The Desert Ridge Jaguars (Mesa, AZ) baseball trounced the visiting Gilbert Tigers (Gilbert, AZ), 9-3 in Thursday's league challenge.

The Jaguars now own a 11-5 record. They take the field next when they travel to Higley for a 6A Fiesta challenge on Tuesday, March 31. Desert Ridge will clash with a Knights team coming off a 8-5 league loss to Queen Creek (Queen Creek, AZ). The Knights record now stands at 9-7.

With the defeat, Gilbert drops to 8-8 on the year. The Tigers travel to Mesa (Mesa, AZ) to clash with the Jackrabbits in a non-league challenge on Monday, March 30. The Jackrabbits enter the bout with a record of 5-10. Mesa won 7-5 in their recent league bout against Westwood (Mesa, AZ)