The Mt. Zion Braves the visiting Olympia Spartans softball squad by a count of 6-3 in Saturday's non-league challenge.

Next, the Braves play the Mattoon Greenwave (Mattoon, IL) in a Apollo challenge, on Tuesday, April 29. Mt. Zion will attempt to upgrade on its 12-5 season record. The Greenwave enter the challenge with a 4-12 record after their 12-7 non-league loss to Marshall (Marshall, IL).

The Spartans (10-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Maroa-Forsyth (Maroa, IL). The Trojans enter the Sangamo challenge with a 9-6 record. In their last challenge, Maroa-Forsyth was routed by St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph, IL), 5-0, in a non-league challenge.