The South Cougars (Salina, KS) soccer nipped the host Newton Railroaders (Newton, KS), 2-1 in Thursday's non-league challenge.

The Cougars now hold a 1-0 record. They play next when they host Maize South for a Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail Division I challenge on Monday, March 31. South will encounter a Mavericks squad coming off a 2-1 non-league loss to Eisenhower (Goddard, KS). The Mavericks record now stands at 0-1.

With the loss, Newton moves to 0-1 on the year. The Railroaders travel to Topeka (Topeka, KS) to encounter the Trojans in a non-league challenge on Monday, March 31. The Trojans go into the challenge with a record of 0-1. Topeka lost 1-0 in their recent non-league challenge against Lawrence (Lawrence, KS)