The Richard Montgomery Rockets (Rockville, MD) softball nipped the visiting Clarksburg Coyotes (Clarksburg, MD), 2-1 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Rockets (9-4) will now prepare for their bout against Northwest (Germantown, MD). The Jaguars go into the Montgomery County 4A - West bout with a 10-1 record. In their last bout, Northwest held off Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg, MD), 15-0, in a non-league bout.

The Coyotes now possess a 7-5 record. They play next when they travel to Bethesda-Chevy Chase for a Montgomery County 4A - West bout on Thursday, April 25. Clarksburg will confront a Barons squad coming off a 15-4 league win over Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg, MD). The Barons record now stands at 5-5.