Tri-Valley Maroon 14U won two of their three games at the I-29 League Tournament in Flandreau Friday, June 10th and Saturday, June 11th. Tri-Valley Maroon played Dell Rapids Red, West Central Gold, and Tea-D for their three games.
Tri-Valley Maroon 15, Dell Rapids Red 5
Tri-Valley started the tournament with a 15-5 win on Friday. They had a total of six hits while holding Dell Rapids to just one hit. Tri-Valley scored four in the bottom of the first inning. Dell Rapids got three in the top of the second, but Tri-Valley responded with five in the bottom of the sixth. Dell Rapids got two more in the top of the third, but Tri-Valley added six more in the bottom of the third. The game ended after the top of the fourth inning on the 10-run rule.
Owen Bunde and Gage Egger each had a double and an RBI. Cole Hendrixson and Tristen Bunde each had a hit and an RBI. Treyson Ricther and Myles DeWitt also had hits. Mason Hemme added two RBIs. Egger pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing three earned runs on four walks and four strikeouts. Denton Bicknase pitched an inning and recorded two strikeouts. Kaiden Bernards pitched 1 1/3 inning and allowed two runs, one earned, on a hit and three walks with two strikeouts.
West Central Gold 8, Tri-Valley Maroon 5
In the second game of the day for Tri-Valley, West Central scored four runs in the fifth inning and three more in the sixth to steal an 8-5 victory.
West Central got a run right away in the top of the first inning. Tri-Valley struck for four runs in the bottom of the third. Bunde hit a fly ball to center and reached on an error that also scored Hendrixson. Bunde scored on a passed ball for a 2-1 lead. Richter also scored on a passed ball, and Egger scored on an error to give Tri-Valley a 4-1 lead.
The score remained 4-1 until the top of the fifth inning. West Central scored four times to take a 5-4 lead. Egger had an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game to send the game to extra innings. West Central, however, scored three times in the top of the six and held Tri-Valley scoreless in the bottom of the inning for the 8-5 win.
Egger had a hit and an RBI. Hemme had two hits. Hendrixson finished with a double. Bunde, Richter, and DeWitt each had a single. Bicknase pitched 5 1/3 innings and allowed seven runs, five earned, on nine hits and a walk with seven strikeouts. Hendrixson pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing an earned run on two hits and three walks.
Tri-Valley Maroon 15, Tea-D 2
Tri-Valley bounced back on Saturday against Tea-D. They scored in every inning and held Tea to just two hits in their 15-2 win that ended in four innings on the 10-run rule.
Tri-Valley scored three times in the first inning, and then had four runs each in the second, third, and fourth innings. Tea scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning.
Bernards had a double and two RBIs. Hendrixson had a hit and two RBIs. Hemme finished with a hit and an RBI. Egger had a hit. Bicknase finished with two RBIs, and Dylan Christensen also had an RBI. Jackson Williams pitched two innings and allowed two unearned runs on three walks with three strikeouts. Hendrixson also pitched two innings and allowed two hits.
