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5/28 - 3 Vikings made All-Conference Team
Congratulations goes to Nathan Becker, Corey McKinney and Ben Schmucker for making the Piedmont Triad 4A All Conference team. Becker hit .405 in the conference going 15 for 37. He also scored 11 runs, knocked in 6 RBI's and was 5 for 5 in stolen bases. McKinney hit .382 going 13 for 34. He scored 10 runs, knocked in 10 RBI's and had 5 extra base hits (3 2B, 3B, HR). Schmucker hit .436 going 17 for 39. He scored 10 runs, knocked in 10 RBI's and had 6 extra base hits (3 2B and 3 HR).
Congratulations to three seniors for winning team awards at the banquet!
Coaches Award - Phillip Dixon
Viking Awards - Nathan Becker and Ben Saunders
5/5 - Quarterfinals of Conference Tournament
Third time, same story as Bobcat defeats Vikings. Playoffs in doubt.
Northwest battled but came up short losing 8-6 to Glenn in the quarterfinals of the Piedmont Triad 4A tournament. Eight of the nine hitters in the lineup had hits as the Vikings out hit Glenn 9-3 in the loss. The Bobcats took advantage of seven walks, a hits basemen, four wild pitches, a passed ball, two stolen bases and six Viking errors in the victory.
Down 1-0 in the top of the third, Josh Voss led the inning off with a single and quickly moved to second with a stolen base. Garrett Stell's bunt hit then put runners on first and third. Corey McKinney then popped out to the first basemen, but it was enough for Voss to tag and tie the game at one.
Glenn would answer with three in the third, but Northwest responded with four in the fourth to take the lead 5-4. Phillip Dixon led off with a double and moved to third on a passed ball. Keaton Haack then walked. Ben Saunders followed with a double to score Dixon and move Haack to third. Mitchell Haley followed with a single to tie the game at 4 scoring Haack and Saunders. Haley's pinch runner, Tyler Webb, manuvered his way around the bases on a tag up and two wild pitches to put the Vikings ahead 5-4.
The lead was short lived as Glenn answered with one in the fourth and three in the fifth to go up 8-5.
The final Viking run was scored by Corey McKinney after he doubled to lead off the seventh inning and later scored on a Bobcat error.
The loss dropped Northwest to 12-12 on the year. The Vikings are hoping there name will be called as a wild card Tuesday for the state playoffs. At the moment, given other resumes of potential wild card teams, the chances don't look good.
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0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
9 |
6 |
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| G | 0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
X |
8 |
3 |
1 |
Leaders:
Saunders 2 for 3, 2B, run, RBI
Haley 1 for 2, 2 RBI
5/1 - Vikings get win in Thomasville Medical Center HS Classic
Northwest defeated Central Davidson 8-2 in the Thomasville Medical Center HS Classic at Finch Field. Keaton Haack picked up his second win on the mound going five scoreless innings strking out 8, 1 walk and allowing only three hits. Nathan Becker was the offensive star going 2 for 2 with a 2B, 2 runs, and a 3 run HR.
Becker, after a walk, scored the first run of the game in the top of the first on a wild pitch. Ben Saunders knocked in runs 2 and 3 in the first with a double, scoring Keaton Haack who was hit by a pitch and Phillip Dixon who had singled. Both had moved up on the wild pitch Becker scored on.
Josh Voss reached on an error to start the top of the second and later scored on an error that allowed Adam Swim to reach base. Ben Schmucker followed with a double to move Sanders Kuxhausen, Swim's courtesy runner, to third. After a Spartan pitching change, Becker greeted the new pitcher with an opposite field blast to left field and give the Vikings a 7-0 lead. The eigth and last run came in the third inning. With two outs, Voss singled. Swim then doubled. As Voss reached third base, the Spartan cut off man bobbled the ball allowing him to score.
The victory finished the Northwest regular season at 12-11.
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4 |
1 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
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| CD | 0 |
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0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
Leaders:
Becker 2 for 2, 2B, HR, 2 runs, 3 RBI
Saunders 1 for 3, 2B, 2 RBI
Voss 1 for 3, 2 runs