The Northwest Wolves will challenge the Norwalk Warriors at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Northwest 2.5, Norwalk 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Northwest is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Iowa's top teams: Dallas Center-Grimes, who was ranked third at the time (Northwest was ranked first). The Wolves fell 8-3 to the Mustangs on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Norwalk had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. Everything went their way against the Dragons as they made off with a 9-1 win. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 19 matchups by six runs or more this season.
Norwalk's victory bumped their record up to 30-5. As for Northwest, their loss dropped their record down to 27-4.
Northwest beat Norwalk 5-0 when the teams last played back in July of 2024. Will the Wolves repeat their success, or do the Warriors have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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