The Mansfield Summit Jaguars will take on the Paradise Panthers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are still undefeated (Mansfield Summit has four wins , while Paradise has three).
Mansfield Summit proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by eight) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 win over Palo Duro. While the Jaguars didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-25), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Mansfield Summit saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Marcus Johnson, who went 3-for-4 with one run. That's the most hits Johnson has posted since back in March of 2025. Matthew Trahan also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Mansfield Summit was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .448. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher every time they've taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, Paradise got the win against Valley View on Friday by a conclusive 20-3. Fans of the Panthers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ runs.
Paradise's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Mansfield Summit, their win bumped their record up to 4-0.
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