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The St. John Paul II Catholic (Avondale, AZ) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Heritage Academy (Laveen, AZ) by a score of 7-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Heritage Academy	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	4	5	2
SJPIIC	3	0	1	0	3	0	-	7	4	0

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Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Heritage Academy (24-25)

St. John Paul II Catholic (24-25)

Heritage Academy

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	3B
	Team Totals	.192	31	26	4	5	3	1
1	P. Soltero (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0
2	F. Melero Martinez (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
3	Jared Wittman (Sr)	.500	3	2	2	1	1	1
4	Devin Lunt (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
5	Malachi Maple (Fr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
5	Isaias Ruiz (Jr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
7	Brenden Whetten (So)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
9	Jack McBride (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
14	Morgan Williams (So)	1.000	3	1	0	1	0	0
	Chris Estrada (Fr)	.000	2	1	0	0	1	0

St. John Paul II Catholic

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	3B
	Team Totals	.200	25	20	7	4	1	1
2	Adrian Zaragoza (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
3	Andrew Alvarez (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
5	A. Barragan (Sr)	.000	3	1	1	0	0	0
10	Derek Guzman (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
12	Carlos Pedroza (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
13	Martin Apolinar (Fr)	.500	2	2	1	1	0	0
17	F. Vasquez (Jr)	.500	2	2	0	1	0	1
23	Wyatt Bacome (Jr)	.500	3	2	2	1	1	0
25	Joshua Standage (Sr)	.500	3	2	2	1	0	0
34	James Pierski (So)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0

Heritage Academy

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	5	11	6	.323	.269	.592
1	P. Soltero (Sr)	0	1	3	.250	.250	.500
2	F. Melero Martinez (Sr)	0	2	1	.250	.250	.500
3	Jared Wittman (Sr)	1	0	0	.667	1.500	2.167
4	Devin Lunt (Jr)	0	2	4	.000	.000	.000
5	Malachi Maple (Fr)	0	1	0	.333	.333	.666
5	Isaias Ruiz (Jr)	1	1	1	.250	.000	.250
7	Brenden Whetten (So)	0	3	3	.000	.000	.000
9	Jack McBride (Sr)	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
14	Morgan Williams (So)	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
	Chris Estrada (Fr)	1	1	1	.500	.000	.500

St. John Paul II Catholic

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	5	9	2	.360	.300	.660
2	Adrian Zaragoza (Sr)	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000
3	Andrew Alvarez (Sr)	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
5	A. Barragan (Sr)	2	1	0	.667	.000	.667
10	Derek Guzman (So)	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
12	Carlos Pedroza (Jr)	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
13	Martin Apolinar (Fr)	0	1	0	.500	.500	1.000
17	F. Vasquez (Jr)	0	1	0	.500	1.500	2.000
23	Wyatt Bacome (Jr)	1	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
25	Joshua Standage (Sr)	1	1	0	.667	.500	1.167
34	James Pierski (So)	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333

Heritage Academy

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
3	Jared Wittman (Sr)	1
5	Isaias Ruiz (Jr)	2
14	Morgan Williams (So)	1

St. John Paul II Catholic

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	3	3
23	Wyatt Bacome (Jr)	2	2
25	Joshua Standage (Sr)	1	1

Heritage Academy

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.909	22	18	2	2	1
1	P. Soltero (Sr)	1.000	4	2	2	0	1
3	Jared Wittman (Sr)	1.000	9	9	0	0	0
5	Malachi Maple (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
5	Isaias Ruiz (Jr)	.333	3	1	0	2	1
6	Z. Lovelace (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
7	Brenden Whetten (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
9	Jack McBride (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
14	Morgan Williams (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0

St. John Paul II Catholic

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO
	Team Totals	1.000	21	21
2	Adrian Zaragoza (Sr)	1.000	1	1
5	A. Barragan (Sr)	1.000	2	2
10	Derek Guzman (So)	1.000	1	1
12	Carlos Pedroza (Jr)	1.000	1	1
13	Martin Apolinar (Fr)	1.000	1	1
23	Wyatt Bacome (Jr)	1.000	11	11
25	Joshua Standage (Sr)	1.000	3	3
34	James Pierski (So)	1.000	1	1

Heritage Academy

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	5.83	0	0		1				0
5	Isaias Ruiz (Jr)	5.83	0	0		1				0

St. John Paul II Catholic

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	SV
	Team Totals	4.00	1	0	1.000	2	1	0
12	Carlos Pedroza (Jr)	7.00				1	1
34	James Pierski (So)	1.75	1	0	1.000	1		0

Heritage Academy

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	4	7	5	5	9			0	25	20
5	Isaias Ruiz (Jr)	6	4	7	5	5	9			0	25	20

St. John Paul II Catholic

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	5	4	4	5	11	31	26
12	Carlos Pedroza (Jr)	3	4	3	3	2	3	15	13
34	James Pierski (So)	4	1	1	1	3	8	16	13

