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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
February 2023
- SU
- MO
- TU
- WE
- TH
- FR
- SA
Events for January
1st
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
2nd
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
Events for February
3rd
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
TRITONS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL PLAYOFFS
Events for February
4th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Events for February
6th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
7th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
8th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
9th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
Events for February
10th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
TRITONS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL FINALS
Events for February
12th
MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS ROUND 2
Events for February
13th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
14th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
15th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
Events for February
16th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
Events for February
17th
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
Events for February
18th
BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2K/5K
World Athletics Cross Country Championships
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
Events for February
20th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
21st
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
22nd
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
23rd
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
Events for February
24th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL QUARTERFINALS
Events for February
24th
Events for February
25th
Events for February
27th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER SEMIFINALS
Events for February
28th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL FINALS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE SEMIFINALS
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS

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