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Northwest will travel to Mocksville to play the Davie County War Eagles, #1 seed from the Central Piedmont conference, Tuesday May 15 for a second round NC4A state playoff game. Game time is 7:00 and will be played at Rich Park. If the Vikings win, they'll either host Mt. Tabor, Central Piedmont #4 seed or travel to Greensboro Dudley, the #3 seed out of the Metro, later this week.
Vikings roll over Patriots 7-2 in first round of playoffs
Northwest used timely hitting after three critical Southern Alamance
errors and solid pitching and defense to win their first round NC4A state
playoff game 7-2. The victory moves the Vikings to 15-11 on the year and
sets up a date with either Davie County or Matthews Butler next week.
Keaton Haack went six strong innings on the mound allowing two runs
scattering 8 hits while striking out 8 and walked four. Haack surrendered
two out hits in a couple innings and pitched out of tough jams in a couple
others. The greatest Southern Alamance threat was halted in the third.
With two runs already in, the bases were loaded with Patriots with one out
and a full count on the batter. The Patriot hitter whistled a line drive
back up the middle that was snagged by Viking shortstop Stephen Hemrick.
The runner at second base took off to third and Hemrick stepped on second
to end the Southern Alamance threat. Colson Everett pitched the seventh
to finish out the game for Northwest.
The Vikings plated a run in the top of the first to jump ahead 1-0.
Colson Everett, Jackson Bellenkes and Greyson Evans had back to back to
back singles with Everett scoring on Evans' hit to give the Vikings the
lead.
With two outs in the top of the third, Evans hit the ball back to the
Patriot pitcher which looked to be the third out of the inning. The
pitcher's throw to first sailed down the right field line and Evans ended
up on second. The Vikings would make the Patriots pay. Haack followed
with a double in the gap to score Evans. Victor Dilla then hit a ball
back up the middle that squirted off the second baseman's glove far enough
to allow Haack to race around the bases all the way from second. Shane
Hamlett then followed with a double in the gap to score Dilla and give
Northwest a 4-0 lead at the time.
The Vikings would answer the two Patriot runs in the bottom of the third
with three of their own in the top of the fourth. Jesse Juday reached on
a catcher throwing error. Marcus Shoemaker then bunted the ball perfectly
between the pitcher, first and second basemen for a hit and put runners on
first and second. Everett then walked on four pitches to load the bases.
Bellenkes then hit a deep sacrifice fly to right to score Juday and allow
Shoemaker to move up to third. Evans suicide squeezed Shoemaker home and
Chase Corrington, pinch running for Everettt, moved to second. Haack
would deliver his second RBI of the game scoring Corrington on a single
and finishing the game scoring at 7-2.
NW 103 300 0 7 8 0
SA 002 000 0 2 10 3
Leaders
Marcus Shoemaker 1 for 3 run
Colson Everett 1 for 3 run
Jackson Bellenkes 1 for 3 RBI
Greyson Evans 1 for 3 run, 2 RBI
Keaton Haack 2 for 4 2B, run, 2 RBI
Shane Hamlett 1 for 3 2B, RBI
Matt Bond 1 for 3
Northwest will face Southern Alamance in Playoffs
Northwest, the #3 seed from the Piedmont Triad 4A conference, will travel
to Southern Alamance, the #2 seed from the Metro 4A conference, on
Thursday May 10 in the first round of the NC4A state playoffs. Game time
is 7:00. The winner will face the winner of Davie County, #1 seed from
the Central Piedmont 4A conference and Matthews Butler, #4 seed from the
Southwestern 4A conference in the second round.
For all baseball playoff
pairings, click on the website below:
http://www.nchsaa.org/championships.php?mode=publicviewchamps&sportID=15
Cowboys outduel Vikings 6-3 in semifinals of conference tournament
Southwest defeated Northwest 6-3 Friday afternoon in a well played
semifinal conference tournament game. The game was tight until the end
with the Cowboys making a couple more plays than the Vikings. Northwest
dropped to 14-11 on the season.
