The Kake girls basketball team gave up a small lead in the second half of Thursday\u2019s game against Klawock, losing 47-43 during day two of the Region V 1A Basketball Tournament.<\/p>\n
Kake, behind 10 points in the quarter from junior Jaqueline Bennum, took a 16-14 lead after the first quarter, and then extended that lead to 30-27 at halftime.<\/p>\n
In the third quarter, the tables started to turn.<\/p>\n
Klawock held Kake to just five points in the third while scoring 11 of their own to retake the lead 38-35 going into the final quarter. The Chieftains outscored the Thunderbirds again in the fourth, 9-8, to advance in the winner\u2019s bracket.<\/p>\n
Klawock freshman Ashley Huffine led all scorers with 20 points, including draining five shots from behind the 3-point line. Sophomore Isabella Rubio added 10 points for Klawock, followed by senior Raven Chafin with nine and eighth grader Taya Marvin with seven.<\/p>\n
Bennun scored a team-high 17 points for Kake, followed by eighth grader Willow Jackson with 10, senior Talia Davis with nine, and senior Sophia Aceveda with seven.<\/p>\n
Klawock will next play the winner of the Yakutat\/Angoon game in the girls championship at 6:15 p.m. today. Results of the Yakutat\/Angoon game were not available as of press time and will appear online at juneauempire.com. Kake will play Hoonah at 10 a.m. today in the losers\u2019 bracket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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