Baseball honors its seniors

 Oakdale baseball evened up its district record at 5-5 with a 15-0 win against Pickering Thursday on Senior Night. 
 "It went very good," head coach Brent McKoy said. "I mean the last time we played Pickering, we went on a four game winning streak. We started playing good, and here again we played really good today. It was a good way to go out for the seniors."
 Centerfielder Terrance Holmes, according to McKoy, is a very good athlete and baseball player. "He's got all the tools to play at any level," he said.
 "(Senior night) means a lot because a lot of people look up ahead of their years and look for this day," Holmes said. He also said a home playoff game would give his team confidence. "I think it would be very good," he said. "We got rough patches, but when we play as a team we're hard to beat."
 Taylor LaCombe, who is hitting over .500 on the season, starts at second base and left field. "He had a really great season this year considering he plays multiple positions," McKoy said. "We ask him to play a lot of places."
 "Senior night is pretty big," LaCombe said. "You get a chance to congratulate the seniors for playing so long, and it's a big night for me to be playing with these guys. And a home playoff game in my last season would be pretty big and just be fun playing on my home field."
 Also hitting above .500 with five home runs is number five Nick Doyle who plays shortstop, catches, and pitches. "(Senior night) means a lot having been playing ball my whole life and knowing it's our last game here in the regular season," he said. "It just means a lot to me trying to lead the team to the best of our ability. We really need to finish strong the season. If we can come out with three wins, that would be big time for the playoffs."
 John Ross Williams is the fourth senior and plays first base. "He's doing a great job there," McKoy said. "I don't even know if he's made an error this year at first base."
 "Senior night is pretty big," Williams said. He also admitted how big a home playoff game would be for him and the rest of his team. "It really would," he said. "It's been tough, and we have a really hard schedule. So we've been facing a lot tougher opponents. I think it'll really show in the playoffs."
 Going down the stretch, McKoy's team has three games left on the season at Rosepine, Bunkie, and Iowa. He calls the game at Iowa Saturday "a tune up game" before the playoffs. "Really that's gonna make or break us," he said. "If we can win those three, we can sneak in to get a home playoff game"