Playing in their third straight road game to start the season, Tri-Valley fell to Parkston/Ethan/Trip 13-5 on Monday, April 11th. P/E/T scored in every inning but the first in the win.

Tyler Groenewold drove home Riley Carlson for the first run of the game and the first run for Tri-Valley in the top of the second inning. P/E/T, however, scored three times in the bottom of the second and three more in the bottom of the third for a 6-1 lead. Tri-Valley cut the lad in half to 6-3 after Connor Christensen drove home two with a single in the top of the fourth inning. That was as close as Tri-Valley would get. P/E/T added a single run in the fourth, two in the fifth, and four more in the sixth. Tri-Valley had single runs in the top of the fifth and seventh innings.

Christensen had a single and two RBIs. Groenewold had a single and an RBI. Noah Haynes also had a hit in the game. Carter Sorenson had an RBI. Kaden Egger pitched 2 2/3 innings allowing seven runs, only two earned, on five hits and three walks. Sorenson pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing six runs, two earned, on no hits with five walks and three strikeouts. Carlson pitched an inning striking out one.

The Tri-Valley Mustang high school club baseball team opened their 2022 season on the road at Alexandria taking on Hanson-Bridgewater-Emery on Monday, March 28th.  After two scoreless innings, Hanson-Bridgewater-Emery scored four straight runs and held for a 4-1 win.

H-B-E took advantage of a walk and error to start the bottom of the third inning and scored a run on a sacrifice fly.  H-B-E scored three times in the bottom of the fourth on two singles, a walk, and two Tri-Valley errors.

Tri-Valley plated a run in the top of the sixth inning.  Connor Christensen and Barrett Althoff both drew one-out walks.  Noah Haynes had a sacrifice bunt to advance both runners.  Carter Sorenson had an RBI single scoring Christensen.  Althoff was thrown out at the plate to end the inning.

Haynes, Sorenson, and Lawson Loiseau all had singles in the game.  Riley Carlson pitched four innings allowing four runs, one earned, on four hits with three walks and six strikeouts.  Kaden Egger pitched two innings without allowing a hit with three strikeouts.