The Carterville Lions baseball team (Carterville, IL), was tipped 5-4 in Saturday's non-league outing with the visiting Tolono Unity Rockets (Tolono, IL)

The Rockets now hold a 9-0 record. They take the field next when they host Paxton-Buckley-Loda for a Illini Prairie outing on Monday, April 10. Tolono Unity will face a Panthers team coming off a 4-0 non-league loss to Salt Fork (Sidell, IL). The Panthers record now stands at 6-5.

Next, the Lions face the Pinckneyville Panthers (Pinckneyville, IL) in a Southern Illinois River-to-River - Mississippi outing, on Tuesday, April 11. Carterville will attempt to advance on its 6-6 season record.