Baseball Game Preview: Jefferson County Christian Royals vs. Leetonia Bears

Royals

Runs

04/14/25 @ Beallsville	3
04/12/25 @ Valley	10
04/08/25 @ Malvern	1
04/07/25 @ Non Varsity Opponent	13
+ 7 more games

The Jefferson County Christian Royals will challenge the Leetonia Bears at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Jefferson County Christian is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.

The home team had won the previous five meetings between Jefferson County Christian and Beallsville, and Beallsville kept the tradition alive. The Royals fell just short of the Blue Devils by a score of 5-4 on Monday. The defeat continues a trend for the Royals in their meetings with the Blue Devils: they've now lost three in a row.

Jefferson County Christian saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was EJ Keener, who went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases and two RBI.

Meanwhile, Leetonia hadn't done well against Southern recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. The Bears came out on top against the Indians by a score of 12-8. The high-scoring effort was just what the Bears needed considering they were shut out in their previous matchup.

The win got Leetonia back to even at 3-3. As for Jefferson County Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 8-4.

Jefferson County Christian took their victory against Leetonia in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a conclusive 10-3 score. Do the Royals have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bears turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.