The area has two fewer teams in the WIAA Softball Tournament following opening-round play on Thursday.

As heard on 105.1 The GOAT, the Gibraltar Vikings softball team saved one of its most exciting and best efforts of the season for what proved to be its final game of the season, a 9-4 loss to Howards Grove in the opening round of the WIAA Softball Tournament.

Sturgeon Bay met a similar fate on the road as they fell to Valders 11-1 in their opening-round matchup.

Kewaunee and Luxemburg-Casco played final tune-up matchups on Thursday. As heard on 104.1 WRLU, the Luxemburg-Casco Spartans defeated the Winneconne Wolves 8-3 Thursday afternoon in non-conference action that saw both teams battling the severe windy conditions. Kewaunee also played Wrightstown.