Wasilla softball squad jumps to 4-0 in Railbelt

WASILLA — The Wasilla Warriors capped their first big run of Railbelt Conference games of the season with a 13-3 victory over Colony Monday at the Alcantra Fields in Wasilla.

Katherine Johnson and Alyssa Simmons each smacked a first-inning home run to spark the Warriors, and help Wasilla improve to 4-0 in conference play. Johnson scored three times in the win. Simmons and Haley Jenkins added two runs each in the victory. Johnson also contributed a pair of singles from her lead-off spot. Shelby Wallis walked twice and scored a run.

Colony kept it close early, cutting Wasilla’s lead in half with a run in the second inning. Alyz Marquez and Tesa Finley added runs in the third to make it a 4-3 game. Wasilla answered with nine unanswered.

The win over the Knights followed a weekend sweep of three Interior oppoenents.

Wasilla tagged Lathrop 15-0 April 28 at Alcantra. Eight of those runs came in the third inning.

Wasilla jumped out to a 5-0 first-inning lead, plating its first five hitters of the game. Johnson led off the win with a double, and scored twice in the victory.

Simmons and Jewel Fleckenstein scored three runs each against the Malemutes.

Wasilla followed with a 5-3 victory over North Pole April 29.

Johnson scored early for the Warriors to give her team the 1-0 lead, but North Pole tied the score in the top of the third.

Wasilla posted three of its five runs in the fourth. Deborah Polk, Hannah Zwolinski and Dani Gilbert each scored in the fourth inning for the Warriors.

The Warriors also buried the West Valley Wolfpack 11-2 April 30.

West Valley took a 2-0 lead with a pair in the top of the fourth, but Wasilla responded with six in the bottom of the inning.

Simmons scored twice to lead Wasilla, which returns to the diamond to host Bartlett May 9 at

Alcantra.