Coach Jeff Reents was inducted into Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame today, congratulations Coach Reents.
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The Wildcats take a walk Out of the Woods onto Becker Field to support our senior students, all healthcare workers and our entire community!
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Fun Fact: The Wildcats are the 7th team in IHSA history with 0 pass attempts in the State Title Game, and they are the 5th team in IHSA history to WIN a State Title with 0 pass attempts in the State Title Game.
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Wilmington Football Asst. Coach/Offensive Coordinator Barry Southall will be inducted into the IHSFCA Hall of Fame this spring. Congratulations Coach Southall on the well deserved award, and thank you from Wildcat Nation for being on our team!
The Wilmington Wildcats will join the
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Friday night and turn on the football stadium lights to show our support for our seniors, as well as all healthcare workers, first responders and everyone dealing with the pandemic.
Congratulations to our Athletic Trainer Katie Koehn and her husband Rick on the birth of their child, Louie James. Louie was born at 2:55 PM on 12/13, he was 5lbs 14oz and 20 inches. Louie and mom are doing great.
Wow, what a game! Thank you to all the Wildcat Fans for showing up and being LOUD! The Cats appreciate your support all season! Meet us at ISU on Friday!
Wildcat Softball are Regional Champions, with a 10-4 victory over Herscher today, to go along with being Conference Champs. The Cats take a 24-3 record into Sectional game vs Beecher on Wednesday.
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and the Wildcats today as they represent the I.C.E. Conf., and try to take their teams to the Quarterfinal round next week!
Thank you to the Wildcat fans that supported the football program all season long. You definitely showed out at DeKalb yesterday. Not only was your support rewarded with a State Championship trophy, you were also given the Spirit Award by the IHSA!
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Congrats to Wildcats Bella Egizio and Keaton Hopwood on signing NLI today, Bella will play softball at Lehigh, Keaton will play baseball at Coastal Carolina. Best of luck to both of them, after they finish their WHS careers of course!
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Congrats to Coach Reents and the Wildcats for a great season. You worked hard in the offseason, played with heart all season and continued the Wildcat Tradition of giving it your all. Go Cats!
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Wildcat football ends season with a 10-2 record with a loss to Byron in the quarterfinals. Another great season for the Wildcats; hold your heads up seniors, use as motivation juniors and thank you coaches. Let’s go Cats!
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Great weekend to be a Wildcat; alum Olivia Hansen wins NCAA JUCO Softball National Championship, alum Caitlyn Brown wins Indy 500 and Wildcat Baseball qualifies for State Finals!
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Sept. 9, Coal City @ Wilmington football game will be Military Appreciation Night. Both schools would like to invite all military veterans and active duty members to the game as our guests, and to join us on the field prior to varsity game to be recognized.
The Wilmington Wildcats will turn on the lights tonight to recognize our Seniors and what would have been Graduation Weekend. The Wildcats also honor all healthcare workers, first responders and our community as we battle this pandemic.
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Wildcats light up Becker Field for our Seniors. We will miss these 3 Captains, and ALL of our Wildcats as they move on to their next chapter.
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Riverside Gives Back for Wins and Scores.
Riverside Health Care gave Wilmington High School a check for $1,100 for touchdowns and volleyball wins this past season! Read the full article here:
The team will be returning to Wilmington around 5:45pm. Meet at Berkot’s to welcome back your state champions! Follow them back to Becker field for a brief presentation.
Wildcats beat Herscher in 3, and earn themselves a 3 way tie for the conf championship with Coal City and Manteno! 1st VB Conf title for the Cats since 2011.
Wildcat Softball ends their season with a loss in the sectional to Beecher. Final record 24-4, conf champs and Regional champs, great season ladies!
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Congratulations to Chloe Proffitt, in the first track meet of the season last night she broke her own school record in the Mile Run with a time of 5:36!
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Congratulations to Wildcat Jack Narine on placing 5th at the IHSA Wrestling Individual State Championships. Great finish to a great freshman season!
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Congratulations to Wildcats Girls Varsity Basketball on finishing 2nd in Momence tournament, and to Chloe Sandford and Claire Rink on making All Tournament Team.
Wildcat fans that are going to football game at RC Friday, if you bring 2 non perishable food items or toiletries you will get in FREE. RC students are raising awareness for homelessness, support their cause and get into the game for free.
Quarter Final football, Bishop Mac at Wilmington, Saturday 5:00, gates will open at 3:30. ALL tickets will need to be purchased using GoFan, link will be shared tomorrow.
Congratulations to Chloe Proffitt, running as an Individual representing WHS, she won the Cross Country meet last night at Lisle! It was Chloe's first ever XC meet!
Congratulations to Wilmington Cheer on their 5th place finish at the IHSA State Finals, and on a great competitive season. You showed your Wildcat Pride every time you took the floor!
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Senior Ben Kreitz leads Wilmington on Senior night with 24 points as the Cats defeat Herscher 72-57. Wildcats move to 4-0, play Manteno 12:30 tomorrow.
Semi-Final Football Game, Downs Tri-Valley at Wilmington, Saturday 11/20 5:00. Again, per IHSA, all tickets will be sold online. Link will be available early next week.
Friday, 9/9, CC @ Wilm - Military Appreciation Night, veterans/active members get Free admittance and will be honored on the field prior to the Varsity game. We will have Honorary Captains at coin toss & intro alums from each team that played in this rivalry and served after HS.
Congratulations to the following Wildcat Softball players on being named All- State; Senior, Olivia Hansen - 2nd Team, Freshmen, Taylor Stefancic and Molly Southall - 3rd Team!
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Wilmington Girls Basketball trailed Clifton Central by 5 with 2 minutes to go. The Cats got a basket by Sanford, followed by a steal and basket by Rink and then a huge 3 by Reents to go up 2 and then Mann sealed the comeback win with 2 FTs, Cats 39-35.
Thank you to the IHSA and the Illinois Pork Producers Assoc. for feature on the Wildcats Football entrance. The Wildcats are 117-17 at home since they started coming out of the Woods
Wildcat Baseball tops Sterling Newman Catholic 4-0 to win the 3rd Place game! We will recognize the team and their 3rd place trophy Sunday 12:00 in the WHS gym.
Wildcats Fans, if you want to send off the football team as they head to state they will leave the HS Thurs. at 6:00PM. Bus will travel Wildcat Ct, Kahler Rd, Water St, Rt 53, CC Rd to 55.
State Bound! Let’s Go Cats!!
Kiley Sowa hits a walk off single that scores Bella Egizio and Michelle Gramlich to complete the comeback for the 8-7 win and 2 game sweep of Reed-Custer.
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Katelyn McCann qualified for the Finals in the Long Jump, she currently has the 2nd longest jump in Class 1A at the State Meet. The Finals will take place on Saturday.
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