JDHS softball<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\tLast season: 4-14; 4-8 Southeast.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Outlook: Catcher Skylar Hickok and pitcher Sophia Schauwecker lead this year’s relatively young Crimson Bears team. The aforementioned seniors, who combined for over 50 hits last season, will be playing along with plenty of new faces young (freshmen Kaia Smith and Margot Oliver) and old (junior Ariana Connally and senior Chloe Goble).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Goble and Connally could become big contributors this season after being sidelined with injuires all last season. Pitchers Schauwecker, Smith, Mia Loree and Amanda Van Slyke will be have a strong outfield, including Asianna Mazon, on their side. JDHS traveled to California last week for the 2019 Perks Sports Academy Antioch Invitational where they went 1-2 through Friday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Coach Lexie Razor: “I think one of things that’s helping our team the most is the girls are bonding and coming together as a team. They’re playing for each other. Good things can happen when you trust the person next to you and you want to do well for the person next to you. But we do have a young team. I have four or five girls that have only played a year or two of ball so they’re athletic but there’s a lot of learning still to happen.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
TMHS baseball<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\tLast season: 8-11; 5-7 Southeast.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Outlook: Like their crosstown counterparts, the Falcons lost a deep and talented senior class that included arguably its strongest pitcher (Bobby Cox), strongest batter (Sammy McKnight) and best fielder (Owen Mendoza). Also similar to JDHS, Thunder Mountain has several underclassmen on the rise, including Oliver Mendoza and Jake Carte. Coach Bill McCauley said the biggest puzzle this season has been constructing a pitching rotation practically from scratch. So far he said Carte and upperclassmen Bryson Echiverri, Cameron Eppers and Stone Morgan have shown promise on the mound.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Coach Bill McCauley: “We’re pushing them really hard and I’m particularly pushing them really hard but they’re still having fun. Really, if they can just gel as a team and if our leaders can keep the young kids together — because the young kids are skilled.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
TMHS Softball Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\tApril 19-20 at Ketchikan<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
April 25-26 at Sitka<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 3, 4, 6 at Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 9 Sitka<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 10 Ketchikan<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 11 Sitka, Ketchikan<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 17-18 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 24-25 Region V Tournament (Sitka)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
JDHS Baseball Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\tApril 11-13 Sitka Preseason Tournament<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
April 19-20 Thunder Mountain<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
April 26-27 at Petersburg<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 10-11 Ketchikan<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 17-18 Sitka<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 23-25 Region V Tournament (Juneau)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
JDHS Softball Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\tApril 19-20 at Sitka<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
April 26-27 at Ketchikan<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 3, 4, 6 Thunder Mountain<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 9 Ketchikan<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 10 Sitka<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 11 Ketchikan, Sitka<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 17-18 at Thunder Mountain<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 24-25 Region V Tournament (Sitka)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
TMHS Baseball Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\tApril 11-13 Sitka Preseason Tournament<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
April 19-20 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 3-4 Ketchikan<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 10-11 at Sitka<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 17-18 at Petersburg<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
May 23-25 Region V Tournament (Juneau)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2022 Contact sports reporter Nolin Ainsworth at 523-2272 or nainsworth@juneauempire.com. Follow Empire Sports on Twitter at @akempiresports.<\/b><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
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