The Haines High School basketball teams play Thursday, March 5 at the Region V Basketball Tournament in Ketchikan.
Each squad is seeded fourth in Class 2A for Southeast. The Glacier Bear girls are set to face No. 1 Metlakatla at 6:30 p.m. The Haines boys will follow at 8:15 p.m. against top-seed Craig. The tournament continues through Saturday and will be carried by KHNS. The top two finishers in each division advance to state.
The Glacier Bear boys ended their regular season on a positive note heading into the regional tournament. Though the varsity boys lost both games at home against Metlakatla last weekend, the team on Friday trimmed a 27-point third-quarter deficit down to a final margin of 61-48.