The high school basketball season hits the courts running with four tournaments involving local programs scheduled for the first official week of the regular season.
Tournament schedules and game results recorded here!
Holland America Tournament @ Sitka (Nikiski Boys)
Mt. Edgecombe 73 – Nikiski 53 (non-tournament game)
Holland America Schedule for Nikiski
Nikiski B 38 – Bethel 58 Nikiski’s Ian Johnson & Jace Kornstad, 9 points each
Nikiski B 45 – Houston 26
Nikiski B 57 – Sitka 42
SoHi Boys Tip-Off Tournament @ Soldotna High (SoHi Boys, Kenai Boys)
Thursday, December 14
Homer 61 – Seward 39 Homer’s Koby Etzwiler, 16 points
Kenai 53 – Service 45 Kenai’s Luke Beiser, 22 points
SoHi 73 -Eielson 56 SoHi’s Caleb Spence, 12 points
Friday, December 15
Eielson 60 – Seward 31
Homer 68 – Service 58
SoHi 48 -Kenai 31
Saturday, December 16
Homer 48 – Eielson 56
Kenai 52 – Seward 32
SoHi 55 – Service 61
Kenai boys win tournament on fewest points allowed tiebreaker. SoHi, Kenai and Service were all 2-1.
Kenai River Challenge Girls Tournament @ KCHS (Kenai Girls, SoHi Girls, Nikiski Girls)
Thursday, December 14
Nikiski 60 – Service 28 Nikiski’s Bethany Carstens, 17 points; Kelsey Clark & Kaycee Bostic, 12 points each
SoHi 64 – Homer 22 SoHi’s Danica Schmidt, 18 points
Kenai 61 -Eielson 19 Kenai’s Brooke Satithite 16 points; Jaycie Calvert, 14 points
Friday, December 15
Homer 23 – Eielson 20
SoHi 46 – Nikiski 51
Kenai 64 -Service 34
Saturday, December 16
Nikiski 75 -Eielson 25
SoHi 40 – Service 25
Kenai 41 – Homer 27
Kenai and Nikiski finish with 3-0 records. The Kenai girls are the tournament champions based on the fewest points allowed tiebreaker.
CIA Classic Basketball Tournament @ Cook Inlet Academy
Thursday, December 14
Nikolaevsk Girls 27 -Nikiski JV 22
Nikolaevsk Boys 69 – Nanwalek 41
CIA Girls 18 – SoHi JV 34
CIA Boys 30 – Kodiak ESSS 32
Friday, December 15
Nikolaevsk Boys 69 – Kodiak ESSS 28
SoHi C Girls 27 – Nikiski JV 33
Kodiak ESSS Boys 18 vs Nanwalek 63
CIA Girls 17 – Nikolaevsk Girls 40
CIA Boys 33 – Nikolaevsk Boys 77
Saturday, December 16
Nikolaevsk Girls 54 -SoHi C 43
CIA Boys 29 – Nanwalek 52
CIA Girls 7 – Nikiski JV 34
Nikolaevsk Girls & Boys are tournament champions with 3-0 records.
