The Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes (Monroe, GA) baseball the visiting Social Circle Redskins (Social Circle, GA), 8-5 in Thursday's non-league challenge.

The Purple Hurricanes now own a 4-4 record. They take the field next when they host Gatewood for a non-league challenge on Friday, March 7. Monroe Area will clash with a Gators team coming off a 3-1 non-league win over First Presbyterian Day (Macon, GA). The Gators record now stands at 5-3.

With the defeat, Social Circle drops to 11-1 on the year. The Redskins host Commerce (Commerce, GA) to clash with the Tigers in a non-league challenge on Saturday, March 8. The Tigers go into the challenge with a record of 1-7. Commerce lost 12-3 in their recent league challenge against Banks County (Homer, GA)