RESTORATION WORK – Father Herman Belt keeps an eye on Lincoln Street traffic this morning as workers use a Snorkel Lift to pull rotten pieces of trim from the facade of St. Michael’s Cathedral. Several pieces recently had fallen off the cathedral, which dates to 1976, causing concerns about other pieces possibly falling off and hitting pedestrians. Belt says the plan is to fabricate new wooden trim and properly flash it. East bound traffic was diverted up American Street during today’s work. Contractors may close the street again Wednesday morning. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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By TOM HESSE
Sentinel Staff Writer
Mt. Edgecumbe High’s unbeaten streak in volleyball rolls on after the Braves knocked off cross-town rival Sitka in straight sets Tuesday night.
Senora Ahmasuk spikes against Sitka Tuesday at Mt. Edgecumbe. (Sentinel Photo)
In the first of four regular season meetings, Mt. Edgecumbe swept the visiting Wolves 25-20, 25-16, 25-12. Sitka pushed Mt. Edgecumbe early in the first set. Braves coach Michael Mahoney said Sitka is the best team they’ve faced this season and it took the girls some time to adjust.
“Sitka’s got a tough team this year, and it took them a little while to feel each other out and figure out what their strengths and weaknesses are,” Mahoney said. “I think one of the things the girls did really well tonight is adjust to their hitters and we want to continue to do that in the future.”
Sitka grabbed the opening point behind a service ace from Kalene Koelling, but that would be the last time Sitka held the lead in the opening set. The Wolves kept it close throughout the first set, never trailing by more than 5 points. Sitka had it tied at 13 thanks to back-to-back points from senior Natalie Galanin, who scored on a kill and an ace. Galanin had four kills in the first set alone but Mt. Edgecumbe controlled the match by getting hitting from all over the floor. Payton Weisz, Eden Cronk, and Kathy Holly were among those scoring on kills along with outside hitter Taryn White.
In the second set Sitka took an early lead, grabbing a 5-3 lead on a kill by Elle Gray. Sitka and Mt. Edgecumbe traded points until the Braves were able to pull away at 13-9, eventually winning 25-16. Mt. Edgecumbe controlled the final set from the start. The Lady Braves took a 9-0 lead that ended on a service error. Mahoney said the team got better as the match went on but there is still work to do.
“We need to continue to work on the mistakes that we’re making on the court. We need to continue to work on our fundamentals and running our offense and running our defense the way it needs to be run,” he said. “They played really well tonight but I still see a lot of mistakes and a lot of things we need to correct because we can get a lot better than we are right now.”
Mt. Edgecumbe is off this weekend and will host Petersburg starting on Oct. 1. The Braves, who are now 7-0, swept Petersburg in their first two meetings. After that the Braves will be in Juneau for a 4A tournament.
“We’ve done well in the conference so far. We can’t get lazy. We can’t get complacent. We got a tough match against Petersburg coming up and the Juneau Jive coming up after that,” Mahoney said. “We’re going to see some 4A squads and I don’t want to just roll over and lose to a 4A squad just because they’re a bigger squad. We’re out to win this year.”
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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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