Oakwood baseball splits two in Attica, Garrett hits winning shot, Neuman spends weekend on the mound and the court

By FRED KRONER
fred@sjodaily.com

Elijah Harden, Lucas Huchel and Isaiah Ruch each collected three hits, but the Comets dropped a 10-7 decision at Attica, Ind., in the first game of a baseball doubleheader on Saturday.

Brady Howard and Josh Young finished with two hits apiece.

Six of the team’s 13 hits went for extra bases.

Andy Hohn pitched the first three innings and suffered the loss. He struck out four and yielded eight hits.

Oakwood rebounded to win an 18-12 slugfest in the nightcap.

Noah Ruch had a home run, a double and five runs batted in during the second game.

Isaiah Ruch had three hits to finish the day 6-for-7.

Teammates with two hits in the second game were Harden, Young and Jacob Spear.

Howard socked triples in each game.

Huchel pitched four innings of relief and collected the win. He walked three and fanned two.

Oakwood (8-6) returns to action today at home against Bismarck-Henning.

Softball

The Comets won the fifth-place game in Saturday’s Tuscola Tournament, knocking off Altamont, 4-3.

Oakwood lost its first two tournament games, 10-4 to Sesser-Valier and 11-2 to Tuscola.

For the day, Kylie Neuman was 6-for-9 with five extra-base hits. She slugged her team-leading fifth home run and drove in three runs.

Through 14 games, Neuman is batting .585.

Only one teammate, Savannah Nevitt, had hits in all three games.

Neuman was the winning pitcher in the fifth-place game.

She pitched all seven innings, permitting two hits and no earned runs. She walked two and struck out five.

Lyrik Talbert had two hits against Sesser.

Oakwood (7-7) returns to action today at home against Bismarck-Henning.

Girls’ track and field

The Comets placed 17th in Unity’s 19-team invitational on Friday.

Katelyn Young placed third in the shot put with a toss of 39 feet, 1/2 inch.

Boys’ basketball

Buzzer-beating baskets are always a highlight for players and fans alike, but in all-star games they often take on added significance.

The ninth-annual Battle of the Border assigns two points to each team winning a quarter during a two-game series between high school standouts from eastern Illinois and western Indiana.

In Saturday’s second game of the boys’ series, the Illinois boys won the first quarter, 23-22, thanks to a 16-foot shot from the left baseline by Oakwood’s Trevan Garrett, a shot that he released with one second showing on the clock in the opening period at Bismarck-Henning High School.

All eight of Garrett’s points proved vital as the Illinois team held on for an 83-82 triumph to sweep the two-game series.

Garrett also grabbed four rebounds to lead the Illinois squad to a 42-38 edge on the boards.

On Sunday, Garrett was again on the winning team again as Team Gold defeated Team Black 63-58 in The News-Gazette All-Star game at Parkland College.

The 6-foot-3 Garrett scored five points and hit a three-point shot.

Girls’ basketball

Oakwood’s Kylie Neuman scored five points for Team Gold, which rallied from a double-figure halftime deficit on Sunday at Parkland College to edge Team Black 45-43 in The News-Gazette All-star game.

Neuman was one of two players on her team to make a three-point shot.