Hydaburg tops Metlakatla 85-70 for C Bracket title
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 7:21 am
Hydaburg toppled Metlakatla 85-70 behind 31 points from Most Valuable Player Darren Edenshaw in the C Bracket championship game Saturday at the 76th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in the George Houston Gymnasium.
Hydaburg and Metlakatla had already met once in Thursday’s C Bracket semifinal that saw Metlakatla defeat Hydaburg 74-65.
On Saturday Metlakatla was looking to avenge their loss in last year’s championship game to Hoonah. Hydaburg, who had beaten Hoonah in this year’s tournament opener, was looking to avenge their semifinal country wise email marketing list loss to Metlakatla.
Metlakatla struck the first blow, and often, as they rebounded every missed shot and got three scores by Bryan Hayward one each from the arc, inside the arc and at the free throw line, and a rebound score by Apollo Marsden for an 8-0 lead that forced a Hydaburg timeout.
Metlakatla’s Bryan Hayward steps through pressure from Hydaburg’s TJ Young (1) and Eric Hamilton (7) during the C Bracket Championship on Saturday at the 76th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s George Houston Gymnasium. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Metlakatla’s Bryan Hayward steps through pressure from Hydaburg’s TJ Young (1) and Eric Hamilton (7) during the C Bracket Championship on Saturday at the 76th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s George Houston Gymnasium. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
When action resumed Hayward hit two more shots and the lead was 12-0 with five minutes remaining.
Hydaburg would get their first basket from Greg Frisby and two shots past the arc from Darren Edenshaw to offset scores by Metlakatla’s Jace Scudero and Chris Booth to trail 19-8 with under three minutes left, and would finish the stanza on a 7-4 run to trail 23-15.
Hydaburg and Metlakatla had already met once in Thursday’s C Bracket semifinal that saw Metlakatla defeat Hydaburg 74-65.
On Saturday Metlakatla was looking to avenge their loss in last year’s championship game to Hoonah. Hydaburg, who had beaten Hoonah in this year’s tournament opener, was looking to avenge their semifinal country wise email marketing list loss to Metlakatla.
Metlakatla struck the first blow, and often, as they rebounded every missed shot and got three scores by Bryan Hayward one each from the arc, inside the arc and at the free throw line, and a rebound score by Apollo Marsden for an 8-0 lead that forced a Hydaburg timeout.
Metlakatla’s Bryan Hayward steps through pressure from Hydaburg’s TJ Young (1) and Eric Hamilton (7) during the C Bracket Championship on Saturday at the 76th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s George Houston Gymnasium. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Metlakatla’s Bryan Hayward steps through pressure from Hydaburg’s TJ Young (1) and Eric Hamilton (7) during the C Bracket Championship on Saturday at the 76th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s George Houston Gymnasium. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
When action resumed Hayward hit two more shots and the lead was 12-0 with five minutes remaining.
Hydaburg would get their first basket from Greg Frisby and two shots past the arc from Darren Edenshaw to offset scores by Metlakatla’s Jace Scudero and Chris Booth to trail 19-8 with under three minutes left, and would finish the stanza on a 7-4 run to trail 23-15.