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The Champaign Central (Champaign, IL) varsity baseball team lost Friday's neutral non-conference game against Normal University (Normal, IL) by a score of 18-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Normal University	12	6	0	0	-	-	-	18	8	0
Champaign Central	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	2	3	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Normal University (25-26)

Normal University

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.381	32	21	18	8	13	3	1
1	Myles Mitchell	.333	3	3	1	1	1	0	0
2	Cade Cunningham		0	0	2	0	0	0	0
3	Cole Brent	.000	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
4	Chenzo Cottone	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	Parker Roop	1.000	3	1	3	1	0	1	0
8	Jackson Vance		1	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Landon Beckman	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
10	Wes Thompson	.000	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	Griffin Meyer	.500	3	2	3	1	3	1	0
12	Blake Schlipf	.000	3	1	2	0	1	0	0
13	Crosby Tabaka	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
15	Caleb Hornbrook	1.000	3	3	1	3	6	0	1
16	Isaiah Giganti	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	Rhett Lynch	1.000	2	2	1	2	2	1	0
25	C. Carpenter	.000	1	1	2	0	0	0	0

Normal University

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	7	3	4	1	1	2	.594	.667	1.261
1	Myles Mitchell	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
3	Cole Brent	1	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
4	Chenzo Cottone	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
5	Parker Roop	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
8	Jackson Vance	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
9	Landon Beckman	1	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
10	Wes Thompson	1	0	1	0	0	1	.667	.000	.667
11	Griffin Meyer	1	0	0	0	1	2	.667	1.000	1.667
12	Blake Schlipf	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.000	.667
13	Crosby Tabaka	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
15	Caleb Hornbrook	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
16	Isaiah Giganti	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
19	Rhett Lynch	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	2.500

Normal University

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
2	Cade Cunningham	1

Normal University

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	19	12	7
1	Myles Mitchell	1.000	3	1	2
5	Parker Roop	1.000	4	0	4
9	Landon Beckman	1.000	7	7	0
12	Blake Schlipf	1.000	1	1	0
15	Caleb Hornbrook	1.000	1	1	0
16	Isaiah Giganti	1.000	2	2	0
18	B. Klemmenson	1.000	1	0	1

Normal University

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	3.50	1	1.000	1
10	Wes Thompson	4.67	1	1.000	1
18	B. Klemmenson	0.00	0		1

Normal University

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	3	2	2	1	3	16	15
10	Wes Thompson	3	3	2	2	1	1	13	12
18	B. Klemmenson	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	3

Normal University

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P
	Team Totals	.200	.250	2	67
10	Wes Thompson	.250	.308	2	50
18	B. Klemmenson	.000	.000	0	17

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Champaign Central (25-26)

Champaign Central has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Normal University wallops Champaign Central

March 20, 2026: Normal, IL 61761

The Normal University Pioneers (Normal, IL) baseball trounced the visiting Champaign Central Maroons (Champaign, IL), 18-2 in Friday's non-league challenge.

The Pioneers now own a 3-0 record. They take the field next when they host MacArthur for a Central State Eight challenge on Monday, March 23. Normal University will encounter a Generals squad coming off a 15-0 non-league win over Peoria (Peoria, IL). The Generals record now stands at 1-1.

The Maroons (2-2) will now prepare for their bout against Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield, IL). The Cyclones enter the non-league challenge with a 4-0 record.

NU vs CCHS Baseball Game Info

Fri., Mar. 20, 2026 @ 1:30p

The Champaign Central (Champaign, IL) varsity baseball team lost Friday's neutral non-conference game against Normal University (Normal, IL) by a score of 18-2.

Rankings & Records

Normal University (25-26)

IL	Class
16	4

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
26-5	8-2	15-2	9-3	2-0	.839	.800	271	74

Champaign Central (25-26)

IL	Class
67	22

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
30-6	17-1	22-1	8-4	0-1	.833	.944	366	102

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Normal University	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.6	.7	1.3	1.2	-	8.7	8.8	.8
Champaign Central	1.4	1.5	1.8	2.6	.9	1.4	3.4	9.0	10.2	10.4	.9

Team Stat Comparison

Normal University		Champaign Central
.348	Batting Average	-
.472	On Base Percentage	-
.495	Slugging Percentage	-
.963	Fielding Percentage	-
.821	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Normal University		Champaign Central	National Avg.
#15 Caleb Hornbrook.538	Batting Average	-	.243
#15 Caleb Hornbrook.622	On Base Percentage	-	.385
#15 Caleb Hornbrook.975	Slugging Percentage	-	.312
#12 Blake Schlipf1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.859
#10 Wes Thompson1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.531

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Normal University	4-4		Champaign Central	6-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/16/26	Normal University	Normal West	(W) 10-0	4/22/26	Champaign Central	Normal West	(W) 8-4
				4/24/26	Normal West	Champaign Central	(W) 6-1
3/26/26	Normal University	Metamora	(L) 6-2	5/2/26	Champaign Central	Metamora	(L) 5-2
4/15/26	Springfield	Normal University	(W) 6-2	3/28/26	Springfield	Champaign Central	(W) 23-1
4/21/26	Lincoln	Normal University	(W) 7-0	4/16/26	Champaign Central	Lincoln	(L) 11-10
4/28/26	Normal University	Sacred Heart-Griffin	(L) 4-0	3/25/26	Champaign Central	Sacred Heart-Griffin	(L) 12-3
5/14/26	Sacred Heart-Griffin	Normal University	(L) 16-10
5/7/26	Richwoods	Normal University	(W) 14-4	4/13/26	Champaign Central	Richwoods	(W) 5-3
				4/15/26	Richwoods	Champaign Central	(W) 1-0
5/12/26	Normal University	Normal Community	(L) 3-0	4/17/26	Champaign Central	Normal Community	(L) 10-0
				4/20/26	Normal Community	Champaign Central	(W) 9-8

Record Breakdown

Normal University (25-26)		Champaign Central (25-26)
26-5	Overall	30-6
8-2	League	17-1
18-3	Non-League	9-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
4-4	Common Opponent	6-4
15-2	Home	22-1
9-3	Away	8-4
2-0	Neutral	0-1
0-0	Playoff	1-0
25-5	In-State	30-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0