Softball Recap: Big Walnut Has No Trouble Against Westerville North

Golden Eagles

Margin (Wins)

04/03/25 vs Westerville South	18
04/09/25 vs Worthington Kilbourne	17
04/10/25 @ Westerville North	11
04/01/25 @ Dublin Jerome	10

Big Walnut made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Westerville North, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Golden Eagles put the hurt on the Warriors with a sharp 14-3 victory on Thursday. Considering the Golden Eagles have won four matches by more than nine runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

The team relied heavily on Madi Clever, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Kyra Holmes was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.

Big Walnut always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .647. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

Big Walnut has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. As for Westerville North, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7.

Big Walnut and Westerville North could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings. The Golden Eagles will take on Bloom-Carroll at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday with a big rank disadvantage (183 vs. 6). Meanwhile, Westerville North (ranked 310th) will meet Dublin Scioto (ranked 117th) at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday.