The Benedictine Bengals (Cleveland, OH) baseball got by the host Elyria Catholic Panthers (Elyria, OH), 4-3 in Thursday's non-league challenge.

The Bengals now own a 1-2 record. They take the field next when they host Perry for a non-league challenge on Friday, April 4. Benedictine will clash with a Pirates team coming off a 9-2 non-league win over Brush (Lyndhurst, OH). The Pirates record now stands at 2-0.

With the defeat, Elyria Catholic drops to 1-5 on the year. The Panthers travel to Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (Chardon, OH) to clash with the Lions in a Crown challenge on Monday, April 7. The Lions go into the challenge with a record of 3-1. Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin won 9-2 in their recent non-league challenge against Austintown-Fitch (Youngstown, OH)