The Tri-Valley 14U White team split two games in the SEBA League in Sioux Falls on Monday, June 22nd. Tri-Valley defeated the Tea Lightning but lost to the WC Trojans.
Tri-Valley 13, Tea 12
Tri-Valley rallied late in a back-and-forth offensive battle for a win over Tea. Each team scored a run in the first inning. Tri-Valley scored three in the top of the second, but Tea took the lead 7-4 with six runs in the bottom of the second. Tri-Valley picked up a run in the third. Tea added two more in the bottom of the inning to extend the lead to 9-5. Tri-Valley added two more runs in the top of the inning, but Tea got another run in the bottom of the fourth. A big top of the fifth was key for Tri-Valley’s win. They scored six runs to take a 13-10 lead. Tea scored twice in the bottom of the fifth, but Tri-Valley stopped any more of a rallly.
Noah Ketterling had three hits and an RBI. Jude Ellis and Aiden Gunderson each had two singles and an RBI. Isaiah Aluong had two singles. Dom Luening finished with a home run and an RBI. Callen Althoff had a double and an RBI. Tristan Smith had a single with an RBI. Carson Hoenisch had a hit, and Trig Tietgen ended with an RBI.
WC Trojans 10, Tri-Valley 2
The WC Trojans broke a 2-2 tie in the third on their way to the win. Each team had two runs in the first inning. WC Trojans had a five-run top of the third. They would add three more runs in the top of the fifth.
Tri-Valley was held to just three hits. Ellis had a single with an RBI. Luening and Althoff both had one hit each.
