JUNEAU LIONS CLUB 73RD
GOLD MEDAL tournament march 17-23, 2019
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Welcome to the 2019 Gold Medal Basketball Tournament
TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome letter 2
By TED BURKE
Game schedule 3
Acting Juneau Lions Club President
Soboleff leaves Lions Club in younger generation’s hands 4 Skagway women poised to make Gold Medal debut 6 A history of Gold Medal titles 8 Gold Medal Hall of Fame 12 Brackets 14-17 2018 photos 7, 19-20
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ello longtime Lions friends and families from Yakutat, Klukwan, Haines, Skagway, Juneau, Hoonah, Angoon, Sitka, Kake, Petersburg, Wrangell, Hydaburg, Klawock, Craig, Ketchikan and Metlakatla. Your host, the Juneau Lions Club, welcomes you! The Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament is about to start its 73rd consecutive basketball tournament thanks to all of you and your families before you. Thanks to the fantastic basketball expertise, support and fan participation from our Southeast Alaska communities, the Gold Medal Basketball Tournament was inducted into the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame event category in 2012.
TERRY WARD Publisher ROBERT MONTEITH General Manager EMILY RUSSO MILLER Editor GREG McEWEN Circulation District Manager NOLIN AINSWORTH Reporter ALEX McCARTHY Reporter MICHAEL PENN Photographer ANGELO SAGGIOMO Designer 3100 Channel Drive Juneau, AK 99801 Main Line: 586-3740
In this March 24, 2018 photo, Hoonah’s Ken Willard Jr., left, and Kake’s Jeff Dean fight for a rebound in the Master’s bracket final in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School. MICHAEL PENN | JUNEAU EMPIRE FILE
To renew and share the words of Lion Monarch Rev. Dr. Walter A. Soboleff Sr.: “We have come to our 16th (1962) annual Gold Medal Tournament because: 1. Each community unselfishly supports its team. 2. Each player, coach and manager gives their time to promote this game in a fine spirit. 3. Each family joins in to further this program.
4. You the fans are to be commended for enthusiastically supporting this event. Were it not for your loyal support, each tournament would not have succeeded. Together, let us strive to have foremost in each game: cooperation, cheerfulness, acceptance of constructive criticism, acceptance of the referee decisions, clean play, fair play, booing (with limits) and a good loser. Thank you so much.
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Game Schedule Sunday, March 17
10 a.m. C Game 1: Hoonah vs. Klukwan 11:30 a.m. B Game 2: Klukwan vs. Metlakatla 1 p.m. M Game 3: Sitka vs. Kake 2:30 p.m. B Game 4: Haines vs. Hydaburg 4 p.m. M Game 5: Hoonah vs. Klukwan 6 p.m. B Game 6: Honnah vs. Yakutat 7:30 p.m. C Game 7: Hydaburg vs. Angoon 9 p.m. B Game 8: Angoon vs. Kake
Monday, March 18 10 a.m. M Game 9: Angoon vs. Winner 3 11:30 a.m. C Game 10: Filcom vs. Winner 1 1 p.m. W Game 11: Skagway vs. Haines 2:30 p.m. M Game 12: Winner 5 vs. Yakutat 4 p.m.: B Game 13: Winner 2 vs. Winner 4 6 p.m.: C Game 14: Winner 7 vs. Yakutat 7:30 p.m. B Game 15: Winner 6 vs. Winner 8 9 p.m. W Game 16: Angoon vs. Yakutat
Tuesday, March 19
12:30 p.m. W Game 17: Hoonah vs. Winner 11 2 p.m. C Game 18: Loser 1 vs. Loser 14 3:30 p.m. B Game 19: Loser 2 vs. Loser 4 6 p.m. W Game 20: Winner 16 vs. Kake 7:30 p.m. B Game 21: Loser 6 vs. Loser 8 9 p.m.: C Game 22: Loser 7 vs. Loser 10
Wednesday, March 20 12:30 p.m. M Game 23: Loser 3 vs. Loser 12 2 p.m.: W Game 24: Loser 11 vs. Loser 20 3:30 p.m. B Game 25: Loser 15 vs. Winner 19 6 p.m.: M Game 26: Loser 5 vs. Loser 9 7:30 p.m. B Game 27: Loser 13 vs. Winner 21 9 p.m. W Game 28: Loser 16 vs. Loser 17
Thursday, March 21
10 a.m. M Game 29: Winner 23 vs. Winner 26 11:30 a.m. W Game 30: Winner 24 vs. Winner 28 1 p.m. C Game 31: Winner 18 vs. Winner 22 2:30 p.m. W Game 32: Winner 17 vs. Winner 20 4 p.m. B Game 33: Winner 25 vs. Winner 27 6 p.m. C Game 34: Winner 10 vs. Winner 14 7:30 p.m. B Game 35: Winner 13 vs. Winner 15 9 p.m. M Game 36: Winner 9 vs. Winner 12
Friday, March 22
2 p.m. W Game 37: Loser 32 vs. Winner 30 4 p.m. C Game 38: Loser 34 vs. Winner 31 6:30 p.m. M Game 39: Loser 36 vs. Winner 29 8 p.m. B Game 40: Loser 35 vs. Winner 33
Saturday, March 23 2 p.m. W Game 41: Winner 32 vs. Winner 37 4 p.m. M Game 42: Winner 36 vs. Winner 39 6 p.m. C Game 43: Winner 34 vs. Winner 38 8 p.m. B Game 44: Winner 35 vs. Winner 40
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Soboleff leaves Lions Club in younger generation’s hands Past president of Juneau Lions Club talks memories, service to organization By Nolin Ainsworth Juneau Empire
