Homewood Patriots (Homewood, AL) backers exited the stadium thrilled Thursday as they saw their softball squad run past the visiting Woodlawn Colonels (Birmingham, AL), 16-0 in a league challenge.

The Patriots now own a 7-8 record. They take the field next when they host Mountain Brook for a 6A Area 9 challenge on Tuesday, April 2.

With the loss, Woodlawn falls to 2-11 on the campaign. The Colonels host Huffman (Birmingham, AL) to battle the Vikings in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, April 2. The Vikings enter the challenge with a record of 3-1. Huffman won 30-17 in their recent league challenge against Center Point (Birmingham, AL)