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The Athens (IL) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home conference game against New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly (New Berlin, IL) by a score of 5-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NBFW (CO-OP)	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	5	10	2
Athens	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	7	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly (25-26)

New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly has not entered stats for this game.

Athens (25-26)

Athens

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.280	30	25	3	7	3	1
3	Cole Ishmael	.250	4	4	0	1	1	1
4	Kenneth Baker	.000	4	2	1	0	1	0
5	Braxton Rexroad	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
8	Keston Simmons	1.000	1	1	1	1	0	0
10	Nathan Hesson	.667	3	3	1	2	0	0
14	Owen Alderman	.667	3	3	0	2	0	0
22	Carter Brock	.000	3	2	0	0	1	0
23	Wyatt Gleason	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
24	Jared Harris	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
37	Kyson Ketchum	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0

Athens

#	Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	1	1	4	1	2	6	.310	.320	.630
3	Cole Ishmael	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.500	.750
4	Kenneth Baker	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
5	Braxton Rexroad	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	.250	.000	.250
8	Keston Simmons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
10	Nathan Hesson	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.667	.667	1.334
14	Owen Alderman	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.334
22	Carter Brock	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
23	Wyatt Gleason	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
24	Jared Harris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
37	Kyson Ketchum	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.000	.000

Athens

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.913	23	21	2
3	Cole Ishmael	1.000	10	10	0
5	Braxton Rexroad	1.000	3	3	0
14	Owen Alderman	.600	5	3	2
23	Wyatt Gleason	1.000	1	1	0
37	Kyson Ketchum	1.000	3	3	0
44	Drake Carver	1.000	1	1	0

Athens

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	4.00	1	.000	1
10	Nathan Hesson	0.00	0		1
23	Wyatt Gleason	3.71	1	.000	1
37	Kyson Ketchum	10.50	0		1

Athens

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	10	5	4	5	6	35	29
10	Nathan Hesson	.2	1	0	0	0	0	3	3
23	Wyatt Gleason	5.2	9	3	3	2	5	26	24
37	Kyson Ketchum	.2	0	2	1	3	1	6	2

Athens

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.345	.457	4	1	130
10	Nathan Hesson	.333	.333	0	0	6
23	Wyatt Gleason	.375	.423	1	0	95
37	Kyson Ketchum	.000	.667	3	1	29

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly edges Athens

April 23, 2026: Athens, IL 62613

The New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly Vipers (New Berlin, IL) baseball the host Athens Warriors (Athens, IL), 5-3 in Thursday's league challenge.

The Vipers now own a 12-4 record. They take the field next when they travel to Southwestern for a non-league challenge on Saturday, April 25. New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly will clash with a Piasa Birds team coming off a 9-2 league loss to Pana (Pana, IL). The Piasa Birds record now stands at 4-15.

With the defeat, Athens drops to 7-10 on the year. The Warriors travel to Williamsville (Williamsville, IL) to clash with the Bullets in a Sangamo challenge on Tuesday, April 28. The Bullets go into the challenge with a record of 12-10. Williamsville won 4-2 in their recent non-league outing against Bloomington Central Catholic (Bloomington, IL)

NBFW (CO-OP) @ Athens Baseball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 23, 2026 @ 4:30p

The Athens (IL) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home conference game against New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly (New Berlin, IL) by a score of 5-3.

Rankings & Records

New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly (25-26)

IL
213

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
19-10	5-4	8-5	8-5	3-0	.655	.556	174	141

Athens (25-26)

IL	Class
317	36

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
17-16	6-7	12-7	4-8	1-1	.515	.462	193	180

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	.8	.2	.9	.7	1.1	1.4	1.0	0	0	1.0	0	1.0	6.0	6.5	1.4
Athens	1.2	.8	.8	.7	1.6	.8	.6	0	0	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	2.3

Team Stat Comparison

New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly		Athens
-	Batting Average	.282
-	On Base Percentage	.386
-	Slugging Percentage	.371
-	Fielding Percentage	.866
-	Win Loss Percentage	.483

Team Leaders

New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly		Athens	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#3 Cole Ishmael.370	.243
-	On Base Percentage	#0 Cade Gleason1.000	.385
-	Slugging Percentage	#3 Cole Ishmael.667	.312
-	Fielding Percentage	#3 Cole Ishmael.963	.859
-	Win Loss Percentage	#10 Nathan Hesson1.000	.530

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	10-5		Athens	5-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/23/26	New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	Triopia/Meredosia-Chambersburg/Virginia	(W) 9-2	4/3/26	Athens	Triopia/Meredosia-Chambersburg/Virginia	(W) 13-3
5/14/26	Triopia/Meredosia-Chambersburg/Virginia	New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	(W) 2-1
3/26/26	Litchfield	New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	(W) 13-2	3/30/26	Litchfield	Athens	(L) 13-2
4/6/26	Pawnee	New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	(W) 10-9	3/23/26	Athens	Pawnee	(L) 11-6
4/7/26	Illini Central/Greenview	New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	(W) 10-0	4/30/26	Illini Central/Greenview	Athens	(W) 11-1
4/8/26	Springfield	New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	(W) 5-4	4/29/26	Springfield	Athens	(L) 14-2
4/9/26	New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	Olympia	(W) 16-7	5/7/26	Athens	Olympia	(L) 4-2
4/14/26	Auburn	New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	(W) 5-3	4/7/26	Auburn	Athens	(L) 4-2
4/21/26	PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central	New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	(L) 14-3	4/14/26	PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central	Athens	(W) 5-4
4/28/26	Pleasant Plains	New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	(L) 14-1	4/21/26	Athens	Pleasant Plains	(L) 13-3
4/30/26	Riverton	New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	(W) 3-2	4/16/26	Riverton	Athens	(W) 7-6
5/7/26	New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs]	(W) 7-2	3/25/26	West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs]	Athens	(W) 7-5
5/8/26	New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	Maroa-Forsyth	(L) 6-5	4/9/26	Athens	Maroa-Forsyth	(L) 3-2
5/9/26	New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	Williamsville	(L) 6-1	4/28/26	Athens	Williamsville	(L) 10-0
5/12/26	Carlinville	New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly	(L) 9-5	5/20/26	Carlinville	Athens	(L) 3-0

Record Breakdown

N New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly (25-26)		Athens (25-26)
19-10	Overall	17-16
5-4	League	6-7
14-6	Non-League	8-8
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
10-5	Common Opponent	5-9
8-5	Home	12-7
8-5	Away	4-8
3-0	Neutral	1-1
0-0	Playoff	3-1
19-10	In-State	17-16
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0