The Vikings plated one run in the fourth inning and two in the fifth.
Down 2-0 in the top of the fourth, Keaton Haack led the inning off with a
single. Haack moved to second on a Shane Hamlett ground out. Matt Bond
then singled to left field as Haack was stealing third easily allowing him
to score and cutting the lead to 2-1 at the time.
Stephen Hemrick led the fifth inning off with a walk. Two batters later,
Colson Everett doubled down the left field line moving Hemrick to third.
Jackons Bellenkes then singled home Hemrick to tie the game at 2 and moved
Everett to third. The Vikings would get the lead when Everett scored on a
Greyson Evans sacrifice fly to right.
The Cowboys would load the bases with two outs in the bottom of the fifth
and got a key hit to go back ahead 4-3. Southwest would add two more runs
in the bottom of the sixth to finish the scoring at 6-3.
NW 000 120 0 3 5 4
SW 110 022 X 6 6 0
Leaders
Colson Everett 1 for 4 2B, run
Jackson Bellenkes 1 for 3 RBI
Greyson Evans 1 for 2 RBI
Keaton Haack 1 for 2 run
Matt Bond 1 for 3 RBI
Vikings open conference tournament with shutout over Tigers
Northwest used quality pitching, good defense and a big inning to down
Ragsdale in the first round of the Piedmont Triad 4A conference tournament
7-0. The Vikings, now 14-10, will play Southwest Guilford at 5:00 Friday
May 4 at Ragsdale in the semifinals of the tournament.
Keaton Haack, Colson Everett and Jesse Juday combined on a two hit shutout
allowing only four Tigers to reach base on the night. Haack picked up his
third win of the season going four innings striking out six and allowing
only one base runner. Everett went two innings striking out one and a
base runner. Juday give up a single and a hit batsman before striking out
the side in the seventh to close out the game.
The Vikings did all of their scoring in the third inning on six hits and
two costly Tiger errors in the inning. Juday led the inning off reaching
base on a strike out. He moved all the way to third when the catcher
throw to first sailed down the right field line. Stephen Hemrick then
singled to left field to score Juday. Following an out, Everett hit a
ball back to the Tiger pitcher for what looked like to be a sure double
play. The shortstop dropped the ball at second giving Northwest runners
on first and second. Hemrick and Everett would move up on a wild pitch.
Then Jackson Bellenkes roped a single up the middle to knock both runners
in and extending the lead to 3-0. Two batters later Keaton Haack singled
to put runners at first and second. Shane Hamlett followed with a single
to load the bases. Matt Bond then single to score Greyson Evans, who
reached on a fielders choice, and Haack to advance the lead to 5. Juday
then doubled home Hamlett and Bond to finish the scoring at 7.
R 000 000 0 0 2 2
NW 007 000 X 7 8 0
Leaders
Shane Hamlett 2 for 3 run
Keaton Haack 2 for 3 run, 4 IP 6 K's, 0 runs, 1 hit , 0 BB's
Jackson Bellenkes 1 for 3 2 RBI
Matt Bond 1 for 3 run, 2 RBI
Jesse Juday 1 for 3 2B, run, 2 RBI, 1 IP, 3 K's, 0 runs, 1 hit
Stephen Hemrick 1 for 1 run, RBI, 2 BB's
Vikings fight past Hornets 9-4 in heated contest
Northwest defeated rival Western Guilford 9-4 in an emotional contest to
finish the regular season at 13-10. Both teams went after each other hard
throughout the night in an intense, playoff type atmosphere.
The Vikings opened the scoring with 3 in the top of the first inning.
Northwest loaded the bases on a Marcus Shoemaker walk, Colson Everett
reaching on an error, and a Jackson Bellenkes single. Greyson Evans was
then hit by a pitch to score Shoemaker. Keaton Haack hit an RBI fielders
choice to score Christian Dix, Everett's courtesy runner. Shane Hamlett
followed with a sacrifice fly to score Max Donnelly, Bellenkes courtesy
runner.
