Firelands graduate Dominic San Felippo hit a home run, a triple and a double, just missing the cycle by a single, as the Wheeling Jesuit baseball team opened WVIAC play with a two-game sweep of Fairmont State University. The Cardinals claimed the day game by a score of 6-4 and pounded out 11 hits in the nightcap for a 10-3 victory.

San Felippo drove in two RBIs with a single and a solo homerun. He now has three home runs on the season, along with 13RBIs in 11 games started. His batting average is .308. He also has five stolen bases.

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Firelands’ Dominic San Felippo earned Atlantic Region Second Team honors for his outstanding season playing baseball at Wheeling Jesuit.

San Felippo, a junior outfielder, finished the season with a .446 batting average (62-for-139). San Felippo had 21 extra-base hits, which include 15 doubles, a triple and five home runs. He also had 35 RBIs and scored 35 runs.

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Firelands’ Dominic San Felippo went 7-for-9 for Wheeling Jesuit University in a double header played in Pennsylvania last weekend. He had four doubles and five RBIs to help lead Jesuit to a doubleheader sweep with scores of 9-4 and 14-0.

Avon native Shane Sullivan was named the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week for his performance last week pitching for Wheeling Jesuit University.

Sullivan, a freshman who graduated from Holy Name, earned a pair of wins and a save during four relief appearances. He allowed just four hits and two earned runs in 8 1/3 innings of work to earn victories against Saginaw Valley State and Charleston. He struck out five batters and didn’t yield a walk.

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WEST LIBERTY, West Virginia - Brothers Tony San Felippo and Dominic San Felippo had a chance to reunite on the baseball field last week.

Tony’s West Liberty State College Hilltoppers celebrated Senior Day by sweeping Dominic’s Wheeling Jesuit College Cardinals, 10-2 and 13-3 in a double header played at Kovalik Field in West Virginia.

Tony was acknowleged before the game with fellow seniors, while brother Dominic had a good seat from the opposing dugout to see his brother’s four-year career get honored.

Tony is currently batting .271 (13-for-48) with eight RBIs in 19 games played.

As a junior, Tony started in 36 of 38 games at shortstop. He hit .254 with six RBIs and 26 runs scored.

As a sophomore, he started in all 49 games at shortstop and batted .307 with a team-best 42 hits. He added 20 RBIs and scored 27 runs.

Dominic, who is a sophomore, has started 37 games and leads the Cardinals with a .357 batting average. He has four doubles, a triple and third-best on the team with 14 RBIs.

The brothers played together for two years at Firelands High School and have a younger brother Joe, an eighth grader that will play high school baseball next year.

PICTURE 1 - Tony San Felippo checks his swing during a game.
PICTURE 2 - Dominic San Felippo gets ready to hit during a game.
PICTURE 3 - Older brother Tony jokes from his shortstop position, while younger brother Dominic leads off and jokes back during a game last season.

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