The NorthWood Panthers are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game of the season: they will face off against the Niles Vikings at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
NorthWood barely beat Fairfield the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Panthers' pitcher stepped up to hand the Falcons a 17-0 shutout on Friday. The matchup marked the Panthers' most dominant victory of the season so far.
Nate Dutkowski
| 04/18/25 vs Fairfield | 4 |
| 04/01/25 vs Mishawaka Marian | 3 |
| 05/25/24 @ Fairfield | 1 |
| 05/22/24 vs East Noble | 1 |
| 05/18/24 vs Lake Central | 1 |
Nate Dutkowski was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four). He was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
In other batting news, NorthWood got a massive performance out of Mason Warren, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, five RBI, and two runs. Those five RBI gave Warren a new career-high. Connor Reed was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
NorthWood always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .613. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fairfield only posted an OBP of .222.
Meanwhile, Niles waltzed into their game on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They put the hurt on the Trojans with a sharp 15-0 win. Considering the Vikings have won five contests by more than nine runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
NorthWood's record now sits at 4-1. As for Niles, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season.
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