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Zion-Benton Vernon Hills

Zee-Bees

Cougars

The Vernon Hills (IL) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Zion-Benton (Zion, IL) by a score of 7-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Zion-Benton	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	8	5
Vernon Hills	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Vernon Hills (24-25)

Zion-Benton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.276	36	29	7	8	5
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	.500	4	2	2	1	0
3	Carl Harmon III (Jr)	.333	4	3	0	1	0
5	A. Neargarder (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0
7	Jaxon Zaugra (Sr)		0	0	2	0	0
9	Jack Marabella (Sr)	.333	4	3	0	1	1
10	D. Diliberti (Sr)	.333	4	3	0	1	0
12	Brayden Duran (So)	.500	4	4	2	2	2
15	Ross Ames (Jr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0
17	Andrew Mitchell (Jr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0
23	M. Gonzalez (Jr)	.500	4	2	0	1	2

Vernon Hills

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.258	33	31	5	8	3
3	J. Gitzinger	.250	4	4	0	1	0
4	Tyler Perritt	.750	4	4	1	3	1
7	Jack McMurray	.333	3	3	1	1	1
11	DJ Biede	.000	3	2	0	0	0
14	Jackson Lazar	.000	3	2	1	0	0
25	Nate Dugan	.500	4	4	1	2	0
26	Samir Gillet	.250	4	4	0	1	1
28	Ethan Zbylut	.000	4	4	0	0	0
29	Devin Ratajczyk	.000	4	4	1	0	0

Zion-Benton

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	7	8	1	1	8	.417	.276	.693
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	2	0	1	0	1	.750	.500	1.250
3	Carl Harmon III (Jr)	1	2	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
5	A. Neargarder (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500
9	Jack Marabella (Sr)	1	1	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
10	D. Diliberti (Sr)	1	1	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
12	Brayden Duran (So)	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
15	Ross Ames (Jr)	0	2	0	1	6	.000	.000	.000
17	Andrew Mitchell (Jr)	0	2	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
23	M. Gonzalez (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	.750	.500	1.250

Vernon Hills

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	6	3	7	.303	.258	.561
3	J. Gitzinger	0	2	0	3	.250	.250	.500
4	Tyler Perritt	0	1	0	2	.750	.750	1.500
7	Jack McMurray	0	0	1	0	.333	.333	.666
11	DJ Biede	1	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
14	Jackson Lazar	1	2	0	1	.333	.000	.333
25	Nate Dugan	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	1.000
26	Samir Gillet	0	1	0	3	.250	.250	.500
28	Ethan Zbylut	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
29	Devin Ratajczyk	0	0	2	1	.000	.000	.000

Zion-Benton

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	1
3	Carl Harmon III (Jr)	1
9	Jack Marabella (Sr)	1

Vernon Hills

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
7	Jack McMurray	1
25	Nate Dugan	1

Zion-Benton

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.861	36	21	10	5
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	1.000	5	0	5	0
3	Carl Harmon III (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1
5	A. Neargarder (Sr)	.500	2	1	0	1
9	Jack Marabella (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
10	D. Diliberti (Sr)	1.000	6	6	0	0
12	Brayden Duran (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
15	Ross Ames (Jr)	.600	5	1	2	2
17	Andrew Mitchell (Jr)	.750	4	1	2	1
23	M. Gonzalez (Jr)	1.000	10	9	1	0

Vernon Hills

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.964	28	21	6	1
3	J. Gitzinger	1.000	7	6	1	0
4	Tyler Perritt	1.000	2	2	0	0
7	Jack McMurray	1.000	3	3	0	0
11	DJ Biede	1.000	3	3	0	0
13	Zach Urban	1.000	1	0	1	0
18	Zach Gilfand	1.000	1	0	1	0
25	Nate Dugan	.000	1	0	0	1
28	Ethan Zbylut	1.000	7	6	1	0
29	Devin Ratajczyk	1.000	3	1	2	0

Zion-Benton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	1.00	1	1.000	1	1
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	0.00	0		1	1
5	A. Neargarder (Sr)	1.05	1	1.000	1	0

Vernon Hills

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	5.00	1
13	Zach Urban	0.00	1
18	Zach Gilfand	8.08	1

Zion-Benton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	5	1	2	6	33	31
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
5	A. Neargarder (Sr)	6.2	7	5	1	2	6	32	30

Vernon Hills

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	8	7	5	8	7	36	28
13	Zach Urban	2.2	2	0	0	2	1	12	10
18	Zach Gilfand	4.1	6	7	5	6	6	24	18

Zion-Benton

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.226	.273	109	2
2	Sam Villarreal (Jr)	.000	.000	4	0
5	A. Neargarder (Sr)	.233	.281	105	2

