The 2017 Peninsula Conference Basketball Tournament, hosted at Homer High School, closed-out four days of competition on Saturday with the 2nd-Place games to determine the final 1A state qualifiers from the Peninsula Conference.
2nd Place Game Results
Ninilchik Girls 38 – Lumen Christi 24
The Wolverine girls downed Lumen 38-24 to advance to the 1A state tournament as the #2 seed from the Peninsula Conference.
Nikolaevsk Boys 60 – Birchwood 31
The Warrior boys qualify to the 1A state tournament with a 60-31 victory over Birchwood.
Friday Tournament Results
The 2017 Peninsula Conference Basketball Tournament, hosted at Homer High School, moved into its Championship Final on Friday.
The four-day basketball tournament features a double-elimination format with the boys and girls championship games scheduled for Friday night at Homer High School. The double-back, 2nd Place games with be played on Saturday. The top two teams advance to the ASAA 1A State Basketball Championships scheduled for March 15-18 at the Alaska Airlines Center on the campus of UAA.
Friday Championship Games
Ninilchik Boys 67 – Nikolaevsk 46
The Wolverine boys remain undefeated in 1A basketball and repeat as Peninsula Conference champions. The Warrior boys play Saturday at 3:00 p.m. in the 2nd place game for a slot in the 1A state basketball tournament.
Nikolaevsk Girls 33 – Ninilchik Girls 30
The Warrior girls knock-off the #1 seed Ninilchik girls 33-30 after trailing most of the championship game on Friday night. The Ninilchik girls play in the second place game on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. for a slot in the 1A state basketball tournament.
2nd Place Games will be broadcast on KSRM 920AM and www.radiokenai.com
2017 Peninsula Conference Boys Bracket
2017 Peninsula Conference Girls Bracket
Boys Thursday Game Results:
Cook Inlet Academy Boys 62 – Kodiak ESS 41
…Noah Leaf scored 20 points for the Eagles. Kodiak ESS eliminated with second loss.
Nanwalek Boys 56 – Wasilla Lake 60 Nanwalek eliminated with second loss.
Nikolaevsk Boys 62 – Birchwood 38
…Kalenik Molodih scored 24 points for the Warriors.
Ninilchik Boys 80 – Lumen Christi 21
…Dalton Geppert scored 25 points for the Wolverines.
Girls Thursday Game Results
Ninilchik Girls 57 – Birchwood 12
Nikolaevsk Girls 43 -Lumen Christi 29
Boys First Round Results:
Lumen Christi 78- Wasilla Lake 57
Nikolaevsk 57 – Cook Inlet 35
…Kalenik Molodih lead Nikolaevsk with 18 points. Noah Leaf led CIA with 15 points.
Birchwood 61 – Kodiak ESS 32
Ninilchik 96 -Nanwalek 35
…Dalton Geppert scored 29 points to lead Ninilchik; Garrett Koch added 18 points, Austin White scored 17.
