{"id":45463,"date":"2019-03-27T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/gold-medal-awards-haines-and-hoonah-heroes\/"},"modified":"2019-03-27T03:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T11:30:00","slug":"gold-medal-awards-haines-and-hoonah-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/gold-medal-awards-haines-and-hoonah-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Medal awards Haines and Hoonah heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Friske and Kamal Lindoff may not have won the Gold Medal Tournament this year, but they received the applause fitting of a champion on Friday at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé.<\/p>\n

Friske, from Haines, was awarded the Walter A. Soboleff Award, and Lindoff, from Hoonah, was inducted into the Gold Medal Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

“We need to keep together as a community of Southeast,” Friske said in a brief and emotional <\/a>speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[Photos: Gold Medal Basketball Championship Games<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n

Friske has participated in the tournament for several decades and helped resurrect one of Sitka’s popular basketball tournaments that servers as a warm-up for Gold Medal.<\/p>\n

Lindoff has played for Hoonah since 1994 and won numerous championships and sportsmanship awards.<\/p>\n

B Bracket Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

MVP — Kyle Fossman, Haines.<\/p>\n

All-Tournament Team — Tyler Swinton, Haines; Dylan Swinton, Haines; Vinny Edenshaw, Hydaburg; Willie Hayward, Metlakatla; Aquino Brinson, Angoon; John Crousman, Angoon; Chris Bryant, Metlakatla; Shea Jackson, Kake; Clayton Edwin, Angoon; Dameon Bell-Holter, Hydaburg.<\/p>\n

C Bracket Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

MVP — T.J. Young, Hydaburg.<\/p>\n

All-Tournament Team — Travis Dybdahl, Hoonah; Kevin Young, Hydaburg; Stuart DeWitt, Klukwan; Larry Cooper, Filcom; Joe Young, Hydaburg; Erik Hamilton, Hydaburg; Andrew Friske, Klukwan.<\/p>\n

Masters Bracket Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

MVP — Rudy Bean, Kake.<\/p>\n

All-Tournament Team — Lloyd Davis, Kake; Pete Dorn, Klukwan; David Buss, Klukwan; Erik McCormick, Klukwan; Jerry Riddlington, Yakutat; Ken Willard Jr., Hoonah; Jay Peterson, Kake.<\/p>\n

Women’s Bracket Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

MVP — Jesse Ellis, Skagway.<\/p>\n

All-Tournament Team — Kaitlyn Jerod, Skagway; Rachel Brittenham, Haines; Rose Fraker, Yakutat; Savannah Ames, Skagway; Melissa Fisher, Hoonah; Fran Daly, Haines; Samantha Clay, Haines.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Contact sports reporter Nolin Ainsworth at 523-2272 or nainsworth@juneauempire.com. Follow Empire Sports on Twitter at @akempiresports.<\/b><\/p>\n

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