Jackson led Kake with eight points, B. Hallingstad had six and
junior Lydia Chang and freshman Kristina Jackson-Williams had two apiece.
“Key was teamwork,” Klawock coach Joseph Sanderson said. “We’ve been working
a lot on the road, playing hard, playing defense. We came in with a game plan and knew Kake was really good at the double and
triple team so we had that in mind and just played hard overall.”
HOONAH 48, SKAGWAY 46 OT
The Hoonah Lady Braves and Skagway Lady Panthers needed four country wise email marketing list minutes of overtime Thursday to decide who would play in Friday’s region title game, and Hoonah sophomore Jora Savland clinched the
decision with a driving shot at the buzzer for the 48-46 win.
To get there, the Lady Braves needed a big boost
from junior Paige Woitte, who drained a shot from past the arc in the fourth quarter to give Hoonah a 32-31 lead with two minutes left.
Skagway freshman Amelia Myers answered with a basket to skagway also lost star junior lennon jennings regain the advantage 33-32 with 1:40 left to play.
Woitte again made space past the arc and buried a shot for a 35-33 lead with 50 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Skagway sophomore Kelsey Cox would hit a bucket discount promo with 30 seconds left to tie the game and both teams had last shots to win, but could not get the score.
Skagway senior Kaitlyn Tronrud opened the extra stanza
with a basket for a 37-35 lead and was answered by Hoonah’s Savlund to tie.
Skagway got back-to-back baskets by Myers and Tronrud for a 41-37 lead, but Hoonah’s Savland hit from past the arc and Woitte hit a free throw to tie the game at 41-41. Woitte then hit from past the arc and
Savland hit a free throw for a 45-41 lead with 34 seconds left in the
game. Skagway’s Tronrud fouled out and was done for the game.
Skagway’s Myers would earn two trips to the free throw line,
cashing in on one point each time, to trail 45-43 with 22 seconds left.
Hoonah’s Savland was fouled and hit one of two for a 46-43 lead with 16 seconds left.
Skagway looked to be lost, but Myers found space past the arc and hit all net to tie the game at 46-46 and the Lady Panthers immediately fouled Savland.
Savland would miss both free throws with eight seconds left, but Woitte controlled the rebound and fed Savland, who drove into traffic and lifted a shot onto the rim and in the basket as the buzzer sounded.
“I was just hoping the shot would go in,” Savland said. “We lost to them twice during the season so we know how good they are. Now we get a chance to win a title and go to state.”