The Bloomington Purple Raiders (Bloomington, IL) baseball trounced the visiting Danville Vikings (Danville, IL), 16-3 in Tuesday's league challenge.

The Purple Raiders now own a 6-2 record. They take the field next when they host Peoria Notre Dame for a Big Twelve challenge on Friday, April 4. Bloomington will clash with a Irish team coming off a 3-2 non-league win over Pekin (Pekin, IL). The Irish record now stands at 5-3.

With the defeat, Danville drops to 0-6 on the year. The Vikings host Salt Fork (Sidell, IL) to clash with the Storm in a non-league challenge on Thursday, April 3. The Storm go into the challenge with a record of 4-1. Salt Fork won 9-8 in their recent non-league challenge against St. Thomas More (Champaign, IL)