Ice Breaker Tournament heads to Sunday

Klas Stolpe
Dec 6, 2025
6 min read

Early elimination games will lead to championship finals

Thunder Mountain's Bridger Lockhart (11) scores over Sitka's Brady Smith (21) and Caleb Haskins (15) during the TMMS Icebreaker Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

By Klas Stolpe

Juneau Independent

The Thunder Mountain Middle School Icebreaker Tournament wrapped up pool play action on Saturday inside the TMHS main and auxiliary gymnasiums and teams now advance to single-elimination bracket play on Sunday.

The boys Gold bracket first games are at 9 a.m. with the Thunder Mountain Falcons Blue-B vs. Sitka Huskies Blue-B in game one and TMMS Black-A vs. Haines Glacier Bears-A in game two. Semifinal action at 12:40 p.m. pits the Sitka Huskies Red-A against the game one winner and the Hoonah Braves against the winner of game two. The Gold championship game is at 6:30 p.m.

The Haines Lady Glacier Bears and Yakutat Lady Eagles tip off a game in the Thunder Mountain Middle School Icebreaker Basketball Tournament on Saturday. Action goes through Sunday at the TMMS gymnasium. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

The girls bracket begins at 10:20 a.m. with the Yakutat Lady Eagles vs. Angoon and TMMS Lady Falcons White vs. White Horse Lady Lynx. At 11:30 a.m. the TMMS Lady Falcons Black play Haines Lady Glacier Bears White and the Hoonah Lady Braves play the Haines Lady Glacier Bears. Semifinals are at 1:50 p.m. and finals at 4:10 p.m.

Sitka's Quintin Richter (10) shoots under pressure from Thunder Mountain's Colin Daniels (12) during the TMMS Icebreaker Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

The boys Silver bracket begins at 3 p.m. with the TMMS Falcons White-C playing the Angoon Eagles and the Yakutat Eagles playing the Haines Glacier Bears-B. The winners play in the Silver championship at 5:20 p.m.

Angoon's Kali Mendenhall (3) looks to pass over Haines' Ruth Mason (43) during the TMMS Icebreaker Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

ANGOON LADY EAGLES:

Emily Thomas (#13), Celena Hunter-Cole (15), Joryanna Stafford (31), Isabel Price (5), Alaina Jackson (42), Kali Mendenhall (3), Kennedy Wilson (3), SuniMaRae Duncan (21). Head coach Emma Demmert.

Angoon's Connor Kookesh (23) shoots under pressure from Hoonah's Leelind Campbell (44) during the TMMS Icebreaker Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

ANGOON EAGLES:

Connor Kookesh (23), Fredrick Washington (11), Keith Fayer (5), Zayn Johnson (21), Xander Demmert-Mayo (10), Ivan Ramey (3). Head coach Emma Demmert.

Haines' Sita Price (15) shoots as Yakutat's Gracie Johnson (3) and Avery Jensen and Haines' Ivy Elliott (33) react during the TMMS Icebreaker Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

HAINES LADY GLACIER BEARS:

Lani Lynch (25), Ruth Mason (43), Maddigan Tersteeg (11), Gabby Long (24), Lila Tarleton (13), Piper Carlson (4), Juniper Brownell (10), Sita Price (15), Ivy Elliott (33), Carina Duncan (5), Brinley Ganey (1), Kayci Ferrin (20), Silvia Lynch (30), Maya Galusha Beck (35), Izzy Sweet (32). Head coach Larry Sweet Jr.

Haines' Nathan Sweet (34) shoots against Thunder Mountain during the TMMS Icebreaker Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

HAINES GLACIER BEARS:

George Shove (23), Elijah Powlison (25), Charlie Dewitt (30), Canaan Larson (32), Alijah Thompson (33), Nathan Sweet (34), Asher Jiminez (35), David Hotch (15), Emmett Williams (1), Parker Baumgartner (2), Tyson Combs (0), Samuel Thompson (11), Leon Rogers (12), Johnny Smith (4), Jayson Powlison (5), Kaiden Ramirez (20). Head coach Stuart DeWitt. Assistant coach Jordan Baumgartner.

Hoonah's Addison Smith (23) shoots under pressure from Haines' Silvia Lynch (30) and Izzy Sweet (32) during the TMMS Icebreaker Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

HOONAH LADY BRAVES:

Chloe Brown (46), Maile McGraw (33), Gigi Quick (45), Addison Smith (23), Marcie Williams (13), Trissa Shepard (21), Jacklynn Williams (10), Avery Martin (29), Mia Smith (28), Bella Gordon (12), Mackenzie Koenig (24). Head coach Louie White Sr.

Hoonah's Kamari Lafferty (34) rebounds against Angoon's Xander Demmert-Mayo (10) and Fredrick Washington during the TMMS Icebreaker Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

HOONAH BRAVES:

Landon Lane (35), Devlyn Smith (36), Carter Hinchman (32), Kamari Lafferty (34), Keicee James (42), Leelind Campbell (44), Roy Williams (31), James Jack III (8). Head coach Jeremy Martin.

