Baseball Game Preview: St. John Paul II Panthers vs. Madison County Cowboys

The St. John Paul II Panthers will head out to square off against the Madison County Cowboys at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. St. John Paul II will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.

St. John Paul II is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against FAMU DRS on Tuesday as St. John Paul II made off with a 22-3 victory. Considering the Panthers have won eight games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Evan Bopp

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/25/25 vs FAMU DRS	4
04/10/24 vs Florida State University High School	3
03/03/25 vs Madison County	2
04/16/24 vs Grace Christian Academy	2
03/21/24 @ Hamilton County	2

The team relied heavily on Evan Bopp, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and one triple. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Campbell Herring, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

St. John Paul II was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher in three consecutive matches.

Meanwhile, Madison County came up short against Lafayette on Monday, falling 12-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Cowboys have suffered against the Hornets since March 7, 2023.

Madison County saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Eli Underhill, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.

St. John Paul II pushed their record up to 12-3 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Madison County, their loss dropped their record down to 8-8.

St. John Paul II took their win against Madison County in their previous meeting on March 3rd by a conclusive 8-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. John Paul II since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.