Softball Game Preview: Hermantown Hawks vs. North Branch Vikings

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Hermantown and North Branch are an even 4-4-1 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Hawks are taking a road trip to take on the Vikings at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.

Hermantown easily dispatched Proctor on Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Hawks fell just short of Cloquet by a score of 6-4 on Thursday. The Hawks have struggled against the Lumberjacks recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.

Meanwhile, North Branch suffered their closest loss since June 6, 2024 on Wednesday. They fell just short of Coon Rapids by a score of 13-11. The Vikings' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.

North Branch's loss dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Hermantown, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 4-2.