The crowd at Thursday's league bout between the Newkirk Tigers (Newkirk, OK) and the host Chisholm Longhorns (Enid, OK), observed Newkirk's softball squad hold off Chisholm by a tally of 9-6.

Next, the Tigers clash with the Perkins-Tryon Demons (Perkins, OK) in a non-league test, on Monday, September 30. Newkirk will attempt to advance on its 19-10 season record. The Demons go into the test with a 8-21 record after their 8-0 non-league loss to Perry (Perry, OK).

The Longhorns (5-22) will now prepare for their test against Jones (Jones, OK). The Longhorns go into the 3A test with a 10-11 record. In their last test, Jones held off Community Christian (Norman, OK), 9-1, in a non-league test.