The Oak Forest Bengals (Oak Forest, IL) baseball trounced the visiting Shepard Astros (Palos Heights, IL), 12-2 in Thursday's league challenge.

The Bengals now own a 18-11 record. They take the field next when they host Lincoln Park for a non-league challenge on Saturday, May 17. Oak Forest will clash with a Lions team coming off a 10-1 non-league loss to Morgan Park (Chicago, IL). The Lions record now stands at 13-16.

With the defeat, Shepard drops to 11-14 on the year. The Astros host Evergreen Park (Evergreen Park, IL) to clash with the Mustangs in a challenge on Monday, May 19. The Mustangs go into the challenge with a record of 22-9. Evergreen Park won 10-9 in their recent non-league challenge against Marist (Chicago, IL)