The crowd at Monday's league bout between the Rantoul Eagles (Rantoul, IL) and the host Paxton-Buckley-Loda Panthers (Paxton, IL), observed Rantoul's softball team prevail over Paxton-Buckley-Loda by a tally of 17-2.

The Eagles (7-12) will now prepare for their bout against Monticello (Monticello, IL). The Sages go into the Illini Prairie bout with a 21-5 record. In their last bout, Monticello knocked off Maroa-Forsyth (Maroa, IL), 5-1, in a non-league outing.

With the loss, Paxton-Buckley-Loda moves to 3-18 on the season. The Panthers travel to Tri-Valley (Downs, IL) to encounter the Vikings in a non-league outing on Tuesday, May 6. The Vikings come into the outing with a record of 16-4. Tri-Valley won 12-7 in their recent non-league outing against Clinton (Clinton, IL)