INDEPENDENCE, Iowa — It took the equivalent of more than four full games, but the Waterloo West girls' softball team finally beat top-ranked Garnavillo in a 31-inning game.
The 5-hour 35-minute marathon Saturday erased the national record for the longest girls' high school softball game.
The old mark of 29 innings was set in March of 1976, when Helix of La Mesa, Calif., defeated Bonita Vista of Chula Vista, Calif., 1-0, according to the National Federal of State High School Assn. sports record books.
