The crowd at Saturday's non-league match between the North Pole Patriots (North Pole, AK) and the host Hutchison Hawks (Fairbanks, AK), witnessed North Pole's softball squad top Hutchison by a final score of 24-5.

The Patriots (15-4) will now prepare for their battle against Lathrop (Fairbanks, AK). The Malemutes go into the non-league battle with a 1-5 record. In their last battle, Lathrop was routed by Delta (Delta Junction, AK), 6-0, in a non-league battle.

The Hawks now possess a 0-4 record. They play next when they travel to Delta for a Mid Alaska battle on Tuesday, May 16. Hutchison will meet a Huskies squad coming off a 6-0 non-league win over Lathrop (Fairbanks, AK). The Huskies record now stands at 9-5.