The crowd at Thursday's non-league bout between the Pine River Area Bucks (Leroy, MI) and the visiting Hesperia Panthers (Hesperia, MI), observed Pine River Area's softball team notch a victory over Hesperia by a final score of 17-2.

The Bucks (2-0) will now prepare for their bout against Manistee (Manistee, MI). The Chippewas go into the non-league bout with a 0-1 record. In their last bout, Manistee was routed by Kingsley (Kingsley, MI), 16-1, in a non-league bout.

In their next game, the Panthers battle the Holton Red Devils (Holton, MI) in a Central State Activities Association-Silver bout, on Tuesday, April 15. Hesperia will attempt to better on its 0-4 season record. The Red Devils go into the bout with a 0-2 record after their 13-4 non-league loss to Mona Shores (Norton Shores, MI).