The Mercer Cardinals (Mercer, MO) softball the visiting Grundy County Panthers (Galt, MO), 12-8 in Friday's non-league outing.

The Cardinals now sport a 4-7 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Tri-County for a non-league outing on Saturday, October 5. Mercer will encounter a Mustangs team coming off a 19-17 non-league loss to Mercer (Mercer, MO). The Mustangs record now stands at 2-4.

With the loss, Grundy County moves to 1-8 on the season. The Panthers host Princeton (Princeton, MO) to encounter the Tigers in a non-league outing on Tuesday, October 8. The Tigers come into the outing with a record of 13-8. Princeton lost 7-6 in their recent league outing against North Andrew (Rosendale, MO)