Basketball Recap: Tyler Woolard and Ryder Zingelmann Secure Win for Oak Forest

There's no place like home for Oak Forest, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They enjoyed a cozy 57-43 win over the Friendship Christian Falcons on Tuesday. That's more bragging rights for the Warriors, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Ryder Zingelmann

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11/18/25 vs Friendship Christian	13
11/17/25 @ Cary Christian	12
11/15/25 vs Faith Christian Academy	10
11/14/25 vs New Bern Christian Academy	6
11/13/25 vs Bethel Christian Academy	0
+ 2 more games

Oak Forest was led to victory by Ryder Zingelmann and Tyler Woolard. Zingelmann dropped a double-double with 22 points and 13 boards, while Woolard shot 80% from the field to rack up 17 points and seven rebounds. With that strong performance, Zingelmann is now averaging an impressive 8.3 rebounds per game. Jack Hunter was another key player, putting up eight points in addition to eight assists and three steals.

Oak Forest was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Friendship Christian only racked up nine.

Several Falcons players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Josh Hemric, who went 5-for-11 en route to 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Woodard, who posted ten points and three steals.

Oak Forest's victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Friendship Christian, their defeat was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-2.

Oak Forest has already played their next contest, a 54-38 win against Hilltop Christian on the 21st. Friendship Christian has also already played their next game (against Lee Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.