Oak Harbor starts season with win at home

By Team Reports Mar 25, 2024, 3:19pm

Recap: Oak Harbor Rockets vs. Central Catholic Fighting Irish

Oak Harbor took care of business in their home opener on Monday (and then some). Everything went their way against the Central Catholic Fighting Irish as the Oak Harbor Rockets made off with a 14-4 win. That's more bragging rights for Oak Harbor, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Oak Harbor let Porter Gregory and Ava Geyer loose on the outfield. Gregory scored three runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4, while Geyer went 4-for-4 with four RBI and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Karder Haas, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.

On Central Catholic's side, Makenzie Coleman made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.

Even though they lost, Central Catholic didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Oak Harbor only tossed no.

Oak Harbor will challenge La Crosse Central at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday. As for Central Catholic, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Perkins at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Central Catholic is still on the hunt for that elusive first 'W'.

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