Baseball Recap: Make It Six in a Row for Bishop Heelan Catholic

Crusaders

Previous 6 Games

06/17/25 vs Jefferson	9-0
06/14/25 @ Iowa City	4-3
06/12/25 @ Le Mars	11-7
06/12/25 @ Le Mars	11-0
06/10/25 @ Sioux City East	11-5
06/10/25 @ Sioux City East	3-0

Bishop Heelan Catholic came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Jefferson Yellowjackets a 9-0 shutout. Considering the Crusaders have won six contests by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Bishop Heelan Catholic pushed their record up to 17-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Jefferson, they have been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 11 games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-18 record this season.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Bishop Heelan Catholic beat Jefferson by a score of 9-1 later that day.