On Saturday, Northwest faced Crete in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Northwest Vikings never let the Crete Cardinals onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Vikings, who have now won 12 games by six runs or more so far this season.
Northwest got a massive performance out of Laiken Dorsey, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. What's more, Dorsey also racked up two hits, the mostshe's had in her last 14 contests. Reyse Zobel was another key player, going 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
Northwest always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .542. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Crete only posted an OBP of .143.
Northwest's win was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 21-1. As for Crete, their defeat dropped their record down to 17-6.
Northwest will head out to take on Gretna East at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Northwest is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.2 runs per game this season. As for Crete, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 loss vs. Bishop Neumann on the 28th.
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