Invitational basketball tournaments opened play in Nome and Fairbanks for the Kenai Kardinals and Soldotna Stars on Thursday.
Kenai @ Nome Invitational Basketball Tournament
The Kenai girls and boys basketball team test themselves against Western Alaska basketball programs at the Nome Invitational with games against 3A powers Kotzebue and Nome and 2A Unalakleet, which qualified both girls and boys to the 2022 2A state championships.
Thursday, January 5
Kenai Girls 45 – Kotzebue 10
Kenai’s Emma Beck dominated play with a 33-point effort in a 45-10 Kenai victory over the Huskies.
Kenai Boys 60 – Kotzebue 53
Jakob Kvasnikoff led the Kenai boys with 25 points in the 60-53 victory over the Huskies.
Friday, January 6
Basketball: Kenai G & B @ Nome Basketball Tournament
…2 p.m. Kenai G vs Unalakleet
…3:30 p.m. Kenai B vs Unalakleet
Saturday, January 7
Basketball: Kenai G & B @ Nome Basketball Tournament
…5 p.m. Kenai G vs Nome
…6:30 p.m. Kenai B vs Nome
Soldotna @ Mt. McKinley Bank Basketball Tournament
The Stars girls and boys face both 4A and 3A competition at the 2023 Mt. McKinley Bank Basketball Tournament hosted at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks.
The SoHi girls opened against 4A Lathrop High School and the SoHi boys played 4A Ketchikan in the tournaments round-robin format. Anchorage 3A power Grace Christian and Fairbanks 3A state qualifier Monroe fill out the tournament bracket.
Thursday, January 5
SoHi Girls 36 – Lathrop 39
The Star girls fell 39-36 to the Malemutes. Katelyn Morrison lead SoHi with 11 points.
SoHi Boys 36 – Ketchikan 55
The Ketchikan Kings downed SoHi 55-36 in the tournament’s first round. Zac Buckbee topped the Stars scoring with 8 points.
Friday, January 6
Basketball: SoHi G & B @ Mt. McKinley Bank Basketball Tournament @ Lathrop High School
…6:20 p.m. SoHi Girls vs Monroe
…8:00 p.m. SoHi Boys vs Monroe
Saturday, January 7
Basketball: SoHi G & B @ Mt. McKinley Bank Basketball Tournament @ Lathrop High School
…Noon SoHi Girls vs Grace
…1:40 p.m. SoHi Boys vs Grace
Nikiski vs Seward: Friday, January 6th
The Bulldogs play their first home basketball game with Peninsula Conference Seward traveling to Nikiski.
Friday’s game times are scheduled for 6 & 7:30 p.m. for the varsity games.
Follow the Bulldogs on KSRM 920AM and streaming live at radiokenai.com
