LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Vikings Grab Wins Over Sitka, Edgecumbe
By Sentinel Staff
Petersburg High School picked up wins on both sides of the bridge this weekend giving them an early edge over Sitka and Mt. Edgecumbe in the girls 3A basketball standings for Region V.
Zosha Krupa shoots against Petersburg this weekend. (Sentinel Photo)
The Vikings wrapped up a 3-1 road trip to the outer passage with a 54-53 comeback win over Mt. Edgecumbe on Friday night, and a 41-37 win against Sitka Saturday. The series gives Petersburg a 3-1 record in conference, their only loss coming Wednesday at Mt. Edgecumbe.
The Braves sit at 1-3 with two losses to Sitka High and a split with Petersburg. Sitka is right in the middle with two wins over the Braves and two losses to Petersburg. The best record in conference will earn the top seed and a bye in the Region tournament.
Petersburg 54, Mt. Edgecumbe 53
Just 24 hours after an 11-point, fourth-quarter comeback at Sitka High, Petersburg gave an encore performance in the B.J. McGillis gymnasium Friday night.
The Braves were out in front 37-27 at the end of the third quarter, but in the opening four minutes of the final period the Vikings had cut the lead to 3 points on a 3-pointer by Ruby Brock. Brock hit four of Petersburg’s six 3-pointers for the game.
Mt. Edgecumbe held Petersburg off another four minutes but with 31 seconds left in the game Petersburg senior Kylie Wallace was fouled on a layup and gave the Vikings their first lead of the game with the 3-point play. The and-1 put Petersburg on top 52-51 and the Vikings added another 2 points from the free throw line.
Taryn White scored a layup to cut it to 54-53 with six seconds left. Mt. Edgecumbe fouled quickly to stop the clock.
After a missed free throw Mt. Edgecumbe took a timeout, giving them 4 seconds to advance the ball the length of the court for a shot. The Braves pushed the ball up the court to White, who missed wide left on a shot from several feet behind the three-point line.
White was the top scorer for the Braves with 22 points. She started the game with 8 points in the first quarter as the Braves ran out to a 19-7 lead.
In the second quarter they pushed their lead to 15 before Petersburg started to chip away.
JoAllyn Johnson was second in scoring for Mt. Edgecumbe with 9 points followed by Payton Weisz and Renatta Olson, who each had 5 points. Julie Amaktoolik and Tori Thomas each scored 2 points, and Wallace led Petersburg with 18 points.
Petersburg 41, Sitka 37
Petersburg wrapped up a weekend sweep of the Sitka High girls basketball team by holding off a Wolves comeback Saturday night at Sitka High.
The Wolves got off to a slow start, falling behind 8-0 in the first quarter. Freshman Tatum Bayne finally got Sitka rolling after two-and-a-half minutes of play. Hailey Denkinger then hit a 3-pointer, stole the ball on the next possession and Zoe Krupa hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 8, just 78 seconds after Sitka scored its first basket.
Petersburg took a 1-point lead into the second quarter but Sitka held the Vikings to 4 points in the second quarter while jumping out to a 22-16 lead. The Wolves had six different players score in the first half. Senior Sid Riggs finished the first half with four assists and 4 points while Kalene Koelling led the Wolves with 7 points.
Petersburg got back in front after halftime thanks to a barrage of 3-pointers. After hitting on only two shots from long-distance in the first half, the Vikings sunk four in the third quarter. Ruby Brock scored three of them and Petersburg took a 34-31 lead into the final quarter.
In the fourth quarter the scoring dropped off for both teams. Sitka shrunk the lead down to 34-33 but it took another five minutes before Riggs gave Sitka the lead on a 15-foot jumpshot with 1:55 to play.
Petersburg’s Adanna Kvernvik responded with a layup at the other end of the floor to get the lead back and the Vikings then put the game away at the free throw line for the 41-37 victory.
Riggs scored 11 points to lead the Wolves. Koelling finished with 7 points, Krupa scored 6 points, Bayne scored 4 points and Denkinger scored 3 points. Kyla Young, Ellie Cagle and Elle Gray all scored 1 point. Sitka shot 5-13 from the free throw line as a team.
Brock led Petersburg with 11 points. Kvernvik and Shalie Dahl scored 7 points each. The Vikings were 9-22 from the free throw line.
Petersburg took both games at Sitka High this weekend and split a pair with Mt. Edgecumbe giving the Vikings the early lead in the conference standings. Sitka and Mt. Edgecumbe will play 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Edgecumbe High School.
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Photo caption: National Republican Chairman George Bush takes a drink of water offered by Jan Craddick, Sitka delegate, during the Republican convention held here. Mrs. Craddick explained to Bush that the water was from Indian River, which means, according to local legend, that he will return.