<\/a>Kake’s Aiden Clark (25) puts up a shot against Tri-Valley’s Kole Lucas (33), Reid Williams (2) and Henry Miner (34) during their 4th\/6th-place game Saturday at the 2025 ASAA March Madness Alaska 1A State Basketball Championships at Anchorage’s Alaska Airlines Center. (Klas Stolpe \/ Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Kake trailed Tri-Valley 45-41 with five minutes left to play in the fourth quarter and went on a run with senior Talen Davis hitting a free throw, senior Keontay Jackson hitting two free throws, Jackson putting in a rebound and then another for a 48-45 lead.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The Thunderbirds answered a scoring drive by the Warriors’ Michael Renshaw who then missed a free throw with a rebound by senior Aiden Clark for possession.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Clark would miss a shot on the other end, but follow it for an offensive rebound and score to take a 50-47 lead with 1:20 left to play.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Renshaw would tie the game for Tri-Valley at 50-50 with a shot past the arc with 1:05 left.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Kake’s Jackson was called for an offensive foul and Tri-Valley called a timeout with 54.6 seconds left in regulation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The Warriors set up a play, but missed a shot that the Thunderbirds’ Clark rebounded. Kake missed a shot after a timeout and Tri-Valley rebounded the shot and called their own timeout with 16 seconds left.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Kake defenders Clark and senior Devin Aceveda bottled up the inside, while senior T. Davis and sophomore Xzavier Munoz-Torres disrupted the perimeter, and Tri-Valley missed a shot as the buzzer sounded.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“Our coach was preaching and praising during halftime for us to get rebounds so I thought that would really help us out,” Aceveda said. “I think basketball is not about just scoring, it is about the other aspects too, like rebounds, assists and helping your teammates out.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
When the four-minute overtime started Kake’s Jackson tipped the jump ball to Munoz-Torres who passed to T. Davis for a score in the lane and a 52-50 lead.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
A missed Tri-Valley shot was rebounded by Kake’s Clark and Jackson would score on the other end for a 54-50 lead.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Tri-Valley’s Reid Williams would be fouled twice in the next two possessions by the Warriors and hit the first of two free throws both times, but missed the second of each possession and Kake’s Clark grabbed those rebounds.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
T. Davis would be fouled with 1:28 to play and hit both free throws for a 56-52 lead.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
<\/a>Kake junior Devin Aceveda (35) and senior Keontay Jackson (33) defend Tri-Valley’s Reid Williams (2) during their 4th\/6th-place game Saturday at the 2025 ASAA March Madness Alaska 1A State Basketball Championships at Anchorage’s Alaska Airlines Center. (Klas Stolpe \/ Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
A missed Tri-Valley shot was grabbed by Kake’s Clark again, but the Thunderbirds could not capitalize.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Tri-Valley missed a shot and Kake’s Clark grabbed his 18th rebound of the game and was fouled, hitting one of the free throws for a 57-52 lead.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Tri-Valley’s Renshaw hit a shot past the arc to pull to 57-54 with 47 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Kake’s Jackson was fouled and missed his free throws but Clark scored on a putback for his 19th rebound and a 59-54 lead with 30 seconds left in the overtime.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“Lining up at the free throw line I thought if he misses I need to get that rebound,” Clark said. “I ended up getting it and laying it back up, pretty much iced the game. This team has meant a lot to me. the whole season has been a roller coaster, especially up here at state. Obviously we didn’t think we would lose but things happen. I’m just glad we got to spend one more season together, it’s fun spending it with these guys.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Tri-Valley would miss a shot, and Kake’s Aceveda rebounded and was fouled. He hit both free throws for a 61-54 lead.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Tri-Valley’s Williams hit a shot from just inside half-court to put to 61-57 with 22 seconds left.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Kake’s Jackson was fouled and hit his first of two free throws for his 28th point and a 62-57 lead. His second shot missed but Aceveda grabbed the rebound with nine seconds left in the game for the win.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Jackson would be honored with Player of the Game.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“It felt great as this team meant a lot to me and this was my last game to ever be in the Kake Thunderbird jersey and I’m going to miss this a lot,” Jackson said. “But I look forward to having a bright future for myself with what I learned with them.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t