The Willows Honkers routed the visiting Pierce Bears softball squad by a count of 11-1 in Tuesday's league battle.

The Honkers (16-5) will now prepare for their battle against Lassen (Susanville, CA). The Grizzlies go into the non-league battle with a 8-5 record. In their last battle, Lassen was routed by East Nicolaus (Nicolaus, CA), 5-4, in a non-league battle.

The Bears now sport a 4-9 record. They play next when they host Maxwell for a non-league battle on Thursday, March 28. Pierce will meet a Panthers squad coming off a 6-4 non-league win over Princeton (Princeton, CA). The Panthers record now stands at 10-1.

The Pierce Bears got on board first with a run on 3 singles, but the Honkers answered back with one of their own. Natalie Massa reached on a walk and Samanth Brott belted a 2 out triple to plate Massa for the Honkers first run of the game. The Honkers added 2 more in the second, Macy Baker led the inning off with a single and scored on a misplayed ball off the bat of Kassidy Millen and Kaylin Renfro doubled to score Millen. Megan Hughes led off the 3rd with a single and stoled second and scored on an RBI single by Morgan Hughes and Baker collected her 2nd hit of the game to score Morgan to take a 5-1 lead. In the 4th, the Honkers exploded for 5 runs on singles by Alyssa Beatty, Rylee Smith, Massa, and a double by Megan Hughes to plate Beatty and Smith followed by a single by Morgan Hughes and a Homerun by Macy Baker to cap off the scoring. Megan Hughes led off the 6th with a single and stole 2nd and 3rd and Brott singled her in to move the score to 11-1. Baker was 4 for 4 with a HR.