The Cook Inlet Academy girls and boys both advanced to the 1A Peninsula Conference Basketball Tournament second-place game on Saturday at Lumen Christi with an opportunity to advance to the 1A state basketball tournament. Unfortunately, both Eagles teams were defeated and eliminated from the tournament.
Girls Championship Results
The Lumen Christi Archangel girls defeated Birchwood Academy 28-20 in the 1A Peninsula Conference championship game on Friday, clinching the #1 seed into the upcoming 1A state basketball tournament. Natalie Grubba lead the Archangels with 11 points. With the loss, Birchwood moved into the second-place game on Saturday against Cook Inlet Academy.
Birchwood Girls 37 – CIA Girls 22
The Birchwood girls held the Cook Inlet girls to only two free throws in the fourth quarter as Birchwood defeated the Eagles 37-22 for second-place and an automatic berth to the 1A state tournament. Birchwood led 26-20 after three quarters and outscored CIA 11-2 in the final quarter. Tatum Rozak scored 10 points for the Eagles.
Boys Championship Results
The Lumen Christi Archangel boys downed Cook Inlet 77-35 in the 1A Peninsula Conference boys championship game on Friday, clinching the #1 seed into the upcoming 1A state basketball tournament. The Lumen boys are the 2021 1A state champions.
Tim Bennett scored 31 points for the Archangels.
Nanwalek Boys 42 – CIA 32
The Nanwalek boys claim the Peninsula Conference runner-up and claim the 32 seed to the 1A state basketball championships with a 42-32 win over the Cook Inlet Academy Eagles.
Nanwalek lead by five, 29-24, after three quarters and pulled-away from the Eagles with a 13-point, fourth quarter. Tikhom Kvasnikoff topped Nanwalek with 16 points; Abraham Henderson scored 9 to lead the Eagles.
All-Tournament Team Selections
Girls
Aggie Jimmy – Nanwalek
Ella Phillips – Birchwood
Emily Ross – Lumen Christi
Sabrina Warren – Lumen Christi
Darby Buyse – Birchwood
Hope Hillyer – Cook Inlet Academy
Katya Vytryachenko – Cook Inlet Academy
Tatum Rozak – Cook Inlet Academy
Maddy Buyse – Birchwood
All-Tournament Co- MVP’s – Amara Warren and Natalie Grubba both from Lumen Christi
Boys
Kaleb Worley – Birchwood
Joseph Moriarty – Lumen Christi
Ian McGarry – Cook Inlet Academy
Damien Fournier – Holy Rosary Academy
Sean Moonin – Nanwalek
Abraham Henderson – Cook Inlet Academy
Tikhon Kvasnikoff – Nanwalek
James Boyd – Cook Inlet Academy
Robert Wilcox – Lumen Christi
All-Tournament Co- MVP’s – Brenden Gregory and Tim Bennett both from Lumen Christi.