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asha Soboleff, the eldest son of the late Dr. Walter Soboleff, recently retired from the Juneau Lions Club. Soboleff had been active in the Lions Club and the organization of its annual basketball tournament for the past three decades. He spent about six years at the president of the service organization. He spoke to the Empire about his first memories of the Lions Club and helping put on the Gold Medal Tournament. Juneau Empire: How long does your Gold Medal involvement go back, and can you give me a picture of how you became the Juneau Lions Club president? Sasha Soboleff: I was born in
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In this March 16, 2015 photo, Sasha Soboleff, past president of the Juneau Lions Club, introduces Gov. Bill Walker, left, during opening ceremonies of the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School.
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’45, and my dad — who was very active in the Lions Club back in those days — used to take me to the Juneau Lions Club luncheon that they had which was held at the Gold Room at the Baranof Hotel. And there were 100 Lions in the Juneau Lions Club back in the late-’40s, early-’50s. That was how I first became acquianted with the work the Lions Club was doing. My involvement on a regular, consistent, day-day-basis, actually began when I was a kid but it came to full bloom when I returned to be the assistant principal at Juneau-Douglas High School in ’87. I remained active in the club and there was another young man that was about my age, his name was Leo Houston — bless him, he’s gone now. Leo and I ran the tournament as Gold Medal co-chairs for several years together during that time. Empire: Was there many challenges to keep it running when became president? Soboleff: It’s always been like it is. It takes a year to plan it together. We set up the process where we write out invitations to the communities, inviting whomever to come and participate in our tournament and then we receive back from them their indications that they would like to or don’t like to come and be part of the tournament. Before it used to be handled by word of mouth and passed along by different individuals coming through Juneau. Now because of the electronic age we’re able to send those invitations out electronically. Empire: What’s been the most fulfilling part about helping put on the tournament for the past two decades? Soboleff: When you start filling up the gymnasium and one half of the gym on one side is reserved for Hoonah and the other side of the gym on the scoreboard side where the players check in, that’s for all the other communities: Juneau, Haines, Klukwan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Ketchikan, Kake, Angoon, Metlakatla. They all have to sit on the other side of the gym. That means that you get to see your friends that you grew up with and the elders who come in. It has become so much a part of the culture of Southeast Alaska that many of the ANCSA corporations and many of the Native corporations that meet all schedule
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In this March 20, 2018 photo, Yakutat plays Kake in their B bracket game in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School.
their committee meetings during the week of Gold Medal. The other satisfying part is it brings anywhere from $2.5 to $3 million dollars to Juneau. Not counting the amount of money that’s raised by the Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. It’s just a huge economic boom that becomes kind of the things that happens in the spring. You know spring is coming when Gold Medal Tournament starts to play. Empire: What would you say is your crowning achievement if you have one? Soboleff: The fact that we introduced the tournament to the women’s bracket was a pretty significant step because prior to that it didn’t exist. In order to bring change to the Juneau Lions Club you had to have an ability to recognize that there is something bigger than just (running) the tournament. You’re donating your time to do fundraising. We turn around and give all the money back to the community. Every penny. We’re a nonprofit which means you take money in, you have to disperse money out. It can’t be spent on yourself. • Contact sports reporter Nolin Ainsworth at 523-2272 or nainsworth@juneauempire.com.
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PHOTOS BY MICHAEL PENN | JUNEAU EMPIRE FILE
ABOVE: In this March 20, 2018 photo, Maria Tulik, left, and Yakutat’s Kim Buller scramble for a loose ball during their Women’s bracket game at Juneau-Douglas High School. LEFT: In this March 24, 2018 photo, Haines’ Christine Hansen drives against Yakutat’s Janie Jensen during the Women’s final.
