{"id":67343,"date":"2021-02-01T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/jdhs-boys-and-girls-outplay-tmhs-over-weekend-of-games\/"},"modified":"2021-02-01T02:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T11:30:00","slug":"jdhs-boys-and-girls-outplay-tmhs-over-weekend-of-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/jdhs-boys-and-girls-outplay-tmhs-over-weekend-of-games\/","title":{"rendered":"JDHS boys and girls outplay TMHS over weekend of games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé boys and girls basketball teams took it to Thunder Mountain High School as they won games Friday and Saturday night against their cross-town rival.<\/p>\n

The games come before both JDHS and TMHS will play a crowded slate of games against regional schools such as Sitka, Ketchikan and Mt. Edgecumbe, with some away and some home games.<\/p>\n

“This is going to be a tough stretch. It’s eight games in 14-15 days,” said THMS girls basketball coach Andy Lee in a phone interview. “What we want to do is come out of this with more momentum and better execution.”<\/p>\n

JDHS boys basketball coach Rob Casperson thanked fans for their dedication in watching the game streaming this year.<\/p>\n

“I know this is a completely different time for fans,” Casperson said. “We appreciate the fans are finding whatever way they can to watch the games and support the teams.”<\/p>\n

Girls basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n

The JDHS girls won 41-36 on Friday and 44-41 on Saturday in a pair of close games.<\/p>\n

“I think last year we achieved that competitive benchmark. I think this group is beyond moral victories,” Lee said. “We want to go out and compete with the best. We’re satisfied with the effort but not with the outcome.”<\/p>\n

JDHS girls Coach Steve Potter noted the teams swapped scoring streaks during the close games. <\/p>\n

[School district vehicle catches fire in JDHS parking lot]<\/ins><\/a><\/p>\n

“We won a couple of pretty close games. Both games, we would go on a run and they would go on a run,” Potter said in a phone interview. “I think that everyone in the region is pretty close. It probably is not even a matter who plays better that night, it’s who plays better last.”<\/p>\n

TMHS had solid showings by Mariah Tunavasa, Sam Dilley, and Sydney Strong, among others, Lee said. Avery Kreischer also put in a consistently solid performance.<\/p>\n

“Kreischer’s like our Swiss Army knife on offense,” Lee said. “We need a rebound, she gets a rebound. We need a steal, she gets a steal.”<\/p>\n

Good shooting helped carry JDHS on Saturday, Potter said.<\/p>\n

“We shot the ball Saturday better than we have been shooting,” Potter said. “Trinity (Jackson) and Skylar (Tuckwood) both had a pair of threes. To have five in one game is certainly helpful.”<\/p>\n

Boys basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n

The JDHS varsity boys won 74-53 on Friday and 78-54 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

“The first and foremost, the guys competed,” said TMHS boys coach John Blasco in a phone interview. “The game Friday night was competitive and they (JDHS) blew it open in the fourth quarter. J-D has got a strong team.”<\/p>\n

TMHS, which will play Mt. Edgecumbe High School this weekend at home, had strong showing from some individual players this weekend.<\/p>\n

“Oliver Mendoza had a couple nice games. I think Friday, he lead us with 14 points,” said Blasco. “Lance Nierra, who’s a freshman, had his first varsity game Friday, had nine points and three assists. That’s something positive when you look at what we’re trying to build going forward.”<\/p>\n

Casperson said these games were competitive, and the team is heading the right way, adapting and getting to where they need to be.<\/p>\n

“I like the direction our defense is heading in. We made some adjustments from our first weekend. We’re playing our defense more consistently,” Casperson said in a phone interview. “I think we’re gonna get there. I think it’s pretty encouraging where we are considering the turbo start to the season.”<\/p>\n

JDHS had solid performances from Cooper Kriegmont, Brock McCormick, Malaki Nichols, Lope Elizarde, and Garret Bryant, Casperson said.<\/p>\n

“They certainly believe we can get better,” Casperson said. “If they thought we were a finished product right now, I’d be pretty concerned for where their heads are. But they approach it the right way and they come ready to practice.”<\/p>\n

• Contact reporter Michael S. Lockett at (757) 621-1197 or mlockett@juneauempire.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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