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Niles North Zion-Benton

Vikings

Zee-Bees

The Zion-Benton (Zion, IL) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Niles North (Skokie, IL) by a score of 10-8.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Niles North	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	8	10	5
Zion-Benton	4	0	0	6	0	0	-	10	9	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Zion-Benton (24-25)

Niles North

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.323	38	31	8	10	7	2	1
0	Thomas Opio	.000	5	4	1	0	0	0	0
2	Benny Tuchten	.333	4	3	0	1	1	0	0
10	Ari Colish	.000	4	4	0	0	1	0	0
11	E. Rodriguez	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
13	Jacob Wolfinger	.600	5	5	2	3	1	1	0
15	Nico Vasquez	.250	4	4	2	1	1	1	0
24	Jacob Titsworth	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	Evan Lazik	1.000	4	1	1	1	1	0	0
34	Mason Engstrom	1.000	4	2	2	2	1	0	1
97	Lucas Brown	.500	4	4	0	2	1	0	0

Zion-Benton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.385	34	26	10	10	8	1
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
3	Carl Harmon III (Jr)	.333	4	3	0	1	2	0
5	A. Neargarder (Sr)	.500	4	4	2	2	0	0
6	Dominik Leith (Sr)	.000	3	3	1	0	0	0
7	Jaxon Zaugra (Sr)		0	0	2	0	0	0
9	Jack Marabella (Sr)	.667	4	3	1	2	1	0
10	D. Diliberti (Sr)	1.000	4	1	0	1	0	0
12	Brayden Duran (So)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0
15	Ross Ames (Jr)	1.000	3	2	2	2	1	0
17	Andrew Mitchell (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	1	0
22	Aaden Grider (Jr)	.250	4	4	1	1	2	1

Niles North

#	Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	4	6	1	3	1	7	.405	.452	.857
0	Thomas Opio	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	.200	.000	.200
2	Benny Tuchten	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	.333	.333	.666
10	Ari Colish	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.000	.000
11	E. Rodriguez	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
13	Jacob Wolfinger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.800	1.400
15	Nico Vasquez	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	.250	.500	.750
27	Evan Lazik	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
34	Mason Engstrom	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
97	Lucas Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	1.000

Zion-Benton

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	6	7	2	3	6	.471	.423	.894
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	Carl Harmon III (Jr)	0	1	1	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
5	A. Neargarder (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	3	.500	.500	1.000
6	Dominik Leith (Sr)	0	0	0	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000
9	Jack Marabella (Sr)	0	1	0	0	1	1	.750	.667	1.417
10	D. Diliberti (Sr)	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
12	Brayden Duran (So)	1	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.333	.583
15	Ross Ames (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
17	Andrew Mitchell (Jr)	1	0	1	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
22	Aaden Grider (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	4	.250	.500	.750

Niles North

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
0	Thomas Opio	1
13	Jacob Wolfinger	1
15	Nico Vasquez	1
27	Evan Lazik	1

Zion-Benton

Baserunning

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

Niles North

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.844	32	18	9	5	2
0	Thomas Opio	1.000	8	7	1	0	1
2	Benny Tuchten	1.000	2	1	1	0	1
3	Ryan Lockerby	.000	2	0	0	2	0
10	Ari Colish	1.000	2	1	1	0	2
11	E. Rodriguez	1.000	3	2	1	0	0
13	Jacob Wolfinger	.750	4	1	2	1	1
15	Nico Vasquez	.857	7	4	2	1	2
27	Evan Lazik	.000	1	0	0	1	0
34	Mason Engstrom	1.000	3	2	1	0	0

Zion-Benton

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.900	30	21	6	3	1
3	Carl Harmon III (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0	0
5	A. Neargarder (Sr)	.833	6	3	2	1	1
6	Dominik Leith (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	0	0
10	D. Diliberti (Sr)	1.000	6	6	0	0	0
12	Brayden Duran (So)	1.000	3	3	0	0	0
15	Ross Ames (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1	0
17	Andrew Mitchell (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
22	Aaden Grider (Jr)	.833	6	5	0	1	1
23	M. Gonzalez (Jr)	1.000	2	0	2	0	1

Niles North

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	4.67	1
1	C. Nieldfelt	84.00	1
10	Ari Colish	0.00	1
34	Mason Engstrom	0.00	1

Zion-Benton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	2.00	1	1.000	1	1
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	0.00	0		1	1
15	Ross Ames (Jr)	14.00	0		1	0
23	M. Gonzalez (Jr)	0.00	1	1.000	1	0

