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2007 Gold Medal Basketball

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Photo Left -Rising to the challenge: Bailey Johnson of Angoon scores two of his game-high 30 points against Kake in I-Bracket
on Thursday during the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament. photo by Brian Wallace / Juneau Empire ... Photo 2nd from left - Heads up: Hydaburg's Charlie Frisby fights for a rebound with Haines' Will Egolf, left, Andrew Friske, center, and Stuart DeWitt during Saturday's Mighty B Bracket final. Photo by Michael Penn / Juneau Empire ... Photo middle - Coming through: Juneau's Heather Clark soars in for a layup as Metlakatla's Ashley Hayward (23) defends during the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament women's bracket game Tuesday. Photo by Brian Wallace / Juneau Empire ... Photo 2nd from Right - Swooping in for two: Kake's Rudy Bean scores two points while Metlakatla's Frank Hayward trails the play on Saturday in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament Legendary C Bracket final. Photo by Michael Penn / Juneau Empire ... Photo Right - Klawock's Dewey Skan attempts a three point shot over Angoon's Joey George in inaugural Masters contest . Photo by Michael Penn / Juneau Empire.

2007 Gold Medal Basketball (Juneau Empire) ... Welcome to the 61st Annual Juneau Lions Club Invitational Basketball Tournament, March 25-31, 2007 ... revisiting 2006 Gold Medal Basketball ... WNBA.COM ... NBA on Yahoo! Sports ... Tim Duncan & Bruce Bowen (Video) ... Tony Parker - Clip Balance Toi (Video) ... David Blaine on Manu Ginobili (Video) .... LeBron James (Video) ... David Blaine on LeBron James and the Art of Distraction ... Alaska's Carlos Boozer (Video) ... remembering Pistol Pete Maravich (Video)

Preview 2008 Gold Medal Basketball (March 16-22, 2008.) ... Gold Medal to expand B, and Master's brackets ... Honoring Magic Johnson (Video) and Larry Bird (Video)

Sealaska Heritage Institute basketball camp -The Sealaska Heritage Institute will sponsor basketball camps in Juneau and Angoon for kids who are Sealaska shareholders or descendants. The purpose is to provide a week of fun but intensive instruction in the fundamentals of basketball while incorporating Tlingit language and culture. The Juneau camp is for kids in grades 6 to 8 and will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School. The Angoon camp is for kids ages 1-12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Aug. 6-10, at Angoon City School Gym. Info: Sarah Dybdahl, 586-9234.

Intermediate Bracket Final

Angoon 79, Juneau UAS 69

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Photo Left - Kick save: Juneau University of Alaska Southeast player Larry Cooper takes a leap while guarding Angoon's Stephen Johnson in Wednesday's Intermediate Bracket game. Juneau UAS' Ian Schmitz is on the right. Photo by Michael Penn / Juneau Empire ... .Photo 2nd from left Left - Welcome back: Angoon player Bailey Johnson enters the gym midway through the second half of his team's Intermediate Bracket game against Juneau UAS in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament. Johnson flew in Wednesday after serving nine months in Kuwait with the Army National Guard. Photo by Michael Penn / Juneau Empire ... Photo 2nd fom right - Rising to the challenge: Bailey Johnson of Angoon scores two of his game-high 30 points against Kake on Thursday during the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament. Photo by Brian Wallace / Juneau Empire. ... Photo Right - Bailey Johnson leads a fast break Thursday aginst Kake in I-Bracket in Gold Medal Baskeball Tournment action. Photo by Brian Wallace / Juneau Empire. Bailey Johnson scores 23 for Angoon 79 in finals win over Juneau UAS 69 for the Intermediate Bracket Championship on Saturday.

Article - From one sacrifice to the next ... Angoon soldier goes straight from Kuwait to the hardwood. By EMIL WEST. FOR Juneau Empire.

Women's Bracket Final

Juneau Custom Electric 76, Metlakatla Git' Taquan 75

Juneau Custom Electric guard Tanya Nizich scored the game-winning basket as time expired to lift her team to a 76-75 win over the Metlakatla Git' Taquan.

Photo Left - Coming through: Juneau's Heather Clark soars in for a layup as Metlakatla's Ashley Hayward (23) defends during the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament women's bracket game Tuesday. ... Photo Center - Juneau Custom Electric player Deb Barry is fouled by Metlakatla player Martine Hayward in Tuesday Women? bracket action during the Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. ... Photo Right - Jubilation: Juneau Custom Electric player Tanya Nizich, far left, is hugged by teammates Heather Clark, center, and Anya Carlson-Vandort after Nizich scored the winning basket as time expired Saturday in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament Women's Bracket final. Photos by Brian Wallace / Juneau Empire

Tournament Awards

All Tournament team
Jennifer Thomassen, Petersburg
Martine Hayward, Metlakatla
Neely Humpherville, Metlakatla
Talia Marsden, Metlakatla
Kara Lockhart, Juneau
Heather Clark, Juneau

Sportsmanship Award
Anya Carlson-Vandort, Juneau

Tournament MVP
Tanya Nizich, Juneau

B bracket

B BRACKET FINAL

Haines Merchants103, Hydaburg 90

 

Photo Left - Haines' Jesse McGraw, right, and Hydaburg's Devin Edenshaw races for a loose ball. Photo by Michael Penn / Juneau Empire ... Photo Center - Pump fake: Hydaburg's Matt Carle, right, goes up for a shot as Haines Merchants' Stewart DeWitt defends during Thursday's Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament Mighty B Bracket contest at the Juneau-Douglas High School gym. Photo by Michael Penn / Juneau Empire ... Photo Right - Heads up: Hydaburg's Charlie Frisby fights for a rebound with Haines' Will Egolf, left, Andrew Friske, center, and Stuart DeWitt during Saturday's Mighty B Bracket final. Photo by Michael Penn / Juneau Empire

 

All Tournament team

Matt Burrows, Sitka
Travis Dybdahl, Angoon
Curtis Lane, Angoon
Willie Hayward, Metlakatla
Cameron Cook, Metlakatla
Devin Edenshaw, Hydaburg
George Peratrovich, Hydaburg
Sid Edenshaw, Hydaburg
Will Egolf, Haines
Andrew Friske, Haines

Sportsmanship Award - Stan Johnson, Jr., Angoon

Tournament MVP - Ben Egolf, Haines

Legendary C Bracket Final

Kake 110, Metlakatla 82

 

 

 

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