Royce Borst scored a season-high 47 points on Saturday, February 8, and led the Skagway Panthers to a 94-33 rout of Nuiqsut Trapper in their final outing at the 202 Sam McCormick Tournament in North Pole.
With the win, the Panthers completed a 3-0 run and nailed down the tournament championship.
Skagway got its offense untracked in the first quarter. Backed by double-digit efforts from Borst and Luca Tronrud, the SHS boys pounded out a 31-15 margin in the first period.
Borst pumped in 13 of his game-high 47 points in the stanza. Tronrud pushed in 10 in the frame, including six via a pair of three-point bombs.
Camden Lawson added six points in the frame, while Malcolm Lawson chipped in two.
The Panthers continued to shell Nuiqsut Trapper in the second. Overall, six SHS players pumped in points in the frame and powered Skagway to a 60-26 halftime advantage.
Borst paced the SHS scoring attack in the second. He chalked up 14 points in the frame and went into the half with a total of 27 points. Tronrud added four in the frame while Malcolm and Camden Lawson chipped in three. Arthur Airbam also added a three-pointer.
Skagway continued to expand its lead in the third. They outscored Nuiqsut by a 20-5 margin in the first eight minutes of the second half and expanded their lead to 80-31.
Borst tallied half of the Panthers’ points in the third, hitting five shots from the field for 10 more points.
Borst closed out the game strong. He pumped in three three-pointers in the fourth and finished with 11 in the final period.
Tronrud and Camden Lawson both joined Borst in double figures. Tronrud chalked up 21, while Lawson added 12.
Chester Lampe led all Nuiqsut players with 10.
Skagway put itself in position to claim the tournament crown with a 57-36 come-from-behind win over Glennallen in the second round of the round-robin tournament.
Borst, who netted all-tournament honors, paced the Panthers’ in their win over Glennallen by throwing in a game-high 20 points. Logan Rupprecht and Camden Lawson added 14 and 12, respectively.
Glennallen drew first blood in the contest. They reeled off an 11-10 run in the opening frame and took a slim 1-point advantage into the second.
Lawson led the SHS efforts in the first with two shots from the field. Malcolm Lawson, Borst and Rupprecht added a bucket apiece.
Skagway heated up in the second. Backed by 10 points from Borst, the Panthers reeled off an impressive 23-14 run in the frame and went into the half leading 33-25.
The Panther defense all but floored Glennallen in the third. They limited Glennallen to just two shots from the field in the third and built a 20-point lead, at 49-29.
Ethan Hoke led all GHS scorers with 16 points.
The Panthers kicked off the tournament with a 59-44 win over North Pole.
Borst supplied the bulk of the Panthers’ offense as he treeled off 38 points – 25 of which came in the first half.
The Panthers will return to action on Feb. 17 when they host Hydaburg in their final home games.
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