The Galena Pirates (Galena, IL) baseball trounced the host Dakota Indians (Dakota, IL), 10-2 in Monday's non-league challenge.

The Pirates now own a 10-3 record. They take the field next when they host West Carroll for a Northwest Upstate Illini - West challenge on Tuesday, April 22. Galena will clash with a Thunder team coming off a 13-4 non-league loss to Polo (Polo, IL). The Thunder record now stands at 1-9.

With the defeat, Dakota drops to 9-9 on the year. The Indians travel to Forreston (Forreston, IL) to clash with the Cardinals in a challenge on Tuesday, April 22. The Cardinals go into the challenge with a record of 14-3. Forreston lost 8-7 in their recent league challenge against Lena-Winslow (Lena, IL)