The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears softball team were one run away Friday from advancing into Saturday’s title chances at the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Division I Softball State Championships at Anchorage’s Cartee Fields! but the Dimond Lynx held on for a 9-8 elimination game win.
The Crimson Bears had defeated East 9-5 and fell to
At Saturday’s awards ceremony! JDHS junior Gwen Nizich was selected to the All-State Tournament team. Nizich! senior Bryanna Eakes! junior Alayna Echiverri! sophomore Cassandra Chenoweth and freshman Sadie Lockhart earned Player of the Game honors through JDHS’ five tournament contests.
“This season is one I’ll always remember!” Nizich said. “I’m grateful for the chance to play with such a diverse team after the schools combined earlier this year. Our last games this week were bittersweet. Even though the outcome wasn’t exactly what we wanted! we’ve improved so much since the beginning of the season and we left our all on country wise email marketing list the field. I am confident that our team’s determination will lead us to success in the seasons to come.”
Head coach Lexie Razor had praise for her team
“I feel that this past season was a success for Crimson Bears softball!” she said. “We were able to successfully combine two softball programs and compete with Division 1 schools. We ended up ethics in influencer marketing having 32 total girls involved: 12 on varsity! three managers! and 17 JV players. Out of those 32 players! four had never played softball before this year and 10 came to us from Thunder Mountain.”
“Throughout the season the girls made huge b2b phone list improvements!” she said. “New players began to understand the rules and strategies of fastpitch softball and experienced players all improved defensively and offensively. It was fun to see our girls getting comfortable diving and believing in themselves to make those amazing plays. As coaches! we figured out how best to coach a larger group of players! which was made easier by having regular access to Adair Kennedy.”
