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Division II state softball: Soldotna goes 1-1, Kenai goes 0-2 at 1st day

Soldotna went 1-1 and Kenai Central went 0-2 in pool play at the Division II state softball tournament in Anchorage on Thursday.

The Stars lost 16-4 to Sitka before defeating Kenai 13-1. Kenai then lost 20-6 to Sitka.

Kenai opens double-elimination bracket play at 9:30 a.m. Friday against Ketchikan. The Kards are 0-1 against the Kings this season.

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Soldotna opens bracket play at 9:30 a.m. against Delta. The Stars are 1-0 against the Huskies this season.

Sitka 16, Soldotna 4

The Stars trailed 3-2 entering the third inning of the five-inning game, but Sitka led 13-2 by the end of the fourth inning.

Tatum Cooper gave up 12 runs on 11 hits in 3 1-3 innings, while Isabelle Cruz gave up four runs — one earned — on three hits in 1 2-3 innings.

Katie DeBardelaben was 2 for 3 with two RBIs for SoHi, while Isabella Gares scored two runs.

Soldotna 13, Kenai 1

The Stars moved to 24-9-1 after moving to 6-0 against the Kardinals this season. The game went four innings.

Isabelle Cruz went the distance, giving up a run on a hit while walking one and striking out four.

At the plate, Tatum Cooper was 2 for 2 with two runs, Isabella Gares had two runs and two RBIs, Cruz had two runs, Alyssa McDonald was 2 for 3 with two runs and two RBIs, Kacey Cunningham scored two runs, DeBardelaben had two RBIs, and Lilly Dawley was 2 for 3 with four RBIs.

For Kenai, Lola McEwen gave up 10 runs — five earned — on nine hits in 2 1-3 innings. Blakeley Jorgensen gave up three runs — one earned — on a hit in two-thirds of an inning.

Avery Ellis had a run and a hit for Kenai, while Jorgensen had the RBI.

Sitka 20, Kenai 6

The Kardinals fell to 18-17 overall with the loss to the Wolves in five innings.

Sitka led 12-0 entering the bottom of the second. The Kardinals scored six times in that frame, but the Wolves regained control after that.

Kennah Gregory gave up 11 runs — eight earned — on six hits in an inning for the Kards. Avery Ellis gave up nine runs — seven earned — on five hits in four innings.

Ellis led Kenai at the plate with a pair of RBIs.

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