At Bethel Tourney, A Series of Tough Defeats for Raiders

Monday, January 30 2012

For the Unalaska City School basketball teams, the Donlin Gold Classic resulted in a series of heartbreaks.

Coming off their narrow loss against Bethel on Thursday, the boys team struggled in the two remaining matches of the tournament. The Raiders faced off against the Nome Nanooks on Friday, losing 31 to 47. On Saturday, the Raiders managed to rally some in their match versus the Galena Hawks. Unalaska led the game at halftime and managed to keep the game close through the third period. However, Galena gained control in the final minutes, ultimately beating Unalaska by nine points. The final score was 49 to 58.

The Lady Raiders also suffered losses against Nome and Galena. The score in Friday’s match against the Nome Nanooks was 21 to 59. On Saturday, the girls lost to Galena 21 to 53.

Both the boys teams and girls teams took fourth place in the Bethel tournament.

The Raiders will be playing their next matches at home against Nikolaevsk in February.



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