“We’re going down there 1-3 against Ketchikan this year!” Casperson said. “We’ve got nothing to lose really. We’ve just got to pin our ears back and play as hard as we can. We’ll be happy with our effort at the end of the day. If we do the best that we can and don’t win! then you can’t ask for anything more than that. I do think we have a good opportunity though with the way we are playing to be competitive down there. I think a good Region V tournament is always well run. It’s so fun to be around coaches and athletic directors and the different communities getting together down there. That’s always a real positive and that makes the tournament successful! too. The relationships that are formed there! each kid will be friends with people from around Southeast for decades based on their interactions in southeast sometimes so it’s pretty awesome.”
The Kayhi Kings played a schedule this season that
according to the Alaska School Activities Association’s Ranking Percentage Index (RPI)! ranks them as eighth in the state. The ranking is used to place conference tournament qualifiers into the state tournament eight-team bracket.
The RPI formula involves a team’s record against eligible 3A/4A varsity teams! opponents’ winning percentage! winning percentage of an opponent’s opponent and overall win/loss record against 3A/4A teams.
“I believe that we have got to take care of the basketball against what we know is going to be intense pressure!” Ketchikan boys coach Eric Stockhausen said of facing JDHS. “We’re going to have to defend the arc from very good shooters and I think rebounding will be really important for success against a team that we know is very aggressive! very physical and athletic. We have a big challenge ahead of us and we’re hopeful we can do those things.”
We’re all familiar with the major bones of a human body!
although many folks don’t know their official names. Far less well-known are some small bones! most of which are really tiny! roughly the size of a sesame seed. They are therefore called sesamoid bones! and they form country wise email marketing list within tendons that connect muscles to bones; most of them do not articulate directly with other bones.
Humans sometimes have dozens of these little bones!
especially at the joints in hands and feet! although the number of them varies with genetics and usage. Like other bones! they ossify gradually! as we grow. Most of these little bones are tiny! but slightly
bigger ones (a centimeter or so) are associated with our big toes and thumbs! and the biggest of all is the knee-cap or patella.
The patella develops within the tendon that runs from the
quadriceps muscle of the thigh (thighbone = femur) to the shinbone
(tibia); that muscle is involved in extending or straightening the leg.
The patella protects the joint between femur and tibia and! like other sesamoid bones! it is thought to provide some mechanical advantage or leverage to the muscles southeast teams prepare for that move the jointed appendage.
Other animals have sesamoid bones too! of various aero leads sizes. They occur in most lizards and in bird feet! legs! and wings. Mammals usually have patellas and other smaller sesamoid bones. Interestingly! patellas have disappeared in some mammalian lineages (e.g. Monotremes—the