Back-to-back five run innings snatched victory from the jaws of defeat Tuesday night in Clear Lake.
Saturday's tournament in Waverly was one to forget for the Iowa Falls-Alden softballers.
A low scoring game turned into a rout during the final innings of Friday's North Central Conference softball clash between Algona and Iowa Falls-Alden.
If there was ever a time to be leery of a winless team with a roster of nine eighth graders and six freshman, Iowa Falls-Alden Coach Brendon McNulty thought Friday was that moment.
The moment was not too big during several key situations of Thursday's non-conference game versus Saint Ansgar, and the ability for multiple Iowa Falls-Alden players to make clutch plays delivered an epic 3-2 victory in nine innings.
A strong start to Wednesday's North Central Conference road clash in Humboldt did not lead to a victory for the Iowa Falls-Alden baseball team.
The second-ranked team in Class 3A made short work of the Iowa Falls-Alden girls, winning Wednesday's North Central Conference game in three innings, 12-0.
When a team is struggling to find victories, the little things add up during losses. That happened again to the Iowa Falls-Alden baseball team on the road at Boone.
While both teams had to play seven innings in pelting rainfall, the Iowa Falls-Alden girls left the ballpark with a much sunnier disposition than their counterparts in the other dugout.
Behind a torrid start at the plate by Kelly Stoakes, the Webster City softball team has been the talk of the league during the first few weeks of the season.
The best avenue to a victory over the Webster City baseball team is to limit them to 2-3 runs and even that does not guarantee a win.
Coming off an 8-0 conference defeat to Hampton-Dumont days earlier, the competition did not get easier as the Iowa Falls-Alden softballers traveled to Webster City for tournament play on Saturday.