The Haines Merchants figure to have a size advantage at this year’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau. The competition begins Sunday.
Team stalwart Ben Egolf (6’10”) will be joined by his “little” brother, the 6’9” Will, on the Merchants’ roster. The younger Egolf wrapped up his Division I basketball career at Bradley University last spring.
The Merchants are in the eight-team “B” bracket that includes Angoon, Hoonah, Hydaburg, Kake, Klawock, Wrangell and Yakutat. They…
