Hilltopper Baseball
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Hilltopper Baseball
@JCABaseball
5-Time State Champs: ‘94 ‘09 ‘13 ‘22 ‘23; IHSBCA Summer Champs: ‘14; 10 IHSA State Finals Appearances; 9 Major Leaguers; 39 Professional Baseball Players
Joliet, IL
Joined February 2013
- The Hilltoppers captured the Class 3A Regional Championship with a 12-2 victory today over Morris. Junior Greg Ziegler went 3-for-4 with two home runs and 8 RBI, including a walk-off grand slam in the sixth inning.
- IHSA Class 2A Back-to-Back State Champions!!! Joliet Catholic - 4 Columbia - 2 #GoHill
- Congratulations to Christian Knapczyk, Michae Gurka, Jared Cushing, Alex Vera, Greg Ziegler, and Tony Fleischauer on being named All-Conference in the ESCC! Jared Cushing was also named Defensive Player of the Year. #gohill
- Congratulations to Hilltopper grad Christian Knapczyk ‘20 on being selected in the 5th round of the @MLB Draft by the @CleGuardians. Knapczyk is the 40th Hilltopper since 1968 to play professional baseball and is seeking to become the tenth major leaguer in program history.
- The Hilltoppers improved to 2-0 with a win Sat. in the @PBRIllinois Metro East Kickoff Classic in their St. Paddy’s Day green unis. JCA 5 Huntley 4 Iannantone 3-for-4 , 1R Cushing 1-for-3, 3R Fleischauer 2-for-4, 2 RBI Gould W (1-0) 5 IP 1R 0ER, 8K Ziegler S(1) 3K
- Hillmen lose a heartbreaker 5-4 in the sectional championship at St. Laurence, despite a great 7th inning comeback. Thank you boys for the incredible ride this year. #GoHill
- Hilltopper Baseball checking in at #42 in the country in the @PerfectGameUSA @RawlingsSports HS Preseason Top 50. #gohillThe full PG @RawlingsSports High School Preseason Top 50 has been released! perfectgame.org/rankings/HSTea…
- RIP Coach Gordie Gillespie...words cannot describe how much Coach has meant to our school community for all these years #simplythebest
- Congrats to JCA senior middle infielder @Cknap1, a @LouisvilleBSB commit, on being named "Defensive Specialist", an award given to the top defensive player at the inaugural High School Baseball National Championship Series outside of Houston, Texas from June 23-28.
- Good luck to JCA graduate @DrakeFellows '16, who has been named @VandyBaseball's Opening Day starter. Read more here >> tennessean.com/story/sports/c…
