Evening Sun Report

TIOGA – Oxford’s field hockey team did not come close to scoring a goal the first 56 1/2 minutes of its Class C sectional game with Tioga. That is, until head coach Missy Nelson made a strategic change.

The Blackhawks registered just two shots on goal, but made them both count to advance past the Tigers 2-1 Thursday. The Blackhawks play at top-seeded Marathon Wednesday.

“It was looking very bleak to me, then all of a sudden, bam, bam, bam,” Nelson said. “It was a shock to me.”