The Indianola softball team swept Little Hawkeye Conference rival Dallas Center-Grimes Monday evening 9-6 in game one and 7-6 in a walkoff in game two heard live on 94.3 KNIA, while the baseball team earned a split with the Indians winning game one 7-3 and falling in game two 17-5.

The #5 in class 5A Indianola softball team got ahead early against the #5 in class 4A Mustangs in game one on a Kylee Tucker sacrifice fly, but fell behind 2-1 going into the fourth. The Indians reclaimed the lead on an Alley May 2-run single, then scored another on a wild pitch to lead 4-2, then blew the game open in the fifth scoring five runs on a Selia Becker RBI single, a Hanna Graham RBI groundout, another RBI single from Izzy Sloan, and a two-run bomb from Alley May. Kate Kralik earned the win striking out 14.

Game two saw the Indians in full control for the majority of the contest, scoring three runs in the first with a hit from Macie Mays and a sacrifice fly from Mara Bishop, then another three in the third with a hit from Tucker and a two-RBI single from Becker to take a 6-2 lead going into the seventh. DCG struck for four runs in the seventh tie the contest, before Mays drew a leadoff walk and was eventually driven in by Becker for a walkoff win.

Becker said after the game even though the Mustangs had all the momentum going into the bottom of the seventh, the squad never lost faith in each other.

“Obviously we were struggling a little bit in the top of that seventh inning and we really just had to trust in the capability of our teammates and trust what we were capable of and push through that.”

The Indians have won 16 in a row to sit at 24-3 overall and 13-1 in conference play, and they will make the road trip to Grinnell tomorrow.

The Indians baseball squad scored four runs in the second inning to take control of game one against the Mustangs, as Connor Howard pitched a gem to pick up the win. The Indians would add more runs in each of the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings as they built their lead, getting a fantastic night from Carter Erickson who went 2-2 with two RBI and three runs scored, with Jack Strong and Casey Stecker also getting a pair of hits on the day.

Game two was all DCG, as they led 10-4 after the fourth inning and it was too much for the Indians to come back from. Brady Blake went 3-4 at the plate in the loss. The squad is now 17-6 on the season and 9-5 in conference play, and will next hit the diamond tomorrow against Grinnell on the road.

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