The Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears girls high school basketball team used tough, tenacious defense to stymie the Service Cougars, winning 59-33 on Friday night and 46-33 on Saturday night at the Juneau-Douglas High School main gymnasium.

...tournament tips off today, with the host Crimson Bears taking on the East Anchorage girls and Wrangell boys at Juneau-Douglas High School. Service and Palmer will get the tournament underway with a girls-boys doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m. The...

Biographical info.: Prater, 45, grew up on a farm in Tennessee and attended the University of Tennessee. Afterward he joined the U.S. Army, where he served in the Special Forces and piloted helicopters.