Oxford Baseball Loses Heartbreaker

Old Lyme knocked the Oxford High School baseball team out of the Class S state tournament Thursday by a score of 8-7.

Oxford was ranked No. 26 in Class S and Old Lyme was ranked 10^th when the game started on Wednesday. Though big underdogs, Oxford gave Old Lyme all it could handle, tying the score at seven in the sixth inning before the umpire postponed play until Thursday after seeing lightning in the distance.

The Oxford Wolverines took the more than one-hour drive back to Old Lyme for two innings Thursday, and Old Lyme came out one run ahead.

Oxford Head Coach Brian Hourigan called his ream a relentless bunch that fights like warriors.

“They always fight, they never give up,” he said. “Even when things look bleak, they keep fighting.”

After the final out, Oxford fans gave the team a round of applause for a great season that saw the Wolverines make the state tournament for the first time in school history and then knock off Class S No. 7 Derby 2-0 in the first round.

Hourigan then called his team down the first base line for a meeting just foul of right field.

“I tried to tell them it’s going to sting, but they should look back on the season and be proud of what they’ve accomplished,” he said. “They did something that nobody in school history has done. They won more games than anyone thought they would and they threatened to go to the quarterfinals of the state tournament.”

Oxford finishes its season at 10-12.