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Lathrop came up with two hits, one by Ciara Olalde and one from Payge Scanlon-Boswood. Jamie Bingham scored both runs for West, one coming on a solo home run in the fifth inning. 
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Ketchikan and Sitka each experienced massive victory margins Friday in the small schools softball state tournament at Cartee Fields, each winning twice to advance to Saturday's winners-bracket semifinal.
Ketchikan started its day with a 24-0 first-round blowout of Hutchison and then took out Homer 6-4 in the second round. Sitka stormed by Kodiak 13-5 in the first round before rolling by Eielson 16-1 in the second round of the double-elimination tournament. 
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Overall, expectations for the Q2 earnings season that is just getting underway are low. Back in April, earnings growth for companies on the Standard Poor’s 500 index was forecast at an average of 3.9 percent from the prior-year period, a figure which has dropped to 0.4 percent heading into the current week.
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