{"id":44215,"date":"2019-03-06T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/region-v-tournament-jdhs-girls-take-on-defending-champ-ketchikan\/"},"modified":"2019-03-08T15:44:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T00:44:20","slug":"region-v-tournament-jdhs-girls-take-on-defending-champ-ketchikan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/region-v-tournament-jdhs-girls-take-on-defending-champ-ketchikan\/","title":{"rendered":"Live basketball: JDHS boys fall to Ketchikan in championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Friday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3:05 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ketchikan is crowned a second time. The Kayhi boys defeat Juneau-Douglas 66-60 in another thrilling match. Philip Gonzales&rsquo; fadeway 3-pointer all but erased an eight-point fourth quarter deficit. But JDHS went cold from beyond the arc in the final minutes of the game and couldn&rsquo;t find the go-ahead basket.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:30<\/strong> p.m.<\/p>\n<p>JDHS boys trail Ketchikan 54-46 with one quarter left to play in the Region V 4A boys championship game. On the court for JDHS: Cooper Kriegmont, Brock McCormick, Israel Yadao, Philip Gonzales and Krishant Samtani.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:05 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The JDHS girls lose 47-43 to Ketchikan in the Region V 4A girls championship game.<\/p>\n<p>Lianne Guevarra scored the go-ahead bucket midway through the third quarter and the Lady Kings never looked back. The Crimson Bears trailed by just one point for a moment in the fourth quarter, but Ketchikan&rsquo;s Jenae Rhoads and Madison Rose made key plays to maintain the lead.<\/p>\n<p>The Lady Kings are now six-time Region V 4A champions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pDDZA-ZV4NY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>11:55 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back inside the B.J. McGillis Gymnsium from Mt. Edgecumbe High School. Several hundred fans are on hand to watch the Juneau-Douglas and Ketchikan girls face off in the Region V 4A championship game. The Crimson Bears have a 23-20 halftime edge. Sadie Tuckwood was everywhere in the first half and the Crimson Bears hit several 3-pointers to get off to a solid start.<\/p>\n<p>JDHS will force an &ldquo;if&rdquo; game with a victory. But if Ketchikan wins they take the region crown outright.<\/p>\n<p>Read our coverage from Thursday&rsquo;s games:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/samtani-and-crimson-bears-rumble-into-region-v-finals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Samtani and Crimson Bears rumble into Region V finals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/tuckwood-led-crimson-bears-stay-alive-at-region-v\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tuckwood-led Crimson Bears stay alive at Region V<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>12:10 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Juneau-Douglas makes four big 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and escapes Thunder Mountain 60-55.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Krishant Samtani &mdash; who made three of those late 3&rsquo;s &mdash; finished with a game-high 23 points.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s probably one of the best moments of my life as of right now &mdash; speechless,&rdquo; Samtani said afterwards. &ldquo;But we&rsquo;re not done. We haven&rsquo;t done anything.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Crimson Bears and Ketchikan Kings are the only two teams remaining the Region V 4A boys and girls fields. JDHS must win tomorrow to force an &ldquo;if&rdquo; game on Saturday. Tipoff is 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:30 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JDHS boys lead Thunder Mountain at halftime 21-19. Lots of grit shown in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:11 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The JDHS and TMHS boys are through one quarter. Same stakes in this game as its predecessor &mdash; win and face Ketchikan, lose and go home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9:35<\/strong> a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The JDHS girls advance. The Crimson Bears take a 60-39 win over Thunder Mountain and now get to play Ketchikan tomorrow morning at 11:30 a.m. A Ketchikan win ends the tournament and crowns the Lady Kings as region champs. A JDHS win means the Crimson Bears will have to square off again with Ketchikan on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9:20 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JDHS is leading 48-35 early in the fourth. The Crimson Bears defense has been exceptional. The Falcons got to the free-throw line with ease in the second quarter but since then have had to find other ways to score.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8:45 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Crimson Bears close the first half on a big 17-1 run on baskets by Caitlin Pusich, Sadie Tuckwood, Trinity Jackson and others. They&rsquo;re feeling good. JDHS trailed by six points early in the second quarter before they found their groove.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8:05 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We got a JDHS-Thunder Mountain doubleheader on tap at the Region V Basketball Tournament. The girls are tipping off now. The JDHS girls are 5-0 against TMHS this season.<\/p>\n<p>Other than both Ketchikan teams, the Haines boys, Petersburg boys, Petersburg girls and Metlakatla girls picked up wins yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/region-v-falcons-fall-to-lady-kings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read our coverage of Day 1 here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>6:27 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not Thunder Mountain&rsquo;s night. They lose to Ketchikan 55-37 and now have to win three in a row for a region championship. Ketchikan gets tomorrow off and will play either JDHS or Thunder Mountain on Friday at 1:15 p.m. TMHS is back on the hardwood at 9:45 a.m. against JDHS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6:15 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s starting to look like Thunder Mountain will be playing against JDHS in the loser&rsquo;s bracket tomorrow morning. They&rsquo;re behind 51-31 midway through the fourth. Ketchikan hasn&rsquo;t shot the ball particularly well but is still finding ways to score. Chris Lee has made several impressive drives for points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5:52 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thunder Mountain and Ketchikan boys just started the third quarter of their semfinals matchup. Ketchikan ahead 32-21 with 6:16 left in the quarter. Junior Bryson Echiverri has most of the points for the Falcons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4:50 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Still in shock. Wow. Ketchikan freshman Shaelynn Mendoza buried a 3-pointer at the buzzer to knock off JDHS 52-51. Check out this video.<\/p>\n<p>The five-time defending region champs are one win away from six-peating. The Crimson Bears square off against Thunder Mountain tomorrow at 8 a.m. Do or die time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fAi82yX00yE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>4:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JDHS senior Caitlin Pusich is sticking it to Ketchikan. She has 10 points in the fourth quarter and is the reason JDHS leads 48-44 with 1:21 left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4:13 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JDHS is happy to put that third quarter behind them. They find themselves behind for the first time in the second half. Ketchikan&rsquo;s Ashley Huffine tied the game at 33 on a pretty spin layup then made two free throws with 4.8 seconds left for the 35-33 lead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The third quarter is underway. JDHS currently leads Ketchikan 33-26 with five minutes left in the quarter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Juneau-Douglas girls are about to take the court in their first game of the Region V basketball tournament. It&rsquo;s a festive atmosphere here in the B.J. McGillis Gymnasium at Mt. Edgecumbe High School. The Ketchikan Lady Kings, JDHS&rsquo; opponent, have fans everywhere in sight. The student section is dressed in camouflage to imitate bear hunters.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Region V Tournament Check-In\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Csl40h1vix0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Region V basketball tournament is Sitka has entered Day 2.<\/p>\n<p>Two winners bracket games are taking place this afternoon. The Juneau-Douglas High School girls team takes on five-time defending reigning champ Ketchikan at 3 p.m., and the Thunder Mountain High School boys team takes on Ketchikan at 4:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>\u2022 Contact sports reporter Nolin Ainsworth at 523-2272 or nainsworth@juneauempire.com. Follow Empire Sports on Twitter at @akempiresports.<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live updates from the Region V Basketball Tournament in Sitka. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":425,"featured_media":44351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[319],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-44215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-sports","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44215"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=44215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}