A three-run inning was the difference in Friday night’s class 5A championship game as Indianola fell to Pleasantville Valley 3-0.
The Indians traded chances with the Spartans throughout the first four innings with neither team able to put together a clutch hit and score a run. In the bottom of the fifth however, the Spartans scored three runs including a two-run inside the park home run to take a lead they would never relinquish. Sydney Sickles struck out 10 in the losing effort, while Parker Mathews and Destiny Lewis each gathered a pair of hits. Sickles, Emma Yenger, and Sammie Becker were all selected to the All-Tournament team. Indianola ends the season with a 36-4 record, and graduates seven seniors from the squad.