The Golden Valley Cougars (Merced, CA) baseball trounced the visiting El Capitan Gauchos (Merced, CA), 11-3 in Wednesday's non-league challenge.

The Cougars now own a 5-1 record. They take the field next when they host Atwater for a challenge on Monday, April 7. Golden Valley will clash with a Falcons team coming off a 15-10 league loss to Merced (Merced, CA). The Falcons record now stands at 9-4.

With the defeat, El Capitan drops to 0-8 on the year. The Gauchos travel to Central Valley (Ceres, CA) to clash with the Hawks in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, April 15. The Hawks go into the challenge with a record of 1-5.