The crowd at Friday's league bout between the Douglas Byrd Eagles (Fayetteville, NC) and the visiting Seventy-First Falcons (Fayetteville, NC), observed Douglas Byrd's softball squad nip Seventy-First by a score of 22-21.

With the triumph, Douglas Byrd improves its record to 2-6 on the year. The Eagles host Westover (Fayetteville, NC) to face the Wolverines in a Eastern Sandhills 5A/6A contest on Tuesday, March 31. The Wolverines enter the contest with a record of 0-4. Westover lost 16-0 in their recent league contest against South View (Hope Mills, NC)

The Falcons now hold a 1-8 record. They play next when they host St. Pauls for a Eastern Sandhills 5A/6A contest on Tuesday, March 31. Seventy-First will face a Bulldogs squad coming off a 25-8 league win over E.E. Smith (Fayetteville, NC). The Bulldogs record now stands at 3-8.