Basketball fills the high school sports schedules with three invitational basketball tournaments scheduled for the opening weekend of the basketball season with games running December 15-17.
Kenai River Challenge Girls Tournament
Kenai Central High School hosts the Kenai River Challenge girls basketball tournament from Thursday through Saturday, December 15-17 at KCHS. The round-robin format tournament features local teams Kenai, Soldotna and Nikiski paired against Eagle River, Thunder Mountain and Homer.
Thursday’s Game Schedule: Kenai River Challenge Girls Tournament
Soldotna 44 – Eagle River 37 OT SoHi made 10 of 13 freethrows in overtime.
Nikiski 41 – Thunder Mountain 16 Nikiski’s Bethany Carstens scored 20 in the win.
Kenai 55 – Homer 21 Kenai’s Lara Creighton scored 22 points, 18 in first half.
Friday Game Schedule: Kenai River Classic Girls Basketball @ KCHS
Eagle River 19 – Nikiski 58
Homer 19 – Soldotna 46
Kenai 43 – Thunder Mountain 33
Kenai River Classic Girls Basketball @ KCHS ESPN 1140A
Nikiski 52 – Homer 12
Soldotna 43 – Thunder Mountain 32
Kenai 43 – Eagle River 32
All games will be broadcast on ESPN 1140AM and www.radiokenai.com
Kenai River Challenge Bracket: Click Here!
SoHi Powerade/Al Howard Tip-Off Boys Tournament @ Soldotna High School
Soldotna High School hosts the 2016 SoHi Tip-off Boys Tournament with a bracketed-format for three days of tournament play beginning Thursday, December 15th. Teams include SoHi, Kenai, Homer, Nikiski and Ninilchik from the Kenai Peninsula; and Mt. Edgecumbe, Dimond, and Eagle River.
Thursday’s Game Schedule: Sohi Tip-off Boys Tournament
Homer 41 – Mt. Edgecumbe 42
Kenai 42 – Dimond 86
Nikiski 38 – Ninilchik 67
SoHi 59 – Eagle River 56 3 OT Stars win in triple-overtime.
SoHi Tipoff Boys Basketball Tournament
Kenai 45 – Homer 42
Nikiski 41 – Eagle River 68
Mt. Edgecumbe 43 – Dimond 86
Ninilchik 39 – SoHi 37
SoHi Tipoff Boys Basketball Tournament All games will be broadcast on KSRM 920 AM
Homer 54 – Nikiski 44
Kenai 49 – Eagle River 51
SoHi 63 – Mt. Edgecumbe 34
Ninilchik 28 – Dimond 72
SoHi Tip-Off Bracket: Click Here!
Cook Inlet Classic Tournament
Cook Inlet Academy brings back the CIA Classic basketball tournament with round-robin play starting on Thursday, December 15th. Teams include: CIA Boys, Nikolaevsk Boys & Girls, SoHi JV Boys & Girls, Ninilchik Girls, Nikiski JV Girls and Kodiak ESSS Boys
Thursday’s Game Schedule: CIA Classic Basketball Tournament
Nikolaevsk 35 – SoHi JV girls 16
Nikolaevsk 53 – SoHi JV boys 60
Ninilchik 26 – Nikiski JV girls 23
CIA 47 – Kodiak ESSS boys 32
Friday Game Schedule: CIA Classic Basketball Tournament
SoHi JV 19 – Ninilchik girls 31
SoHi JV 59 – Kodiak ESSS boys 28
Nikiski JV 33 – Nikolaevsk girls 35
CIA vs Nikolaevsk boys
CIA Classic Basketball Tournament
Ninilchik 27 – Nikolaevsk girls 30
Kodiak ESSS 41 – Nikolaevsk boys 73
SoHi JV 38 – Nikiski JV girls 32
CIA 38 – SoHi JV boys 62
