Oak Park-River Forest Huskies (Oak Park, IL) backers exited the stadium thrilled Wednesday as they saw their softball squad nip the visiting Tallmadge Blue Devils (Tallmadge, OH), 5-4 in a non-league challenge.

The Huskies now own a 6-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to Stow-Munroe Falls for a non-league challenge on Wednesday, March 29. Oak Park-River Forest will face a Bulldogs squad coming off a 5-4 non-league loss to Libertyville (Libertyville, IL). The Bulldogs record now stands at 1-1.

With the loss, Tallmadge falls to 2-1 on the campaign. The Blue devils travel to Aurora (Aurora, OH) to face the Greenmen in a Suburban - American challenge on Monday, April 3. The Greenmen enter the challenge with a record of 3-2. Aurora lost 5-0 in their recent non-league challenge against Austintown-Fitch (Youngstown, OH)