The Sitka Lady Wolves were the favorite the 3A classification statewide.
GIRLS FINAL: The Sitka Lady Wolves are the 3A State Basketball champions. The Sitka girls beat Valdez 53-50 on the main court of the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage Saturday afternoon (3-21-15) to claim the title.
Valdez attempted to shut down Sitka’s Sid Riggs, but their strategy backfired when the senior went to the free throw line and sank 11 of 13 attempts. Riggs had 18 points total in the game. Zosha Krupa more than picked up the slack. The sophomore standout had her game of the season and rang up 21 points.
View tournament brackets and box scores for boys and girls.
BOYS UPDATE 2:30 PM, Friday March 20: Hutchinson 69, Sitka 56
The Sitka Wolves lost their second game and are out of this year’s state 3A Basketball tournament.
The Sitka boys fell to Hutchinson, 56-69, Friday morning. The previous day the Wolves lost to Barrow to drop into the losers bracket.
Hutchinson held Sitka’s top scorer, Tevin Bayne, to only 12 points in what proved to be the Wolves’ last game of the season.
GIRLS UPDATE 7:40 AM, Friday March 20: Sitka 37, Anchorage Christian 35
The Sitka Lady Wolves defeated Anchorage Christian School Thursday evening, 37-35. Sitka senior Sid Riggs put up 23 points for the Lady Wolves. Sitka moves into the semi-final game against Hutchison at 5:10 this evening.
BOYS UPDATE 1:30 PM, Thursday March 19: Barrow 56, Sitka 44
The Sitka Wolves lost their opening game of the state 3A Basketball Tournament, 44-56, to the Barrow Whalers.
Sitka junior Tevin Bayne put up 23 points, but the rest of the Wolves’ offense was sluggish, especially in the 4th quarter. The Whalers scored 16 points in the final period to 8 for the Wolves, and put away an otherwise close game.
The Sitka boys will face Hutchison or Friday morning at 8 AM. The best the Wolves can do in the tournament is 4th place.
