The Juneau-Douglas girls’ soccer team continued its stellar play of late in its return to the state tournament.

No. 7 Colony was no match for the No. 2-seeded Crimson Bears as JDHS rolled to a 3-0 win on Thursday morning in Anchorage.

Bears coach Matt Dusenberry said his team played well despite being a little nervous for the biggest tournament of the season.

The Region V Baseball Tournament begins this morning at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park. But make no mistake about it, the gamesmanship began last weekend.

And no one is giving away any state secrets as far as who will take the hill when play begins at 10:30 a.m.

There’s a quiet one in every group.

You know, the one who thinks before they speak; the one who has things to say but doesn’t always feel the need to say them just for the sake of speaking.

Juneau-Douglas senior Daffodil Alinson is a quiet leader for the girls’ state-bound soccer team, and as a midfielder, she is the straw that stirs the drink for the Crimson Bears. She’s not always the most vocal. But on this year’s team, she doesn’t need to be.

The Juneau-Douglas boys’ soccer team has made itself a fixture on the state championship stage, playing in the title game nine of the last 11 years the ASAA has sanctioned the event.

While the Crimson Bears surely want to make it 10 of the last 12, the most important number on their minds at this point is two, as in two straight state championships.

Juneau-Douglas drew the No. 2 overall seed in the tournament and will face No. 7 Colony in opening-round play at Dimond High School at 1 p.m. on Thursday.