Skagway women ready for debut Team might be first of its kind at tournament By Alex McCarthy Juneau Empire
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his year’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament will feature a rare sight — a team from Skagway. This Skagway team is even more notable,
because it might be the first time Skagway has ever had a women’s team at the annual tournament. Tiffanie Potter, one of the organizers of the team, said she’s asked around and nobody in town can recall a women’s team from Skagway ever participating in Gold Medal. Speaking by phone from Skagway, Potter
said Skagway produces plenty of basketball players, but it doesn’t seem to keep them. “There’s not enough of us who grew up playing basketball here that have come back,” Potter said, “until this last year.” A couple women graduated from college and moved back to town recently, Potter said, and a group of at least eight players is signed up to come down to Juneau for the tournament that starts March 17. It’s the first team, in any bracket, that Skagway is sending to Juneau since sometime in the 1980s, Potter said. She and a few of the other players have been scrimmaging against the Skagway High School’s girls basketball team for a while, Potter said, and the idea to play in the tournament hatched there. “Gold Medal got brought up one day after a scrimmage,” Potter said. “We were just sitting there talking and we all kind of committed to the idea, not really thinking it was going to happen, I think.” Contrary to that expectation, the team came together. They sent in their letter of interest to the Juneau Lion’s Club (which runs the event), and the Lion’s Club approved and
invited them to be part of the tournament. Skagway joins Angoon, Haines, Hoonah, Kake and Yakutat (the defending champion) in the women’s field. Skagway has only one Gold Medal title to its name, claiming the 1973 B Bracket championship. Though this year’s team is new to the field, Potter said she hopes they can make some noise in this year’s tournament. “We definitely want to go and put up a bit of competition,” Potter said. “We don’t want to go and just get totally stomped, so hopefully that doesn’t happen.” The community of Skagway has already started supporting the team, Potter said, with donations and encouragement. There’s already a buzz around the team that this dream is about to come true. “We’re just really excited and super grateful that the Lions Club invited us to join this tournament,” Potter said. “It’s something that I know all of us have really wanted to do for years, really.” • Contact reporter Alex McCarthy at 523-2271 or amccarthy@juneauempire.com. Follow him on Twitter at @akmccarthy.
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PHOTOS BY MICHAEL PENN | JUNEAU EMPIRE FILE
TOP RIGHT: In this March 24, 2018 photo, Haines’ Tyler Healy, left, and Kyle Rush celebrate their win over Klukwan in the B bracket final in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School. ABOVE: In this March 19, 2018 photo, Angoon plays Hoonah in the C bracket of the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School.
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In this March 24, 2018 photo, Hoonah’s Ed Mercer Jr., right, is double-teamed by Kake’s Jeff Dean, center, and Kip Howard in the Master’s bracket final at the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School.
A History of Gold Medal Tournament Titles
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t is not the size of the town that determines a bracket category championship win. Rather, it is the heart, soul and teamwork of the players that represent each community. If you can run the pick-and-role, switch on defense, block out and hit free throws, you can play at any level (of course, it never hurts to have a 6-9 center or a guard that is nothing-but-net from anywhere inside of half court). And if you cannot play, you can still cheer from the stands, run around the gym with a team banner, write your
favorite player’s name on your clothing or ask the referee if he needs to borrow your reading glasses. ANGOON (14 titles) B Bracket — 1976, 1978, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 C Bracket — 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 Women’s Bracket — 2004 Intermediate Bracket — 2006 SEE TITLES, Page 9
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ANCHORAGE (2 titles) AA Bracket — 1958 A Bracket — 2003 FAIRBANKS (5 titles) Single Bracket — 1958 AA Bracket — 1970, 1971, 1972, 1981 HAINES (15 titles) A Bracket — 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983 B Bracket — 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2017, 2018 Women’s Bracket — 2016, 2017 HOONAH (27 titles) AA Bracket — 1962, 1965, 1966, 1972 A Bracket — 1972, 1973, 1974 B Bracket — 1981, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2008, 2009 C Bracket — 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2013 Masters Bracket — 2011, 2015, 2017 Women’s Bracket — 2015 HYDABURG (10 titles) B Bracket — 1987, 1988, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2015 C Bracket — 1989, 2014, 2015 JUNEAU (33 titles) Single Bracket — 1955 AA Bracket — 1963, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982 A Bracket — 1963, 1964, 1969, 1976, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005 C Bracket — 1996, 2003 Women’s Bracket — 2003, 2007 Master’s Bracket — 2007, 2009 KAKE (20 titles) A Bracket — 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971 B Bracket — 1989, 1991, 1998, 2004 C Bracket — 1981, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Masters Bracket — 2012, 2016, 2018
KETCHIKAN (11 titles) Single Bracket — 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1959, 1960 AA Bracket — 1967 B Bracket — 1974, 1975 C Bracket — 1990, 1991 KLAWOCK (10 titles) B Bracket — 1985 C Bracket — 1982, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2018 Masters Bracket – — 2010 KLUKWAN (7 titles) A Bracket — 1962, 1967 Masters Bracket — 2008, 2013, 2014 C Bracket — 2016, 2017 METLAKATLA (5 titles) Single Bracket — 1951 AA bracket — 1961 A Bracket — 1984 B Bracket — 1996 Women’s Bracket — 2006 MOUNT EDGECUMBE (1 title) Single Bracket — 1953
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In this March 24, 2018 photo, Haines’ Krista Kielsmeir, left, and Yakutat’s Violet Slattery dive after a loose ball during the Women’s final in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School.