After a quiet second inning, the Vikings erupted for three more runs in
the third. Up 3-2 and one out, Everett singled back up the middle.
Bellenkes followed with a double to centerfield that scored Dix, who was
running on the pitch. Donnelly executed a risky steal of third when
Western infielders weren't paying attention with two outs. Haack then
drove in Donnelly with a single. Haack manufactured the last run of the
inning himself stealing second and third. The catcher's attempt to nab
Haack sailed into left field to allow him to score.
The Vikings tacked another run in the fourth. Stephen Hemrick reached on
an error with two outs. Hemrick stole second to move himself into scoring
position. He would score two batter later when Everett reached on an
error.
Western would put two runs on the board in the fourth to cut the Northwest
lead to 7-4. The Vikings would add runs in the fifth and seventh for some
insurance.
Haack doubled with one out in the fifth. A pitching change followed, and
Shane Hamlett greeted the new Hornet hurler with a hard single to center
to score Haack. Hamlett singled with two outs in the seventh and moved
around the bases on an error and two walks including an RBI base on balls
to Hemrick.
Colson Everett pitched a complete game for his first varsity win. Everett
didn't have his greatest stuff the first four innings, but battled enough
to leave 8 Western runners on base including the bases loaded twice.
Everett found his groove and retired the last ten Hornets batters faced to
finish out his performance.
Northwest will play at Sandy Gann Field against Ragsdale Wednesday May 2
in the first round of the Piedmont Triad 4A conference tournament. Game
time is 7:00.
NW 303 110 1 9 8 3
WG 020 200 0 4 7 6
Leaders
Jackson Bellenkes 3 for 4 2B, 2 runs, RBI
Keaton Haack 2 for 4 2B, 2 runs, 2 RBI
Shane Hamlett 2 for 3 run, 2 RBI
Colson Everett 1 for 4 2 runs, 7 IP, 4 runs 2 earned, 7 hits, 3 K's, 1 BB
Vikings tame Tigers for win on Senior Night
Northwest celebrated the contributions of Seniors Matt Bond, Victor Dilla
and Keaton Haack then went out and defeated the Randleman Tigers, a top
ranked 2A team, 5-1. The win moves the Vikings to 12-10 on the year.
Jesse Juday pitched a complete game for the Vikings allowing a run on 6
hits striking out 11 and walking two. The win was Juday's fourth of the
season.
Marcus Shoemaker and Jackson Bellenkes led the offense with two hits a
piece. Down 1-0 with two outs in the bottom of the third, Juday doubled
down the left field line. Shoemaker followed with a single to left,
moving Christian Dix, Juday's courtesy runner, to third. Colson Everett
drew a four pitch walk to load the bases. Bellenkes then delivered a
single to centerfield scoring Dix and Shoemaker and putting the Vikings
ahead 2-1.
In the fifth, Shoemaker singled with one out. Everett then reached on an
error to make it first and second. Following a Tiger pitching change,
Bellenkes scorched a ball to deep center field for a double, scoring
Shoemaker and Everett. His courtesy runner, Max Donnelly, would later
score in the inning when Keaton Haack reached on a shortstop error, ending
the game scoring at 5-1.
Northwest travels to rival Wetern Guilford Friday night at 7:30 in the
last regular season game of the year.
R 100 000 0 1 6 4
NW 002 030 X 5 8 2
Leaders
Marcus Shoemaker 2 for 4 2 runs
Jackson Bellenkes 2 for 3 2B, run 4 RBI
Jesse Juday 1 for 3 2B, run CG, 1 ER, 11 K's
Keaton Haack 1 for 3
Matt Bond 1 for 3
Greyson Evans 1 for 3
Headlines: Eagles down Vikings 5-1
Northwest bid to at least share the Piedmont Triad 4A conference
championship fell short with a 5-1 loss to East Forsyth. The Eagles
scored 4 runs in the fifth in the victory. The loss drops the Vikings to
11-10 overall and 8-4 in the conference. The Vikings can still tie for
second with East Forsyth if the Eagles lose to rival Glenn on Friday
night. Northwest conference season is over and can finish no lower than
third.
