The Newton Cardinals baseball squad (Newton, IA), was overwhelmed 11-1 in Thursday's non-league contest with the host Grinnell Tigers (Grinnell, IA)

With the triumph, Grinnell moves its record to 6-6 on the season. The Tigers travel to Vinton-Shellsburg (Vinton, IA) to confront the Vikings in a WaMac-West contest on Monday, June 9. The Vikings come into the contest with a record of 3-6. Vinton-Shellsburg lost 4-3 in their recent non-league contest against Solon (Solon, IA)

The Cardinals now possess a 3-9 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Indianola for a non-league contest on Friday, June 6. Newton will confront a Indians squad coming off a 6-2 non-league win over Dallas Center-Grimes (Dallas Center, IA). The Indians record now stands at 7-3.