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The Oskaloosa Softball team gave Indianola all they wanted Thursday night but couldn’t quite pull off the big upset losing 3-1 to the Class 5A #4 ranked Indians. Faith DeRonde gave Oskaloosa a quick lead as she hit the first pitch of the game off the scoreboard for her 3rd home run of the season. Indianola would tie the game in the bottom of the first on a walk, a stolen base, and a base hit. Indianola would score single runs in the 4th and 5th to come away with the win and remain in first place by one game in the the Little Hawkeye Conference over the Norwalk Warriors. Oskaloosa continued to put pressure on the #4 ranked team by getting baserunners on every inning, but the Indians could not come up with a key hit when needed. Osklaoosa ended up stranding 8 runners in the game. Faith DeRonde pitched a whale of a game against the potent offense of Indianola giving up 2 earned runs on 6 hits. DeRonde struckout 3 Indianola Indian batters. DeRonde also led the Indian