Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SENATOBIA – Behind strong performances from starting pitchers Matt Ferguson and Tanner Cable and a combined 21 runs off 24 hits from the Ranger offense, Northwest closed out the regular season on Saturday with a sweep over Itawamba by 15-5 (8 inn.) and 6-2 finals.

Northwest improved to 30-14 overall and 16-8 in division play while ICC dropped to 20-22 and 9-15. The Rangers won the season series 3-1 over the Indians and have won 19 of their last 24 overall. 

Trailing 1-0 in the fourth inning in the opener, Taylor King's two-out, two-run home run to left-center put the Rangers in front momentarily 2-1.

ICC regained the lead, 3-2, in the top of the fifth on Ethan Gill's two-run single. 

A six-run bottom of the fifth put the Rangers in front for good, with Luke Latham hitting a solo home run and Chase Clark smashing a grand slam to right. 

ICC closed to within 8-5 in the seventh before seven unanswered runs over the seventh and eighth gave Northwest the 15-5 run-rule win. Brennan Pugh was credited with the walk-off winner on an RBI-groundout.

Northwest had 15 hits in the victory by nine different players, led by Stephen Sexton with three hits and Jay King, Kramer Hollenbach, Clark and T. King with two each.  

Ferguson went 6.2 innings, scattering nine hits, five runs (four earned) and eight strikeouts to move to 6-3 on the year while Tanner Densford allowed one hit in throwing the final 1.1 innings.

Northwest jumped out to a 5-0 lead after three in Game 2, with T. King hitting a grand slam in the third, and that was more than enough offense for Cable.

Cable scattered three hits, two runs and a career-high 10 strikeouts in 6.1 innings of work to improve to 6-2 while Tyler Scholl earned his sixth save of the year and school record-breaking 11th of his career. 

Northwest will travel to Hinds May 2-3 for the opening round of the state playoffs in a best-of-3 series. First pitch from Joe G. Moss Field on Friday is set for 6 p.m. while Saturday's first pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Live stats and live video will be available for the weekend series in Raymond.