Baseball Recap: Paramus Catholic Comes Up Short

Paladins

Previous 5 Games

04/28/25 vs St. Joseph Regional	2-3
04/26/25 vs Leonia	11-0
04/25/25 vs Dumont	8-7
04/24/25 @ Saddle Brook	23-0
04/23/25 vs DePaul Catholic	3-4

Paramus Catholic dropped their record down to 9-8 on Monday, which also ended the team's three-game streak of wins. They fell just short of the St. Joseph Regional Green Knights by a score of 3-2. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, the Paladins couldn't push the score so high this time.

As for St. Joseph Regional, their win was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 14-6. The victory made it back-to-back wins for they.

For St. Joseph Regional's part, Neylin Navarro tossed a big game, pitching 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. The dominant performance also gave Navarro a new career-high in strikeouts (four).

At the plate, Carter Grande was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run, one triple, and two RBI. That triple marked the first that he has hit this season.

Coming up, St. Joseph Regional will venture away from home to face off against Pope John XXIII at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Paramus Catholic will be paying especially close attention to the Green Knights' contest: after the Green Knights face off against Pope John XXIII, they'll take on Paramus Catholic again at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday.