BIG RIGS – Max Bennett, 2, checks out the steering on a steamroller during the 3 to 5 Preschool’s Big Rig fundraiser in front of Mt. Edgecumbe High School Saturday. Hundreds of kids and parents braved the wet weather to check out the assortment of machines, including road building trucks, a U.S. Coast Guard ANT boat, police cars and fire department rigs. Kids were able to ride as passengers on ATVs. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
Sitka Boys, Juneau-Douglas Girls Win Kayhi XC Meet
By KLAS STOLPE
Sentinel Staff Writer
Sitka’s Dominic Baciocco, Skyler McIntyre and Joe Pate finished second through fourth behind Juneau-Douglas High School senior Arne Ellefson-Carnes to help the Wolves outscore the Crimson Bears and win the boys race at the Ketchikan Invitational Cross Country Meet on Saturday.
JDHS junior Sadie Tuckwood won the girls run with teammate Anna Iverson second to lead the Crimson Bears to the team title.
Ellefson-Carnes ran a 16 minute 10 second 5K for the win in the boys race. Baciocco followed at 16:26, McIntyre 16:27 and Pate 16:37. Rounding out the top 10 were JDHS’ Finn Morley 5th in 17:11, Thunder Mountain’s Tucker Kelly 6th in 17:14, Kake’s Bryce Knudsen 7th in 17:24, Skagway’s Danny Brady 8th in 17:27, Sitka’s Tabor Buxton 9th in 17:29 and JDHS’ Ronan Davies 10th in 17:29.
The Wolves’ Kobi Weiland placed 16th in 17:53, Derek Bartlett 19th in 17:58 and Rio Behnken Barkhau 31st in 18:55.
Mt. Edgeumbe’s Brayden Bahnke (from Nome) was the top Braves runner, finishing 33rd in 18:57, Sitka’s Noah Blackmon was 36th in 19:08, MEHS’ Dayton Hoblet (False Pass) 41st in 19:36, MEHS’ Leon Evon (Bethel) 45th in 19:45, MEHS’ David Bahnke (Nome) 52nd in 20:01, SHS’ Hahlen Behnken Barkhau 54th in 20:09, and MEHS’ Kahliel Martin (Bethel) 66th in 20:56.
Tuckwood continues to be a minute above her Southeast female competition, hitting 18:11 for the win, with Iverson at 19:12, Petersburg’s Maia Cown was 3rd in 19:51, JDHS’ Katherine McKenna fourth in 20:25, Thunder Mountain’s Hannah Deer 5th in 20:44, TMHS’ Kiah Dihle 6th in 20:47, PSG’s Kendra Coonrad 7th in 20:50, JDHS’ Annika Schwartz 8th in 20:55, JDHS’ Jasmin Holst 9th in 20:58 and JDHS’ Trinity Jackson 10th in 21:08.
Top runner from “the rock” was Mt. Edgecumbe’s Brystel Charlie (Kwethluk) placing 21st in 22:18 and Sitka’s Tawny Smith finishing 25th in 22:39. The Wolves’ Ella Lubin was 26th in 22:51, Addie Poulson 36th in 24:12 and Audrey Saiz 38th in 24:31. MEHS’ Marita Tutunnoak (Quinhagok) was 39th in 24:31, SHS’ Olivia Wilcox 43rd in 24:56, MEHS’ Jaylin Martinez (Tuluksak) 44th in 25:01, MEHS’ Adeline Dyment (Bethel) 45th in 25:01, SHS’ Haley Bartolaba 50th in 25:28, MEHS’ Kayla Kashevarolf (Anchorage) 51st in 25:41, MEHS’ Alexis Rexford (52nd in 25:42 and MEHS’ Liliana White 58th in 26:28.
Mt. Edgecumbe and Sitka will compete at the Southeast Region V Cross Country Championships in Juneau on Saturday.
TEAM SCORES
BOYS - Sitka 32; Juneau-Douglas 37; Ketchikan 83; Thunder Mountain 135; Mt. Edgecumbe 198; Skagway 232; Wrangell 236; Thorne Bay 253; Metlakatla 286; Craig 300; Klawock 317; Incomplete scoring teams were Kake and Hydaburg.
GIRLS - Juneau-Douglas 24; Petersburg 65; Thunder Mountain 87; Ketchikan 91; Wrangell 131; Sitka 143; Mt. Edgecumbe 168; Incomplete scoring teams were Craig, Gustavus, Hydaburg, Kake, Klawock, and Metlakatla.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
BOYS - 1 Arne Ellefson-Carnes JDHS 0:16:10; 2 Dominic Baciocco SIT 0:16:26; 3 Skyler McIntyre SIT 0:16:27; 4 Joe Pate SIT 0:16:37; 5 Finn Morley JDHS 0:17:11; 6 Tucker Kelly TMHS 0:17:14; 7 Bryce Knudsen Kake 0:17:24; 8 Danny Brady SKG 0:17:27; 9 Tabor Buxton SIT 0:17:29; 10 Ronan Davies JDHS 0:17:29; 11 Ambrose Bucy JDHS 0:17:30; 12 Mickey Lapinski KTN 0:17:38; 13 Clem Taylor-Roth JDHS 0:17:38; 14 Koby Goldstein JDHS 0:17:41; 15 Brent Capps KTN 0:17:49; 16 Kobi Weiland SIT 0:17:53; 17 Tolin Eddy PSG 0:17:55; 18 Phillip Smith KTN 0:17:58; 19 Derek Bartlett SIT 0:17:58; 20 Jacob King KTN 0:18:08; 21 Max Dapcevich JDHS 0:18:12; 22 Brennan Skeek PSG 0:18:13; 23 Charlie Blair KTN 0:18:16; 24 Dwight King KTN 0:18:18; 25 Tim Degener JDHS 0:18:19; 26 Riley Sikes TMHS 0:18:21; 27 Colton Johns JDHS 0:18:21; 28 Owen Squires JDHS 0:18:41; 29 Ivan Credito KTN 0:18:44; 30 Chase Lister PSG 0:18:52; 31 Rio Behnken Barkhau SIT 0:18:55; 32 Kole Sperl PSG 0:18:55; 33 Brayden Bahnke MEHS 0:18:57; 34 Hunter Mathews KTN 0:18:59; 35 Ryan Rooney WRG 0:19:02; 36 Noah Blackmon SIT 0:19:08; 37 Koren Sperl PSG 0:19:12; 38 Jonah Brown TMHS 0:19:16; 39 Uriah Lucas PSG 0:19:27; 40 Stockton Schwab TB 0:19:32; 41 Dayton Hoblet MEHS 0:19:36; 42 Elias West TMHS 0:19:38; 43 Ethan Bultez TMHS 0:19:39; 44 Tommy Bowman TMHS 0:19:42; 45 Leon Evon MEHS 0:19:45; 46 Jacob Congdon TB 0:19:50; 47 Silas Myers SKG 0:19:52; 48 Fenton Jim WRG 0:19:54; 49 Reed Anderson PSG 0:19:57; 50 Jonah Comstock WRG 0:19:59; 51 Trever Olsen HYD 0:19:59; 52 David Bahnke MEHS 0:20:01; 53 Michael Durkin PSG 0:20:05; 54 Hahlen Behnken Barkhau SIT 0:20:09; 55 Kyle Congdon TB 0:20:15; 56 Noah Sullivan PSG 0:20:16; 57 Navin Valley MET 0:20:19; 58 Gabriel Almenzor CRG 0:20:20; 59 Jon Barron KTN 0:20:23; 60 Katlian Blankenship KTN 0:20:29; 61 Julian Cumps PSG 0:20:32; 62 Sam Dobson TMHS 0:20:38; 63 Asa Dow SIT 0:20:39; 64 Ben Macaulay TMHS 0:20:39; 65 Elijah Mead TMHS 0:20:40; 66 Kahliel Martin MEHS 0:20:56; 67 Aaron Taylor CRG 0:20:59; 68 Caleb White MET 0:20:59; 69 Caleb Eisenhower KTN time not available.
