Softball Recap: Forest Hills Eastern Extends Road Winning Streak to Seven

Forest Hills Eastern entered their tilt with Forest Hills Central on Wednesday with three consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with four. They blew past the Rangers 11-1. While the Hawks didn't have the best season last year (they finished 2-11), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

Samira Zehner

Batters Struck Out (Career)

04/23/25 @ Forest Hills Central	7
04/22/25 @ Ottawa Hills	5
04/15/25 vs West Ottawa	4
04/17/25 vs Catholic Central	3
03/26/25 vs West Catholic	2

Samira Zehner made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and only one walk). Those seven strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also big at the plate, going 1-for-5 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.

In other batting news, Megan Kozlowicz was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Those three RBI gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Sophia Tabin, who went 3-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.

Forest Hills Eastern kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least ten hits in four consecutive matches.

Forest Hills Eastern pushed their record up to 11-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. As for Forest Hills Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-5.

Coming up, Forest Hills Eastern will look to defend their home field on Monday against Christian at 4:15 p.m. As for Forest Hills Central, they are taking a road trip to take on Catholic Central at 4:15 p.m. on Monday.