JDHS dominated Sitka 15-6 on Friday

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JDHS and Colony have identical 7-1 Division I Railbelt Conference records. JDHS is 16-13-1 overall and Colony 28-8-1. The team with the higher strength of schedule, still being determined, receives a first-round bye in the RBC tournament next weekend in Fairbanks. West Valley is 2-4 (6-6), Lathrop 1-5 (8-9) and Wasilla 1-7 (11-18-1). The RBC will send two teams to the state tournament June 5-7 in Anchorage, along with the top four teams from Anchorage’s Cook Inlet Conference tournament. Sitka leads the DII Southeast Conference at 2-1 (14-12-4) with Ketchikan at 1-2 (13-14-2). They will have no conference tournament this season — just a regular season-ending series at Ketchikan and both advance to the DII state tournament in Anchorage, with the better record earning a higher seed.

“Today’s win means a lot to me,” JDHS’ Eakes said Saturday. “I am just grateful honestly that we had the chance to play on this field and our team has grown so much skill-wise and just getting closer throughout the whole season. And now our goal is winning state. Up north the fields are very grassy, rocky, nothing compared to this so it is definitely an adjustment country wise email marketing list but we’re used to it and I think we can do it.”

, going up 5-0 after one inning and 10-1 after two innings and never being threatened the rest of the way.

Eakes and Williams led with three RBI apiece, Nizich and Bentz had two apiece and Echiverri, Billings and Chenoweth one each. Nizich and Williams had three hits apiece, Billings, Eakes and Bentz two each, Echiverri, Oliva and Chenoweth one each.

Nizich pitched four innings, allowed six hits and four runs, walked three and struck out one. Oliva relieved for one inning, allowing one hit and two runs, walking two and striking out one.

Sitka’s Lebahn pitched two innings, allowing 12 hits and 11 runs for the loss, and Campbell relieved for two innings, allowing three hits and four runs. Sadie Saline led with three RBI, Mayville and Saline had two hits and Mayville scored two runs.