Niles North

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	9	10	4	6	7	34	28
1	C. Nieldfelt	.1	4	4	4	2	0	7	5
10	Ari Colish	3	5	6	0	2	3	18	16
34	Mason Engstrom	2.2	0	0	0	2	4	9	7

Zion-Benton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	10	8	2	4	6	38	33
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	5	5
15	Ross Ames (Jr)	1	5	4	2	1	1	10	9
23	M. Gonzalez (Jr)	4.1	5	4	0	3	4	23	19

Niles North

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.321	.441	4	127	1
1	C. Nieldfelt	.800	.857	2	26	0
10	Ari Colish	.312	.389	0	59	1
34	Mason Engstrom	.000	.222	2	42	0

Zion-Benton

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.303	.395	1	129	2
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	.000	.000	0	25	0
15	Ross Ames (Jr)	.556	.600	0	30	0
23	M. Gonzalez (Jr)	.263	.391	1	74	2

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Niles North held off by Zion-Benton

April 26, 2025: Zion, IL 60099

In Saturday's non-league bout, the Zion-Benton Zee-Bees (Zion, IL) baseball squad the visiting Niles North Vikings (Skokie, IL), by a score of 10-8.

Next up, the Zee-Bees encounter the Lake Zurich Bears (Lake Zurich, IL) in a North Suburban bout, on Monday, April 28. Zion-Benton will attempt to advance on its 5-14 season record. The Bears enter the bout with a 11-7 record after their 3-2 non-league loss to Wauconda (Wauconda, IL).

The Vikings (8-11) will now prepare for their bout against Highland Park (Highland Park, IL). The Giants enter the Central Suburban - North bout with a 15-3 record. In their last bout, Highland Park edged Grayslake North (Grayslake, IL), 8-1, in a non-league bout.

Niles North @ Zion-Benton Baseball Game Info

Sat., Apr. 26, 2025 @ 11a

The Zion-Benton (Zion, IL) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Niles North (Skokie, IL) by a score of 10-8.

Rankings & Records

Niles North (24-25)

IL	Class
314	111

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
15-19-1	9-6	10-11-1	5-8	.443	.600	134	174

Zion-Benton (24-25)

IL	Class
407	128

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

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Niles North	.6	.4	.6	.6	.7	.7	.6	1.0	3.8	5.7	1.4
Zion-Benton	.7	.6	.6	1.0	.5	.5	.5	0	3.9	4.7	3.0

Team Stat Comparison

Niles North		Zion-Benton
.210	Batting Average	.213
.307	On Base Percentage	.361
.270	Slugging Percentage	.260
.937	Fielding Percentage	.879
.435	Win Loss Percentage	.286

Team Leaders

Niles North		Zion-Benton	National Avg.
#12 Mickey Davito1.000	Batting Average	#12 Brayden Duran.318	.239
#12 Mickey Davito1.000	On Base Percentage	#14 Elijah Hudson.500	.379
#12 Mickey Davito2.000	Slugging Percentage	#23 Michael Gonzalez.404	.302
#8 Timmy Garcia1.000	Fielding Percentage	#21 JJ Villalobos1.000	.860
#10 Ari Colish.667	Win Loss Percentage	#5 Andrew Neargarder.600	.533

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Niles North	5-4		Zion-Benton	2-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/26/25	Schaumburg	Niles North	(L) 4-0	5/26/25	Zion-Benton	Schaumburg	(L) 3-0
3/27/25	Hoffman Estates	Niles North	(W) 5-3	3/24/25	Hoffman Estates	Zion-Benton	(W) 8-3
4/4/25	Wheeling	Niles North	(W) 4-1	3/21/25	Zion-Benton	Wheeling	(L) 8-7
4/14/25	Niles North	Vernon Hills	(W) 7-6	5/3/25	Zion-Benton	Vernon Hills	(W) 7-5
4/15/25	Vernon Hills	Niles North	(W) 5-2
4/19/25	Niles North	Vernon Hills	(W) 7-1
4/28/25	Highland Park	Niles North	(L) 12-0	4/16/25	Highland Park	Zion-Benton	(L) 11-4
4/29/25	Niles North	Highland Park	(L) 8-2
4/30/25	Highland Park	Niles North	(L) 3-2

Record Breakdown

Niles North (24-25)		Zion-Benton (24-25)
15-19-1	Overall	8-21
9-6	League	3-11
6-12-1	Non-League	5-9
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
5-4	Common Opponent	2-3
10-11-1	Home	4-10
5-8	Away	3-9
0-0	Neutral	1-2
0-1	Playoff	0-1
15-19-1	In-State	8-19
0-0	Out-of-State	0-2