East Peoria Raiders (East Peoria, IL) backers exited the stadium thrilled Saturday as they saw their softball squad run past the visiting Peoria Notre Dame Irish (Peoria, IL), 12-0 in a non-league challenge.

The Raiders now own a 1-0 record. They take the field next when they travel to Pontiac for a non-league challenge on Wednesday, March 20. East Peoria will battle a Indians squad coming off a 2-1 non-league loss to Metamora (Metamora, IL). The Indians record now stands at 0-1.

With the loss, Peoria Notre Dame falls to 0-3 on the campaign. The Irish travel to Brimfield (Brimfield, IL) to battle the Indians in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, March 19. The Indians enter the challenge with a record of 1-1. Brimfield lost 5-1 in their recent non-league challenge against Olympia (Stanford, IL)