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Niles West Vernon Hills

Wolves

Cougars

The Vernon Hills (IL) varsity softball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Niles West (Skokie, IL) by a score of 10-7.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Niles West	1	5	1	0	0	0	3	10	13	1
Vernon Hills	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	7	9	6

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Niles West (24-25)

Niles West

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.333	40	39	10	13	7	3	1
9	Amaya Joyce	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
11	Penny Hutchison	.500	4	4	2	2	0	1	0
12	Lexi Kuffel	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
13	Mia Mendoza	1.000	4	4	2	4	3	2	0
15	Ava Kolbe	.800	5	5	3	4	1	0	1
16	Sarah Park (Fr)	.200	5	5	0	1	2	0	0
17	Ava Hortega	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	C. Alameda	.000	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
21	Maise Parylak		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
22	Olivia Pukal	.333	3	3	1	1	1	0	0
23	Ava Hester	.000	5	5	0	0	0	0	0

Niles West

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	2	5	2	8	.350	.487	.837
9	Amaya Joyce	1	0	0	0	4	.250	.000	.250
11	Penny Hutchison	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.750	1.250
12	Lexi Kuffel	0	0	1	0	2	.250	.250	.500
13	Mia Mendoza	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	2.500
15	Ava Kolbe	0	0	1	0	1	.800	1.400	2.200
16	Sarah Park (Fr)	0	0	2	0	3	.200	.200	.400
17	Ava Hortega	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
20	C. Alameda	0	1	0	1	5	.000	.000	.000
22	Olivia Pukal	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
23	Ava Hester	0	0	1	1	5	.000	.000	.000

Niles West

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	2
15	Ava Kolbe	2

Niles West

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.958	24	21	2	1
9	Amaya Joyce	1.000	1	1	0	0
11	Penny Hutchison	1.000	2	2	0	0
12	Lexi Kuffel	1.000	3	3	0	0
13	Mia Mendoza	1.000	3	3	0	0
15	Ava Kolbe	1.000	5	3	2	0
16	Sarah Park (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
17	Ava Hortega	1.000	1	1	0	0
20	C. Alameda	1.000	4	4	0	0
22	Olivia Pukal	.000	1	0	0	1
23	Ava Hester	1.000	1	1	0	0

Niles West

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	5.00	1
1	Sam Torres	0.00	1
12	Lexi Kuffel	6.30	1

Niles West

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	9	7	5	3	1	1	33	30
1	Sam Torres	.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1
12	Lexi Kuffel	6.2	8	7	6	1	1	1	30	29

Niles West

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P
	Team Totals	.300	.364	92
1	Sam Torres	1.000	1.000	15
12	Lexi Kuffel	.276	.300	77

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Vernon Hills (24-25)

Vernon Hills has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Softball - Niles West Vernon Hills

May 15, 2025: Vernon Hills, IL 60061

The Niles West Wolves softball team scored 10 runs and held the host Vernon Hills Cougars to 7 in the Wolves league win on Thursday.

The Wolves now sport a 9-14 record. They put it on the line next when they host Grayslake North for a non-league battle on Friday, May 16. Niles West will confront a Knights team coming off a 16-0 league win over Round Lake (Round Lake, IL). The Knights record now stands at 14-9.

With the loss, Vernon Hills moves to 9-20 on the season. The Cougars host New Trier (Winnetka, IL) to confront the Trevians in a non-league battle on Monday, May 19. The Trevians come into the battle with a record of 14-6. New Trier lost 14-0 in their recent non-league battle against Loyola Academy (Wilmette, IL)

Niles West @ Vernon Hills Softball Game Info

Thu., May. 15, 2025 @ 4:45p

VHAC

The Vernon Hills (IL) varsity softball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Niles West (Skokie, IL) by a score of 10-7.