NOME (1 title) B Bracket — 1971 PETERSBURG (6 titles) Single Bracket — 1947 A Bracket — 1961, 1965, 1975 B Bracket — 1972, 1977 PRINCE OF WALES (5 titles) Women’s Bracket — 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 SITKA (15 titles) Single Bracket — 1949, 1956, 1957 AA Bracket — 1964 A Bracket — 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000 C Bracket — 1983, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994 SKAGWAY (1 title) B Bracket — 1973 TENAKEE (1 title) A Bracket — 2001 YAKUTAT (9 titles) B Bracket — 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1994 C Bracket — 1997 Women’s Bracket — 2014, 2018
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In this March 24, 2018 photo, Klukwan’s Austin Shoemaker, left, drives against Haines’ Ryan Harms in the B bracket final in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School.
Gold Medal Hall of Fame 1961
Herb Didrickson † Duane Vincent Gilbert Booth † Herman Ludwigson John Mills Moses Johnson † Robert “Jeff” David †
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Roger Lang †
1966
Richard “Itch” Hansen †
1970
Louis Bonnett
1978
Bill Tompkins †
1980
Dick Hotch †
Paul Rudolph †
1981
Tommy Atkinson †
1982
Gene Franks
1983
Del Hanks *
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Harry “Buddy” Lang †
1985
Paul White
1986
Lew Love ‡
1987
Gin Taguchi †
Harry Johansen Vern Metcalfe • †
1988
Bob Gallagher Ed Hildre † Grant Ritter W. S. “Bill” Dapecevich ‡ † William “Billy” Bean SEE hall, Page 13
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HALL: Continued from Page 12
1989
Dewey Skan John Thein Pat Ness Terry Pegues • †
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Claude Roberts ‡ Harry Aase Jim Nielsen John Hope • † Nels Otness Tom Sifferman
1991
Archie Cavanaugh Sr. † Charlie Didrickson † Joe Ninnis † John Maxand Lee Maxwell Ray Howard
1992
Dennis Gray Frank Wilson † John Hinchman Sr. †
1993
Dick Deal Dick Leavitt Albert Kookesh Frank White † Randy Hayward
1994
Alan Boskofsky Chauncy Jacobs ‡ † David Andrews ‡ † Dr. Cyrus E. Peck Sr. ‡ † Dr. Walter A. Soboleff ‡ † Jay Levan Norm Carson
1996
George Henninger † Jeff Klanott Johan Dybdahl Ray Peterson † Ray Skan
1997
Jim Abbott Mike Bavard
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In this March 24, 2018 photo, Klukwan’s Chris Dixon drives to the basket against Angoon’s Walter Kookesh, right, and Stephen Johnson in the C bracket final in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School.
