Crimson Bears open home stand on new baseball turf
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:06 am
A lot of newness will be unveiled when the Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears baseball team plays their first home game Friday at Adair Kennedy Memorial Park against the visiting Sitka Wolves.
New turf and accouterments, new uniforms and former conference rivals that have now become one dugout.
“It kind of feels unrealistic in a way,” JDHS senior catcher JJ McCormick said. “I mean, having a new turf field and being on Adair for the past three years, and it all being dirt and rocks. I mean it just feels nice being able to play on a field that I won’t be hit with unexpected hops or anything.”
McCormick played at the now-defunct Thunde r country wise email marketing list Mountain High School last season.
“It’s been kind of weird almost, just transitioning into a new coaching staff and a new team,” he said. “But I’m coming with a few of my players from TM, trying to mix in with the JD players that I’ve been playing with and against for a while.”
For senior right fielder Jacob Katasse, the new field represents family history.
“This is really beautiful because this is my great-grandfather’s field,” Katasse said. “And it’s pretty awesome to play on it when it’s turf. Richard Adair is my grandpa. So it’s pretty beautiful to play on this field.”
Katasse, a JDHS returner, said the merger of schools on a new field “is pretty cool. I have played with a lot of them through Little League and I think it is great to play with them again.”
New turf and accouterments, new uniforms and former conference rivals that have now become one dugout.
“It kind of feels unrealistic in a way,” JDHS senior catcher JJ McCormick said. “I mean, having a new turf field and being on Adair for the past three years, and it all being dirt and rocks. I mean it just feels nice being able to play on a field that I won’t be hit with unexpected hops or anything.”
McCormick played at the now-defunct Thunde r country wise email marketing list Mountain High School last season.
“It’s been kind of weird almost, just transitioning into a new coaching staff and a new team,” he said. “But I’m coming with a few of my players from TM, trying to mix in with the JD players that I’ve been playing with and against for a while.”
For senior right fielder Jacob Katasse, the new field represents family history.
“This is really beautiful because this is my great-grandfather’s field,” Katasse said. “And it’s pretty awesome to play on it when it’s turf. Richard Adair is my grandpa. So it’s pretty beautiful to play on this field.”
Katasse, a JDHS returner, said the merger of schools on a new field “is pretty cool. I have played with a lot of them through Little League and I think it is great to play with them again.”