The crowd at Friday's non-league battle between the Manual Thunderbolts (Denver, CO) and the host Thornton Trojans (Thornton, CO), saw Manual's baseball team gain a win over Thornton by a tally of 20-0.

The Thunderbolts (4-3) will now prepare for their battle against DSST: Montview (Denver, CO). The Knights go into the 3A/2A City challenge with a 0-4 record. In their last challenge, DSST: Montview was overwhelmed by Kent Denver (Englewood, CO), 18-3, in a non-league challenge.

With the defeat, Thornton drops to 0-5 on the year. The Trojans travel to Rangeview (Aurora, CO) to clash with the Raiders in a non-league challenge on Saturday, March 22. The Raiders go into the challenge with a record of 3-2. Rangeview won 13-3 in their recent non-league challenge against Overland (Aurora, CO)