Angoon defends B bracket Gold Medal championship

mouakter13 · Post by **mouakter13** » Thu Jul 10, 2025 7:22 am

The Brinson brothers came back to their home court and acted like they never left, playing the backcourt side-by-side and pushing Angoon to a second straight B Bracket championship 79-66 over Haines on Saturday at the 76th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in the George Houston Gymnasium.

“It means a lot to represent for our family of Angoon,” said Aquino Brinson, a 2013 Juneau-Douglas High School graduate. “With our great-grandma passing away a couple years ago, just means a lot, a lot honestly.”

Added 2008 JDHS graduate Dominic Brinson, “I love the tournament. I love playing with my brother and it’s great to come out with the family in the stands. Me and ‘Quino’ played on this court growing up so it’s always great to be back home.”

Angoon’s A. Brinson and Clayton Edwin hit for an early country wise email marketing list 4-0 lead, but Haines went on a 15-3 run behind Tyler Swinton, Kirby Faverty, Kyle Fossman and Tyler Healy to lead 15-7.

Haines’ Kirby Faverty scores under pressure from Angoon’s Aquino Brinson (1), Clayton Edwin (8), Duncan O’Brien (34) and Gregory Bennum (25) during the B Bracket Championship on Saturday 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)
Haines’ Kirby Faverty scores under pressure from Angoon’s Aquino Brinson (1), Clayton Edwin (8), Duncan O’Brien (34) and Gregory Bennum (25) during the B Bracket Championship on Saturday 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)

Angoon’s Edwin would hit twice to close to 15-12 and Haines’ Swinton closed the quarter with a muscle move inside for 17-12.

Haines exploded out of the second quarter on an 8-0 run by Swinton, Fossman and Kyle Rush, forcing an Angoon timeout.

D. Brinson came out of the rest with a score and Edwin was fouled on a scoring drive and hit the free throw for a spark.

Rush and Fossman put Haines up 29-17. Angoon’s A. Brinson hit a reverse layup, D. Brinson from past the arc and Edwin two free throws to close to 29-24 at the half.