The Bend Lava Bears (Bend, OR) baseball trounced the visiting McDaniel Mountain Lions (Portland, OR), 11-2 in Thursday's non-league challenge.

The Lava Bears now own a 1-0 record. They take the field next when they travel to Pueblo Central for a non-league challenge on Monday, March 24. Bend will clash with a Wildcats team coming off a 18-7 non-league win over Northridge (Greeley, CO). The Wildcats record now stands at 6-1.

With the defeat, McDaniel drops to 2-1 on the year. The Mountain lions travel to Putnam (Milwaukie, OR) to clash with the Kingsmen in a non-league challenge on Thursday, March 27. The Kingsmen go into the challenge with a record of 1-0. Putnam won 4-1 in their recent non-league challenge against Redmond (Redmond, OR)