Terry Friske Mike Jensen
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Jim Bremner Jim Dybdahl
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Greg Huebschen Steve Bavard
Pat Kemp Sid Edenshaw Walter Johnson Jerry Scudero
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Greg Stigen Kenny Johnson
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Bob Janes Sr. ‡ † Ron Payne Stuart Mills Sam Jackson Jr. † Matt Wheeler
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Ivan Gamble † Glen Padgett George Erickson
2010
Kevin Casperson Louie White Sr. Alyce Houston ‡ Bob Beierly • †
2011
Joyce Kitka ‡
2012
Steve Brandner Clifton “Kip” Howard
2014
Travis Dybdahl
2015
Willis Cavanaugh †
Joe Klushkan Rudy Bean Jay Peterson Lloyd Davis
2016
Russell James Jim Jensen Jr Les Jensen
2017
Joe Thompson † Nick Davis Stuart DeWitt
2018
Jason Schull Tim Wilson •
* Worthy Lion; Founder, Gold Medal Tournament ‡ Worthy Lion • Radio Play-By-Play Announcer Extraordinaire † Deceased
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B BRACKET
March 16-23, 2019
B BRACKET
JUNEAU LIONS CLUB 73rd GOLD MEDAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Klukwan SUN. 3/17 #2 – 11:30am Metlakatla
Winner #2
MON. 3/18 #13 – 4:00pm
Winner #13
Haines SUN. 3/17 #4 – 2:30pm Hydaburg
Winner #4
THUR. 3/21 #35 – 7:30pm
Winner #35
Hoonah SUN. 3/17 #6 – 6:00pm Yakutat
Winner #6
MON. 3/18 #15 – 7:30pm
Winner #15
Angoon SUN. 3/27 #8 – 9:00pm Kake
SAT. 3/23 #44– 8:00pm Winner #8
Champion Loser #35
Loser #15 Loser #2 TUES. 3/19 #19 – 3:30pm
WED. 3/20 #25 – 3:30pm
Winner #25
FRI. 3/22 #40 – 8:00pm
Winner #19
Loser #4
THUR. 3/21 #33 – 4:00pm Winner #33 Loser #13
Loser #6 TUES. 3/19 #21 – 7:30pm Loser #8
WED. 3/20 #27 – 7:30pm Winner #21
Winner #27
Winner #40
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C BRACKET
March 16-23, 2019
JUNEAU LIONS CLUB 73rd GOLD MEDAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
C BRACKET Filcom
MON. 3/18 #10 – 11:30am
Winner #10
Hoonah SUN. 3/17 #1 – 10:00am Klukwan
Winner #1
THUR. 3/21 #34 – 6:00pm
Winner #34
Hydaburg SUN. 3/17 #7 – 7:30pm Angoon
Winner #7
MON. 3/18 #14 – 6:00pm
Winner #14
Yakutat
SAT. 3/23 #43 – 6:00pm
Loser #34 Loser #1 TUES. 3/19 #18 – 2:00pm
Winner #18
FRI. 3/22 #38 – 4:00pm
Loser #14 THUR. 3/21 #31 – 1:00pm Loser #7 TUES. 3/19 #22 – 9:00pm Loser #10
Winner #22
Winner #31
Winner #38
Champion
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GOLD MEDAL 2019
M BRACKET
March 16-23, 2019
JUNEAU LIONS CLUB 73rd GOLD MEDAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
M BRACKET Angoon
MON. 3/18 #9 – 10:00am
Winner #9
Sitka SUN. 3/17 #3 – 1:00pm Kake
Winner #3
THUR. 3/21 #36 – 9:00pm
Winner #36
Hoonah SUN. 3/17 #5 – 4:00pm Klukwan
Winner #5
MON. 3/18 #12 – 2:30pm
Winner #12
Yakutat
SAT. 3/23 #42 – 4:00pm
Loser #36 Loser #3 WED. 3/20 #23 – 12:30pm
Winner #23
FRI. 3/22 #39 – 6:30pm
Loser #12 THUR. 3/21 #29 – 10:00am Loser #5 WED. 3/20 #26 – 6:00pm Loser #9
Winner #26
Winner #29
Winner #39
Champion
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GOLD MEDAL 2019
W BRACKET
March 16-23, 2019
JUNEAU LIONS CLUB 73rd GOLD MEDAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
W BRACKET Hoonah
TUES. 3/19 #17 – 12:30pm
Winner #17
Skagway MON. 3/18 #11 – 1:00pm Haines
Winner #11
THUR. 3/21 #32 – 2:00pm
Winner #32
Angoon MON. 3/18 #16 – 9:00pm Yakutat
Winner #16
TUES. 3/19 #20 – 6:00pm
Winner #20
Kake
SAT. 3/23 #41 – 2:00pm
Loser #32 Loser #11 WED. 3/20 #24 – 2:00pm
Winner #24
FRI. 3/22 #37 – 2:00pm
Loser #20 THUR. 3/21 #30 – 11:30am Loser #16 WED. 3/20 #28 – 9:00pm Loser #17
Winner #28
Winner #30
Winner #37
Champion
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MICHAEL PENN | JUNEAU EMPIRE FILE
In this March 24, 2018 photo, Hoonah’s Kamal Lindoff, left, steals the ball from Kake’s Jay Peterson in the Master’s bracket final in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School.
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