Mt. Edgecumbe High School sophomore Tesfaye Herrmann (3) has his shot blocked by Petersburg freshman Jesse Lantiegne (33) during Region V basketball tournament action at Juneau-Douglas High School on Wednesday. The Braves topped the Vikings 51-29.
The Petersburg Vikings lost twice to Mt. Edgecumbe at the regional tournament games last week.
Vikings Head Coach Rick Brock said his team needed to regroup after it lost to Mt. Edgecumbe on Wednesday morning.
"Mt. Edgecumbe played with a sense of urgency and it was tournament time so I felt we needed to match their intensity level," Brock said.
The Vikings started off strong in the first quarter as the two teams went back and forth. The Petersburg squad led by a point at the start of the second quarter, maintained the edge and went into half time leading 19-17.
But Mt. Edgecumbe put pressure...
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