The crowd at Thursday's league bout between the Creston Panthers (Creston, IA) and the visiting Red Oak Tigers (Red Oak, IA), observed Creston's softball team prevail over Red Oak by a tally of 18-1.

The Panthers (14-5) will now prepare for their test against Red Oak (Red Oak, IA). The Tigers go into the Hawkeye 10 test with a 2-9 record. In their last test, Red Oak was routed by Shenandoah (Shenandoah, IA), 16-1, in a league test.

The Tigers (2-11) will now prepare for their test against Creston (Creston, IA). The Panthers go into the Hawkeye 10 test with a 12-4 record. In their last test, Creston toppled Atlantic (Atlantic, IA), 4-0, in a league test.