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By Robert Balajadia

Southern Dolphins Cody Terlaje rounds third base heading for home to complete the in the park home run. (photo by Joey Blas)
The Southern Dolphins made sure the third time was a charm after defeating the JFK Islanders 5-1 in the boys high school quarterfinals Saturday morning. The Dolphins came in as the lower seed and had dropped both their regular season meetings against the Islanders.
“No, we weren’t going to let it happen again. That was our mentality heading into the game. The boys really came out and showed that they wanted it this time around,” stated Dolphins’ Billy Quenga on the win.
Southern got off to a quick start by capitalizing on the early JFK errors. Quenga hit a grounder that slipped through the Islanders infield while bringing in Nicholas Sablan for the games first run in the first inning.
Cody Terlaje hit a single to bring in Quenga to go up 2-0.
Terlaje then ignited the crowd in the top of the third inning by slamming an in-the-park home run to stretch the lead 3-0. The Islanders had trouble getting on base until much later in the game.
Quenga did most of his damage at the mound earning 6K’s for the day, but also contributed by pulling in an RBI double in the top of the 6th inning to go up 4-0 after both teams hit a dry spell.
“I told myself to keep calm and keep doing what I’ve been doing for the longest time, which is playing baseball,” said Quenga.
The Islanders were facing a 5-0 hole in the bottom of the seventh until Degracia hit a triple to give life to a deflated Islander offense. Degracia would score the Islanders only run on a pitching error a play later to avoid the shutout.
Islanders starting pitcher Jeff Lizama ended the day with 3K’s and Dolphins’ Mark Parks came in for Quenga to close the game while earning 2K’s.
The Dolphins will play the winner of eighth seeded GW vs. top seeded FD, which was rescheduled due to rain.
When asked if it mattered who the Dolphins would rather face between the two, Quenga responded with saying,
“It doesn’t matter who we challenge because I trust my teammates and we all trust in each other. Every team in this league is beatable and that’s the mentality we have to have in order to keep going.”
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Southern Dolphins Tamisha Fejeran drives a ball to second base and was thrown out at first to end the inning. (photo by Joey Blas)
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GPS Sports Calendar
December 2023
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- TU
- WE
- TH
- FR
- SA
Events for November
1st
ISA BOYS SOCCER
IIAAG GIRLS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS BASKETBALL
Events for December
2nd
IRON LEGENDS THROWDOWN
ISA HS BASEBALL
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Events for December
4th
IIAAG BOYS SOCCER
ISA BOYS SOCCER
ISA GIRLS BASKETBALL
Events for December
5th
ISA HS BASEBALL
ISA GIRLS BASKETBALL
IIAAG GIRLS BASKETBALL QUARTERFINALS
Events for December
5th
Events for December
7th
ISA HS BASEBALL
IIAAG BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS
Events for December
9th
40th GRC PLUMERIA ROAD RACE
GUAM RUGBY INTERNATIONAL 7s TOURNAMENT
ISA HS BASEBALL
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
IIAAG GIRLS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS
Events for December
10th
TOUR OF GUAM 2023
GUAM RUGBY INTERNATIONAL 7s TOURNAMENT
Events for December
11th
ISA HS BASEBALL
IIAAG BOYS SOCCER SEMIFINALS
Events for December
12th
ISA HS BASEBALL
ISA GIRLS BASKETBALL
Events for December
12th
Events for December
14th
ISA HS BASEBALL
IIAAG BOYS SOCCER FINALS
Events for December
15th
ISA GIRLS BASKETBALL
IIAAG GIRLS BASKETBALL FINALS
Events for December
16th
3rd GUAM NINJA CHAMPIONSHIP
ISA HS BASEBALL
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Events for December
16th
Events for December
18th
IIAAG BOYS SOCCER ALL-ISLAND MEETING
Events for December
19th
ISA HS BASEBALL
ISA GIRLS BASKETBALL
Events for December
19th
Events for December
23rd
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
ISA HS BASEBALL FINALS
Events for December
23rd
Events for December
24th
Events for December
25th
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27th
Events for December
29th
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Events for December
30th

Baseball
ROYALS DOWN FRIARS IN STATEMENT GAME

Basketball
3×3 HOOPS REPEAT AS GOLDEN BOYS

Basketball
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Baseball
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Baseball
ROYALS DOWN FRIARS IN STATEMENT GAME

Basketball
SHARKS FEND OFF DOLPHINS IN GIRLS HOOPS
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