TRUCK FIRE – Firefighters knock down a fire in a Ford Explorer truck in Arrowhead Trailer Park in the 1200 block of Sawmill Creek Road Saturday evening. One person received fire-related injuries and was taken to the hospital, Sitka Fire Department Chief Craig Warren said, and the truck was considered a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Warren said. The fire hall received the call about the fire at 5:33 p.m., and one fire engine with eight firefighters and an ambulance were dispatched, he said. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

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    The Southeast Region V 3A girls basketball champion Mt. Edgecumbe Lady Braves are hoping to warm their jumpshots up north.
    Mt. Edgecumbe High (16-10) is the No. 4  seed in the girls 3A bracket of the ASAA March Madness Alaska State Basketball Tournament at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, and opens play against the No. 5 Kenai Central Kardinals (18-9) at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
    “I’m telling them they have a great opportunity to do great things on the court,” Mt. Edgecumbe coach Kathy Forrester said. “Every team we play are the same age as we are.”
    For common opponents during the season Kenai has beaten Ketchikan by 4 points while MEHS has lost three times to the Lady Kings and beaten them by 11 points at the B.J. McGillis Gym and again by 2 in the Region V crossover game.
    Kenai has beaten Homer by 36 and 40 while MEHS has beaten the Lady Mariners by 22 and 27; Kenai has beaten Grace Christian by 2 and 5 while MEHS has beaten the Lady Grizzlies by 5 and 11.
    “We will need to play smart, under control, but aggressive,” Forrester said.

Mt. Edgecumbe senior Sanora Bell (30) scores against Ketchikan during the Region V 3A/4A cross over game during the Southeast Tournament at B.J. McGillis Gymnasium. The Lady Braves and Lady Kings will face their biggest challenge of the season as they open their respective ASAA State Tournament brackets on Thursday against high caliber teams at Anchorage’s Alaska Airlines Center. (Sentinel Photo by Klas Stolpe

    Also on their half of the bracket is top seeded Anchorage Christian School Lions (26-0) playing the No. 8 Kotzebue Lady Huskies (11-10). ACS has not lost a game to any Alaska team of any size this season.
    The opposite side of the bracket pits No. 3 Nikiski Bulldogs (22-4) against the No. 6 Valdez Buccaneers (16-10) and the No. 7 Barrow Lady Whalers (15-12) against the No. 2 Galena Lady Hawks (22-3).
    “We have had so much sickness spreading through out team,” Forrester said. “It’s been tough keeping them in shape. We haven’t practiced with a whole team since regionals but we are trying. We’re watching game film, having team discussions, really the same procedure we do all year.”
    The 4A girls bracket also begins on Thursday with the Region V champion Ketchikan Lady Kings (14-11) opening as a No. 8 seed against the top ranked Dimond Lynx (20-2). That side of the bracket also features No. 4 Soldotna Stars (21-3) against No. 5 West Anchorage Eagles (14-8).
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20 YEARS AGO

March 2004

Businesses using the Centennial Hall parking lot testified Tuesday against a proposal to charge them rent in addition to the $200 annual permit fee. City Administrator Hugh Bevan made the proposal in response to the Assembly’s direction to Centennial Hall manager Don Kluting to try to close the $340,000 gap between building revenues and operational costs.


50 YEARS AGO

March 1974

Alaska Native Brotherhood Grand President William S. Paul Sr. will be special guest and speaker at the local ANB, Alaska Native Sisterhood Founders Day program Monday at the ANB Hall.

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