In Saturday's non-league outing, the host Fairview Knights softball team scored a close 13-7 win over the Boulder Panthers.

Coming up next, the Knights encounter the Monarch Coyotes (Louisville, CO) in a 5A Front Range outing, on Tuesday, September 8. Fairview will attempt to upgrade on its 1-6 season record. The Coyotes enter the outing with a 3-2 record after their 9-7 non-league win over Fort Collins (Fort Collins, CO).

The Panthers (0-8) will now prepare for their outing against Centaurus (Lafayette, CO). The Warriors enter the 4A Northern outing with a 1-5 record. In their last outing, Centaurus tipped Peak to Peak (Lafayette, CO), 12-1, in a non-league outing.

The Fairview Lady Knights booked their first win of the season defeating cross town rival Boulder 13-7. The game was marked by sloppy play by both teams, but as a rivalry game, tensions were high and excitement grew as the game entered the late innings. Three was the magic number for Fairview shortstop, Tea Valdez, as she hit 3 for 4 (1 a triple), drove in 3, and scored 3 times. Tea also stole twice. Going into the 6th the Knights were trailing 4-3. Boulder had a big top of 6 plating 4 runs...but Fairview had a monster 6th as 15 batters came to the plate and 9 reached home.

Offensively overall, the Knights had 10 hits and capitalized on 6 Panther errors. Jenna Baro hit 2 for 4. Knights base runners stole 6 times.

On defense, the Knights were charged with 3 errors.

Katie Sanko started in the circle and went the distance. She faced 30 batters, struck out 14, and walked only 1. In support of her cause, Katie hit 1 for 4 and drove in 3 runs.