Baseball Game Preview: W.S. Neal Eagles vs. Northview Chiefs

W.S. Neal is 1-8 against Northview since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Eagles will square off against the Chiefs at 6:30 p.m. W.S. Neal will aim to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.

Last Friday, W.S. Neal made easy work of Jackson and carried off a 15-7 win. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won seven matchups by eight runs or more so far this season.

Colton Cain

Runs (Career)

04/04/25 @ Jackson	4
02/15/24 @ Goshen	3
03/25/25 vs Eufaula	2
03/07/25 vs Escambia County	2
03/06/25 @ Escambia County	2

Colton Cain was incredible, scoring four runs while going 5-for-5. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. Ja'sean Jones was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-5.

W.S. Neal was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .475. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .312 or higher in four consecutive contests.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Northview, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They skirted past Baker 4-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Chiefs have posted since March 13th.

Northview saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grayden Sheffield, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3. Sheffield is becoming a predictor of the Chiefs' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 4-11 when he doesn't).

W.S. Neal has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.3 runs over those games. As for Northview, their victory was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 9-11.

W.S. Neal couldn't quite get it done against Northview when the teams last played back in February as they fell 6-1. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.