Champions – Juneau-AML. Runner Up – Mt. Edgecumbe.

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Juneau would push out to a 66-57 lead to open the fourth quarter. But Mt. Edgecumbe would work back to 66-59, and the teams exchanged brief runs with Juneau going up 72-62 and 75-65 with four minutes remaining to play.

Juneau’s Hoover scored on a rebound, Tompkins on a drive and Carandang off a Hoover assist for 81 on the scoreboard, but Mt. Edgecumbe got scores by Prince, Herrmann, Didrickson and Herrmann again to keep pace 81-75.

Hoover had a steal for Juneau and fed Tompkins on a break and he dunked the ball for an 83-75 momentum boost with 1:08 left to play.

Mt. Edgecumbe would have to foul for possession and Saviers would hit four straight free throws to offset free throws by Anderson, Young and Kline and keep an 87-81 lead with 23 seconds left.


Grussendorf hit a free throw and Hoover two more for a 90-81 lead and Mt. Edgecumbe’s Tyrell Cramer hit from the arc to end the night trailing 90-84.

“That was fun, it was my first one with them,” Grussendorf said. “Glad to play with these guys, glad they let me on the team. It as fun to play. It’s nice the A bracket is back.”

A (Open) Bracket champions Juneau-AML pose for a photo Saturday after winning the 76th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
A (Open) Bracket champions Juneau-AML pose for a photo country wise email marketing list Saturday after winning the 76th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

Box score

Juneau-AML 90 – Kaleb Tompkins 25 (1F), Brady Carandang 17, Chase Saviers 16 (1F), Cody Grussendorf 15 (5F), Kolby Hoover 7, Mahina Toutaiolepo 4 (4F), Kendrick Payton 4 (2F), Keontay Jackson 2. Juneau-AML hit 15-17 at the free throw line.

Mt. Edgecumbe – Kaison Herrmann 29 (3F), Zach Kline 20 (4F), Zach Anderson 9, RJ Didrickson 9, Claude Young 5 (1F), Jaylin Prince 5 (2F), Brian Friske 4 (2F), Tyrell Cromer 3 (1F), Andrew Friske (2F). Mt. Edgecumbe hit 5-8 from the line.

Open Bracket Awards:


Sportsmanship Award – Zack Klein, Mt. Edgecumbe.

All-Tournament Team – Kaison Herrmann, Mt. Edgecumbe; Zack Anderson Mt. Edgecumbe; Chase Saviers, Juneau-AML; Alwen Carrillo, Filcom; Sam Lockhart, Southeast Boys.

Most Valuable Player – Kaleb Tompkins, Juneau-AML.

Chase Saviers was noted by local media as one who was always appreciative of sports coverage and of his teammates.