The Prairie City-Monroe Mustangs (Monroe, IA) softball the visiting Newton Cardinals (Newton, IA), 5-1 in Monday's non-league outing.

The Mustangs now sport a 21-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Gilbert for a non-league outing on Tuesday, July 9. Prairie City-Monroe will encounter a Tigers team coming off a 4-2 non-league win over Ames (Ames, IA). The Tigers record now stands at 16-18.

With the loss, Newton moves to 15-16 on the season. The Cardinals travel to Ballard (Huxley, IA) to encounter the Bombers in a non-league outing on Thursday, July 11. The Bombers come into the outing with a record of 11-20. Ballard won 10-0 in their recent non-league outing against Roland-Story (Story City, IA)