GIRLS - 1 Sadie Tuckwood JDHS 0:18:11; 2 Anna Iverson JDHS 0:19:12; 3 Maia Cowan PSG 0:19:51; 4 Katherine McKenna JDHS 0:20:25; 5 Hannah Deer TMHS 0:20:44; 6 Kiah Dihle TMHS 0:20:47; 7 Kendra Coonrad PSG 0:20:50; 8 Annika Schwartz JDHS 0:20:55; 9 Jasmin Holst JDHS 0:20:58; 10 Trinity Jackson JDHS 0:21:08; 11 Morgan Elerding KTN 0:21:13; 12 Melanie Chase PSG 0:21:21; 13 Ruby McCue KTN 0:21:35; 14 McKenna McNutt JDHS 0:21:37; 15 Marina Lloyd JDHS 0:21:41; 16 Lillian Borromeo HYD 0:21:46; 17 Elizabeth (Ellie) Knapp TMHS 0:21:50; 18 Liana Carney WRG 0:21:56; 19 Avery Skeek PSG 0:22:05; 20 Ashley Cyr KTN 0:22:16; 21 Brystel Charlie MEHS 0:22:18; 22 Jade Balansag WRG 0:22:21; 23 Jing O’Brien WRG 0:22:22; 24 Linnea Lentfer JDHS 0:22:34; 25 Tawny Smith SIT 0:22:39; 26 Ella Lubin SIT 0:22:51; 27 Paige Boehlert KTN 0:22:54; 28 Gretchen Neal JDHS 0:23:15; 29 Maggie Boehlert KTN 0:23:20; 30 Eva Lenhard PSG 0:23:22; 31 Grace Sikes TMHS 0:23:23; 32 Elizabeth Knight KTN 0:23:43; 33 Skylar Larrabee WRG 0:23:55; 34 Kenai Holien Klawock 0:24:07; 35 Codi Kelly GUS 0:24:11; 36 Addie Poulson SIT 0:24:12; 37 Sky Raymond KTN 0:24:27; 38 Audrey Saiz SIT 0:24:31; 39 Marita Tutunnoak MEHS 0:24:31; 40 Rachel Knight KTN 0:24:38; 41 Grace Hudson TMHS 0:24:46; 42 Anna Frazier TMHS 0:24:52; 43 Olivia Wilcox SIT 0:24:56; 44 Jaylin Martinez MEHS 0:25:01; 45 Adeline Dyment MEHS 0:25:01; 46 Halli Bennett CRG 0:25:01; 47 Sally Thompson TMHS 0:25:08; 48 Abigail Booton TMHS 0:25:09; 49 Ashley Hansen CRG 0:25:20; 50 Haley Bartolaba SIT 0:25:28; 51 Kayla Kashevarof MEHS 0:25:41; 52 Alexis Rexford MEHS 0:25:42; 53 Nina Carrillo TMHS 0:25:42; 54 Lydia Martin PSG 0:25:44; 55 Annie Christensen PSG 0:26:07; 56 Melia Lu Trousil TMHS 0:26:10; 57 Scherion Bohlke GUS 0:26:19; 58 Liliana White MET 0:26:28; 59 Leesa Murph PSG 0:26:36; 60 Baily Seay GUS 0:26:36; 61 Adriana Larrabee WRG 0:26:38; 62 Helen Decker WRG 0:26:39; 63 Malory Smith-Turpn KLWK 0:27:24; 64 Johanna Allen CRG 0:27:53; 65 Mariana Salazar TMHS 0:27:58; 66 Sophie Cornwall KTN 0:28:50; 67 Maddy Harding WRG 0:29:40; Times not available for Kake’s Dionna Jackson, Willow Jackson, Courtney James and Kylie Rose.
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20 YEARS AGO
April 2004
Responding to the requests of athletes, coaches and parents, the Sitka School Board voted unanimously Monday against a proposal that would have changed Sitka High School’s classification from Class 4A, which includes Juneau and Ketchikan, to the 3A, which has schools with enrollment of 100 to 400 students.
50 YEARS AGO
April 1974
Memories of Sitka’s first radio station have been revived by a St. Louis, Mo., man who was one of the founders. Fred A. Wiethuchter recently wrote a letter to “Mayor Sitka, Alaska” asking about the town since he was here during World War II. He was an Army private at Fort Ray when he was attached to Armed Services Radio Station KRAY and WVCX ....
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