The crowd at Thursday's non-league bout between the Athens Golden Eagles (Athens, AL) and the host Brooks Lions (Killen, AL), observed Athens's softball team get by Brooks by a final score of 8-7.

The Golden Eagles (7-2) will now prepare for their bout against Bob Jones (Madison, AL). The Patriots go into the non-league bout with a 4-8 record.

In their next game, the Lions battle the Arab Knights (Arab, AL) in a non-league bout, on Friday, February 28. Brooks will attempt to better on its 1-2 season record. The Knights go into the bout with a 1-3 record after their 16-9 non-league loss to Mortimer Jordan (Kimberly, AL).