The McCall Mountain Madness 16-and-under softball team celebrated the start of its summer season by winning a tournament back in June.The McCall team strung together three straight victories to snare a title at the Mesa Invitational, collecting wins over Fruitland (9-5 and 10-5) and Kuna Elite, 9-7.The June 7-8 outing was one of three tournaments the McCall team traveled to Payette County to compete in.Madness coach Jeff Walker said there have been growing pains since the tournament win, but the group has been rounding into form.“We have had struggles at times but are working on developing pitchers and key positions for the high school spring softball season,” said Walker, who also serves as the varsity head coach for McCall-Donnelly.The Madness lit up the fourth inning during the win over Kuna.Trailing 2-0, McCall scored nine runs during the frame to take a 9-2 lead, capped off by Val Sofaly stealing home on a single by Makenzie Pedrow.Sofaly also drove in two runs earlier in the inning with a single of her own.Kuna stormed back with five runs in the top of the fifth to pull within 9-7, but the Madness closed the door to snare the victory.Sofaly and Pedrow both finished the game with two hits on two trips to the plate.Payton Woolcott also collected two hits on three tries while Halle Newcomb delivered a double on her lone hit.Ceder Saxton shouldered the weight from the circle, pitching four innings and striking out four while allowing seven hits.The Madness dropped its most recent game to Grangeville, falling 16-15 on Saturday despite collecting 16 hits and getting a home run from Pedrow.McCall battled back from a 14-4 deficit in the first inning and watched Pedrow launch a solo shot over the right field fence on its way to seizing a 15-14 lead after two and a half innings.But Grangeville answered with two runs in the bottom of the third to retake the lead, 16-15.The Madness get a chance to get right this weekend when the club hosts the 2023 McCall Mountain Madness Fast-Pitch Softball Tournament, which starts Friday and runs through Sunday.