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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MEHS Lady Braves Look to Region V Tourney
Mt. Edgecumbe girls coach Carl Blackhurst is hoping the momentum from a close loss to Sitka High last Saturday will carry over into the postseason for the Lady Braves.The MEHS girls rallied from down 13 points to take the lead in the fourth quarter against Sitka. The Lady Wolves pulled out the game to finish the conference regular season undefeated, but the Lady Braves are confident after going toe-to-toe with Southeast’s best team, Blackhurst said.
“I think for us, they’re the top of the league right now,” he said. “For us to come out and give them a tough game, we use that as a barometer and a confidence builder that the girls can play with anybody when they show up.”
Edgecumbe opens Region V tournament play in Ketchikan tomorrow at 3 p.m., with a first-round game against a dangerous Metlakatla team.
The Lady Braves beat the Miss Chiefs twice in the regular season on Japonski Island, but the wins were by a total of 7 points. Blackhurst said the Lady Braves will be fine if they come to play.
“We’ve shown we can beat everybody, we just need to take care of business and be focused,” Blackhurst said. “The key for us is really going to be defense. I think that’s a mentality more than anything. We just have to bring that intensity.”
Dating back to 1999, the Lady Braves have won eight of the 13 Region V 3A girls titles. They went back-to-back in 2008 and 2009 before falling to Sitka High in the 2010 championship game. The Lady Braves went on to win a state title that year.
But MEHS missed state last year and the Lady Braves enter the 2012 tournament looking to right the ship.
“We’re determined to get back up to Anchorage,” Blackhurst said.
The Lady Braves have enough talent to compete with anybody in the conference. But a tough January road schedule and injuries and illness have hindered the Lady Braves’ developing as a cohesive unit. Blackhurst, though, said things are coming together as the MEHS players “start to better understand their roles.”
Against Sitka, the Lady Braves got a big boost from the return of sophomore Scarlett Beaver, who had missed games the previous weekend with an illness. Beaver had 19 points last Saturday, including eight straight in the third quarter as MEHS erased the Sitka lead.
Freshman Taryn White has become a strong post presence for the Lady Braves, while Brenna Johanson, Mariah Martin and Brandi Hale can each score the basketball.
Melissa Fisher, Danielle Fields and Venita Demoski round out what may be the deepest rotation in the region, besides Sitka High.
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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.