Championships set for Gold Medal tournament on Saturday

mouakter13 · Post by **mouakter13** » Thu Jul 10, 2025 7:21 am

Five more teams were eliminated Friday at the 76th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in the George Houston Gymnasium, setting the stage for Saturday’s bracket championships.

A (OPEN) BRACKET

MT. EDGECUMBE 86, FILCOM 79

Friday morning tipped off with two teams full of firepower and bravado as Mt. Edgecumbe, who had to overcome an opening round 91-67 loss to finalist Juneau-AML, had battled through the losers’ bracket to meet Filcom, a team that lost to Juneau-AML 90-58 in the semifinals.

Mt. Edgecumbe would earn the rematch in a tightly country wise email marketing listcontested 86-79 win over Filcom.

Mt. Edgecumbe’s Tyrell Cromer, Zach Anderson and Kaison Herrmann scored the opening three baskets around two shots from past the arc by Filcom’s Sean Oliver for a 6-5 lead. Herrmann hit from distance for 9-5, and Filcom’s Alwen Carrillo and Garrett Bryant took the lead 10-9.

Mt. Edgecumbe would go on a 13-6 run to end the first quarter on two point scores while Filcom’s Oliver hit two shots from past the arc to trail 23-16.

Mt. Edgecumbe’s Zach Anderson (50) blocks a shot by Filcom’s Jhowel Estigoy (21) during Mt. Edgecumbe’s 86-79 A Bracket elimination game win Friday 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)
Mt. Edgecumbe’s Zach Anderson (50) blocks a shot by Filcom’s Jhowel Estigoy (21) during Mt. Edgecumbe’s 86-79 A Bracket elimination game win Friday 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)

Mt. Edgecumbe’s largest lead would be 34-20 and Filcom would close that to 37-32 with two minutes left in the second quarter. But Mt. Edgecumbe came out of a timeout with baskets by Herrmann and Claude Young, while Filcom countered with scores by Oliver and TJ Guevarra to close to 45-34 at the half.