The Lakeland Vikings (Deepwater, MO) baseball trounced the visiting Early Panthers (Morrisville, MO), 9-2 in Tuesday's non-league challenge.

The Vikings now own a 17-8 record. They take the field next when they host Drexel for a non-league challenge on Thursday, May 8. Lakeland will clash with a Bobcats team coming off a 11-2 non-league loss to Osceola (Osceola, MO). The Bobcats record now stands at 2-7.

With the defeat, Early drops to 9-8 on the year. The Panthers host Wheaton (Wheaton, MO) to clash with the Bulldogs in a non-league challenge on Wednesday, May 7. The Bulldogs go into the challenge with a record of 3-9. Wheaton lost 12-5 in their recent league challenge against Hurley (Hurley, MO)