The Gardendale Rockets (Gardendale, AL) baseball the host Mountain Brook Spartans (Birmingham, AL), 5-1 in Thursday's non-league challenge.

The Rockets now own a 17-9 record. They take the field next when they host John Carroll Catholic for a non-league challenge on Saturday, April 12. Gardendale will clash with a Cavaliers team coming off a 5-0 league loss to Leeds (Leeds, AL). The Cavaliers record now stands at 16-14.

With the defeat, Mountain Brook drops to 23-6 on the year. The Spartans travel to Hueytown (Hueytown, AL) to clash with the Golden Gophers in a non-league challenge on Monday, April 14. The Golden Gophers go into the challenge with a record of 23-9. Hueytown won 7-0 in their recent non-league challenge against Jasper (Jasper, AL)