The Carson Valley 9-10-year-old All-Stars came up with two clutch victories over the weekend to open the Nevada District I Little League All-Star Baseball Tournament at Ranchos Aspen Park.
Carson Valley topped South Tahoe 3-2 Saturday and came back to beat Reno National 6-5 in extra innings Sunday.
Carson Valley trailed 5-1 with two outs in the last inning against Reno National, but got consecutive hits from Kaleb Foster, Matt Santos, Johnathan Hoyt, Jacob Evans, James Herrick and Zach Davies to tie the game up.
"It was pretty tense," Carson Valley manager Mike Davies said. "The whole park was going nuts."
Brittian Nelson and Evans each came up with big catches in the outfield in the next inning to preserve the game for Carson Valley.
"That was a major highlight of the game," Davies said. "They each made an awesome defensive play. That kept us in the game."
In the seventh, James Herrick led off with a single for Carson Valley and Zach Davies doubled to move Herrick to third. Santos then doubled to bring the winning run home.
Reno National jumped out to an early lead despite a strong start on the mound from Foster.
Foster smacked a home run in the fourth inning to get Carson Valley on the board and Santos came on to close the game out.
On Saturday, Cody Azevedo pitched a strong five innings for Carson Valley before Alex Tessman came on in the sixth to close it out.
"It was a pitcher's duel all the way through," Davies said.
Azevedo singled twice and Herrick had a single as Carson Valley was able to manufacture just enough offense for the win.
The Carson Valley 10-11-year-olds lost its opener to Reno National 6-2 on Saturday, but came back to beat South Tahoe Sunday 10-7.
