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Hydaburg’s Frisby hit two free throws to open the second quarter and Darren Edenshaw scored on a jumper. But Metlakatla’s Christ Bryant hit his first of two shots past the arc for a 26-19 lead.

Hydaburg would go on an 8-0 run to take the lead 27-26, but Bryant answered from past the arc for a 29-27 lead.


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The teams exchanged baskets down the stretch and, country wise email marketing list when his defender slipped in a defensive effort, Metlakatla’s Hayward hit a shot for a 37-31 lead with under three minutes to play in the stanza.

Hydaburg’s Joe Young hit from past the arc to close to 37-34 and Don Alamander added a free throw for 35, but Metlakatla’s Bryant again hit from distance for a 39-35 lead.

Hydaburg’s Darren Edenshaw closed the half from distance to trail 39-38.

“We talked a lot about coming out and pushing the ball, communicating better on switching on screens and I think we did better today,” Eric Hamilton said. “They got the ball into the post to Brian Hayward a lot more which is tough, but I thought our help defense was better and I thought we moved the ball a little bit better. Our timing I think was better, our rhythm on offense.”

Hamilton noted that Metlakatla usually comes out fast, but Hydaburg wanted to flip the switch on them.

“I felt like that first quarter we got down 12-0 and we’re just digging ourselves out of a hole,” he said. “And that’s what we talked about coming into the second half, ‘Now we’re up a couple points and we’re basically even, it’s a new game, let’s come out and play our game and put some pressure on them…’ And you saw in the fourth quarter I thought we put a lot more pressure full court and we thought that was key to end of the game too.”