The crowd at Friday's league bout between the Northwest Rankin Cougars (Brandon, MS) and the visiting Pearl Pirates (Pearl, MS), observed Northwest Rankin's softball team notch a victory over Pearl by a tally of 15-0.

The Cougars (11-2) will now prepare for their bout against Clinton (Clinton, MS). The Arrows go into the non-league bout with a 8-7 record. In their last bout, Clinton gained a win over Starkville (Starkville, MS), 19-1, in a league bout.

In their next game, the Pirates battle the Brandon Bulldogs (Brandon, MS) in a 7A Region 3 bout, on Tuesday, March 25. Pearl will attempt to move on its 10-4 season record. The Bulldogs come into the outing with a 13-1 record after their 6-5 league loss to Petal (Petal, MS).