The Soldotna Stars girls softball team, #2 seed from the Northern Lights Conference, opened pool play on Thursday at the 2017 ASAA Small School State Softball Championships hosted at South Davis Park Fields in Fairbanks.
The three-day tournament began with pool play on Thursday. The results of the pool play determine placement onto the tournament’s double-elimination bracket for play on Friday and Saturday, June 2nd and 3rd.
SoHi Girls 7 – Thunder Mountain 18
The SoHi girls faced Thunder Mountain in the 2:30 p.m. game on Thursday at South Davis Park Fields, falling to the Falcons 18-7. SoHi pitcher Danielle Hills pitched five innings; the Stars lead early 3-2 in the second inning.
SoHi Girls 3 – Hutchison 14
SoHi again struggled to hold down their opponents scoring, dropping a 14-3 decision to the Hutchison Hawks in the 5:00 p.m. pool play game. SoHi held their own early with the game tied at 1-1 in the third inning.
Other Pool Play Scores: Small Schools Softball
Homer 8 – North Pole 7
Homer 2 – Juneau 14
Thunder Mountain 11 – Hutchison 6
The Soldotna girls begin double-elimination bracket play on Friday at the South Davis Park Fields in Fairbanks with a noon pairing against the Homer Mariners. The two Northern Lights Conference teams play each other after Thursday’s pool play results. The winner of the SoHi vs Homer game advances to a 2:30 p.m. Friday game; the loser will play at 5:00 p.m. Friday in an elimination game.
ASAA Small School State Tournament Bracket: Click Here!
State Large School Softball: First Round Results
South 4 – West Valley 1
East 10 – Wasilla 2
Dimond 3 – West Valley 1
East 12 – West 1
South 8 – Dimond 4
West 14 – Wasilla 9
State Baseball: First Round Results
Lathrop 12 – Colony 11
Sitka 4 – Service 3
Wasilla 10 – West Valley 0
South 12 – Juneau 2
