The Elbert County Blue Devils softball team scored 13 runs and held the visiting Oglethorpe County Patriots to 3 in the Blue Devils league win on Tuesday.

The Blue Devils now sport a 22-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy for a 1A D-I Region 8 challenge on Thursday, October 2. Elbert County will meet a squad coming off a 13-1 league loss to Rabun County (Tiger, GA). The record now stands at 2-17.

The Patriots (12-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Banks County (Homer, GA). The Leopards come into the 1A D-I Region 8 battle with a 21-4 record. In their last battle, Banks County achieved victory over Providence Christian Academy (Lilburn, GA), 13-5, in a league battle.