Spectators at Monday's non-league battle between the Vale Vikings (Vale, OR) and the visiting Payette Pirates (Payette, ID), saw Vale's baseball squad knock off Payette by a count of 18-3.

Coming up next, the Vikings play the Grant Union Prospectors (John Day, OR) in a 3A Eastern Oregon battle, on Friday, April 20. Vale will attempt to move on its 11-5 season record. The Prospectors enter the battle with a 7-3 record after their 6-4 league win over Riverside (Boardman, OR).

The Pirates now possess a 5-3 record. They take the field next when they travel to Parma for a 3A Snake River Valley battle on Tuesday, April 17.