The night started great for the Vikings scoring a run on three of their
five hits in the bottom of the first. Down 1-0 with one out, Colson
Everett singled. Jackson Bellenkes followed with a single to move Everett
to third. Keaton Haack then doubled home Everett moving Max Donnelly,
Bellenkes courtesy runner to third. A Jesse Juday single in the second
and a Marcus Shoemaker single in the fifth were the only two other
baserunners for the Vikings the rest of the night. The Eagle pitcher
finished the night with a complete game, striking out nine while walking
none and allowing only the five hits mentioned above.
Northwest will face Randleman at Sandy Gann Field tonight at 7:00.
Tonight will be Senior Night for Matt Bond, Victor Dilla and Keaton Haack.
EF 100 040 0 4 5 0
NW 100 000 0 1 5 0
Leaders
Colson Everett 1 for 3 run
Keaton Haack 1 for 3 2B, RBI
Vikings cruise by Parkland 10-0, clinch playoff birth
Northwest scored in every inning but 1 in route to a 10-0 victory over
Winston Salem Parkland Friday night. The win moves the Vikings to 11-9
overall and 8-3 in the conference. The current conference record ensures
the Vikings a finish no lower than third, and can not be bumped out of the
state playoffs if a lower seed wins the tournament. Northwest is
currently in a three way first place tie with Southwest Guilford and East
Forsyth with one week remaining in the regular season.
Jesse Juday went four innings for his third win of the year. Jackson
Bellenkes and Colson Everett pitched 1 inning a piece. The three combined
for 8 strikeouts allowing only three hits and a walk.
Greyson Evans and Keaton Haack paced the Viking offense with three hits each.
Colson Everett singled with one out in the top of the first. Everett
moved to third on a ground out then scored on an Evans RBI single to give
the Vikings a 1-0 lead.
Shane Hamlett singled with one out in the second. Hamlett moved to second
on a fielding error and to third on a ground out. Marcus Shoemaker then
delivered a single to right to score Hamlett. Shoemaker would've got two
RBI's if it wasn't for a perfect throw to the plate from the rightfielder
to nab Matt Bond at home.
Everett led the third inning with a double. Jackson Bellenkes followed
with a walk. Two batter later, Haack singled sharply to load the bases.
Victor Dilla then scorched a single to left to score Everett. The ball
escaped under the Mustang left fielders glove to allow Christian Dix,
Bellenkes courtesy runner, and Haack to score moving the lead to 5-0.
Haack moved the score to 7-0 in the fifth with a blast over the right
center field fence that scored Evans ahead of him who had singled earlier
in the inning.
Everett and Bellenkes found themselves on again with a hit by pitch and a
walk in the top of the sixth. Evans followed with his third single of the
game that scored Everett. The ball again escaped under the left fielders
glove moving Bellenkes to third and Evans to second. Haack then doubled
down the line for his third hit of the game, ending the scoring at 10-0.
Northwest hosts East Forsyth Tuesday April 24 at Sandy Gann Field at
7:00pm.
If the Vikings win, they will at worst share the Piedmont Triad
4A conference championship.
NW 113 023 10 11 2
WSP 000 000 0 3 4
Leaders
Jessey Juday 4 IP, 4 K's, 0 BB's, 2 hits
Keaton Haack 3 for 4 2B, HR, 2 runs 4 RBI
Greyson Evans 3 for 4 2 runs, 2 RBI
Colson Everett 2 for 3 3 runs
Victor Dilla 1 for 3 RBI
Marcus Shoemaker 1 for 4 RBI
Shane Hamlett 1 for 2 BB, run
Jackson Bellenkes 2 BB's, 2 runs
4/19 Bison get by Vikings 1-0
High Point Central plated a run in the bottom of the sixth inning and the
Bison pitcher finished off a four hit shutout that started on Thursday
April 5 and finished April 19 due to a weather suspension to defeat
Northwest 1-0. The loss drops the Vikings to 10-9 on the year and 7-3 in
the Piedmont Triad 4A conference.
