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Zion-Benton Wheeling

Zee-Bees

Wildcats

The Wheeling (IL) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Zion-Benton (Zion, IL) by a score of 8-7.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Zion-Benton	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	7	9	4
Wheeling	1	0	2	0	0	4	1	8	9	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Zion-Benton (24-25)

Zion-Benton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.300	35	30	7	9	7	2	1
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
6	Dominik Leith (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
7	Jaxon Zaugra (Sr)		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
8	E. Paulino-Ramirez (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	Jack Marabella (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	3	1	0
10	D. Diliberti (Sr)	.750	4	4	0	3	0	1	0
12	Brayden Duran (So)	1.000	4	3	3	3	0	0	0
15	Ross Ames (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	Andrew Mitchell (Jr)	.000	4	4	0	0	1	0	0
22	Aaden Grider (Jr)	1.000	4	2	2	2	2	0	1
24	Ryan Dunne (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0

Zion-Benton

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	9	1	2	6	.400	.433	.833
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	1	1	0	0	2	.250	.000	.250
8	E. Paulino-Ramirez (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
9	Jack Marabella (Sr)	0	2	0	0	5	.250	.500	.750
10	D. Diliberti (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
12	Brayden Duran (So)	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
15	Ross Ames (Jr)	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
17	Andrew Mitchell (Jr)	0	2	0	1	5	.000	.000	.000
22	Aaden Grider (Jr)	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
24	Ryan Dunne (Sr)	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000

Zion-Benton

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
12	Brayden Duran (So)	1

Zion-Benton

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.857	28	19	5	4	1
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	1.000	3	2	1	0	1
5	A. Neargarder (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
6	Dominik Leith (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1	0	1
8	E. Paulino-Ramirez (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
9	Jack Marabella (Sr)	.000	1	0	0	1	0
10	D. Diliberti (Sr)	1.000	8	8	0	0	0
12	Brayden Duran (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
15	Ross Ames (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
17	Andrew Mitchell (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
24	Ryan Dunne (Sr)	.333	3	1	0	2	0

Zion-Benton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	5.53	1	.000	1
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	7.00	1	.000	1
5	A. Neargarder (Sr)	1.75	0		1
8	E. Paulino-Ramirez (Jr)	15.75	0		1
15	Ross Ames (Jr)		0		1

Zion-Benton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6.1	9	8	5	3	8	33	28
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	1	3	2	1	2	1	8	6
5	A. Neargarder (Sr)	4	6	3	1	0	4	18	18
8	E. Paulino-Ramirez (Jr)	1.1	0	3	3	1	3	7	4

Zion-Benton

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.321	.424	2	140	1
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	.500	.625	0	35	1
5	A. Neargarder (Sr)	.333	.333	0	74	0
8	E. Paulino-Ramirez (Jr)	.000	.429	2	31	0

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Wheeling (24-25)

Wheeling has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Wheeling nips Zion-Benton

March 21, 2025: Wheeling, IL 60090

The Wheeling Wildcats baseball team scored 8 runs and held the visiting Zion-Benton Zee-Bees to 7 in the Wildcats non-league win on Friday.

The Wildcats now hold a 1-1 record. They take the field next when they travel to Grayslake North for a non-league test on Monday, March 24. Wheeling will play a Knights team coming off a 6-5 non-league win over Jones (Chicago, IL). The Knights record now stands at 1-1.

With the defeat, Zion-Benton drops to 1-1 on the year. The Zee-bees travel to Hoffman Estates (Hoffman Estates, IL) to play the Hawks in a non-league test on Monday, March 24. The Hawks go into the test with a record of 0-2. Hoffman Estates lost 15-2 in their recent non-league test against Dundee-Crown (Carpentersville, IL)

Zion-Benton @ Wheeling Baseball Game Info

Fri., Mar. 21, 2025 @ 4:30p

at Heritage Park Field #1

The Wheeling (IL) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Zion-Benton (Zion, IL) by a score of 8-7.

Rankings & Records

Zion-Benton (24-25)

IL	Class
388	125

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
8-21	3-11	4-10	3-9	1-2	.276	.214	112	207

Wheeling (24-25)

IL	Class
336	113

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
13-21	3-13	9-9	3-11	1-1	.382	.188	192	232

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Zion-Benton	.7	.6	.6	1.0	.5	.5	.5	0	3.9	4.7	3.0
Wheeling	1.1	.6	.9	.5	.8	.6	.9	1.0	5.6	6.7	2.1

Team Stat Comparison

Zion-Benton		Wheeling
.213	Batting Average	-
.361	On Base Percentage	-
.260	Slugging Percentage	-
.879	Fielding Percentage	-
.286	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Zion-Benton		Wheeling	National Avg.
#12 Brayden Duran.318	Batting Average	-	.239
#14 Elijah Hudson.500	On Base Percentage	-	.379
#23 Michael Gonzalez.404	Slugging Percentage	-	.302
#21 JJ Villalobos1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.860
#5 Andrew Neargarder.600	Win Loss Percentage	-	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Zion-Benton	4-5		Wheeling	6-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/18/25	Round Lake	Zion-Benton	(W) 13-0	4/5/25	Round Lake	Wheeling	(W) 16-1
3/24/25	Hoffman Estates	Zion-Benton	(W) 8-3	5/2/25	Wheeling	Hoffman Estates	(L) 6-4
				5/22/25	Wheeling	Hoffman Estates	(W) 9-4
3/26/25	Elgin	Zion-Benton	(L) 7-3	4/1/25	Wheeling	Elgin	(W) 8-6
				4/26/25	Elgin	Wheeling	(W) 4-3
4/8/25	Mundelein	Zion-Benton	(L) 8-0	5/28/25	Wheeling	Mundelein	(L) 9-0
4/11/25	Zion-Benton	Mundelein	(L) 13-3
4/12/25	Zion-Benton	Rolling Meadows	(L) 11-1	5/5/25	Wheeling	Rolling Meadows	(L) 5-3
				5/7/25	Rolling Meadows	Wheeling	(L) 17-12
4/26/25	Niles North	Zion-Benton	(W) 10-8	4/4/25	Wheeling	Niles North	(L) 4-1
5/3/25	Zion-Benton	Vernon Hills	(W) 7-5	4/11/25	Vernon Hills	Wheeling	(W) 7-5
5/26/25	Zion-Benton	Schaumburg	(L) 3-0	4/29/25	Schaumburg	Wheeling	(W) 15-0

Record Breakdown

Zion-Benton (24-25)		Wheeling (24-25)
8-21	Overall	13-21
3-11	League	3-13
5-9	Non-League	10-8
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-5	Common Opponent	6-5
4-10	Home	9-9
3-9	Away	3-11
1-2	Neutral	1-1
0-1	Playoff	0-0
8-19	In-State	13-20
0-2	Out-of-State	0-1