Heritage Academy

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.200	.360	4	0			97	0	1	0
5	Isaias Ruiz (Jr)	.200	.360	4	0			97	0	1	0

St. John Paul II Catholic

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.192	.323	124	4
12	Carlos Pedroza (Jr)	.308	.400	62	2
34	James Pierski (So)	.077	.250	62	2

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Game Story

Arizona High School Baseball - St. John Paul II Catholic edges Heritage Academy

March 5, 2025: Avondale, AZ 85392

The St. John Paul II Catholic Lions baseball team scored 7 runs and held the visiting Heritage Academy Heroes to 4 in the Lions non-league win on Wednesday.

The Lions now own a 2-1 record. They take the field next when they travel to Phoenix Country Day for a non-league test on Tuesday, March 11.

With the defeat, Heritage Academy drops to 0-2 on the year. The Heroes travel to Scottsdale Preparatory Academy (Scottsdale, AZ) to play the Spartans in a non-league test on Monday, March 17. The Spartans go into the test with a record of 1-2. Scottsdale Preparatory Academy lost 6-0 in their recent non-league test against Horizon Honors (Phoenix, AZ)

Players of the Game

Heritage Academy (24-25)

Heritage Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

St. John Paul II Catholic (24-25)

Congratulations to #34 James Pierski for being selected the St. John Paul II Catholic Baseball Player of the Game.

HA @ SJPIIC Baseball Game Info

Wed., Mar. 5, 2025 @ 3:45p

St. John Paul II Catholic High School

The St. John Paul II Catholic (Avondale, AZ) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Heritage Academy (Laveen, AZ) by a score of 7-4.

Rankings & Records

Heritage Academy (24-25)

AZ	Div.
209	27

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
7-10-1	4-5	3-5-1	4-5	.417	.444	125	131

St. John Paul II Catholic (24-25)

AZ	Div.
164	17

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
12-6	5-2	8-2	4-4	.667	.714	158	105

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Heritage Academy	.8	.6	1.3	1.0	2.4	.6	1.0	0	6.9	6.5	3.9
St. John Paul II Catholic	1.8	1.4	1.5	1.8	1.2	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.8	7.2	2.4

Team Stat Comparison

Heritage Academy		St. John Paul II Catholic
.240	Batting Average	.285
.359	On Base Percentage	.446
.325	Slugging Percentage	.380
.846	Fielding Percentage	.904
.500	Win Loss Percentage	.688

Team Leaders

Heritage Academy		St. John Paul II Catholic	National Avg.
#5 Isaias Ruiz.431	Batting Average	#12 Carlos Pedroza.481	.239
#5 Isaias Ruiz.531	On Base Percentage	#12 Carlos Pedroza.606	.379
#5 Isaias Ruiz.686	Slugging Percentage	#12 Carlos Pedroza.722	.302
Chris Estrada1.000	Fielding Percentage	#17 Francisco Vasquez1.000	.860
#1 Paul (PJ) Soltero.667	Win Loss Percentage	#34 James Pierski.750	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Heritage Academy	4-4		St. John Paul II Catholic	4-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/26/25	Chandler Prep	Heritage Academy	(L) 13-2	4/11/25	St. John Paul II Catholic	Chandler Prep	(L) 10-0
3/17/25	Heritage Academy	Scottsdale Preparatory Academy	(L) 9-1	4/14/25	Scottsdale Preparatory Academy	St. John Paul II Catholic	(W) 6-5
3/18/25	North Valley Christian Academy	Heritage Academy	(L) 10-5	4/28/25	North Valley Christian Academy	St. John Paul II Catholic	(L) 5-4
3/24/25	Heritage Academy	Highland Prep West	(W) 21-4	4/24/25	Highland Prep West	St. John Paul II Catholic	(W) 21-2
4/1/25	Heritage Academy	ALA - Anthem South		3/28/25	ALA - Anthem South	St. John Paul II Catholic	(W) 11-2
4/24/25	ALA - Anthem South	Heritage Academy	(W) 12-0
4/22/25	Heritage Academy	Phoenix Country Day	(L) 7-3	3/11/25	St. John Paul II Catholic	Phoenix Country Day	(L) 8-0
4/26/25	Heritage Academy	Mohave Accelerated	(W) 9-7	3/21/25	St. John Paul II Catholic	Mohave Accelerated	(W) 11-5
4/26/25	Heritage Academy	Mohave Accelerated	(W) 18-3

Record Breakdown

Heritage Academy (24-25)		St. John Paul II Catholic (24-25)
7-10-1	Overall	12-6
4-5	League	5-2
3-5-1	Non-League	7-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-4	Common Opponent	4-3
3-5-1	Home	8-2
4-5	Away	4-4
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-1
7-10-1	In-State	12-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0