{"id":24637,"date":"2017-07-24T23:54:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T06:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/missed-opportunities-plague-gcll-at-west-regional\/"},"modified":"2017-07-24T23:54:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T06:54:54","slug":"missed-opportunities-plague-gcll-at-west-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/missed-opportunities-plague-gcll-at-west-regional\/","title":{"rendered":"Missed opportunities plague GCLL at West Regional"},"content":{"rendered":"
The opportunities were there for the Gastineau Channel Little League softball team in the first game of its Little League Softball West Regional Tournament, but the hits didn’t come.<\/p>\n
The GCLL team, fresh off winning the Alaska State Tournament, was facing Northern California in the first game of pool play at the regional Friday. Twice, GCLL loaded the bases, and twice the girls left them loaded. The game resulted in a 10-6 loss<\/a>, but head coach Nicole Adair said the team isn’t getting down.<\/p>\n “They’re upbeat,” Adair said. “I think we’re seeing a little bit of drain from being on the road. The two things that definitely stand out to me are limiting our walks and not leaving people on base.”<\/p>\n A two-run double from Aspen Kasper was the biggest highlight of the first game, with seven hitters picking up a hit for GCLL. Northern California collected 10 hits, also benefitting from six walks.<\/p>\n