Juneau's boys JV team strikes gold in Skagway

The Juneau-Douglas High School boys junior varsity basketball team took home a gold medal from Skagway last week after downing three Canadian teams in the Don Hather Tournament.

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The Crimson Bears opened play Thursday with a 65-40 victory over the Canadian Wildcats.

JDHS led 35-15 at halftime en route to the win. Reese Saviers and Jazz King led JDHS with 13 points each while Alex DeRocher added 10 points. Colin Gozelski scored eight points, Eric Sele and Tony Tompkins had six points each, Justin Brooks added five points and Torey Franzen scored four points in the win.

On Friday, JDHS withstood a 31-point barrage from Tony Nguyen to beat F.H. Collins from Whitehorse, Yukon, 57-47.

Saviers scored 15 points, King had 12 points and DeRocher added 10 points to pace the Crimson Bears. Sele and Franzen had five points each, Cort Saviers and Gozelski had four points each and Justin Brooks added a field goal in the win.

The Crimson Bears' JV sealed a gold medal Saturday with a 56-38 win over Whitehorse's Porter Creek.

JDHS enjoyed a balanced scoring effort as King and DeRocher poured in 12 points each while Reese Saviers and Gozelski scored 10 points each.

Franzen added eight points and Cort Saviers had two points while Books and Brandin Iseah hit one free throw each to round out Juneau-Douglas' scoring.

The Bears' JV will next play Jan. 25-26 at home against Colony.

The Juneau-Douglas girls "C" team finished with a 2-1 record at the Don Hather Tournament.

The Crimson Bears closed the tournament with a 50-43 win over Porter Creek on Saturday.

Olivia Henderson scored eight points in the second quarter to give JDHS a 25-15 halftime lead. Glenn Hoskinson added six of her eight points in the third quarter while Kendra Thompson added nine points in the final eight minutes to ice the win.

Amanda Roemeling also drew two chargers in the win.

In all for the Bears, Henderson scored a team-high 12 points, Nani Ostrom had 11 points, Hoskinson tallied eight points and Roemeling poured in seven points.

On Friday, JDHS fell to the F.H. Collins Warriors 45-30.

Juneau-Douglas cut F.H. Collins' lead to eight late in the game but couldn't overcome the deficit.

Hailey Pusich scored 12 points in the defeat while Maria Weyhrauch also scored.

The Warriors' center, Nora Deason, tallied a game-high 16 points.

JDHS won the tourney opener on Wednesday after downing the Canadian Wildcats 53-37 as Henderson poured in 12 points.

Ostrom had 11 points while Monica Ashenfelter, Kelsey Goodell and Kalea Chapman all scored in the win.

Sarah Brown, Beverly DeLaCruz and Emily King also contributed in Juneau's win.

Juneau-Douglas' junior varsity and "C" teams will take the floor Jan. 18-19 in Sitka.