The crowd at Thursday's non-league contest between the Peoria Lions (Peoria, IL) and the host Manual Rams (Peoria, IL), witnessed Peoria's football squad wallop Manual by a tally of 58-8.

The Lions (1-0) will now prepare for their contest against Normal West (Normal, IL). The Wildcats enter the non-league contest with a 2-2 record. In their last contest, Normal West was trounced by Bloomington (Bloomington, IL), 35-20, in a league contest.

Coming up next, the Rams confront the Normal Community Ironmen (Normal, IL) in a non-league contest, on Thursday, September 26. Manual will attempt to better on its 1-3 season record.