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Marley Kness was even hotter, Panthers couldn’t stop him. He traded treys to end the half holding a 35-31 edge. would get the deficit down in the second half with Sager and Borst, but Klanot surrender the lead. Chieftains went up by seven at the third quarter, and kicked the in the final period, evenwinning, 72-63.
forwards Bricker and Coout their careers by bethe all-conference team, junior point guard Sager. Cochran also made the Team, an award for seniors higher GPA. group coming back next Panther boys should be a conunder coach Ross Barrett.
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girls entered the tourney record (4-10 overall) and in a five-team field. Howmade them even hungrier. their best game of the soared past Kake in the round. Down 11-3 early, the Panthers lit it up with an 18-4 next 10 minutes to take halftime lead. Abby Myers connecting on three-pointers and good ball movement. With defense in the second half, a late Kake rally to win, Unfortunately, they lost point Jennings to an ankle in- jury, which would hurt their chances moving forward.


The young team with no seniors then faced top seed Angoon. A similar scenario played out with Skagway falling behind 17-6 in the first quarter and then mounting a run to start the second quarter. Some big shots by Athena Smith snagged the lead at 21-20. However, Skagway was not able to hold down Angoon the rest of the way. The Eagles went on their own scoring run to go up by 15 at the half, and then held Skagway to just two points in the second half. Final score was 59-34.
The Lady Panthers would face Kake again in the consolation round Saturday morning. Jennings was back in the line-up, but her play was limited. Kenadie Cox got things going for Skagway to take an early lead, and the game was close through the first half as Kake went up 18-12. The shots just weren’t falling for Skagway again in the second half, and Kake took the rematch, 39-23, to end the Lady Panthers’ season.
The Kake girls moved on to upset Angoon for second place and a state berth, along with region champion Klawock.
Myers and Smith made the all-conference team for Skagway, and Smith amazingly won both the free throw and three-point shooting contests. They will be back next year to lead a more experienced team for coach Nate Jennings.
