Colfax-Mingo Rallies Past Lynnville-Sully With 4 in the Eighth — Sully
Colfax-Mingo beat Lynnville-Sully on May 29 after scoring four runs in the bottom of the eighth, turning a game it had let slip away into a 12-11 win. The Tigerhawks trailed 2-0 after one inning, led 8-3 after four, then answered a three-run Lynnville-Sully surge in the top of the eighth to end their five-game series skid.
Johannes and Veasman finish it
Kinley Johannes tied the game at 11-all with a two-run single in the bottom of the eighth, and Sydney Veasman followed with the walk-off RBI single. Colfax-Mingo finished with 23 runs, 29 hits, 12 errors and eight walks in a game that kept breaking open and then snapping back shut.
Brianna Freerksen added three hits and two doubles, while Johannes finished with a career-best four hits. Those swings mattered because Colfax-Mingo had already built a five-run cushion before Lynnville-Sully climbed back into it.
Freerksen holds on in the circle
Freerksen also earned the win in the circle for Colfax-Mingo despite allowing 10 runs, four earned, on 14 hits, four walks and five hit batters. She struck out 12, but Lynnville-Sully kept putting traffic on the bases and finally broke through with three runs in the top of the eighth to take a 9-8 lead.
Karly Spear led Lynnville-Sully with three hits, including a double and a triple, three RBIs and two runs. That line gave the visitors a path back after Colfax-Mingo had pushed ahead 8-3 through four innings, and it forced the Tigerhawks to win the game twice.
Poulter sees growth
Colfax-Mingo head softball coach Bryan Poulter said, “I don’t think this group has done something like that very much in recent years.” He added, “They haven’t been down, take a lead, give it back and then come back on it.”
He also said, “We got to seven runs and had several opportunities to step on their neck,” and, “We had a lot of kids on base but rushed our at-bats and didn’t swing at our pitches.” Colfax-Mingo entered at 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the South Iowa Cedar League, while Lynnville-Sully came in at 0-3 overall and 0-3 in the league.
The result gave Colfax-Mingo its first win over Lynnville-Sully since May 22, 2023. For a team that had watched the lead disappear and then reappear, the finish was the kind it can point to the next time a late inning starts slipping.
