The Tolono Unity Rockets (Tolono, IL) baseball trounced the visiting Paxton-Buckley-Loda Panthers (Paxton, IL), 9-2 in Monday's league challenge.

The Rockets now own a 9-5 record. They take the field next when they travel to Monticello for a Illini Prairie challenge on Thursday, April 17. Tolono Unity will clash with a Sages team coming off a 7-2 non-league win over Mattoon (Mattoon, IL). The Sages record now stands at 12-3.

With the defeat, Paxton-Buckley-Loda drops to 8-5 on the year. The Panthers host St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph, IL) to clash with the Spartans in a Illini Prairie challenge on Thursday, April 17. The Spartans go into the challenge with a record of 14-2. St. Joseph-Ogden won 13-3 in their recent non-league challenge against Sullivan (Sullivan, IL)