THE WILDCATS ARE HEADED TO STATE!!!
Wilmington 5 Peoria Notre Dame 0
K. Farrell 7.0 IP 1 H 2BB 11 Ks
D. Geiss 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs
L. Rink 3 for 4 with a 2B
R. Kettman 2 for 4 with an RBI
Congrats to Lucas Rink (Daily Journals Player of the Year), Kyle Farrell, Zach Ohlund, and Ryan Kettman on being selected to the 2024 Daily Journal All-Area Team!!
Special Mention: Reid Juster
Honorable Mention: Cade McCubbin
Congratulations to our 6 Illinois Central Eight All-Conference Players:
Cade McCubbin, Reid Juster, Lucas Rink, Kyle Farrell, Ryan Kettman, and Zach Ohlund
SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!
Wildcats 5 Herscher 1
L. Rink 7.0 IP 2 H 1 R 0 ER 1 BB 10 Ks
Z. Ohlund 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs and a HR
C. McCubbin 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs
K. Farrell 1 for 3 with a HR
WILDCATS WIN!!!
Wilmington 7 Coal City 6
J. Pogliano lead the charge with 2HR and 4 RBIs
C. McCubbin added 3 hits which included the game winning RBI
Regional Championship
Wilmington vs JCA
Saturday 11am at Coal City
THE WILDCATS ARE HEADED TO THE SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!!
Wilmington 5 Chicago Christian 3
K. Farrell 7.0IP 3H 3R 4BB 14Ks
R. Kettman and Z. Ohlund both with 2 hits on the day.
The Wildcats are Regional Champs!!!
Wilmington 7 Coal City 1
L. Rink 7.0IP 6H 1R 1BB 13Ks
K. Farrell, L. Rink, C. McCubbin all homered
Next game is against Chicago Christian Wednesday the 22nd at Beecher 2PM start
Wildcats conclude their regular season with a 19 to 10 win over Lisle
J. Friddle led the offense going 4 for 5 with 2 HRs and 7 RBIs
K. Farrell went 3 for 5 with a HR
C. McCubbin gets the W
D. Imhof the save
Wildcats win with a D. Geiss walk-off single!!! Cats are back in the Regional Championship Game scheduled for Saturday at 11am.
K. Farrell 5.2 IP 4H 4R 2ER 3 BB 14Ks
D. Geiss 1 for 3 with 3 RBIs
Brock Bolser leads the Wildcat offense in their 14 to 5 win!!
Bolser 4 for 5 with HR, and Grand Slam
Lewis also hit a Grand Slam in the 7th.
N. Smith gets the win on the mound
5.0 IP, 4Ks
Gholson gets the save
2.0 IP, 2Ks
Good luck
@keaton_hopwood
and
#23
Coastal Carolina as they open the 2021 college baseball season against
#16
Duke.
Game 1 Saturday, Feb. 20th 1 pm
Game 2 Sunday, Feb. 21st 11 am
Game 3 Sunday, Feb. 21st
N. Smith and J. Walinski come up big in the 6th to give the Wildcats the 12 to 10 win over Manteno!!
J. Walinski 2 for 3 with 4 RBIs
N. Smith 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs
R. Woodall gets the W on the mound
Wildcats start the season 2 and 0 with a 15 to 0 win over Prairie Central.
K. Farrell with the no no
4.0IP 6Ks 2BBs
Z. Ohlund hit his 2HR on the season and added another 5 RBIs
Wildcats win 10 to 1 win over B-Mac!
C. McCubbin 3.0IP 1H 1R 2BB 6Ks
R. Kettman 4.0IP 5H 0R 1BB 8Ks
R. Kettman 3 for 4 with a 3B, 3 RBIs, 5 SB
Z. Ohlund 2 for 3 with a HR and 3 RBIs
Congratulations to Conner Dempsay
@CDempsay
for being selected to the Daily Journals 2018 Baseball All-Area team!!!
Batting Avg. 448
RBI's 20
HR's 5
On Base Percentage 527
Pitching Stats
Innings Pitched 35
ERA 2.6
Strikeouts 40
Walks 5
The Wildcats finish with a perfect conference record 14 and 0 after the 5 to 2 victory over Manteno!!!
R. Juster 1 for 3 with the go ahead 3 run homer in the bottom of the 5th
R. Smith 4 IP 4 H 2 R 0 ER 2 Ks
R. Kettman 3 IP 0 H 0 R 1 K
Congrats to
@CDempsay
,
@keaton_hopwood
, and
@youngquist34
on being selected to the Kankakee Daily Journal All-Area Teams!!
2nd Team
Conner Dempsay
Keaton Hopwood
3rd Team
Mark Youngquist
The Wilmington Baseball Program would like to thank everyone for their support during our fundraising efforts. Today, we were happy to donate those funds to The Kuzma Care Cottage totaling $1,000.
J. Friddle goes 3 for 4 with a grand slam in the 6th to lead the Wildcats to a 13 to 3 victory over GSW.
T. Willis 6.0IP, 8H, 3R, 2BB, 3Ks
Banas, Friddle, Meents, and Lewis each managed multiple hits.
C.Dempsay throws a complete game in Wildcats 7 to 1 win over Peotone!!
C.Dempsay 7.0IP 8Ks
E. Byrd, K.Hopwood, and J. Walinski all with 2RBIs
E. Byrd Hit 2nd HR of the season
Wildcats make it 3 Ws in a row!!
T. Mills goes five and a third allowing only two runs on four hits and striking out 10.
J. Narine hit a 2 run HR in the fourth, which ends up being the difference in the game.
The Wildcats take on Peoria Notre Dame in the Geneseo Super-sectional tomorrow at 1PM
Location: Stone Field at Richmond Hill Park
1035 McGwires Dr. Geneseo, IL 61254
The Wildcats brought their bats tonight as they take down Herscher 13 to 8.
J. Walinski 5 for 5 with 4 RBIs
T. Meents 4 for 4 with 1 RBI
J. Friddle 3 for 5 with a triple
Wildcats get two W’s
Wildcats 11 Herscher 1
K. Farrell 4.1 IP 2H 2BB 5Ks
J. Cortese 1.2 IP 0H 1BB 3Ks
Wildcats 10 Herscher 0
R. Smith 4.0 IP 3H 2BB 0Ks
J. Castle 1.0 IP 0H 0BB 0Ks
C. McCubbin 5 for 7 with a 2B, 3B, and 4 RBIs
E.Byrd leads Wilmington to 3rd win of the season.
Wildcats 12 Gardner 2
E.Byrd 4 for 4 with 4RBIs and a HR
J.Walinski 3.0IP 4Ks 1ER
N.Smith 3.0IP 3Ks 0ER
Wildcats pick up two W’s and will play in the Championship game against Bradley Bourbonnais tomorrow at 10 AM.
Wildcats 2 to 1 over Putnam County
Wildcats 8 to 7 over Hampshire
The long wait is over. Opening day is here. The Wildcats will play their first game in 712 days.
Wildcats @ Manteno 4:30 start
JV Wildcats Home against Manteno 4:30 start