The Brookland Bearcats (Brookland, AR) baseball the host Marion Patriots (Marion, AR), 9-5 in Monday's non-league challenge.

The Bearcats now own a 7-4 record. They take the field next when they host Westside for a 4A Region 3 challenge on Tuesday, April 1. Brookland will clash with a Warriors team coming off a 13-2 non-league loss to Melbourne (Melbourne, AR). The Warriors record now stands at 5-7.

With the defeat, Marion drops to 4-4 on the year. The Patriots travel to Palestine-Wheatley (Palestine, AR) to clash with the Patriots in a non-league challenge on Thursday, April 3. The Patriots go into the challenge with a record of 8-6. Palestine-Wheatley won 11-0 in their recent league challenge against Carlisle (Carlisle, AR)