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Merrillville Wheeler

Pirates

Bearcats

The Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN) varsity softball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 11-0.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merrillville	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	3	4
Wheeler	2	5	3	1	-	-	-	11	14	0

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Wheeler (24-25)

Merrillville

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	H	2B
	Team Totals	.167	18	18	3	1
3	Elani Alvarez (Jr)	1.000	2	2	2	1
5	Jaslene Borrero (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0
6	Aliveah Triveno (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0
7	K. Martinez (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0
9	E. Magallon (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0
11	Alaysia Haney (Jr)	.500	2	2	1	0
12	Cassidy Jones (So)	.000	2	2	0	0
16	A. Hernandez (Fr)	.000	2	2	0	0
18	Kaylee Robinson (So)	.000	2	2	0	0

Wheeler

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.560	30	25	11	14	9	3	1
1	Grace Gabriel (Fr)	.750	4	4	3	3	1	0	0
3	Cadence Piunti (Fr)	.750	4	4	2	3	0	0	0
8	Olivia Hessling (Sr)	.667	3	3	0	2	1	2	0
9	Nora Howell (So)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
12	Faith Kromray (So)	.500	3	2	1	1	1	0	1
14	A. Trinidad (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0	0
23	Isabela Lira (Sr)	.000	4	2	1	0	2	0	0
42	Rileyann Welch (Sr)	.500	3	2	1	1	4	0	0
56	Reagan Luedtke (Sr)	1.000	3	3	2	3	0	1	0

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	9	3	.167	.222	.389
3	Elani Alvarez (Jr)	0	0	1.000	1.500	2.500
5	Jaslene Borrero (Fr)	1	0	.000	.000	.000
6	Aliveah Triveno (Jr)	2	1	.000	.000	.000
7	K. Martinez (Jr)	0	2	.000	.000	.000
9	E. Magallon (Fr)	1	0	.000	.000	.000
11	Alaysia Haney (Jr)	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
12	Cassidy Jones (So)	1	0	.000	.000	.000
16	A. Hernandez (Fr)	2	1	.000	.000	.000
18	Kaylee Robinson (So)	2	1	.000	.000	.000

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	BB	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	5	4	7	.633	.800	1.433
1	Grace Gabriel (Fr)	0	1	2	.750	.750	1.500
3	Cadence Piunti (Fr)	0	1	1	.750	.750	1.500
8	Olivia Hessling (Sr)	0	1	2	.667	1.333	2.000
9	Nora Howell (So)	1	0	2	.333	.000	.333
12	Faith Kromray (So)	1	0	3	.667	2.000	2.667
14	A. Trinidad (Jr)	0	0	3	.333	.333	.666
23	Isabela Lira (Sr)	2	0	3	.500	.000	.500
42	Rileyann Welch (Sr)	1	1	1	.667	.500	1.167
56	Reagan Luedtke (Sr)	0	0	0	1.000	1.333	2.333

Baserunning

Merrillville has not entered any baserunning stats.

Wheeler

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	6
1	Grace Gabriel (Fr)	3
3	Cadence Piunti (Fr)	1
25	Abby Allen (Sr)	1
42	Rileyann Welch (Sr)	1

Merrillville

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.765	17	12	1	4
6	Aliveah Triveno (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
7	K. Martinez (Jr)	1.000	5	4	1	0
11	Alaysia Haney (Jr)	.500	6	3	0	3
12	Cassidy Jones (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
16	A. Hernandez (Fr)	.000	1	0	0	1
18	Kaylee Robinson (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Wheeler

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO
	Team Totals	1.000	15	15
1	Grace Gabriel (Fr)	1.000	1	1
8	Olivia Hessling (Sr)	1.000	1	1
9	Nora Howell (So)	1.000	1	1
12	Faith Kromray (So)	1.000	1	1
23	Isabela Lira (Sr)	1.000	2	2
42	Rileyann Welch (Sr)	1.000	9	9

Merrillville

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	15.75	0	0		1				0
7	K. Martinez (Jr)	15.75	0	0		1				0

Wheeler

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
3	Cadence Piunti (Fr)	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	14	11	9	5	0			0	29	24
7	K. Martinez (Jr)	4	14	11	9	5	0			0	29	24

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	3	0	0	0	9			0	18	18
3	Cadence Piunti (Fr)	5	3	0	0	0	9			0	18	18

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.583	.655	0	0			85
7	K. Martinez (Jr)	.583	.655	0	0			85

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.167	.167	0	0			66
3	Cadence Piunti (Fr)	.167	.167	0	0			66

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Game Story

Indiana High School Softball - Wheeler bounces Merrillville

April 24, 2025: Valparaiso, IN 46385

The Wheeler Bearcats softball team scored 11 runs and held the visiting Merrillville Pirates to 0 in the Bearcats non-league win on Thursday.

