The Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes (Monroe, GA) softball the visiting Stephens County Indians (Toccoa, GA), 5-2 in Thursday's league bout.

The Purple Hurricanes (6-6) will now prepare for their bout against Morgan County (Madison, GA). The Bulldogs go into the non-league bout with a 10-4 record. In their last bout, Morgan County held off Hephzibah (Hephzibah, GA), 16-0, in a league bout.

The Indians now possess a 6-10 record. They play next when they travel to Hart County for a 3A Region 8 bout on Tuesday, September 13. Stephens County will confront a Bulldogs squad coming off a 4-1 league loss to Franklin County (Carnesville, GA). The Bulldogs record now stands at 6-4.