High school baseball: San Juan and Kanab get victories to advance in 2A playoffs

San Juan 13 Beaver 8 No. 4 San Juan outlasted top-seeded Beaver in an offensive heavy game, pulling away in the latter stages to grab a 13-8 victory to move on to the semifinals of the 2A state tournament. The offensive production was spread out throughout the San Juan lineup, with the team being led by a strong overall performance by Kreed Herring, who had three RBIs at the plate to go along with seven strikeouts on the mound.

“This team is just a resilient bunch,” said San Juan head coach Jens Nielson. “We just felt good, you know, and these guys, we have a really strong senior group and this team just loves each other. “That exemplifies and exudes to the rest of the group, and the preparation, they just prepared on their own.

They’re taking reps on their own in batting cages. They’re taking extra reps. Their mind is just, they’re having fun.

This is, like, this is a group that we can’t get too serious with because they just play better loose. ” Both teams came out swinging to start the game. San Juan scored two runs in the top of the first inning and Beaver immediately answered in the bottom half of the inning with four runs of its own.