Northwest travels to Winston Salem Parkland tonight. Game time has been
changed to 7:00 instead of 6:00.
NW 000 000 0 0 4 1
HPC 000 001 X 1 5 0
4/18 Whirlies blast Vikings 14-5
Grimsley used powerful hitting and poor Viking defense to defeat Northwest
14-5 stopping a 5 game losing streak to the Vikings. The loss dropped
Northwest to 10-8 on the season.
The night started off promising for the Vikings. In the top of the
second, Matt Bond and Keaton Haack drew one out walks. Greyson Evans then
doubled down the right field line to plate both Bond and Haack and giving
the Vikings an early 2-0 lead. Evans courtesy runner, Chase Corrington,
would later add a third run in the inning scoring on a wild pitch.
The Whirlies would quickly answer with two in the bottom of the second and
tie the game with one in the third. Grimsley broke the game open in the
fifth scoring six runs on two doubles, a home run and two critical
Northwest errors. The Whirlies would add five more runs in the sixth on
one hit, 3 walks and four Viking errors.
Northwest scored its other two runs in the sixth. Keaton Haack led off
the inning with a triple and scored on an Evans ground out. With two
outs, Jesse Juday walked and Marcus Shoemaker and Shane Hamlett had back
to back singles to load the bases. Juday was then balked home to cut the
Whirlie lead to 9-5 at the time.
NW 030 002 0 5 7 7
G 021 065 X 14 11 0
Leaders
Keaton Haack 1 for 3 3B, 2 runs
Greyson Evans 2 for 3 2B, run, 3 RBI
4/17 Vikings outlast Tigers 4-3 in 8 innings
In a typical Piedmont Triad 4A battle Northwest and Ragsdale fought each
other back and forth until the Vikings plated a run in the bottom of the
8th to defeat the Tigers 4-3 in 8 innings. The win moves Northwest to
10-7 overall and 7-2 in the conference.
Keaton Haack, Adam Swim and Jesse Juday battled the Tiger hitters for 8
innings. Haack went five, Swim went two and Juday pitched the 8th to pick
up his second win of the season. Swim had to leave the game after
injuring his ankle at first base in the bottom of the 7th. His status is
uncertain at the moment.
Haack was the hitting star on the night going 3 for 4 at the plate
knocking in a run and scoring twice including the game winner. Down 1-0
in the bottom of the second, the Vikings would score two. Matt Bond drew a
one out walk. Haack singled Bond to second. Greyson Evans followed with
an RBI single that moved Haack to third. Colson Everett then hit a
sacrifice fly to score Haack, giving the Vikings the lead at the time.
The Tigers tied the score in the fifth. The Vikings would move back ahead
in the bottom of the sixth. Jackson Bellenkes led the inning off with a
single. Bellenkes courtesy runner, Christian Dix, moved to second on a
Bond sacrifice. Haack then delivered a go ahead (at the time) RBI single
to score Dix.
Following a brief lighting delay, Ragsdale would score in the top of the
seventh to tie the game. The Vikings would load the bases in the bottom
of th seventh with one out on a Shane Hamlett pinch hit single, a Marcus
Shoemaker fielder choice sacrifice bunt and a Victor Dilla intentional
walk. The Tiger pitcher would pitch out of the jam extending the game to
extra innings.
Juday would get the Tigers three up three down in the top of the eighth.
Haack led off the bottom with his third hit of the game. Haack moved to
second on an Evans sacrifice bunt and to third on a wild pitch. Ragsdale
would intentional walk Everett. On a 1-0 pitch, Juday bunted a perfect
safety squeeze to the right side of the infield scoring Haack to win the
game. It was the second walk off safety squeeze for the Vikings this
season and Haack was the winning run both times.
Northwest will step out of conference this afternoon traveling to rival
Grimsley at 7:00.
