Despite arriving in Juneau approximately five hours before tipoff, Tracy Jackson still managed to score 28 in Kake\u2019s first round win in the 71st Lion\u2019s Club Gold Medal Tournament.<\/p>\n
Kake built an early 10-point lead over rival Angoon, a margin it would retain most of the game, winning 86-73 Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
It was the second of 40 games to be played at the Juneau-Douglas High School gym this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a blessing to be here with these guys, these are my childhood friends, my brothers,\u201d Tracy said in the locker room after the game.<\/p>\n
Tracy\u2019s younger brother Shea made his mark too, scoring 16 points and slowing Angoon\u2019s electric duo of Stephen Johnson and JJ Jack-Nixon.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re a fast team,\u201d a sweat-clad Nixon said. \u201cOur three balls weren\u2019t hitting until the second half so I think shooting will be our key element.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nixon (26 points) led all Angoon scorers by bullying his way to the basket and drawing contact under the rim.<\/p>\n
The tournament hasn\u2019t seen the last of Angoon, according to Tracy, who played with just four players on the bench.<\/p>\n
\u201cAngoon has a good chance to battle through the loser\u2019s bracket,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can tell their experience is there. They know how to close games.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trailing by 17 points midway through the second half, Angoon forced several turnovers, igniting their visiting fans. They went on a 13-1 run over a five minute stretch to pull within eight points with 1:51 remaining in the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur legs started to warm up at the end and that\u2019s when I could tell we were awake,\u201d Nixon said.<\/p>\n
But Angoon scored only three points in the final two minutes and Kake was a perfect six-for-six from the free throw line to secure the victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re starting to mesh pretty good and everyone supports one another,\u201d Tracy said.<\/p>\n
Hoonah survives multiple Yakutat rallies<\/p>\n
Billy Brown hoisted a 3-pointer as his defender barreled to the floor with 8.5 seconds left in the game \u2014 Yakutat\u2019s last chance at upsetting Hoonah Saturday afternoon. The shot missed the mark, preserving a 65-62 Hoonah advantage.<\/p>\n
Hoonah added four more to close their 69-63 first round win at the 71st Gold Medal Tournament. They advanced to play Kake on Monday. <\/ins><\/p>\n \u201cSometimes they fall short,\u201d Billy said of his final 3-pointer, one of his nostrils stuffed with bloodied tissue.<\/p>\n Hoonah was the bigger and stronger team, but Yakutat\u2019s Brown and Josh James combined for 44 points, attacking the rim throughout the game with efficiency.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we can get those inside looks, it brings the defense in,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n Yakutat made four 3-pointers in the first half and three in the second.<\/p>\n Hoonah took a 15-14 lead midway through the first half on a Richard Moore bucket, and never trailed the rest of the game.<\/p>\n Hoonah\u2019s George Fisher scored 19 points and eight of his teammates contributed at least two points.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first game\u2019s a reality check. It\u2019s always fun, you\u2019re looking forward to it the whole year,\u201d Hoonah\u2019s Devin Moritz said.<\/p>\n Moritz hit back-to-back 3-pointers \u2014 his only points of the game \u2014 to counter an 11-2 second half Yakutat run that briefly knotted the game at 49.<\/p>\n Brown and James would bring Yakutat within one with 20 ticks remaining, but Brian Koenig made two free throws, and Brown missed the 3-point equalizer on the other end.<\/p>\n Wrangell 84, Metlakatla 81<\/strong><\/p>\n Eric James scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half to edge Wrangell past Metlakatla on Sunday afternoon. Metlakatla\u2019s Franklin Hayward scored 25 points in the loss.<\/p>\n Haines 86, Hydaburg 71<\/strong><\/p>\n Haines\u2019 Tyler Healy, Ben Egolf and Kyle Fossman each scored 20 or more points to boost their team over Hydaburg Sunday night in their first round game. Devin and Vinny Edenshaw scored 26 and 25 points respectively for the losing team. Both sides played shorthanded as a handful of players missed the game for both teams.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2022 Contact sports reporter Nolin Ainsworth at 523-2272 or nolin.ainsworth@juneauempire.com. <\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Despite arriving in Juneau approximately five hours before tipoff, Tracy Jackson still managed to score 28 in Kake\u2019s first round win in the 71st Lion\u2019s Club Gold Medal Tournament. Kake built an early 10-point lead over rival Angoon, a margin it would retain most of the game, winning 86-73 Sunday morning. It was the second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":425,"featured_media":24531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-24530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24530"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=24530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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