After one day of J.I.V.E., it was Juneau-Douglas High School and Petersburg who sported the best records in round-robin play at 5-1.<\/p>\n
In their first round-robin game of the tournament, JDHS crushed Petersburg 25-11. However, the Vikings won all five of their games that followed Friday at JDHS.<\/p>\n
After defeating Petersburg, the Crimson Bears beat Stika (25-17), Ketchikan (25-15), Thunder Mountain (26-24) and Wrangell (25-11). They could not however get past Mount Edgecumbe, who in the second game beat them 25-18.<\/p>\n
TMHS started the tournament off with four wins over Metlakaktla (25-18), Wrangell (25-13) and Klawock (25-14) and Craig (25-18). The Falcons would finish the day with two straight losses against Mount Edgecumbe (24-26) and JDHS (24-26).<\/p>\n
As the only team in the tournament on Friday to defeat the hometown teams, Mount Edgecumbe met their match against Petersburg and Sitka. The Lady Braves finished Friday’s round-robin play at 3-2.<\/p>\n
Both the Falcons and Crimson Bears played three more games on Saturday before moving on to the elimination round. Check the Empire online to find out who won the tournament.<\/p>\n
Ketchikan 0, JDHS 3<\/p>\n
The Crimson Bears needed all the sleep they could get on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
On the eve of the J.I.V.E. tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School, the tournament hosts spent less than an hour defeating the Ketchikan Kings before heading home to recharge for Friday’s tournament.<\/p>\n
The 25-8, 25-7, 25-9 home victory marked the third time JDHS has won over Ketchikan in a seven days. With the win, the Crimson Bears remain undefeated in conference play at 5-0.<\/p>\n
Kayhi hosted the Crimson Bears the preceding weekend on their home floor. JDHS won both games in Ketchikan, 3-0, respectively.<\/p>\n
“They did a good job of staying focused and playing their game,” JDHS coach Dale Bontrager said.<\/p>\n
The senior trio of of Leah Spargo, Abby Meiners and Cassie Dzinich collected seven kills apiece.<\/p>\n
These and other Crimson Bears — such as middle hitter Jessica Pierce — delivered on offense when called upon. Beset by passing and hitting errors, the Kings were their own worst enemy for long stretches of the match.<\/p>\n
“Tonight we were just working on consistency,” Pierce said. “We have a tendency to go up and down (in play) and we didn’t want to play down, we wanted to keep the level high and be able to work on new things.”<\/p>\n
JDHS also let their hard serves do a sizable part of the scoring with most of the team picking up at least one ace.<\/p>\n
The J.I.V.E. tournament started on Friday afternoon. Bontrager says the tournament gives the team valuable court time.<\/p>\n
Pierce looks forward to seeing how the Southeast competition — which includes teams from all over Southeast — fares each year.<\/p>\n
“You never know what the other teams have improved on, what’s changed,” she said.<\/p>\n
Thunder Mountain won the tournament last season, and will be one of the favorites to do so again this year.<\/p>\n
• Contact sports reporter Nolin Ainsworth at 523-2272 or nolin.ainsworth@juneauempire.com.<\/b><\/p>\n
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