Hooper Bay’s A. Lake got loose outside
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 7:21 am
Hooper Bay surprised Yakutat 60-58 in their elimination game and earned a trip to Saturday’s 1 p.m. championship game against Craig, a team that defeated Hooper Bay in the semifinals 70-49 and Yakutat 53-41 in the quarterfinals.
With five minutes remaining in the game, Hooper Bay trailed 50-49 and Yakutat’s Janie Jensen hit to make that 52-49.
Hooper Bay’s Florence Kargi scored to cut the deficit to 52-51 and teammate Ariana Lake scored for a 53-52 lead.
Hooper Bay’s Susie Long (3) is fouled by Yakutat’s Nadine Fraker (10) and Trinity Jakcson (12) Friday during Hooper Bay’s 60-58 Women’s Bracket elimination game win over Yakutat 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)
Hooper Bay’s Susie Long (3) is fouled by Yakutat’s Nadine Fraker (10) and Trinity Jakcson (12) Friday during Hooper Bay’s 60-58 Women’s Bracket elimination game win over Yakutat 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)
Yakutat’s Kim Armendariz hit on a drive for a 54-53 lead and teammate J. Jensen pushed it to 56-53.
the arc and tied the game at 56-56 with just under country wise email marketing list two minutes remaining.
Yakutat’s Rose Fraker hit in the key for a 58-56 lead. Hooper Bay’s Kargi tied the game on a fake and score in the key for 58-58.
A Yakutat miss went out of bounds to Hooper Bay, and they called timeout. On the inbounds play, Hooper Bay’s A. Lake drove the length of the sideline and laid the ball in for a 60-58 lead with 24 seconds left.
A Yakutat turnover gave the ball back to Hooper Bay and they had 3.9 seconds to kill. But their pass went into Yakutat’s end and in a scrum went out of bounds.
Yakutat inbounded under their basket, but their shot was blocked and a last-second follow was tarnished by the buzzer sounding.
Yakutat held an early 15-10 first-quarter lead, but Hooper Bay took the air out of the ball to patiently run their offense, and battled back to open the second quarter on scores by Kargi, A. Lake and Iyana Andreanoff for a 16-15 advantage.
Yakutat’s J. Jensen hit two free throws and Fraker a jumpshot to regain a 19-16 advantage. Yakutat would go on an 8-5 run for a 26-21 lead behind scores by Cheyenne Latu, Shaye Jensen and J. Jensen. Hooper Bay scores came from Andreanoff and A. Lake.
Hooper Bay’s Kargi scored to close to 26-23, but Yakutat’s J. Jensen and Nadine Fraker hit for a 30-23 lead with 56 seconds left in the stanza.
With five minutes remaining in the game, Hooper Bay trailed 50-49 and Yakutat’s Janie Jensen hit to make that 52-49.
Hooper Bay’s Florence Kargi scored to cut the deficit to 52-51 and teammate Ariana Lake scored for a 53-52 lead.
Hooper Bay’s Susie Long (3) is fouled by Yakutat’s Nadine Fraker (10) and Trinity Jakcson (12) Friday during Hooper Bay’s 60-58 Women’s Bracket elimination game win over Yakutat 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)
Hooper Bay’s Susie Long (3) is fouled by Yakutat’s Nadine Fraker (10) and Trinity Jakcson (12) Friday during Hooper Bay’s 60-58 Women’s Bracket elimination game win over Yakutat 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)
Yakutat’s Kim Armendariz hit on a drive for a 54-53 lead and teammate J. Jensen pushed it to 56-53.
the arc and tied the game at 56-56 with just under country wise email marketing list two minutes remaining.
Yakutat’s Rose Fraker hit in the key for a 58-56 lead. Hooper Bay’s Kargi tied the game on a fake and score in the key for 58-58.
A Yakutat miss went out of bounds to Hooper Bay, and they called timeout. On the inbounds play, Hooper Bay’s A. Lake drove the length of the sideline and laid the ball in for a 60-58 lead with 24 seconds left.
A Yakutat turnover gave the ball back to Hooper Bay and they had 3.9 seconds to kill. But their pass went into Yakutat’s end and in a scrum went out of bounds.
Yakutat inbounded under their basket, but their shot was blocked and a last-second follow was tarnished by the buzzer sounding.
Yakutat held an early 15-10 first-quarter lead, but Hooper Bay took the air out of the ball to patiently run their offense, and battled back to open the second quarter on scores by Kargi, A. Lake and Iyana Andreanoff for a 16-15 advantage.
Yakutat’s J. Jensen hit two free throws and Fraker a jumpshot to regain a 19-16 advantage. Yakutat would go on an 8-5 run for a 26-21 lead behind scores by Cheyenne Latu, Shaye Jensen and J. Jensen. Hooper Bay scores came from Andreanoff and A. Lake.
Hooper Bay’s Kargi scored to close to 26-23, but Yakutat’s J. Jensen and Nadine Fraker hit for a 30-23 lead with 56 seconds left in the stanza.