Tracy

[Wheeling High School @Wheeling_Cats]

Congratulations to the class of 2026!!

[Wheeling Wildcats Athletics and Activities @WHSactivities]

Busy night for the Wildcats and the booster club. Congrats Cats on your scholarship awards! 🐱💙🙌💵🎉

[WHSBaseball @WHSBaseball2]

Wheeling 7 Leyden 1

WP Zach Neukirch 4IP 3H 0R
SV Dylan Baloun 3IP 1H 1R 0ER

Zach Neukirch 3-4, 2RBI 2B, R
Reid Gerjerts 2BB, R
Dylan Baloun 1-2, 3RBI 2B, BB
Gavin Salefski 1-2, BB, R
Jack Murphy R
Luke Papaioannou 2-3, 2 2B, 2R, RBI & a Web Gem with the bases loaded

#FlyTheW

[WHSBaseball @WHSBaseball2]

Congratulations to our guys Dylan Baloun & Jack Murphy for winning the WHS Spur Club Athletic Scholarships!

Perfect picture of two student-athletes that get it done on the diamond and in the classroom.

So proud of these two for always giving us everything they have #FlyTheW

[WHSBaseball @WHSBaseball2]

Wheeling 12 Hersey 6

Excellent pitching performance from Senior Dylan Baloun CG 4ER 8Ks

Neukirch 3-5,R, 2RBI
Gerjerts 2 RBI Single, R, SB
Baloun 2-4, 2RBI
Fischer 2-4, RBI
Zalewski 2-5,R
Fitzgerald 2RBI 2B, 3Rs
Papaioannou 2B, R
Watanuki 1-3, 2R
Zangara 2-4, 2R, 3RBI

#FlyTheW

[WHSBaseball @WHSBaseball2]

Prospect 12 Wheeling 5

Zach Neukirch 1-3, 2R, RBI 2B
Reid Gerjerts 1-3, R, BB
Dylan Baloun 3-4, 2B, 3RBI
Tyler Zangara 2-3, 2Rs

Thank you Wildcat Baseball Moms for throwing out today’s ceremonial 1st pitch. We wish you and all the mothers out there a Happy Mother’s Day!

[WHSBaseball @WHSBaseball2]

Tomorrow morning, we will celebrate our 7 Seniors before our 9am game vs Glenbard South!

From Left to Right
#55 Micheal Mats
#9 Dylan Baloun
#7 Tyler Zangara
#14 Zach Neukirch
#10 Evan Fischer
#36 Collin Fitzgerald
#24 Jack Murphy

[WHSBaseball @WHSBaseball2]

Class of 2026 Senior Spotlight

#9 RHP/3rd Baseman Dylan Baloun

College - St. Xavier University (Bowling)
Major - Sports Management
Favorite Memory - Pitching a complete game and beating State Runner-Up Conant 5-4 Sophomore Year

A 3 Year Varsity Starter and our Ace #FlyTheW

[WHSBaseball @WHSBaseball2]

Wheeling 16 EG 6

Luke Papaioannou 4-4, 3RBI
Tyler Zangara 3-5, 2B, 3RBI
Reid Gerjerts 3-6, 2RBI
Jose Rivera 3-4, 2B, 2R, RBI
Evan Fischer 2-3, 4Rs, RBI
Dylan Baloun 2-3, 2R, 2RBI
Collin Fitzgerald 2-5 2RBI
Zach Neukirch 2B, 2Rs
Owen Zalewski 2 Rs

Zach Neukirch WP

#FlyTheW

[WHSBaseball @WHSBaseball2]

Wheeling 6 Elk Grove 0

Reid Gerjerts 2-3, Grand Slam, R, 5 RBIs
Zach Neukirch 2-4, R
Collin Fitzgerald 2-3, 2Rs

Runs - Fischer, Rivera, Papaioannou

Dylan Baloun CG Shutout only allowing 3 hits with 6Ks

Happy 17th Birthday, Evan Watanuki!

#FlyTheW

[WHSBaseball @WHSBaseball2]

A BIG Thank You to our parents and administration for making our 2026 Spring Training Trip to Orlando, FL possible.

The Wildcat Family traveled well and had amazing support for us the whole trip.

I’m very lucky to have our program vision supported by so many @WHSactivities

[Tracy @tracybaloun]

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[Tracy @tracybaloun]

@WHSBaseball2 I’m so proud of these boys.

[WHSBaseball @WHSBaseball2]

Seniors Setting The Standard

7 Semesters of Excellence in the Classroom for the Wheeling Baseball Class of 2026!

Opening Week Is Upon Us! #FlyTheW

[Wheeling Wildcats Athletics and Activities @WHSactivities]

Began the day celebrating Sofia , Michael ⚾️ and Dylan 🎳 Looking forward to watching them compete at the next level! Thank you staff, teammates, coaches and families for showing up and supporting these all stars! 🐱💙🙌🎉

[WHSBaseball @WHSBaseball2]

Top 4 finish for our Senior (3B/RHP) Dylan Baloun at today’s regional bowling tournament.

Dylan will be advancing to the sectional tournament for a chance to return to state.

Great achievement by a hard-working, competitive and passionate young man. #FlyTheW

[Wheeling Wildcats Athletics and Activities @WHSactivities]

Congrats Madison 🏀 and Dylan 🎳 on your Athlete of the Week honors! Go Cats! 🐱 💙💪🎉🏅

[WHSBaseball @WHSBaseball2]

New 2025-2026 Athlete Mural is up in the Main Hallway!

Wheeling Senior Baseball Players Tyler Zangara, Dylan Baloun, Zach Neukirch and University of Illinois Freshman Grant Scheuerman represented #WildcatPride

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Shoutout to Senior 3B/RHP Dylan Baloun who over the weekend won the Elite Youth Tour Bowling Tournament!

Dylan bowled a 221, 243, 245, and 198 in match play to seal the Championship.

We love to see our guys competing at a high level out of season. Way to go, Dylan! #FlyTheW

[WHSBaseball @WHSBaseball2]

Shoutout to my guy Ryan “Bubba” Bendewald (2013 MSL All Conference Pitcher) for coming out and helping coach with me this summer.

Bright future for this up and coming coach!