Oilers 14U go 2-3 at tourney

Lexa Forti slides beats a throw to the base for the Foster Oilers 14U softball squad.

TRI-CITY AREA — The Foster Oilers 14U softball team, which lists Imlay City’s Lexa Forti and Almont’s Lydia Lacavera on its roster, went 2-3 at the Storm Summer Classic this past week.

Byron Center is where the games were contested.

They got their tournament stint underway Friday with a 4-0 loss to Lakeshore Storm 14U Sleeman.

Later that day, the team fell to 0-2 with a 9-6 setback to Midland Lady Explorers Miller.

Saturday’s action Foster Oilers bounce back with a 6-5 win against South Coast Blues ’06 and obtain an 8-0 victory over Turnin 2 14U Koch.

The team then exited tournament play with a 7-0 setback to Attack ’07.

Tabitha Furlin (St. Clair), Cameron McDonald (Clinton Township), Ryan Quain (Marysville), Gabby Johnson (Macomb Township), Mia Simons (Marine City), Melanie Courneya (Macomb Township), Emmi Hildreth (Richmond) and Rachelle Schweihofer (St. Clair) joined Forti and Lacavera on the squad.