Rankings & Records

Niles West (24-25)

IL	Class
291	98

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
10-17	4-4	7-9	2-7	1-1	.370	.500	157	168

Vernon Hills (24-25)

IL	Class
308	76

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-23	4-4	8-10	3-10	0-3	.324	.500	190	244

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Niles West	1.3	1.1	.6	.9	.8	.6	.8	0	2.0	5.8	7.8	2.2
Vernon Hills	.8	.8	1.4	1.1	.9	1.1	1.1	-	-	5.6	7.3	1.7

Head-to-Head

Vernon Hills won on 4/29/2025

4/29 @ 4:45p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Vernon Hills 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 8 0
Niles West 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 4

The Vernon Hills (IL) varsity softball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Niles West (Skokie, IL) by a score of 5-3.
Box score
Niles West won on 5/15/2025

5/15 @ 4:45p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Niles West 1 5 1 0 0 0 3 10 13 1
Vernon Hills 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 7 9 6

The Niles West (Skokie, IL) varsity softball team won Thursday's away conference game against Vernon Hills (IL) by a score of 10-7.
Box score

4/29 @ 4:45p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Vernon Hills	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	8	0
Niles West	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	4

Team Stat Comparison

Niles West		Vernon Hills
.282	Batting Average	-
.354	On Base Percentage	-
.384	Slugging Percentage	-
.920	Fielding Percentage	-
.346	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Niles West		Vernon Hills	National Avg.
#21 Maise Parylak.667	Batting Average	-	.287
#21 Maise Parylak.750	On Base Percentage	-	.406
#21 Maise Parylak1.333	Slugging Percentage	-	.393
#17 Ava Hortega.992	Fielding Percentage	-	.829
#12 Lexi Kuffel.417	Win Loss Percentage	-	.558

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Niles West	4-11		Vernon Hills	4-11

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/1/25	Niles West	New Trier	(L) 8-3	5/19/25	New Trier	Vernon Hills	(L) 11-0
4/5/25	Glenbrook North	Niles West	(L) 7-2	4/12/25	Vernon Hills	Glenbrook North	(L) 5-0
				4/12/25	Vernon Hills	Glenbrook North	(L) 16-9
4/8/25	Buffalo Grove	Niles West	(L) 8-5	5/10/25	Buffalo Grove	Vernon Hills	(L) 6-5
4/10/25	Whitney Young	Niles West	(L) 17-9	3/27/25	Vernon Hills	Whitney Young	(L) 15-0
5/30/25	Niles West	Whitney Young	(L) 2-1
4/12/25	Niles West	Hersey	(L) 10-2	5/3/25	Vernon Hills	Hersey	(L) 5-1
4/17/25	Maine East	Niles West	(W) 19-2	4/24/25	Vernon Hills	Maine East	(W) 19-0
5/6/25	Niles West	Maine East	(W) 12-0	5/13/25	Maine East	Vernon Hills	(W) 12-0
4/22/25	Niles North	Niles West	(W) 5-4	4/17/25	Niles North	Vernon Hills	(L) 17-0
5/8/25	Niles West	Niles North	(L) 11-3	5/6/25	Vernon Hills	Niles North	(W) 7-4
4/24/25	Niles West	Maine West	(L) 6-3	4/15/25	Vernon Hills	Maine West	(L) 6-5
5/13/25	Maine West	Niles West	(L) 6-2	5/1/25	Maine West	Vernon Hills	(L) 4-0
4/26/25	Highland Park	Niles West	(L) 5-2	5/12/25	Highland Park	Vernon Hills	(W) 5-0
5/16/25	Grayslake North	Niles West	(W) 5-4	4/14/25	Grayslake North	Vernon Hills	(L) 9-7
5/17/25	Niles West	Mundelein	(L) 12-4	4/5/25	Mundelein	Vernon Hills	(L) 8-3

Record Breakdown

Niles West (24-25)		Vernon Hills (24-25)
10-17	Overall	11-23
4-4	League	4-4
6-12	Non-League	7-18
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
4-11	Common Opponent	4-11
7-9	Home	8-10
2-7	Away	3-10
1-1	Neutral	0-3
0-1	Playoff	0-0
10-17	In-State	11-20
0-0	Out-of-State	0-3