Baseball Game Preview: Hilltop Cadets vs. Northwood Rangers

The Hilltop Cadets will venture away from home to challenge the Northwood Rangers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Hilltop is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.

Hilltop couldn't beat Evergreen on Friday even though they stacked four runs on them in the fifth inning. The Cadets came up short against the Vikings, falling 19-5. The Cadets have struggled against the Vikings recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.

Terry Rebeck

Runs

05/12/25 @ Cardinal Stritch	3
05/03/25 @ Antwerp	3
04/17/25 vs Gorham Fayette	3
04/07/25 vs Emmanuel Christian	3
05/16/25 vs Evergreen	2
+ 7 more games

Terry Rebeck was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. He has become a key player for Hilltop: the team is 8-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 2-9 otherwise.

Meanwhile, Northwood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Eastwood.

Hilltop's loss dropped their record down to 10-10. As for Northwood, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-18.