The crowd at Thursday's non-league battle between the West Platte Bluejays (Weston, MO) and the visiting Lathrop Mules (Lathrop, MO), saw West Platte's baseball team get by Lathrop by a tally of 5-4.

The Bluejays (18-3) will now prepare for their battle against DeKalb (DeKalb, MO). The Tigers enter the non-league battle with a 3-6 record. In their last battle, DeKalb was tipped by Tarkio (Tarkio, MO), 13-0, in a non-league battle.

Next, the Mules face the Richmond Spartans (Richmond, MO) in a non-league battle, on Friday, May 2. Lathrop will attempt to upgrade on its 10-9 season record. The Spartans enter the battle with a 4-11 record after their 5-4 non-league loss to Carrollton (Carrollton, MO).