Oak Forest dropped to 7-5 on Tuesday, ending the team's three-game streak of wins on the road. They came up short against the Lemont Lemont HS, falling 7-0. If the Bengals were looking for revenge after losing 10-0 to the Lemont HS when the teams met back in May of 2025, then they'll just have to keep looking.
Oak Forest saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Morgan Reczkiewicz, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one double.
As for Lemont, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.2 runs over those games.
On Lemont's side, they got a great performance from Mila Mardjetko as she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over six innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Jessica Pontrelli was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three runs, one stolen base, and one double. That's the most runs she has posted since back in April of 2025. Another player making a difference was Ella Phelan, who went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases and two runs.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Oak Forest is set to challenge their familiar foe Richards at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Lemont will square off against rival Evergreen Park at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Lemont HS 2.9, the Mustangs 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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