The Richlands Blue Tornado (Richlands, VA) softball routed the visiting Marion Scarlet Hurricanes (Marion, VA), 7-2 in Tuesday's league outing.

The Blue Tornado now sport a 9-6 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Lebanon for a Southwest outing on Thursday, May 1. Richlands will encounter a Pioneers team coming off a 7-0 league win over Tazewell (Tazewell, VA). The Pioneers record now stands at 12-3.

With the loss, Marion moves to 4-8 on the season. The Scarlet hurricanes host Virginia High (Bristol, VA) to encounter the Bearcats in a Southwest challenge on Thursday, May 1. The Bearcats go into the challenge with a record of 0-11. Virginia High lost 20-5 in their recent league challenge against Graham (Bluefield, VA)