Record-Breaking season stopped
Crusaders tip Bulldogs in eight
Boyer Valley scored 10 runs in the final three innings, but it wasn’t enough, as Coon Rapids-Bayard scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 17-16 win over the Bulldogs in the first round of the Class 1A Regionals on July 6 at Coon Rapids.
Harper Christiansen (2 hits, 2b, 4 RBIs), Maddie Gunia (4 hits, 2b, 4 RBIs), Sierra Falkena (2 hits, 2b) and Choya Ingram (2 hits) led the 13 hit attack for the Bulldogs.
The Lady Bulldogs had a combined eight wins the last three summers, and doubled their win total from 2025 (6). The Lady Bulldogs finished the 2026 campaign at 12-13.
Class 1A Regionals – 1st Round
SB: 7-6-2026 @ Coon Rapids
Boyer Valley 16 Coon Rapids-Bayard 17 -- 8 inn
BV Hitting: Maggie Yanak 1-2, 4 RS, RBI; Harper Christiansen 2-5, 3 RS, 2b, 4 RBIs; Maddie Gunia 4-6, 3 RS, 2b, 4 RBIs; Sierra Falkena 2-5, RS, 2b; Addyson Knickman 1-4, RBI; Charley Benjamin RS, RBI; Choya Ingram 2-5, RS; Morgan Malone 1-5, 3 RS, 2b, RBI.
BV Pitching: Addyson Knickman 3.2 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 5 BB, 2 K; Sierra Falkena 3.2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K.
BV Bulldogs Record: (4-4 RVC), 12-13
Lady Bulldogs Seniors (2): Charley Benjamin, Maddie Gunia.
(33 career wins, 2022 – 2026)
