10-11-year-old all-stars split opening two

The Carson Valley 10-11-year-old Little All-Star team lost its opener to Reno National 6-2 on Saturday, but came back to beat South Tahoe Sunday 10-7.

Against Reno National, Cody Schmidlin got the start on the mound and threw two-hit ball through the opening half of the game. Sully Cauley and Kyle Johnson each took a turn in relief.

"It was one of those things where Cody threw a great game, but the ball just didn't bounce our way," Carson Valley coach Stacy Trivitt said. "All three guys were phenomenal."

Offensively, Carson Valley had two players knock their respective first home runs out with Kyle Johnson hitting a solo shot in the second and Austin Evans smacking one out in the third.

Reno National led 3-2 heading into the fifth, but got things going offensively to pull away.

Against South Tahoe, Carson Valley strung 14 hits together to overcome an early deficit for the win.

Trailing 2-0 in the second, Teddy Mason doubled and Seth Trivitt hit a line-drive double to the gap to score a run.

In the third inning, Evans led off with a base hit and Cole Peck doubled to score a run.

Parker Dixon followed with a single and Parker Hoshizaki brought Dixon around to score with a base hit.

Mason followed with another base hit to score Hoshizaki.

Dixon and Taylor Souza led off the fifth with twin hits and Cauley walked to load the bases.

Mason stepped to the plated and fell back 0-2 before blasting a grand slam home run.

Taylen Simms followed with a base hit, Evans walked and Schmidlin drove a run in.

Cole Peck drew a walk and a passed ball allowed the final run to score.

Defensively, Souza made a nice catch in left field on a high line drive and Cauley had a number of tough plays at second base.

Evans also made several big catches in the outfield.

"It was a scrappy game," Trivitt said. "It went back and forth for a while and we were able to pull that one out."

Cauley started the game on the mound, before giving way to Johnson. Simms closed out the game in long relief to seal the win.