The Juneau-Douglas and Thunder Mountain High School baseball teams wrapped up Southeast Conference play on a high note.<\/p>\n
The Crimson Bears swept a three-game series from the Sitka Wolves and the Falcons did the same against the Petersburg Vikings.<\/p>\n
JDHS defeated Sitka 6-0, 3-2 and 4-1 in Sitka; TMHS triumphed over Petersburg 18-1, 6-1 and 8-7 at home.<\/p>\n
Senior Kasey Watts led the Crimson Bears’ offense with a weekend total of five hits, notching home runs in the first and second contests.<\/p>\n
Watts also threw a shutout in Friday’s game, striking out 12 batters and only allowing two hits.<\/p>\n
In the TMHS series, the Vikings rarely held a lead. TMHS scored nine runs in the first inning and seven in the third in Friday’s game. In the second of two games on Saturday, the Falcons broke a 6-6 tie in the sixth inning as Chase Foster and Gabe Storie brought in runs.<\/p>\n
Down 8-7, the Vikings were potentially one hit away from a walk-off in the seventh.<\/p>\n
Pitcher Logan Lesmann walked Mattias Vulk with the bases loaded to bring in a run. The Petersburg momentum came to an abrupt halt though with the next batter, Colby Spear. Spear hit a blooper to the second baseman, who caught it and threw to first base to get the force out and double play to end the inning.<\/p>\n
“It was an intense moment and then had an almost miraculous ending,” TMHS coach Bill McCauley said.<\/p>\n
TMHS celebrated Senior Night prior to the game for seniors Sammy McKnight, Chandler Lewis, Jacob Tapia, Brysen Cordle, Bobby Cox, Owen Mendoza, Taylor Funderburk and Casey Hamilton.<\/p>\n
All four teams, plus Ketchikan, who did not play this week, will gather in Sitka for the double-elimination Region V baseball tournament. The winner of the tournament will advance to the ASAA baseball state championships in Anchorage on May 31-June 2.<\/p>\n
The action gets underway on Thursday at noon and 3 p.m. with a pair of rematches: No. 4 TMHS (5-7) and No. 5 Petersburg (0-12) play in the first game and No. 2 JDHS (9-3) and No. 3 Sitka (6-6) play in the second.<\/p>\n
The Southeast Conference (Region V) regular season winner, Ketchikan (10-2 SEC), plays the victor of the TMHS-Petersburg game. Should the Kings win the regional tournament, the tournament runner-up will receive a state tournament berth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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