The crowd at Saturday's non-league match between the Valley Park Hawks (Valley Park, MO) and the host St. Pius X Lancers (Festus, MO), saw Valley Park's softball squad nip St. Pius X by a count of 11-8.

The Hawks now sport a 9-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to Hancock for a non-league match on Tuesday, September 19. Valley Park will face a Tigers squad coming off a 18-2 non-league loss to Bayless (St. Louis, MO). The Tigers record now stands at 0-5.

With the loss, St. Pius X falls to 2-7 on the campaign. The Lancers host Herculaneum (Herculaneum, MO) to face the Black Cats in a Class 2 District 4 match on Saturday, September 16. The Black Cats enter the match with a record of 2-9. Herculaneum lost 20-3 in their recent non-league match against Valley Park (Valley Park, MO)