The Malemutes will meet Fort Yukon in Saturday’s 1A girls title game while Kake and King Cove advanced in the boys bracket.
Updated: 31 minutes agoNewhalen girls basketball coach James Barthelman had an eerie feeling in the second half of his team’s semifinal game against Klawock in the Alaska 1A girls basketball tournament on Friday.
That championship game was also a memorable one for sophomore Pagan Lester. An eighth grader on the 2022 team, Lester was nicknamed “The Mosquito” for her defense, buzzing around and bothering opponents.“We were just clicking,” he said. “ Marvin got in foul trouble, and that really hurt them. That’s a big presence in the middle and she can score at will because she has so much height on us. And we shot the ball well.
“We just took our shots,” she said. “We just did what we knew we wanted to do. I think in the second half, we expected them to come on strong. They want their revenge, but we should have just kept that mindset we had in the beginning.”A big run late in the third quarter had Klawock down just seven entering the fourth quarter. The Newhalen lead was just four with 6:40 left but after a two-minute possession, Angela Anelon converted a big layup to make it.
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