Middle School hoopsters rock Icebreaker tournament

Play continues Saturday and Sunday at Thunder Mountain

Thunder Mountain Middle School's Micah Polasky (33) shoots over Sitka's Brady Smith (21) during Friday's Icebreaker action in Juneau. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

Day one of the Thunder Mountain Middle School Icebreaker Tournament saw overtime clashes, underdogs playing big, established teams showing their skills and volunteer officials and scorekeepers regimenting numerous games between TMMS, Angoon, Hoonah, Sitka and Yakutat — see a slide show at the bottom (Haines and Whitehorse enter the fray Saturday).

Saturday Schedule:

9 a.m. MG - Girls- Yakutat Lady Eagles vs. Haines Lady Glacier Bears White

9 a.m. AG - Boys - Haines Glacier Bears Green vs. Sitka Huskies Red

10:10 a.m. MG - Boys - Haines Glacier Bears White vs. Yakutat Eagles

10:10 a.m. AG - Girls- Angoon Lady Eagles vs. Whitehorse Lady Lynx

11:20 a.m. MG - Girls- Hoonah Lady Braves vs. Haines White

11:20 a.m. AG - Boys - Haines Green vs. TMMS Blue

12:30 p.m. MG - Girls- Yakutat Lady Eagles vs. Haines Green

12:30 p.m. AG - Girls- Haines White vs. TMMS White

1:40 p.m. MG - Boys - Haines White vs. TMMS White

1:40 p.m. AG - Girls- TMMS White vs. Haines Green

2:50 p.m. MG- Girls- Haines White vs. Angoon

2:50 p.m. AG - Girls- Whitehorse Lady Lynx vs. TMMS Black

4 p.m. MG - Girls- Hoonah vs. Whitehorse

4 p.m. AG- Girls- Haines Green vs. Angoon

5:10 p.m. MG - Boys - Haines Green vs. Sitka Blue

5:10 p.m. AG- Girls- Whitehorse vs. Yakutat

6:20 p.m. MG - Girls- TMMS Black vs. Haines White

6:20 p.m. AG - Boys - Haines White vs. Hoonah Braves

7:30 p.m. MG - Boys - Haines Green vs. TMMS Black

7:30 p.m. AG - Girls- Whitehorse vs. Haines Green

Sunday girls single bracket tournament play and boys Gold and Silver brackets will begin at 9 a.m. with teams seeded from pool play results.

• Contact Klas Stolpe at klas.stolpe@gmail.com.