The travel woes magnified for the Skagway varsity basketball teams over the past two weeks. The teams were unable to fly to Kake Jan. 28-29, and those games tentatively have been rescheduled for just before regionals next month.
Skagway then hoped to play Klawock at home last weekend, but the Chieftains canceled, despite the weather clearing up and a Friday ferry being available for the team to get here. Skagway won all games by forfeit.
The Skagway girls are the only unbeaten 2A team in the state, but were ranked third last week behind Ninilchik and Bristol Bay. The boys got their first wins but would have much rather earned them on the court, where they felt they had a good shot at beating Klawock (0-10).
Activities Director Gary Trozzo was able to put together games with Haines last weekend (see scores below). Haines had an opening in its schedule because the lay-up of the fast ferry Fairweather prevented the team from traveling to a tourney in Hoonah.
This week’s home games with the Porter Creek girls and F.H. Collins boys were cancelled when the highway closed Tuesday before the Whitehorse teams could get to town.
Trozzo is keeping his fingers crossed for this weekend. Skagway’s final scheduled homestand of the season is this Saturday and Monday (Feb. 12 and 14) versus Yakutat, which has two strong teams this year. The girls contests will feature a rematch of last year’s 2A region championship, won by the Lady Panthers. The Lady Eagles (10-4) are ranked fifth in the state. Skagway then is scheduled to travel to Angoon Feb. 18-19.
Trevor Cochran avoids a charge against Haines and feeds Josh Cotton with a pass in the key . JB
NET RESULTS
Varsity Girls (11-0, 6-0 conf.)
Feb. 4-5 - Skagway def. Klawock twice (forfeit - team elected not to travel to Skagway)
Feb. 4 - Skagway 55, Haines 32: SGY- Ames 27, Can. Ketterman 23, Potter 3, Neitzer 2; HNS- Fossman 18, Jones 6, Hansen 6, Phillips 2.
Feb. 5 - Skagway 44, Haines 35: SGY- Ames 17, Potter 10, M. Harris 9, Can. Ketterman 6, Neitzer 2; HNS- Fossman 19, Visscher 10, Jones 3.
Varsity Boys (2-9, 2-4 conf.)
Feb. 4-5 - Skagway def. Klawock twice (forfeit)
Feb. 4 - Haines 65, Skagway 20: HNS- Narum 18, Bilie 13, Berry 13, W. Stickler 9, D. Stickler 6, Falvey 4, Combs 2; SGY- Cochran 10, Cotton 3, Henricksen 3, McCluskey 2, Littlefield 2.
Feb. 5- Haines JV 42, Skagway 31: HNS- W. Stickler 11, Hart 10, Ware 9, Lende 8, Green 3, Falvey 1 ; SGY- McCluskey 9, Henricksen 8, Cochran 7, Twitchell 4, Jezini 3.