By ROB HAMILTON Northmor did nearly everything they needed to do in order to move into the regional tournament on Thursday. In their district final against Fredericktown, held at Lancaster’s Beavers Field, the Knights got very good pitching from Zach Carroll and an excellent defensive performance in which they didn’t commit a single error. They also […]
By ROB HAMILTON Northmor advanced past sectionals in baseball thanks to a dramatic 7–6 win over Heath Thursday. The Bulldogs scored twice in the third inning and once in the fourth to take a 3–0 lead, but Northmor tallied three in the bottom of the fourth to tie the score. The visiting Heath squad would retaliate with […]
By ROB HAMILTON Northmor finished the regular season in a three-way tie for first place in the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference Blue Division. The Knights won two of three league games last week to finish 6–5 in the league. That record tied them with Cardington and Pleasant. Their week started with a 12–2 win over Mount Gilead last […]
By ROB HAMILTON Northmor struggled to generate offense last Monday in suffering a 12–2 loss to Pleasant in a home game. The Knights only trailed 2–1 after two innings and 4–1 after five, but surrendered eight runs over the final two innings as the Spartans pulled away. Six errors hurt Northmor, as seven of Pleasant’s runs were […]
By ROB HAMILTON A huge sixth inning propeled Northmor’s baseball team to a 10–1 win at Mount Gilead Wednesday. The Knights only led 3–1 entering the next-to-last inning, but were able to send 13 batters to the plate and tally seven runs as they blew the game open. “I was just hoping to scratch out one or two […]
By ROB HAMILTON Northmor couldn’t recover from a slow start in losing 4–3 to Cardington’s baseball team Wednesday. The Pirates took advantage of three early errors by the Knights to plate four runs over the opening two innings. While Northmor rallied in the final two frames, they fell one run short of their opponents. “The kids […]