Softball Game Preview: Ogemaw Heights Leaves Home

By Team Reports May 1, 2024, 10:24am

Softball Preview: Ogemaw Heights Falcons vs. Garber Dukes

The Ogemaw Heights Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the Garber Dukes at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ogemaw Heights will be strutting in after a win while Garber will be coming in after a defeat.

Ogemaw Heights stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They blew past Reed City 8-2. Despite the victory, that was the fewest runs Ogemaw Heights has scored all season.

Meanwhile, Garber faced Frankenmuth in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Garber lost 18-3 to Frankenmuth. Garber has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Garber saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grace Zwetzig, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1.

Ogemaw Heights pushed their record up to 8-1 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Garber, their loss dropped their record down to 13-2.

Ogemaw Heights might still be hurting after the 13-2 defeat they got from Garber when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Ogemaw Heights avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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