The crowd at Thursday's non-league match between the Van Vleck Leopards (Van Vleck, TX) and the visiting Port Aransas Marlins (Port Aransas, TX), saw Van Vleck's softball squad nip Port Aransas by a count of 8-1.

The Leopards now sport a 6-1 record. They take the field next when they travel to Brazosport for a non-league match on Saturday, February 24. Van Vleck will face a Exporters squad coming off a 12-0 non-league loss to Lake Creek (Montgomery, TX). The Exporters record now stands at 0-1.

With the loss, Port Aransas falls to 1-3 on the campaign. The Marlins travel to Bloomington (Bloomington, TX) to face the Bobcats/Lady Cats in a non-league match on Friday, February 23. The Bobcats/Lady Cats enter the match with a record of 0-3. Bloomington lost 15-0 in their recent non-league match against Van Vleck (Van Vleck, TX)