Twin softball sisters swing in Dominican Republic

An American youth softball team playing in the Dominican Republic last week had an Edge against its competition.

Make that two Edges.

Twin sisters Alissa and Kelsey Edge were selected to play seven games in the Caribbean for a national team assembled through the American Based Sports Abroad organization.

The Edge sisters are products of the Marysville-Pilchuck High School softball program, but their dad, Bernie Edge, is a La Conner alum who played baseball for the Braves.

“It’s been a lot of fun watching them develop and play,” he told the Weekly News Saturday night from Santo Domingo, where t...