Baseball Game Preview: Norwell Knights vs. Huntington North Vikings

The Norwell Knights will head out to challenge the Huntington North Vikings at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Norwell is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.

On Wednesday, Norwell didn't have quite enough to beat Fort Wayne Snider and fell 5-4.

Norwell saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Turk, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double. Another was Will Case, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one RBI.

Meanwhile, Huntington North unfortunately witnessed the end of their ten-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of DeKalb by a score of 5-3.

Huntington North also got a good showing from Caiden Pohler, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Pohler has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks any time he's pitched this season.

Norwell has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 12-9 record this season. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only one runs. As for Huntington North, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 13-5.

Everything went Norwell's way against Huntington North in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, as Norwell made off with a 13-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Knights since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.