Alaska High School Basketball - Manokotak can't hold off Newhalen
January 19, 2023: Manokotak, AK 99628 The Newhalen Malamutes basketball team scored 78 points and held the host Manokotak Lynx to 74 in the Malamutes league triumph on Thursday.
The Malamutes now sport a 8-1 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to King Cove for a 1A Aleutian Chain contest on Friday, January 20. Newhalen will battle a T-Jacks team coming off a 70-44 league win over Sand Point (Sand Point, AK). The T-Jacks record now stands at 1-1.
The Lynx (0-1) will now prepare for their contest against Tanalian (Port Alsworth, AK). The Lynx enter the 1A Aleutian Chain contest with a 3-3 record. In their last contest, Tanalian nudged Chief Ivan Blanka (New Stuyahok, AK), 67-66, in a league contest.