LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Sitka to Host District Majors Tournament
By TOM HESSE
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The Major League all-star district tournament is coming to Sitka next week, with four teams competing for a chance to play in the state contest later this month.
The 11-12-year-olds’ action starts 2 p.m. Wednesday at Moller Park. Sitka is hosting teams from Petersburg, Ketchikan, Juneau and Prince of Wales in a double-elimination tournament to determine the winner of District 2. Group play begins on Wednesday and runs through Sunday, July 26. The teams with the two best records will advance to the double-elimination championship round, which starts July 27.
Sitka Manager Ken Carley said it’s going to be a marathon tournament.
“Oh, yeah. We’ll play four days in a row and then it gets into double elimination if you’re one of the top two teams,” Carley said.
The long stretch leads to challenges with pitch counts and that generates some gamesmanship as to which pitchers a manager is going to throw.
“Whoever starts our first game, if they pitch a complete game then they gotta rest the next four days,” Carley said, which means there’s a balance to be struck with the team’s rotation.
“Right now I don’t even have a starting pitcher lined up because I haven’t seen Juneau and Ketchikan play. So I’m going to get a look at them and then we’ll throw our best pitcher against whoever the stronger team is.”
Two games will be played each day from Wednesday through Sunday with opening pitch at 2 p.m. for the early game and 6 p.m. for the late contest. The Sitka squad will play its first game on Thursday at 6 p.m.
Housing was been an issue for the tournament but Carley said that’s been taken care of. With schools closed and churches full, tournament organizer Karen Case said she had to scrape to find places for everyone to stay.
“All of it’s going really, really well, except for housing the teams has been a complete nightmare this year,” Case said.
Anyone interested in volunteering to help with other aspects of the tournament, such as scoring, should contact Case at 738-6603. Sitka is also hosting the state Majors competition at the end of the month. That tournament starts July 31 and runs through Aug. 5. Only two teams compete at the state competition.
Carley is hoping his team will be there when the majors state tournament is played. The players have improved greatly in practice and he thinks they’ll be competitive.
“Practice is going really well. I would say we’re almost twice as good as we were when we started our first practice,” he said, adding that if the team can keep mistakes at a minimum they might still be playing into August.
“I just really hope that our guys take everything that we’ve been showing them and put it into the game situation,” Carley said. “I think we’re looking pretty good. It’s just a matter of playing to our ability and our pitchers throwing strikes. Walks kill you in Little League. They can get you at any level but in Little League it’s especially bad.”
The District 2 Juniors, ages 13-14, start their tournament next week in Juneau. The 9-10-year-olds held their tournament last week in Ketchikan. Sitka went 0-2 in the bracket.
The District Majors roster is: Keaton Koelling, Jesse Hanson, Gabe VanVeen, Clayton Pearson, Trevin Carley, Izaac Roth, Cole Lewin, Jordan Gagner, Jason Young, Wes Urias, Emanuel Barragan, Kyler Brenton, Carson Grant and Ryan Bartlett.
The team is managed by Carley and coached by Kris Pearson and Chip Lewin.
The Juniors roster, which will head to Juneau, includes:
Aedon Dumag, Reese Greenough, Austin Morrison, Bryce Kelly, Morgan Simic, Sid Fleming, Wayne Young, Joey Gray, Mason Martin Eubanks, Dominic Baciocco, Cole Riggs, James Comas and JD Gagner.
The Junior team is managed by Joe Montagne and coached by John Baciocco and Perry Comas.
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Photo caption: National Republican Chairman George Bush takes a drink of water offered by Jan Craddick, Sitka delegate, during the Republican convention held here. Mrs. Craddick explained to Bush that the water was from Indian River, which means, according to local legend, that he will return.