The Juneau-Douglas High School cheer team placed first out of four teams (JDHS, Kodiak, Nome-Beltz and Petersburg) in the 2017 Alaska Cheer State Championship Competition… Continue reading
Former Thunder Mountain High School swimming standout Kenny Fox received All-American honors at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in Shenandoah, Texas. Fox… Continue reading
History pointed to Kake winning the game. History said Hoonah would have a chance, but Kake would win the 2017 Masters Bracket at the Gold… Continue reading
With 10 minutes left in the first half of Saturday’s W Bracket Championship, Hoonah scored to tie Haines at 12 points apiece. Then Hoonah stopped… Continue reading
Klukwan’s Jessie McGraw stood at the free-throw line, preparing to shoot the second of two foul shots. He wasn’t sure when the last time he… Continue reading
Though now a Hollywood star, Yakutat native and Gold Medal regular Martin Sensmeier didn’t expect a red carpet at the Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball… Continue reading
A defensive push in the game’s final two minutes saved the day for the Juneau Douglas Crimson Bears as they closed a 10-point deficit and… Continue reading
No one player on the James Gang (Juneau) team possesses the offensive skills of Metlakatla’s Willie Hayward. But when you combine Sean Joslyn’s shooting, Bill… Continue reading
Wrangell understood Hoonah was deadly from 3-point range, so trailing 10 points late in Saturday’s B Bracket semifinal, they tested their opponents’ accuracy from a… Continue reading
Dreams of a state championship turn to learning experiences for most teams, and the 2017 Crimson Bear squads are no exception. The ladies found that… Continue reading
Partway through the second half of the Kake-Angoon Masters semifinal Friday afternoon, Rich Austin caught a break. Standing just outside the 3-point line, Angoon mistakenly… Continue reading
Early in the second half of Tuesday’s Angoon-Yakutat women’s game at the Gold Medal Tournament, two opposing players collided as Angoon sought to push the… Continue reading
There was no lack of talent among the eight teams playing in the Gold Medal B Bracket last week. But only one that had all… Continue reading
The deeper team stayed alive in the loser’s section of the B Bracket on Thursday. As Angoon’s bench has gotten shorter throughout the tournament due… Continue reading
Women’s Bracket Hoonah 47, Angoon 45 Hoonah rebounded from its Tuesday night loss against Haines with a close win over Angoon on Wednesday. Amber White… Continue reading
Wearing blue sweats and hunched over a crutch, 37-year-old Anthony Lindoff commented to each of his teammates as they dropped off their white Kake uniforms… Continue reading
Ken Willard ended up being Hoonah’s fourth-leading scorer in Thursday’s M Bracket semifinal, but for a crucial span, he was the team’s catalyst. The quick,… Continue reading
B Bracket Angoon 84, Yakutat 76 When Clayton Edwin laces up for the Gold Medal Tournament, standby — you might see a 55-point eruption like… Continue reading
The lean number 32 on Haines was everywhere in the second half — cutting in front and behind defenders, spotting up for a corner three,… Continue reading
The last 3-pointer James Gang made in Wednesday’s C Bracket contest against Yakutat was less than a minute into the second half. From that point… Continue reading
