The crowd at Thursday's league battle between the Normal Community Ironmen (Normal, IL) and the host Normal West Wildcats (Normal, IL), saw Normal Community's baseball team gain a win over Normal West by a tally of 7-1.

The Ironmen (18-2) will now prepare for their battle against Richwoods (Peoria, IL). The Knights enter the Big Twelve battle with a 9-11 record. In their last battle, Richwoods was overwhelmed by Peoria Notre Dame (Peoria, IL), 3-1, in a league battle.

Next, the Wildcats face the Peoria Lions (Peoria, IL) in a Big Twelve battle, on Monday, May 4. Normal West will attempt to upgrade on its 13-9 season record. The Lions enter the battle with a 0-14 record after their 10-3 league loss to Urbana (Urbana, IL).