The crowd at Thursday's non-league bout between the Lockport Porters (Lockport, IL) and the visiting Lincoln-Way Central Knights (New Lenox, IL), observed Lockport's softball squad hold off Lincoln-Way Central by a tally of 9-3.

Next, the Porters clash with the Huntley Red Raiders (Huntley, IL) in a non-league test, on Friday, May 2. Lockport will attempt to advance on its 12-7 season record. The Red Raiders go into the test with a 15-4 record after their 12-2 league win over McHenry (McHenry, IL).

The Knights (2-2) will now prepare for their test against Homewood-Flossmoor (Flossmoor, IL). The Vikings go into the non-league test with a 1-2 record. In their last test, Homewood-Flossmoor was routed by Lockport (Lockport, IL), 12-0, in a non-league test.