The Licking Valley Panthers (Newark, OH) baseball trounced the visiting Mt. Vernon Yellowjackets (Mt. Vernon, OH), 9-2 in Monday's league challenge.

The Panthers now own a 3-1 record. They take the field next when they host Johnstown-Monroe for a Licking County challenge on Wednesday, April 8. Licking Valley will clash with a Johnnies team coming off a 8-5 league win over Heath (Heath, OH). The Johnnies record now stands at 4-0.

With the defeat, Mt. Vernon drops to 1-3 on the year. The Yellowjackets host Northridge (Johnstown, OH) to clash with the Vikings in a Licking County challenge on Wednesday, April 8. The Vikings go into the challenge with a record of 4-0. Northridge won 2-1 in their recent league challenge against Utica (Utica, OH)