Crimson Bears win softball clash against Wolfpack

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The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé softball team improved to 2-1 in the Railbelt Conference with a 9-4 win over visiting conference foe West Valley Friday at Adair Kennedy Park.

“We thought it went really well,” JDHS coach Lexi Razor said. “The girls were hitting well, played good defense, we were running bases really fast and we were pretty pleased overall with how things turned out.”

West Valley scored the first run of the game in the top of the first inning as Jacquilyn Haberstumpf earned a leadoff walk, advanced on a single by Madison Inderrieden and a walk by Makayla Anderson, and tagged up to score on a fly ball out by Jessalyn Amundson.

JDHS would take control of the game in the bottom country wise email marketing list of the second inning as they scored six runs.

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé freshman catcher Saide Lockhart reaches for a throw as West Valley’s Jacquilyn Haberstumpf (3) scores during the Crimson Bears’ 9-4 win over the Wolfpack on Friday at Adair Kennedy Park. The teams play again at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire).
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé freshman catcher Saide Lockhart reaches for a throw as West Valley’s Jacquilyn Haberstumpf (3) scores during the Crimson Bears’ 9-4 win over the Wolfpack on Friday at Adair Kennedy Park. The teams play again at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire).

Crimson Bears freshman Sadie Lockhart reached second on a ground ball error, senior Taiya Bentz reached on an error, Lockhart stole third and scored on a catching error, junior Alayna Echiverri singled to score Bentz, senior Tatum Billings singled to score Echiverri, junior Gwen Nizich reaches on an error scoring Billings, senior Bryanna Eakes walked and Lockhart came back to the plate to single in Eakes.

“She is going up to bat as a freshman and is not phased by the situation, the pressure, or anything,” coach Razor said of Lockhart. “She is just going up there and hitting which is pretty nice to see.”

After West Valley scored two runs in the top of the third JDHS answered with two in the bottom half of the inning with sophomore June Troxel reaching on a ground ball error, Echiverri walked, Troxel scored on a passed ball and Billings singled in Echiverri.