Shakeout of teams underway as Gold Medal hits halfway point on Wednesday

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Teams are making travel arrangements in opposite directions as the 76th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in the George Houston Gymnasium reached the halfway point on Wednesday.

Tired legs have given way to open jump shots and harder fouls, but the competition level continues to remain at a high level and fans are still packing the bleachers.

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It was sad to see that one of these two teams would country wise email marketing list have to be eliminated, but there is an old saying around basketball circles, “Only one team wins the last game of the tournament.”

This track meet featured some of the top-notch players from the Alaska area. The Southeast Boys got some early action from Orion Dybdahl inside and Samuel Lockhart outside. Meanwhile, Mt. Edgcumbe featured another 2024 graduate from their state-runner up team with Kaison Herrmann going with RJ Didrickson, Jacob Friske and Tyrell Cromer — but any player that stepped onto the court from any team was worth the price of admission.

Mt. Edgecumbe went up 19-11 after one quarter, but the Southeast Boys stormed back to tie the score at 24-24 behind scores by Lockhart, Ryan Lee and two deep shots from Eric Waters. Lee also had three blocked shots in the stanza. Lee would finish the game with five blocks and Dybdahl four

Mt. Edgecumbe closed the quarter on a 15-4 run to lead 39-28 at the half and stayed ahead the rest of the way. Mt. Edgecumbe’s Zach Anderson finished with 10 rebounds.

Mt. Edgecumbe advances to play against semifinal loser Filcom in an 11 a.m. Friday elimination game. That game’s winner will advance to Saturday’s championship against Juneau-AML.