Of all the games played at the 62nd Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament, none compared to the intensity of the Mighty B Bracket title game as Hoonah held off Haines Merchants 104-93 for the victory at the Juneau-Douglas High School gym.

As he watched Klukwan Chilkats teammate Joe Parnell dribble untouched for an insurance layup, teammate Larry Sweet Sr. smiled widely and thrust both arms in the air.

Led by tournament MVP Rudy Bean, Kake captured its third-straight Legendary C Bracket title with a 91-77 win over Klukwan at the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament on Saturday at the Juneau-Douglas High School gym.

Hoonah's James Wilson split the defense for a layup with less than a minute left to put his team up for good Friday. The outcome of Friday's back-and-forth affair wasn't decided until the final seconds of play as Hoonah won 94-89 in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament Mighty B Bracket loser's bracket final at Juneau-Douglas High School.

Larry Sweet Sr. became the 99th inductee into the Gold Medal Hall of Fame on Saturday.

When basketball coach and father Terry Friske heard the Haines-to-Fairbanks pipeline, which carried aircraft fuel north to Eielson Air Force Base, was being dismantled, he wanted a piece of it.

It wasn't easy, but the Kake Oldtimers moved into Saturday's C Bracket championship game with a 95-88 win over the Klukwan Chilkats on Thursday night at the Juneau-Douglas High School gymnasium.

It took the Klukwan Chilkats 34 minutes to earn their first lead of the game against the Yakutat Old Timers and 20 seconds to give it back Thursday.

All three Hoonah teams won their elimination games Thursday in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament at the Juneau-Douglas High School gym.

One of Huna Totem's newest players helped keep his squad alive in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament Legendary C Bracket on Wednesday at the Juneau-Douglas High School gym.

Wednesday spelled doomsday for Sitka Estella in one of the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament's first elimination games.

After an emotional overtime win the night before, Angoon dug deep once again to stay alive in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament Legendary C Bracket on Wednesday at the Juneau-Douglas High School gym.

While Tuesday's Gold Medal C Bracket game between Huna Totem and Metlakatla was punctuated by extracurricular comments and verbal warnings, Kamal Lindoff let his game do the talking and led Huna Totem to a 75-53 victory.

Yakutat showed the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament crowd on Tuesday what experience and cohesion on the court can do in a Master's Bracket win at the Juneau-Douglas High School gym.

Alice Ottoson-McKeen, a sophomore at Juneau-Douglas High School, walked among the fans at the Gold Medal while she called 50/50 tickets for sale.

Metlakatla raced to a 53-29 halftime lead and never looked back in a 102-68 victory over Klukwan in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament Mighty B Bracket on Tuesday at the Juneau-Douglas High School gym.

Haines fans, from left, Lyndsey Hura, Rikki Gelston, Zdravea Jones, Andrea Ferrin, Kassie Ambruster and Kim Ferrin, dress up to support their team Monday during the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School. The Merchants defeated Sitka Estella 96-82 in the Mighty B Bracket.

Mighty B Bracket: Sitka vs. Metlakatla, 3:30 p.m.Yakutat vs. Hoonah, 9 p.m.

Huna Totem player Kamal Lindoff, left, tries to shoot over Metlakatla's Tom Booth Jr. Lindoff scored a team-high 18 points to lead Huna Totem to a 75-53 victory Tuesday in the Gold Medal C Bracket game. For complete coverage of the tournament, see today's Sports section.

The Klukwan Chilkats opened the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament Master's Bracket with a 91-49 victory against the Legion 2008 Legends on Monday at the Juneau-Douglas High School gym.

The Rudy Bean show was the evening flick at the Juneau-Douglas High School gym on Monday as Kake outlasted a scrappy Filipino Community team 81-72 in Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament Legendary C Bracket action.

The Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament isn't just a special event for fans and players, but for the referees as well.

Angoon moved one step closer to playing for the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament Mighty B Bracket title with a 103-70 win over Yakutat on Monday at the Juneau-Douglas High School gym.

Mighty B Bracket: Klukwan vs. Metlakatla, 3:30 p.m.Kake vs. Hoonah, 9 p.m.

In the second half, about the only thing that could slow down Angoon in its 89-69 win over Metlakatla was Stan Johnson Jr. losing a contact lens on the court.

The defending champion Kake Oldtimers proved it will again be the team to beat in the Legendary C Bracket with a dominating 104-85 win over Angoon Sunday at the 62nd annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament.

With a sigh of relief, Sharon Lee counted down the seconds before the clock turned to 10 a.m. Sunday, signifying the opening tip-off of the 62nd annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament.

Klukwan's Dave Buss drained five 3-point shots en route to 27 points in a 84-75 win over Hoonah in the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament Legendary C Bracket game at Juneau-Douglas High School.

Gold Medal time is here again in Juneau. For many years now, basketball fans from all over Southeast Alaska have been attending the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament.

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It didn't take long for the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament to become an institution. In 1947, the old Juneau High School gym featured giant crowds, as fishermen, students, public officials and people from all walks of life in Southeast Alaska indulged in the region's obsession - basketball.

The 62nd Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament will feature revamped brackets reminiscent of the event's early days.

On a Sunday afternoon at Mount Jumbo gym, John Martin gets a pass from his teammate during a pickup basketball game. He shoots the ball and drains a 3-pointer.

A ssisting teammates on the court is common practice in basketball, but some people associated with the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament continue helping even after their basketball careers are long over.

There have been many great games I have photographed while covering the Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament during my 25 years working for the Juneau Empire. There are so many buzzer-beaters, overtime thrillers and heroic efforts to recall.

Before there was Gold Medal basketball in Juneau, there were Lions. For nearly 64 years, Juneau Lions Club members served communities throughout Southeast Alaska. The club currently has 23 members, who passionately uphold the Lions Club International motto, "We serve."