At Thunder Mountain High School on Friday, the Klawock girls basketball team held Yakutat at bay in the closing seconds of the Region V 1A girls basketball championship.<\/p>\n
The Chieftains secured their 37-35 win over the Eagles despite a nerve-wracking fourth quarter, as Yakutat stifled Klawock\u2019s offense in the closing seconds. The intensity built from the tip off, and both teams left every bit of energy out on the floor when the final buzzer sounded. <\/p>\n
Yakutat\u2019s dogged defender Sarah Newlun had the unenviable assignment of keeping Klawock point guard Ashley Huffine in check, and gobbled up turnovers that may have single-handedly kept her team in the game. Despite Neulin\u2019s impressive performance, Huffine scored a game-high 19 points to lead her team to victory.<\/p>\n
In her first year with the high school team, Klawock head coach Mary Edenshaw is taking her girls to the \u201cbig show.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so proud of them. I\u2019ve coached some the younger girls since sixth grade,\u201d she said. \u201cThe seniors are a little less used to me, so we had a little bit of growing to do but I felt we\u2019ve done it. \u2026 This group of girls right now, they\u2019re a great bunch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Edenshaw added that the fundamentals brought her team the Region V trophy.<\/p>\n
\u201cDefense, boxing out, rebounding and defense,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was a low-scoring game and the team that got the last rebound basically won the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though suffering a tough loss, one that could have easily gone their way, Yakutat\u2019s head coach expressed pride in his team\u2019s play.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese girls left it all out on the court,\u201d coach Rose Gordon said. \u201cWe\u2019re not done yet, we have another game (Saturday) and we still have a chance to go to state. \u2026 Couldn\u2019t have asked for a better performance. What a championship game, these girls do everything I ask.\u201d<\/p>\n
Behind Klawock\u2019s Huffine, the Chieftains were led in scoring by Raven Chafin with 11.<\/p>\n
Yakutat was led in defeat by Janie Jenson with 15, Dani Go with eight, and Sarah Newlun with seven.<\/p>\n
Klawock moves on to the 1A state tournament starting on March 16 in Anchorage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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