Colfax-Mingo erased a late deficit and outlasted Lynnville-Sully 12-11 in eight innings on May 29, using four runs in the bottom of the eighth to turn a wild game into its first win in the series since May 22, 2023. Kinley Johannes had a career-best four hits for the Tigerhawks and drove in the tying run before Sydney Veasman delivered the walk-off RBI single.

The result mattered because Colfax-Mingo had lost five straight in the matchup and had to survive a game that seemed to belong to both teams at different points. The Tigerhawks trailed 2-0 after one inning, surged ahead 8-3 after four, then watched Lynnville-Sully score three runs in the top of the eighth to grab a 9-8 lead before the final rally.

That made Johannes' night stand out even more. Her two-run single in the bottom of the eighth tied it at 11-11, and it capped a run of offense that also included Brianna Freerksen's three hits and two doubles. Veasman's only hit ended it. In a game with 23 runs, 29 hits, 12 errors and eight walks, Colfax-Mingo got the last swing.

Freerksen also won in the circle for Colfax-Mingo, though the line was far from clean. She allowed 10 runs, four earned, on 14 hits, four walks and five hit batters while striking out 12. Lynnville-Sully got a big night from Karly Spear, who finished with three hits, a double, a triple, three RBIs and two runs, but the Hawks could not protect the eighth-inning lead they had built.

After the game, Colfax-Mingo moved to 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the South Iowa Cedar League, while Lynnville-Sully fell to 0-3 overall and 0-3 in the league. For a team that had been on the wrong side of the series for nearly two years, this was not just a win in extras. It was proof Colfax-Mingo could take a punch, give one back and still finish the game.