Sea Kings and the Alumni Battle to the Last Out

January 5, 2025

Fans who attended the 2025 edition of the annual John Emme alumni game certainly got their money’s worth, as the Sea Kings and alumni engaged in a back and forth battle that wasn’t settled until the final inning.

Starter Will Chavez got the game started on a positive note for the Sea Kings by striking out the side in the top of the first inning. He ended his day having pitched two scoreless innings, while striking out four alumni batters.

The Sea Kings built a 3-0 lead heading into the top of the third inning, when Jake Garcia (‘24) took matters into his own hands smashing a grand slam home run over the right field fence to put the alumni in front.

The Sea Kings were able to re-take the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning, but once again, the alumni used the long ball to take a 7-5 lead in the top of the fifth inning on Charlie Mannon’s (‘22) three run blast to right field.

After both teams added runs in the sixth inning, the Sea Kings entered the bottom of the seventh inning trailing 8-7. After Stevie Jones scored on a wild pitch to tie the game, the Sea Kings had runners on first and third with two outs following a pair of walks. Jackson McDonald broke for second and the throw from the alumni’s catcher sailed into center field allowing Chris Shelton to score from third base with the walk off run, securing a 9-8 victory for the Sea Kings.

The Sea Kings offense was lead by senior Jackson McDonald who was 2 for 2 with a walk, a sacrifice fly, two runs scored and an RBI and senior Vincent Menard who was 2 for 3 with a double, an RBI and 2 runs scored. Junior Ben Stone added 2 RBI’s for the Sea Kings.