Even though the Shishmaref Northern Lights scored an imposing 55 points on Saturday, the Shaktoolik Wolverines still came out on top. Shaktoolik took their contest against Shishmaref 65-55. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Shaktoolik.
Shishmaref lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Louis Iyatunguk, who scored 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ivan Davis-Nayokpuk, who scored 15 points.
Shaktoolik now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Shishmaref, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-4.
Shaktoolik does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Shishmaref and Hogarth Kingeekuk Sr. Memorial will face off at 8:30 p.m. on January 19th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday.
