Clark noted the trust the starters have in their bench.
“We’ve seen them work at practice, we know the kind of work they put in,” he said. “We know what they are capable of. We have a lot of confidence in them, all of them.”
In all, 10 players would find the court in the first three quarters and an 11th would gather acclaim in the final stanza.
Eighth grader Erik Davis, the youngest bench player with the least season minutes, received some of the loudest applause from the court to the top row of the stands when he brought the house down with a shot country wise email marketing list past the arc and again from closer in.
“Because I’m the youngest,” he said of the applause. “It’s great. I get carried by the older players.”
One player who carries him the most is his idol
“Talen,” E. Davis said. “He’s my older brother, number three.”
K. Jackson led Kake with 12 points, sophomore Daniel Bean-Willis and Aceveda added 11 apiece, Moler 10, sophomore Wyatt Kadake nine, senior T. Davis eight, Clark six, J. Jackson and E. Davis five apiece and sophomore Xzavier Munoz-Torres and freshman Tyler Davis three apiece.
The Thunderbirds hit 1-4 from the free throw line, the Warriors 4-5.
Senior Abraham Hillaire led Hydaburg with seven points, Sanderson had six, Alander four, juniors Tyrone Carlson, Alan Kaneki and freshman D’Artagnan Peele-Guthrie three each, and junior Maika Olap two.
Hydaburg plays an elimination game at 11:45 a.m. Friday against the winner of Thursday’s late elimination game between Hoonah and Thorne Bay.
KLAWOCK 47, SKAGWAY 26
Klawock senior Tanner Smith was a marksman from
beyond the arc, hitting a game-high 21 points as the Chieftains advanced to Friday’s title game.
Smith hit four shots past the arc in the first quarter, accounting cochran led skagway with 10 points for 12 of Klawock’s 16 points while Skagway managed just six points in the stanza, four from junior Camden Lawson.
Smith and junior Connor Bagby continued the scoring spree discount promo with six points apiece in the second quarter to push the lead out to 32-10 at the half.
Skagway junior Royce Borst could only play limited minutes in the first half and senior Landon Rodig and junior Kaleb Cochran would be the only Panthers to score in the second half, each scoring eight points.