Baseball Recap: St. John Paul II Wins Going Away Against Leon

Panthers

Margin (Wins)

02/10/25 @ Vernon	15
03/07/25 vs Rickards	12
02/18/25 @ Rickards	12
03/03/25 vs Madison County	8
03/10/25 @ Rocky Bayou Christian	7

St. John Paul II made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Leon, but they still couldn't quite topple them. Everything went the St. John Paul II Panthers' way against the Leon Lions on Tuesday as the St. John Paul II Panthers made off with a 7-1 win. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won six contests by six runs or more so far this season.

St. John Paul II's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Max Helbling, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI and one double. The dominant performance gave Helbling a new career-high in RBI. Wyatt Visnovske was another, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

St. John Paul II's win bumped their record up to 9-3. As for Leon, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-5.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. St. John Paul II will welcome Taylor County at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Taylor County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season. As for Leon, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Seabreeze at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Leon's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Seabreeze's hitters will have their work cut out for them.