passed ball. Luke Lofswold hit an RBI sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning to tie the game 7-7. Braydon Humpal hit a ground ball in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Logan Colwill scored the winning run on an error.

Keith had a double with two RBIs. Christensen had a hit with two RBIs. Haynes and Colwill had hits. Lofswold and Humpal both had an RBI. Tyler Groenewold started the game pitching an inning giving up two runs, one earned, with no hits, five walks, and four strikeouts. Nate Hargreaves then pitched four innings giving up three runs, one earned, on three hits with three walks and 12 strikeouts. Keith pitched the final two innings giving up one unearned run on one hit.

The Tri-Valley baseball team earned a 5-0 win over Garretson on Monday, April 26th in Garretson.

Tri-Valley got on the board in the top of the first inning after Riley Carlson scored on a pop-out for a 1-0 lead.  They added to the lead in the top of the second inning after Carlson earned a bases-loaded walk to push the lead to 2-0.

The score remained 2-0 as the two pitchers got locked into a pitching dual.  Tri-Valley was able to get one more run in the top of the sixth inning when Nate Hargreaves scored on a double.  They added two more runs in the top of the seventh after two hit batters and three straight walks.

Hargreaves pitched the complete game shutout giving up just three hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.  He also had two RBIs in the game.

Tri-Valley had a 4-1 lead after five innings, but McCook Central rallied for nine runs in the final two innings, scoring two in the sixth and seven runs in the seventh to take a 10-4 win over Tri-Valley on Sunday, April 18th.

McCook Central got the first run in the top of the third scoring on a passed ball for an early 1-0 lead.  Tri-Valley scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI double by Riley Haynes and a sacrifice fly by Cole Focken.  Haynes drove in two more runs on a single in the bottom of the fifth inning to give Tri-Valley a 4-1 lead.

McCook Central added two runs in the top of the sixth to start their rally.  They scored on back-to-back hits with two outs to cut the lead down to 4-3.  McCook Central then scored seven times in the top of the seventh inning taking advantage of three walks, two hit batters, a Tri-Valley error, and three hits.  Logan Colwill hit a double in the bottom of the seventh, but that was the only hit Tri-Valley got in the bottom of the seventh.

Haynes had two hits, one of them a double, and three RBIs.  Colwill finished with three hits, including a double.  Focken had a double and an RBI.  Beau Keith also had two hits.  Nate Hargreaves pitched six innings giving up three earned runs on three hits with five walks and nine strikeouts.  Riley Carlson took the loss pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up four earned runs on two hits with two walks and a strikeout.  Keith finished the last 2/3 of an inning giving up three runs, none of them earned, on one hit and a walk.

Vermillion scored five times in the first inning on their way to a 13-3, five-inning win over Tri-Valley on Monday, April 5th, in Vermillion.

Tri-Valley scored in the top of the first inning after an RBI single by Logan Colwill.  That lead would be short lived has Vermillion tied the game after their first three batters reached base.  Vermillion scored four more times in the inning on two hits, five walks, and a hit batter.  Tri-Valley got a run back in the top of the second when Tyler Groenewold scored after a Vermillion error.

Vermillion scored two runs each in the second, third, fourth, and fifth innings to end the game on the 10-run rule.  Tri-Valley’s final run came in the top of the fourth inning after an RBI groundout by Brayden Humble.

Riley Haynes, Riley Carlson, Colwill, and Groenewold all had hits in the game.  Colwill and Humble both had an RBI.  Beau Keith started on the mound pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up five earned runs on two hits with four walks and a strikeout.  Carlson pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up four runs, three earned, on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts.  Colwill pitched an inning giving up four earned runs on four hits and two walks.

Tri-Valley lost a road game to Dell Rapids in baseball action, 7-3, on Thursday, April 1st at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.

Tri-Valley got on the board first after getting a rally started in the top of the first inning.  The first two batters of the game reached base, and Luke Lofswold scored on an RBI groundout by Beau Keith.  Dell Rapids tied the game in the bottom of the inning when Brayden Pankonen scored on a wild pitch.

After setting down Tri-Valley in order in the top of the second, Dell Rapids took the lead in the bottom of the inning.  Will Jaton got an RBI double and later scored in the inning to give Dell Rapids a 3-1 lead after two innings.

Keith drove home another run for Tri-Valley in the top of the third after the first two batters reached to start the inning again.  Logan Colwill added an RBI single to tie the game 3-3.

Dell Rapids took the lead for good in the bottom of the third inning scoring two times.  They also added a run in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings for the win.

Colwill was two-for-three in the game with an RBI.  Nate Hargreaves and Brayden Humble both had a hit in the game.  Keith finished with two RBIs.  Hargreaves started the game on the mound throwing three innings while giving up five runs, four earned, on two hits with six walks and four strikeouts.  Tyler Groenewold pitched three innings giving up two runs, both earned, on three hits.