The Cardinal Comets (Eldon, IA) baseball the visiting Clarke Indians (Osceola, IA), 4-1 in Monday's league challenge.

The Comets now own a 16-9 record. They take the field next when they host Centerville for a South Central challenge on Tuesday, July 1. Cardinal will clash with a Big Reds/Redettes team coming off a 16-4 league win over Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (Eddyville, IA). The Big Reds/Redettes record now stands at 8-17.

With the defeat, Clarke drops to 9-18 on the year. The Indians travel to Knoxville (Knoxville, IA) to clash with the Panthers in a South Central challenge on Tuesday, July 1. The Panthers go into the challenge with a record of 18-10. Knoxville won 11-4 in their recent league challenge against Albia (Albia, IA)