Program Prints 2 Values When It Should Only Print 1

When I run this code, it is supposed to get one value from turnTimer(); and return it, just as a test. This works when I enter a valid pit. For example. If I were to input "A" when it's player one's turn, it will return 1, like it should. However, if I were to type "H" when it's player one's turn, it returns "Not a valid pit!"(like it should) but then it also returns 12. It shouldn't know that H is 12 because it's in a separate method. I'm confused as to why it's printing both values.

import java.util.*;
public class Mancala
{
static Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
public static int pit;
public static void main(String[]args)
{
Mancala mancala = new Mancala();
int[] board = {0,3,3,3,3,3,3,0,3,3,3,3,3,3};

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