Oak Forest wins softball opener

After five postponements, No. 22 Oak Forest opened its softballseason Monday and needed every minute of Daylight Savings Time beforesophomore designated hitter Lori Bikar smashed an 11th-inning doubleto left to give the Bengals a 2-1 victory against host Reavis.

"The first time I batted, I was real nervous and had a lot ofbutterflies going," said Bikar, who had a triple, a walk, a singleand a double in her last four at-bats. "I was just trying to do mybest and put it in my mind that I was going to hit the ball. I knewwhen I hit it, it was over their heads."

Reavis (3-3) scored first on a two-out RBI single by LynetteNirenski in the third. Oak Forest tied it when …