After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Dunlap, Normal West was happy to have turned things around on Monday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Champaign Central Maroons, sneaking past 10-8. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Wildcats considering their one-run performance the game before.
Chase Knuth
| 04/14/25 vs Champaign Central | 5 |
| 04/07/25 @ Urbana | 3 |
| 04/09/25 @ Bloomington | 2 |
| 04/07/25 @ Urbana | 2 |
| 04/03/25 vs Centennial | 1 |
The team relied heavily on Chase Knuth, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with five RBI and one double. Those five RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Cooper Temples, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Normal West's win bumped their record up to 11-5. As for Champaign Central, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-7-1.
Normal West will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Maroons: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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