The basketball season comes to a close for the Petersburg girls, after placing third last week at the Region V Tournament in Juneau.

“All of our games were definitely battles,” said girls coach Dino Brock. “All three of them, we played really good defense.”

That showed in the team’s opening game against Craig on March 8. Both teams’ defenses kept scores low going into the second quarter, holding each other to a 4-4 tie. The Lady Panthers’ offense finally broke through before the half, turning the tie into an 18-11 lead over Petersburg.

Though its defense recovered, fouls through the second hal...