The crowd at Thursday's non-league match between the Blue Island Eisenhower Cardinals (Blue Island, IL) and the visiting Thornwood Thunderbirds (South Holland, IL), saw Blue Island Eisenhower's softball squad nip Thornwood by a count of 12-11.

The Cardinals now sport a 2-1 record. They take the field next when they travel to Shepard for a South Suburban match on Monday, April 1. Blue Island Eisenhower will face a Astros squad coming off a 16-1 non-league loss to Andrew (Tinley Park, IL). The Astros record now stands at 0-1.

With the loss, Thornwood falls to 0-1 on the campaign. The Thunderbirds host Thornton (Harvey, IL) to face the Wildcats in a Southland Athletic match on Monday, April 1. The Wildcats enter the match with a record of 0-1. Thornton lost 22-1 in their recent non-league match against Thornton Fractional North (Calumet City, IL)