The crowd at Tuesday's non-league match between the Copper Basin Cougars (Copperhill, TN) and the host Murphy Bulldogs (Murphy, NC), observed Copper Basin's softball team edge Murphy by a score of 3-2.

Coming up next, the Cougars encounter the Grace Baptist Academy Golden Eagles (Chattanooga, TN) in a A District 5 test, on Thursday, April 7. Copper Basin will attempt to improve on its 1-1 season record.

The Bulldogs (2-9) will now prepare for their test against Hayesville (Hayesville, NC). The Yellowjackets come into the Smoky Mountain 1A test with a 5-5 record. In their last test, Hayesville edged Rosman (Rosman, NC), 1-0, in a league test.