Vikings
| 04/22/25 @ Niles West | 4 |
| 04/17/25 @ Vernon Hills | 17 |
| 04/15/25 vs Maine East | 15 |
| 04/12/25 @ Elk Grove | 2 |
| 04/11/25 @ Saint Viator | 8 |
| + 7 more games |
The Niles North Vikings will challenge the Whitney Young Dolphins at 4:45 p.m. on Friday. Niles North is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.7 runs per game this season.
Niles North fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Niles West on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Wolves by a score of 5-4. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last six times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Niles North saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lucy Hibicke, who went 1-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base. That stolen base marked the first that Hibicke has snagged this season. Alexis Ochonicki was another, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
The home team had come away the winner the last seven times Whitney Young and Northside had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. The Dolphins' pitchers stepped up to hand the Mustangs a 4-0 shutout on Wednesday.
The team relied heavily on Chiqui Vazquez, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.
Whitney Young's win bumped their record up to 10-7-1. As for Niles North, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 7-5.
Niles North might still be hurting after the 17-1 loss they got from Whitney Young in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can the Vikings avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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