The Klawock Lady Chieftains defeated the Kake Lady Thunderbirds 33-18 on Thursday in the Alaska Airlines Region V 1A Girls Basketball Tournament at the Thunder Mountain Middle School gym, and the Hoonah Lady Braves needed overtime to stop the Skagway Lady Panthers 48-46. Both winners will meet for the championship at 8 p.m. Friday.
Klawock and Kake had the morning game, and their attitudes reflected the talent and aggression both teams possess.
A physical defensive game forced both teams to be patient with their offense, and Klawock held a 10-6 first quarter advantage thanks to five points from senior Lea Armour.
“I feel pretty good but we are not done yet so we
can’t be too happy until we get that first place,” Armour said. “We just had to play through the physicalness. I told the girls not to let it get to their heads and to keep playing.”
Kake battled back in the second quarter with two shots past country wise email marketing list the arc by junior LilyIda Jackson and another from sophomore Brooklyn Hallingstad. But Klawock found a shot past the arc by junior Keira Sanderson and one inside by eighth grader Alli Demmert to earn a 15-14 halftime lead.
“Staying positive is kind of hard sometimes, but we had our heads up for the bigger picture,” Klawock senior Kaiya Marvin said. “We just pushed through to hopefully win again.”
Klawock outscored Kake 7-2 in the third quarter for discount promo a 22-16 lead heading into the final quarter and allowed Kake just a single basket in the fourth quarter while scoring another 11 points.
Klawock was led by eight points apiece from Armour and eighth grader Jayla Edenshaw, Marvin added six points, Sanderson five, Demmert four and freshman AnaRose Peratrovich two.