The Portal Panthers (Portal, GA) softball the visiting Claxton Tigers (Claxton, GA), 9-5 in Thursday's league outing.

The Panthers now sport a 7-6 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Screven County for a 1A D-II Region 3 outing on Tuesday, September 16. Portal will encounter a Gamecocks team coming off a 9-2 non-league loss to Statesboro (Statesboro, GA). The Gamecocks record now stands at 8-7.

The Tigers (2-7) will now prepare for their test against Metter (Metter, GA). The Tigers go into the 1A D-II Region 3 test with a 8-5 record. In their last test, Metter was routed by Emanuel County Institute (Twin City, GA), 3-1, in a league test.