The crowd at Thursday's non-league bout between the South Hardin Tigers (Eldora, IA) and the host Roland-Story Norsemen (Story City, IA), observed South Hardin's softball team get by Roland-Story by a final score of 9-2.

The Tigers (15-11) will now prepare for their bout against Denver (Denver, IA). The Cyclones go into the non-league bout with a 13-15 record. In their last bout, Denver tipped Waverly-Shell Rock (Waverly, IA), 7-5, in a non-league bout.

In their next game, the Norsemen battle the Webster City Lynx (Webster City, IA) in a non-league bout, on Monday, July 1. Roland-Story will attempt to better on its 7-20 season record. The Lynx go into the bout with a 14-11 record after their 8-2 non-league loss to West Monona (Onawa, IA).