The Soldotna Stars recorded Northern Lights Conference victories at Palmer on Friday night highlighting a full start to the next- to-last weekend of the regular season for high school basketball.
SoHi Girls 53 – Palmer 30
The Soldotna girls notched a 53-30 NLC victory over the Palmer Moose on the strength of a dominating second half of play. The Stars lead 22-20 at the half and held the Moose to three field goals and three free throws for the second half. Katelyn Morrison scored 14 of her 16 points in the first quarter; Josie Sheridan answered with 15 of her 17 points in the second half. The SoHi girls improve to 3-6 in the NLC standings.
SoHi Boys 63 – Palmer 55
The SoHi vs Palmer pairing featured a back-and-forth throughout with Palmer leading 18-11 after one quarter; SoHi led 36 -32 at the half and trailed 48-47 after three quarters. In the fourth, the Stars held Palmer to seven points and pulled away to an eight-point margin. Izaiah Gilbert topped all scorers with 19; Andrew Pieh scorer 18 in the SoHi victory. The SoHi boys improve to 2-7 in NLC games.
SoHi travels to Seward for non-divisional games against the Seahawks with the girls varsity at 2 p.m. and the boys set for 3:30 p.m.
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Featured Friday Game Scores
3A Peninsula Conference
Grace Girls 73, Nikiski 25
Grace Boys 52, Nikiski 12
Kenai @ Sitka
Sitka Girls 43, Kenai 36 Emma Beck scored 26 for the Kardinals.
Kenai Boys 42, Sitka 37 Jakob Kvasnikoff scored 16 points.
1A Peninsula Conference
Lumen Christi Girls 37, CIA 32 Tatum Rozak scored 17 points for Cook Inlet Academy.
CIA Boys 68, Lumen 31 Eagle’s Abraham Henderson scored 22 points.
