The Hawthorne Christian Defenders (Hawthorne, NJ) baseball trounced the host Hawthorne Bears (Hawthorne, NJ), 11-1 in Monday's league challenge.

The Defenders now own a 5-4 record. They take the field next when they travel to New Milford for a non-league challenge on Wednesday, April 23. Hawthorne Christian will clash with a Knights team coming off a 11-4 league loss to Cresskill (Cresskill, NJ). The Knights record now stands at 5-5.

With the defeat, Hawthorne drops to 6-3 on the year. The Bears travel to Rutherford (Rutherford, NJ) to clash with the Bulldogs in a non-league challenge on Wednesday, April 23. The Bulldogs go into the challenge with a record of 8-2. Rutherford won 7-5 in their recent league challenge against North Arlington (North Arlington, NJ)