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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By KLAS STOLPE
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The toughest opponents of their high school basketball season, if not careers, await the Region V champion Sitka Wolves (8-16) as they get ready to tip off against opponents in the 2019 ASAA March Madness Alaska 3A/4A Basketball State Championships on Thursday at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage.
Possibly the biggest David and Goliath story of the year looms for Sitka – they’re the No. 8 seed in the 3A boys bracket and face the No. 1 Anchorage Christian School at 8 a.m. The Lions are 25-1 on the season. Their lone loss came at the hands of the 4A Colony Knights. In an endowment game that doesn’t count on their record the Lions also fell by 2 points to the 4A boys No. 1 state team, East Anchorage Thunderbirds.
“We had two practices at 8 a.m.,” Sitka coach Jarrett Harai said. “Not that getting used to 8 a.m. games is easy. It’s hard to roll out of bed early in the morning and be willing to go zero to 60 an hour later.”
Sitka senior CJ Taccad and junior Gavin Flores battle for a ball with Mt. Edgecumbe’s Bear Brown during the Region V 3A boys championship at the B.J. McGillis Gym. Sitka will face their biggest challenge of the season
when they open the ASAA March Madness Alaska 3A State Basketball Tournament against Anchorage Christian School on Thursday in Anchorage’s Alaska Airlines Center. (Sentinel Photos by Klas Stolpe)
As to common opponents, ACS beat Mt. Edgecumbe by over 50 points while Sitka lost two games and won one during the regular season, then lost a 39-36 Region V opener but turned the tables, winning in overtime 36-33 and then for the region title 45-32. ACS defeated West Valley by 19 while Sitka lost to the Wolfpack by 8; ACS beat Homer by 40 and 20 while Sitka lost to the Mariners by 11 and 12; ACS beat Grace Christian by 20, 13, and 16 while Sitka lost to the Grizzlies by 7; ACS beat Seward by 21 and 22 while Sitka lost to the Seahawks by 12; and ACS beat Palmer by 18 while Sitka lost to the Moose by 48.
“ACS is the best team in the 3A conference,” Harai said. “We have to work on not giving them what they want on the offensive side of the floor and hope to cope with the fast athletic pressure that they will put on us. We have to not let them play the tempo of ball they like. It’s really tough to replicate their style in practice.”
Also on the Sitka side of the bracket are No. 4 Nome-Beltz Nanooks (17-9) against the No. 5 Ben Eielson Ravens (20-8).
On the opposite side of the bracket are No. 3 Grace (19-8) against No. 6 Barrow Whalers (14-18) and No. 2 Valdez Buccaneers (21-5) against No. 7 Monroe Catholic Rams (18-8).
“ACS will be a tough match-up for us,” Harai said. “Things will have to fall our way. All we can do is try to play the best, mature, gutsy basketball we can and see what happens. It’s a lot to ask for but we earned the position we are in by playing that way last week and we will take what we get. The boys and I are excited to get there and hope to make the most of it.”
The 4A boys bracket also begins on Thursday with the Region V champion Ketchikan Kings (19-8) opening as the No. 8 seed against top ranked East Anchorage (20-4) and the No. 4 West Anchorage Eagles (21-6) playing No. 5 Soldotna Stars (11-11). Opposite side of the bracket features the No. 3 Dimond Lynx (21-3) playing No. 6 Palmer Moose (13-14), and the No. 2 Colony (21-3) against No. 7 West Valley (15-10).
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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.