Teams from the Chilkat Valley captured three of four titles at last week’s Juneau Lions Club 71st Gold Medal Basketball Tournament.

With a combined record of 11-0, the squads made what is possibly the best showing ever by local teams in the tournament’s history.

Jenny Lyn Smith coached elementary school basketball in Haines for 18 years. She attended the tournament for the first time in about 20 years and watched some of her former charges…