Vernon Hills

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.286	.444	2	137	4
13	Zach Urban	.200	.333	1	46	3
18	Zach Gilfand	.333	.500	1	91	1

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Vernon Hills held off by Zion-Benton

May 3, 2025: Vernon Hills, IL 60061

The Vernon Hills Cougars baseball squad (Vernon Hills, IL), 7-5 in Saturday's non-league contest with the visiting Zion-Benton Zee-Bees (Zion, IL)

With the triumph, Zion-Benton moves its record to 6-16 on the season. The Zee-Bees host Libertyville (Libertyville, IL) to confront the Wildcats in a North Suburban contest on Monday, May 5. The Wildcats come into the contest with a record of 21-2. Libertyville won 1-0 in their recent non-league contest against Highland Park (Highland Park, IL)

The Cougars now possess a 8-15 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Highland Park for a Central Suburban - North contest on Monday, May 5. Vernon Hills will confront a Giants squad coming off a 1-0 non-league loss to Libertyville (Libertyville, IL). The Giants record now stands at 18-4.

Zion-Benton @ Vernon Hills Baseball Game Info

Sat., May. 3, 2025 @ 10:30a

VHAC

The Vernon Hills (IL) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Zion-Benton (Zion, IL) by a score of 7-5.

Rankings & Records

Zion-Benton (24-25)

IL	Class
382	122

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

Vernon Hills (24-25)

IL	Class
328	80

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
13-22	6-9	10-10	2-10	1-2	.371	.400	137	193

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Zion-Benton	.7	.6	.6	1.0	.5	.5	.5	3.9	4.7	3.0
Vernon Hills	.3	.6	.8	.5	.3	.9	.9	3.9	5.6	1.6

Team Stat Comparison

Zion-Benton		Vernon Hills
.213	Batting Average	.235
.361	On Base Percentage	.353
.260	Slugging Percentage	.290
.879	Fielding Percentage	.920
.286	Win Loss Percentage	.400

Team Leaders

Zion-Benton		Vernon Hills	National Avg.
#12 Brayden Duran.318	Batting Average	#28 Ethan Zbylut.333	.239
#14 Elijah Hudson.500	On Base Percentage	#46 Kyle Kim.484	.379
#23 Michael Gonzalez.404	Slugging Percentage	#8 Connor Brockway.462	.302
#21 JJ Villalobos1.000	Fielding Percentage	#13 Zach Urban1.000	.860
#5 Andrew Neargarder.600	Win Loss Percentage	#28 Ethan Zbylut.750	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Zion-Benton	3-9		Vernon Hills	2-11

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/21/25	Zion-Benton	Wheeling	(L) 8-7	4/11/25	Vernon Hills	Wheeling	(L) 7-5
3/24/25	Hoffman Estates	Zion-Benton	(W) 8-3	4/1/25	Hoffman Estates	Vernon Hills	(W) 3-2
4/3/25	Antioch	Zion-Benton	(L) 1-0	5/17/25	Antioch	Vernon Hills	(L) 11-1
4/8/25	Mundelein	Zion-Benton	(L) 8-0	5/9/25	Vernon Hills	Mundelein	(L) 3-0
4/11/25	Zion-Benton	Mundelein	(L) 13-3
4/12/25	Zion-Benton	Rolling Meadows	(L) 11-1	4/3/25	Rolling Meadows	Vernon Hills	(L) 4-3
4/14/25	Lake Forest	Zion-Benton	(L) 10-9	4/12/25	Lake Forest	Vernon Hills	(W) 1-0
4/15/25	Zion-Benton	Lake Forest	(W) 4-2
4/16/25	Highland Park	Zion-Benton	(L) 11-4	5/5/25	Vernon Hills	Highland Park	(L) 11-5
				5/6/25	Highland Park	Vernon Hills	(L) 5-2
				5/8/25	Vernon Hills	Highland Park	(L) 9-0
4/22/25	Zion-Benton	Warren Township	(L) 3-0	3/23/25	Warren Township	Vernon Hills	(L) 9-3
4/23/25	Warren Township	Zion-Benton	(L) 6-1
4/26/25	Niles North	Zion-Benton	(W) 10-8	4/14/25	Niles North	Vernon Hills	(L) 7-6
				4/15/25	Vernon Hills	Niles North	(L) 5-2
				4/19/25	Niles North	Vernon Hills	(L) 7-1

Record Breakdown

Zion-Benton (24-25)		Vernon Hills (24-25)
8-21	Overall	13-22
3-11	League	6-9
5-9	Non-League	7-13
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-9	Common Opponent	2-11
4-10	Home	10-10
3-9	Away	2-10
1-2	Neutral	1-2
0-1	Playoff	0-0
8-19	In-State	13-22
0-2	Out-of-State	0-0