Crimson Bears baseball team sweeps Kayhi

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The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears baseball team swept the visiting Ketchikan Kings on Saturday at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park, honoring the Crimson Bears seniors with a pair of wins, 13-0 and 8-1. JDHS also won 17-7 Friday.

In-between Saturday’s wins seniors JJ McCormick, Jacob Katasse and Christian Nelson were honored.

“We had a good focus week of practice,” JDHS junior Brandon Casperson said after Saturday’s first win. “We all just came together as a team. Everyone did their job and just had the same intensity every inning and had a good game. Now we have to close it out with another win. We are taking it as any other game, we’re just staying focused and trying to win.”

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Christian country wise email marketing list Nelson delivers a pitch during the Crimson Bears baseball senior night against Ketchikan Saturday at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Christian Nelson delivers a pitch during the Crimson Bears baseball senior night against Ketchikan Saturday at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

Casperson had a number of winning plays during the weekend and was praised by coaches for a hard slide into third base in Saturday’s opener that jarred the ball out of the Kayhi third baseman’s grasp and led to a prolonged rally.

“I knew I was pretty much out so I was just trying to break the play up,” Casperson said.

In Saturday’s opener JDHS put three runs across in the bottom of the first inning as Casperson reached on an error, sophomore Noah Lewis was hit by a pitch, junior Madden Mendoza walked, and McCormick singled to left field scoring Casperson and Lewis. Junior Marcus Mendoza then doubled, scoring Madden Mendoza.