The Gray's Creek Bears (Hope Mills, NC) softball nipped the host Douglas Byrd Eagles (Fayetteville, NC), 1-0 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Bears (3-1) will now prepare for their bout against St. Pauls (St. Pauls, NC). The Bulldogs go into the non-league bout with a 1-3 record. In their last bout, St. Pauls was edged by Whiteville (Whiteville, NC), 10-0, in a non-league bout.

The Eagles now possess a 0-3 record. They play next when they host Terry Sanford for a non-league bout on Wednesday, March 16. Douglas Byrd will confront a Bulldogs squad coming off a 18-3 league win over Overhills (Spring Lake, NC). The Bulldogs record now stands at 4-1.