The Bearcats now sport a 5-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Whiting for a Greater South Shore battle on Friday, April 25. Wheeler will confront a Oilers team coming off a 12-3 non-league loss to Hebron (Hebron, IN). The Oilers record now stands at 5-2.

With the loss, Merrillville moves to 1-12 on the season. The Pirates travel to Lowell (Lowell, IN) to confront the Red Devils in a non-league battle on Saturday, April 26. The Red Devils come into the battle with a record of 5-4. Lowell won 8-2 in their recent league battle against Hobart (Hobart, IN)

Merrillville @ Wheeler Softball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 24, 2025 @ 4:30p

The Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN) varsity softball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 11-0.

Rankings & Records

Merrillville (24-25)

IN	Class
269	69

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
4-23	1-13	1-9	3-13	0-1	.148	.071	145	436

Wheeler (24-25)

IN	Class
133	28

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
17-8	9-1	10-6	6-1	1-1	.680	.900	224	115

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Merrillville	1.1	1.0	.7	1.4	.6	2.0	2.5	-	5.4	6.2	2.5
Wheeler	2.4	2.2	2.0	.9	1.0	.6	.6	1.0	9.0	10.5	1.9

Team Stat Comparison

Merrillville		Wheeler
.326	Batting Average	.388
.448	On Base Percentage	.475
.434	Slugging Percentage	.574
.916	Fielding Percentage	.924
-	Win Loss Percentage	1.000

Team Leaders

Merrillville		Wheeler	National Avg.
#3 Elani Alvarez.697	Batting Average	#27 Sidney Howard1.000	.287
#3 Elani Alvarez.744	On Base Percentage	#27 Sidney Howard1.000	.406
#3 Elani Alvarez1.136	Slugging Percentage	#27 Sidney Howard2.000	.393
#4 Shaniya Jamerson1.000	Fielding Percentage	#23 Isabela Lira.992	.829
-	Win Loss Percentage	#1 Grace Gabriel1.000	.558

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merrillville	3-7		Wheeler	9-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/1/25	Merrillville	Griffith	(L) 19-1	4/15/25	Griffith	Wheeler	(L) 10-7
4/8/25	Merrillville	Portage	(L) 21-0	4/26/25	Portage	Wheeler	(W) 10-7
4/29/25	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 18-1
5/27/25	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 14-0
4/10/25	Merrillville	Highland	(L) 20-0	5/23/25	Highland	Wheeler
4/12/25	Merrillville	Hammond Bishop Noll	(L) 21-3	4/22/25	Wheeler	Hammond Bishop Noll	(W) 7-2
4/28/25	Hobart	Merrillville	(L) 21-3	5/16/25	Hobart	Wheeler	(W) 4-3
5/8/25	River Forest	Merrillville	(W) 26-16	4/28/25	Wheeler	River Forest	(W) 12-1
				4/29/25	River Forest	Wheeler	(W) 17-2
5/19/25	Merrillville	Calumet New Tech	(W) 30-12	5/12/25	Wheeler	Calumet New Tech	(W) 15-0
				5/13/25	Calumet New Tech	Wheeler	(W) 7-0 (F)
5/23/25	Merrillville	Lake Station Edison	(W) 24-12	5/5/25	Wheeler	Lake Station Edison	(W) 15-0
				5/6/25	Lake Station Edison	Wheeler	(W) 13-0

Record Breakdown

Merrillville (24-25)		Wheeler (24-25)
4-23	Overall	17-8
1-13	League	9-1
3-9	Non-League	6-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-7	Common Opponent	9-1
1-9	Home	10-6
3-13	Away	6-1
0-1	Neutral	1-1
0-1	Playoff	0-1
4-23	In-State	17-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0