In Thursday's non-league match, the visiting Marshalltown Bobcats softball team scored a tight 10-9 victory over the Des Moines East Scarlets.

The Bobcats (10-10) will now prepare for their match against Grinnell (Grinnell, IA). The Tigers go into the non-league match with a 17-3 record. In their last match, Grinnell tipped Center Point-Urbana (Center Point, IA), 5-2, in a league match.

In their next game, the Scarlets battle the Des Moines North Polar Bears (Des Moines, IA) in a Alliance Conference - South match, on Monday, June 23. Des Moines East will attempt to better on its 1-9 season record. The Polar Bears go into the match with a 0-6 record after their 13-1 non-league loss to Waterloo East (Waterloo, IA).