Sitka's Jace Wolfe (11) and Thunder Mountain's Vance Tupou (35) during the TMMS Icebreaker Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

SITKA HUSKIES:

Stephen Black (30), Jian Arce (1), Zian Cabudol-Manuel (5), Garrett Johnson (4), Elliott Bagley (2), Chatham Mork (3), Sam Ploetzner (0), Quintin Richter (10), Brady Smith (21), Everett Woodcock (5), Jay Calumag (2), Caleb Haskins (15), Jace Wolfe (11), Marshall Branch (13), Stephen Desala (3) Neo Warner (20). Head coach Mitch Mork. Assistant coaches Efren Arce, Ashley Haskins.

Whitehorse and Thunder Mountain players react to a change of possession during the TMMS Icebreaker Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

WHITEHORSE LADY LYNX:

Liv Olano (30), Juliana Acebo (24), Ella Lopushinsky (39), Elisa Shaw Choi (52), Alexandra Tesero (57), Becca Blakeston (25), Coco Madsen (63), Maisie Plaunt (92), Odessa Macht (56), Ellie Macht (51), Anastasiia Buyeva (6), Chloe Rayment (17), Breanna Gottschalk (42). Head coach Diedre Davidson.

Yakutat's Trinity Ross (13) and Mackenzie Ross (14) and Haines' Maddigan Tersteeg and Ivy Elliott (33) react to a rebound during the TMMS Icebreaker Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

YAKUTAT LADY EAGLES:

Brooklyn Jensen (31), Talia Johnson (10), Mackenzie Ross (14), Gracie Johnson (3), Trinity Ross (13), Ellaina Johnson (11), Avery Jensen (21), Audrina Knutsen (15). Head coach Rose Fraker.

Yakutat's George Converse (21) shoots against Thunder Mountain during the TMMS Icebreaker Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

YAKUTAT EAGLES:

Carson Woodbury (24), Geaorge Converse (21), Tyas Jackson (23), Ethan Schumacher (12), Noah Cavanaugh (14), Shea Jackson (10). Head coach Shea Jackson.

Thunder Mountain's Ashlynn Zura (11) shoots a jump shot against Haines during the TMMS Icebreaker Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

TMMS LADY FALCONS:

Fine Aliki (12), Alee Bohulano (24), Harper Carriker (41), Minali Reid (7), Coralynn Nelson (3), Aurora Southerland (33), Kaneisi Talamai (14), Chloe Haube (2), Ngai Kivalu (23), Porter Love (1), Cisca Seludo (4), Khaleesi Woodbury (35), Sierra Savage (20), Sheliah Seludo (44), Lakayla Bailey (45), Ashlynn Zura (11), Edith Stepetin (0), Lily Ferguson (5). Head coach Jessica Nelson. Assistant coaches Marissa Stephens, Jason Wilson.

Thunder Mountain's Martin Stepetin (5) takes a shot under pressure from Haines' Johnny Smith (4), Jayson Powlison (5) and Parker Baumgartner (2) during the TMMS Icebreaker Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

TMMS FALCONS:

Elias Lockhart (13), Bridger Lockhart (11), Gavin Kohan (21), Mast Mallott (20), Logan Fanning (15), Henry Olmstead (12), Yakobi Cole (10), Marquis Lim (1), Micah Polasky (33), Vance Tupou (35), Dexter Ketah (22), Colin Daniels (12), Otto Lindoff (23), Thane Ligsay (3), Osi Miller (4), Roman Tyler (33), Liam Batac (30), Ethan Estigoy (21), Finley Bradshaw (11), Greyson Dalton (25), William Olmstead (23), Leo Colindres (31), Martin Stepetin (5), Raiden Johnson-Katzeek (10), Gavin Ribao (4), Shaunde Ahshapanek (34), Aaron Burke (11). Head coach David Buss. Assistant coaches Dan Robinson, Charles Westmoreland.

The Thunder Mountain Middle School cheer team pose during the TMMS Icebreaker Basketball Tournament. (Photo courtesy coach Lisa Flores)

TMMS CHEER TEAM:

Trinity Van Kirk, Renee Redmond, Jamie Lowe, Haylee Ondrejka, Chloe Travis, Hoku Winn, Harper Paddleford, Star Acosta, Helea Bethers, Tearynn Ladd, Lucy Burke, Ruth Summers, Cooper Beyer, Delilah Whiteley, Karli Morris, Makenzie Scott, Giada Veliz, Savannah Marvin, Kara Oudekerk, Rose Becker, Sophie Lane, Cece Fox, Grace Promson. Head coach Lisa Flores. Assistant coaches Viviana Flores, Mae Butler, Kristine Ryan.