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| 05/22/26 - Home | 5-4 W |
| 04/11/25 - Away | 1-0 W |
| 04/12/24 - Home | 6-8 L |
| 05/25/23 - Away | 3-8 L |
| 04/15/23 - Neutral | 5-6 L |
It may have taken ten innings to finish the job, but Valders ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They had just enough and edged out the Howards Grove Tigers 5-4. That's two games straight that the Vikings have won by just one run.
The team relied heavily on Carter Valleskey, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and three runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Olson, who went 2-for-5 with two stolen bases and one RBI.
Valders is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a massive bump to their 8-10 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.2 runs over those games. As for Howards Grove, their defeat was their 15th straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-21.
Valders and Howards Grove could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Wisconsin Rankings. The Vikings will challenge Kewaunee at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday with a big rank disadvantage (264 vs. 15). Meanwhile, Howards Grove (ranked 379th) will meet Living Word Lutheran (ranked 40th) on Thursday.
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