The 2020 Peninsula Conference Basketball Championships, which will determine conference champions and state qualifiers to the ASAA 1A State Basketball Championships, moves to Championship Friday following winner’s bracket games on Thursday at Cook Inlet Academy.
The Peninsula Conference tournament features a double-elimination format in both the girls and boys bracket with the tournament’s championship games scheduled for Friday night (March 6th) and the runner-up games, which will determine the second, state qualifier on Saturday afternoon (March 7th).
Championship Game Pairings: Friday
Nikolaevsk Girls vs Cook Inlet Academy Girls 6:30 p.m. Friday Broadcast on KKIS 96.5 FM and streamed at www.radiokenai.com
Lumen Christi Boys vs Ninilchik Boys 8:00 p.m. Friday Broadcast on KKIS 96.5 FM and streamed at www.radiokenai.com
Friday Game Schedule @ CIA
Noon Kodiak ESSS Girls vs Lumen
1:30 p.m. Birchwood Boys vs Nanwalek
3:00 p.m. Birchwood Girls vs Ninilchik
4:30 p.m. Nikolaevsk Boys vs CIA Boys
6:00 p.m. Girls Championship Game Nikolaevsk Girls vs CIA
7:30 p.m. Boys Champiomnship Game Ninilchik Boys vs Lumen
Peninsula Conference Girls Bracket
Peninsula Conference Boys Bracket
Peninsula Conference Girls Bracket: Thursday Game Results
CIA Girls 39 – Birchwood 33
The Eagle girls, seed #3, knocked-off #2 seed Birchwood 39-33 to advance the Eagles to the championship game on Friday night. Anna Henderson lead CIA with 17 points.
Nikolaevsk Girls 60 -Lumen Christi 23
The #1 Nikolaevsk girls rolled over Lumen 60-23 lead by Elizabeth Fefelov with 18 points.
Ninilchik boys 57 – Nikolaevsk 54
The #2 seed Ninilchik boys held-off #3 Nikolaevsk 57-54 to advance the Wolverines to the boys championship game on Friday night and move the Warriors to the consolation round. Ben Botero lead Ninilchik with 20 points.
Lumen boys 61 – Birchwood 44
The tournament’s top seed Lumen Christi overpowered Birchwood 61-44 to advance to Friday’s boys championship game.
CIA girls 46 – Kodiak ESS 27
The Eagle girls finally played their first-round pairing against Kodiak ESSS on Thursday after Kodiak was unable to make Wednesday’s game on time due to travel delays. Tatum Rozak lead CIA with 17 points in CIA’s 46-27 victory.
Peninsula Conference Girls Bracket: Opening Round (Wednesday)
Lumen Girls 27 – Ninilchik Girls 18
#5 Lumen downs #4 Ninilchik in tournament’s first upset.
Cook Inlet Academy (6-4) – Kodiak ESSS (0-10) Rescheduled to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday.
The Nikolaevsk girls earn the #1 seed with a 10-0 record and receive a bye into Thursday’s round. Birchwood Academy (7-3) also receives a first-round bye with the #2 seed.
Peninsula Conference Boys Bracket: Opening Round (Wednesday)
Birchwood Academy Boys 51 – Cook Inlet Academy Boys 43
Cook Inlet battles from 36-17 deficit at halftime to draw to within a basket in the final three minutes; however, Birchwood holds-off the Eagles 51-43.
Nikolaevsk Boys 75 – Nanwalek 40
Justin Trail lead the Warriors with 26 points in a 75-40 win over Nanwalek.
