North Adams tops West Union 11-1 again in county baseball matchup

West Union’s latest meeting with North Adams looked a lot like the first one. The Green Devils again handled the Dragons 11-1 on May 5, extending a matchup that has repeatedly tilted toward North Adams and raising the same question Adams County baseball has seen before: what keeps West Union from breaking through in this rivalry?

The answer starts with how quickly the Dragons’ momentum vanished. West Union had just rolled past Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington 25-4, its biggest offensive burst of the season, and had entered the rematch after earning its first road win. But North Adams turned the game back in its direction and held West Union to a single run, the same scoreline the Green Devils posted when the teams met in April. In back-to-back county games, North Adams showed it could control the pace and limit West Union’s chances.

The repeat result matters because it points to a pattern, not a one-night stumble. West Union has struggled to find the kind of steady offense that can carry it through a county rivalry game against North Adams, and the contrast between a 25-run outburst one day and an 11-1 loss the next says plenty about the Dragons’ inconsistency. In a short season stretch where every inning can affect confidence, that kind of swing can be costly.

The numbers also show how firmly North Adams has had the upper hand in the county hierarchy. After the game, North Adams stood at 7-10 and West Union fell to 2-15. The Green Devils’ advantage was not limited to 2026, either. A May 2025 report showed North Adams beating West Union 17-0 in Southern Hills Athletic Conference play, adding another lopsided result to the series.

For West Union, the problem is not just a loss on the scoreboard. It is the recurring difficulty of matching North Adams in games that carry extra weight across Adams County. Rivalry games against familiar opponents tend to reveal the same flaws more clearly than any ordinary nonleague matchup, and this one again showed that the Dragons still have work to do before they can close the gap.