The Lake Wales Highlanders (Lake Wales, FL) baseball got by the visiting Avon Park Red Devils (Avon Park, FL), 3-2 in Thursday's non-league challenge.

The Highlanders now own a 6-4 record. They take the field next when they host Lake Region for a 4A District 8 challenge on Friday, March 7. Lake Wales will clash with a Thunder team coming off a 14-4 non-league win over Frostproof (Frostproof, FL). The Thunder record now stands at 5-5.

With the defeat, Avon Park drops to 8-2 on the year. The Red devils travel to IMG Academy Blue (Bradenton, FL) to clash with the Ascenders in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, March 11. The Ascenders go into the challenge with a record of 5-2. IMG Academy Blue won 4-0 in their recent non-league challenge against Inspiration Academy Red (Bradenton, FL)