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No Questioning Bengals' Intensity on Volleyball Court
Richards defeated Oak Forest in a hotly contested boys volleyball match Thursday. Also, Oak Forest's baseball team has an ace in hand.
It was a battle, but s boys volleyball team dropped a conference match to the visiting Bulldogs in three games, 25-18, 19-25, 22-25, on Thursday night.
“They’re a good team, and it’s always a great match when we play Richards,” Oak Forest coach Amanda Brown said. “It usually does go three (games) and it’s fun and it’s back-and-forth.”
Brown said her team was pressing a little too much.
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“Everybody wanted to make that play to go ahead and get everyone pumped up,” she said. “We need to go ahead and respect all of our opponents. We need to be pretty perfect from here on out.”
The Bengals are 3-2 and 2-1 in the South Suburban Conference.
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Oak Forest’s baseball team (2-0-1 through Thursday) is off to a hot start largely because of pitcher Kyle Funkhouser, who has a 0.00 ERA in 11 innings pitched through Thursday. He had only allowed two hits and walked just two hitters while striking out 16 in two starts.
“We are very young and are continuing to improve every day,” Bengals coach Thaddeus Gatton said in an email.
On Track
Heading into the weekend, Oak Forest’s boys track team had only one meet—at the H-F Co-ed Indoor Meet. Coach Tom Monahan said his top performers include Tevin Coleman, Angelo Jackson, Josh Driver, Alex Hansen and Brandon Ivins. Coleman competed at the indoor state meet last weekend in the long jump and 55-meter dash.
Monahan is excited to see Hansen’s performance in the discus this season.
“Alex has been one of our top performers in shot put and will do well in the discus once we get outside. Brandon should have success in the mile/2-mile throughout the year,” Monahan said in an email.
Bengals Alum Murphy Swings Big Bat
first baseman Courtney Murphy, an Oak Forest grad, has been playing well for the Cougars’ softball team. As reported in this story by Victory Sports Network, Murphy homered in the second game of a doubleheader against on Thursday. As of Thursday, Saint Xavier was 14-6.
Bengals in the Big Leagues
In case you missed it, Ron Kremer wrote about Oak Forest alums Tim Byrdak and Jason Frasor and the start of a new major league baseball season. You can read it .
