The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Barron Golden Bears (Barron, WI) and the visiting Ladysmith Lumberjacks (Ladysmith, WI), observed Barron's softball squad top Ladysmith by a count of 21-9.

Next, the Golden Bears meet the Cumberland Beavers (Cumberland, WI) in a Heart O'North challenge, on Friday, April 25. Barron will attempt to upgrade on its 6-3 season record. The Beavers go into the challenge with a 4-5 record after their 9-0 league loss to Northwestern (Maple, WI).

The Lumberjacks (0-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Chetek-Weyerhaeuser (Chetek, WI). The Bulldogs go into the Heart O'North challenge with a 0-7 record. In their last challenge, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser was routed by St. Croix Falls (St. Croix Falls, WI), 15-3, in a league challenge.