Trojans drop pair of contests to end week

By Becky Walz,

Caleb Kurtenbach tagged the ball for a solo home run Wednesday to give the Trojans’ their lone run against New Hampton. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)

Last week was a rough week for the Turkey Valley baseball team (8-7, 6-2 UIC) as the Trojans failed to pick up a win after a good start to the season.

Non-conference
In action Wednesday night, New Hampton (11-4, 3-3 NEIC) jumped on the Trojans, defeating the Trojans, 3-1.
The Chickasaws rolled with the punches to start the game with a pair of runs in the first inning. Turkey Valley junior Caleb Kurtenbach got one back in the bottom of the second with a long shot over the centerfield fence, but that is all the Trojans would score. New Hampton plated one more run in the seventh.
TV had two hits in the contest, with Carson Busta having the other. On the mound for six frames, Logan Busta suffered the loss with three strikeouts. Oliver Schmitt threw the seventh inning in relief and recorded two Ks.

NH 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 0
TV  0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
Logan Busta (LP) – 6IP, 2R, 4H, 1BB, 3K; Oliver Schmitt (RP) – 1IP, 1R, 2H, 2K
HR – Caleb Kurtenbach 1; 1B – Carson Busta 1; RBI – Kurtenbach 1; SB – C. Busta 1

On the road
Taking their game to Monona Thursday, the Trojans squared off with MFL MarMac (8-4, 6-2 UIC) who is tied for second with Turkey Valley in the Upper Iowa Conference.
A couple scoreless innings by both squads eventually led to some TV offense in the third and fourth and a 2-0 Trojan lead. In the fifth, it was the Bulldogs turn to put a run on the board. But it was the eight-run sixth frame for the home team that doomed TV as the Trojans fell, 9-2.
Individual stats from the game were unavailable at press time.

TV    0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4
MFL 0 0 0 0 1 8 x 9 10

This week
Turkey Valley will be at Kee High Tuesday, June 13, for a junior varsity/varsity doubleheader at 5 p.m., and hosts North Fayette Valley Thursday, June 15, at 4 p.m.

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