The Vikings return to conference action Thursday at
5:00, making up a suspended game at High Point Central. The game will
resume 0-0 in the top of the fifth.
R 100 010 10 3 5 1
NW 020 001 01 4 8 0
Leaders
Keaton Haack 3 for 4 2 runs, RBI, SB
Adam Swim 2 for 4
Greyson Evans 1 for 3 RBI
Jackson Bellenkes 1 for 3 run
Shane Hamlett 1 for 1
4/10: Vikings finish Pitt County Easter Tournament at 2-1 with
a 5-4 win over C.B. Aycock
Northwest defeated C.B. Aycock 5-4 Tuesday afternoon at South Central High
School in the Pitt County Easter Tournament. The win put the Vikings at
2-1 for the tournament and 9-7 overall.
Keaton Haack pitched five and two thirds innings for his second win of the
year. Haack carried a 5-1 lead into the sixth before giving way to Adam
Swim with a runner on first and a 5-4 lead. Swim would give up back to
back hits to load the bases before striking out a Falcon batter to end the
threat and inning. Swim would strike out the side in the seventh to earn
his second save of the year. The save and the win on Saturday night
pitching 4 scoreless innings against Northern Nash earned Swim all
tournament honors.
Marcus Shoemaker led the offense with three hits, while Victor Dilla,
Keaton Haack and Greyson Evans contributed to hits a piece.
Shoemaker, who went 7 for 9 scoring 6 runs, an RBI, a 2B and 3 walks for
the tournament, was named to the All tournament team.
Shoemaker led the bottom of the first inning with a single and moved to
second on a sacrifice bunt by Swim. Dilla then singled to move Shoemkaer
to third. Jackson Bellenkes then singled to score Shoemaker and move
Dilla to second. Matt Bond then singled down the left field line to score
Dilla and give the Vikings a 2-0 lead at the end of the first. Haack
would then help his cause and extend a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the
fourth by curling a ball right around the right field foul pole for his
first home run of the season. Shoemaker would get fireworks startied
again in the fifth drawing a walk on an 8 pitch at bat. Swim once again
sacrificed Shoemaker to second base. Dilla would again single to move
Shoemaker to third. Bellenkes followed with a fielders choice that saw
the catcher throw the ball in left field as Shoemaker retreated to third
in a rundown. Shoemaker scored to make it 4-1. Two batters later with
two outs, Haack smacked a base hit up the middle scoring Dilla giving the
Vikings a 5-1 lead at the time.
The Vikings have Spring Break the rest of the week and will not return to
action until Tuesday April 17 at home vs. Ragsdale in a critical Piedmont
Triad 4A conference game. Game time is 7:00.
CBA 010 003 0 4 6 1
NW 200 120 0 5 11 1
Leaders
Marcus Shoemaker 3 for 3 2 runs
Victor Dilla 2 for 2 2 runs
Jackson Bellenkes 1 for 3 RBI
Matt Bond 1 for 3 RBI
Keaton Haack 2 for 3 HR, run, 2 RBI
Greyson Evans 2 for 3
Headlines 4/9: #4 Impact ranked Bears drop Vikings 6-1
The New Bern Bears, ranked fourth in the latest Impact baseball poll,
defeated Northwest 6-1 Monday night at South Central High School in the
Pitt County Easter Tournament. The loss dropped the Vikings to 8-7
overall.
Hew Bern would score two runs with two outs in the top of the first and
two runs with two outs in the top of the fifth to score four of their six
runs. Two out hitting was the story of the night as the Vikings had four
innings in which multiple runners were left on base and totaled 10 left on
for the night.
The lone Viking run came in the fifth inning. Marcus Shoemaker led off
with a walk and moved to second on a wild pitch. Adam Swim then moved
Shoemaker to third on a ground out. Two batter later, Jackson Bellenkes
RBI ground out scored Shoemaker.
NB 200 031 0 6 10 1
NW 000 010 0 1 5 1
Leaders
Greyson Evans 2 for 3