The crowd at Tuesday's league match between the Stuttgart Ricebirds (Stuttgart, AR) and the visiting Barton Bears (Lexa, AR), saw Stuttgart's softball squad nip Barton by a count of 4-2.

The Ricebirds now sport a 11-1 record. They take the field next when they host Woodlawn for a non-league match on Thursday, March 29. Stuttgart will face a Bears squad coming off a 8-6 non-league loss to Rison (Rison, AR). The Bears record now stands at 4-2.

With the loss, Barton falls to 9-5 on the campaign. The Bears travel to Dollarway (Pine Bluff, AR) to face the Cardinals in a 3A/4A District 10 match on Thursday, March 29. The Cardinals enter the match with a record of 2-11. Dollarway lost 32-13 in their recent non-league match against Drew Central (Monticello, AR)