Baseball Game Preview: Northview Chiefs vs. West Florida Jaguars

The Northview Chiefs will venture away from home to take on the West Florida Jaguars at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Northview is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.

Northview is headed into the contest having just suffered their closest defeat since March 29, 2024 on Friday. They fell just short of Jay by a score of 5-3.

Brady Smith

Runs

03/28/25 vs Jay	2
03/07/25 vs Pensacola Christian Academy	2
03/04/25 @ Flomaton	2
02/28/25 @ Pensacola Christian Academy	2
02/27/25 vs Escambia County	2
+ 6 more games

Brady Smith was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4. Northview is 5-1 when Smith posts two or more runs, but 2-7 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Grayden Sheffield, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one RBI.

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when West Florida duked it out with Milton on Friday. West Florida skirted past Milton 3-2.

West Florida also got a great performance from Jordan Hosman as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. What's more, Hosman gave up only five hits, the fewest he's had since back in February.

On the hitting side, West Florida saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ashton Bailey, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. That's the most stolen bases Bailey has posted since back in March of 2024.

West Florida's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games. As for Northview, they now have a losing record of 7-8.

Northview came up short against West Florida in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, falling 5-1. Can Northview avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.