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Cody Angerman on the Thunderbirds scores under pressure from Angoon defenders Bailey Johnson and Curtis Lane during Wrangell's last-minute 69-68 win over Angoon on Sunday during the Juneau Lions Club 69th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament B Bracket....
Humble and competitive. That alone should be enough to justify a selection into any hall of fame. Mt. Edgecumbe High School basketball coach and teacher Archie Young carries those traits and passes them on to his students, players, coaches and opponents. He was acknowledged for these integrities by the Alaska School Activities Association recently and announced as one of the 11 members of the Class of 2014 to be inducted into the Alaska High School Hall of Fame. "When I first heard about my...
Two Southeast runners, Dr. John Bursell and Jaime Bursell were safe at the site of the Boston Marathon, where two explosions killed three and injured at least 140 others. The blasts occurred near the finish of the race about two hours after the winners crossed the line. Contacted at their hotel room where they first learned of the blasts, Jaime Bursell said that sirens were still sounding in the area. Bursell finished the race in roughly three hours and they had already gone to their hotel to relax and recover. Bursell finished the Boston...
On paper it looked like one of the best match ups of the 67th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament as Hydaburg and Wrangell faced off in a Thursday afternoon elimination game that saw Hydaburg get the 67-48 win and Wrangell seats to watch the remainder of the tournament. The paper was unkind for the Stikine River boys as the Thunderbirds shots would not go down as often as they did in Wrangell’s first games of the tournament, while Hydaburg continued to ride the hot hands of the Edenshaw l...
Gold Medal B bracket runner-up Haines had their hands full with Wrangell on Monday. The Merchants could not put the Stikine River boys away as the Thunderbirds, playing their second game in as many days, overcame an early 8-3 Haines run and played to a 38-35 halftime advantage. The Thunderbirds hit seven triples in the half but only one in the second. The Merchants used a series of backdoor cuts if center Ben Egolf could not find post position but lost the battle on the boards in the second...