The crowd at Wednesday's league match between the Carlisle Wildcats (Carlisle, IA) and the host Ballard Bombers (Huxley, IA), saw Carlisle's softball squad nip Ballard by a count of 5-3.

The Wildcats now sport a 1-1 record. They take the field next when they host Winterset for a Raccoon River match on Thursday, May 23. Carlisle will face a Huskies squad coming off a 5-1 league loss to Bondurant-Farrar (Bondurant, IA). The Huskies record now stands at 0-3.

With the loss, Ballard falls to 0-2 on the campaign. The Bombers travel to Boone (Boone, IA) to face the Toreadors in a non-league match on Thursday, May 23. The Toreadors enter the match with a record of 1-1. Boone won 15-2 in their recent non-league match against Ogden (Ogden, IA)