Softball Preview: Tift County Blue Devils vs. Northgate Vikings
Tift County has won three straight games at home, while Northgate has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Saturday. The Tift County Blue Devils will welcome the Northgate Vikings at 11:00 a.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Tift County will bounce into Saturday's game after beating Lee County, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Tift County's pitchers stepped up to hand Lee County an 8-0 shutout on Wednesday. While the Blue Devils didn't have the best season last year (they finished 11-15), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Meanwhile, Northgate won against Newnan last Thursday with 11 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. Northgate blew past Lovejoy 11-0.
Tift County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. As for Northgate, their victory bumped their record up to 12-2.
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