Pine River-Backus Tigers (Pine River, MN) backers exited the stadium thrilled Tuesday as they saw their softball squad achieve victory over the visiting Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Wolves (Walker, MN), 18-5 in a league challenge.

The Tigers now own a 6-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to Red Lake for a Upper Mississippi challenge on Thursday, April 28. Pine River-Backus will face a Warriors squad coming off a 32-8 league loss to Cass Lake-Bena (Cass Lake, MN). The Warriors record now stands at 0-2.

With the loss, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley falls to 2-5 on the campaign. The Wolves travel to Nevis (Nevis, MN) to face the Tigers in a Upper Mississippi challenge on Tuesday, May 3. The Tigers enter the challenge with a record of 5-2. Nevis won 14-4 in their recent league challenge against Laporte (Laporte, MN)