The Juneau-Douglas High School boys basketball team protected its lead from start to finish on Friday, sending the Wolves back to Sitka with two loses in as many nights.
JDHS capped Friday’s contest with a 22-point fourth-quarter effort to defeat Sitka, 74-61, at home. JDHS defeated Sitka on Thursday, 76-60, but allowed Sitka to fight back after holding a 31-point lead.
Kaleb Tompkins led the Crimson Bears on Friday with 26 points, followed by Bryce Swofford with 19, Guy Bean with 12, and Kolby Hoover added eight.
Tatum Bayne and Jesse Lanteigne led the Wolves with 19 points each.
Sitka jumped out to an early 15-14 lead over JDHS behind nine points from Bayne and five from Lanteigne. The Crimson Bears rallied in the second, with Tompkins scoring 10 of his team’s points to give JDHS a 35-26 advantage at halftime.
JDHS expanded its lead slightly to 52-41 to end the third quarter.
The Crimson Bears made 25-of-34 free throws, and the Wolves were 19-of-30 at the line.
