The first week of March ushers in the 1A and 2A basketball tournament season and the final week of the regular season for 3A and 4A basketball.
Peninsula Conference Tournament
The 1A Peninsula Conference Basketball Tournament, contested at Homer High School, crowned Ninilchik Wolverines as champions in both girls and boys divisions.
Two teams will advance to the 1A state championships in both the girls and boys divisions.
The Nikolaevsk girls and boys also advance to the 1A state tournament with second place finishes. The Warrior boys knocked-out the reigning state champion Seldovia Sea Otters.
Friday’s Tournament Game Schedule
Girls Championship Game: Ninilchik Girls 45 – Nikolaevsk Girls 35
Boys Championship Game: Ninilchk Boys 57 – Seldovia Boys 55
Saturday Runner-Up (State Qualifier) Games
Girls 2nd Place Game: Nikolaevsk 58 – Birchwood 27
Boys 2nd Place Game: Nikolaevsk 61 – Seldovia 46
Thursday Game Results
Kodiak Boys 42 – Lumen 49
Lumen Girls 47 – Seldovia 46 OT
Birchwood 47 – Nanwalek 22
Ninilchik Girls 44 – Birchwood 19
Ninilchik Boys 53 – Wasilla Lake 43
Seldovia Boys 47 – Nikolaevsk 40
Wednesday Game Results
Wasilla Lake Boys 58 – Birchwood 40
Birchwood Girls 39 – Seldovia 38
Seldovia Boys 73 – Lumen Christi 33
Lumen Christi Girls 36 – Nikolaevsk 54
Nikolaevsk 65 – Kodiak 44
Ninilchik 65 – Nanwalek 22
Regular Season Final Weekend
South Central Conference
Nikiski traveled to Anchorage and Houston for South Central Conference basketball games to close the regular season.
Nikiski Girls 40 – ACS 47
Nikiski Boys 56 – ACS 92
Nikiski Girls 50 – Grace 48
Nikiski Boys 40 – Grace 73
Nikiski Girls 45 – Houston 53
Nikiski 58 – Houston 61
Northern Lights Conference
Kenai Girls 32 – SoHi 30
The Kardinals Hannah Drury scored the game winner with 2.5 seconds remaining to give Kenai a 32-30 victory on Saturday. SoHi’s Lindsey Wong tied the game at 30-30 with only :08 seconds remainig, before the Kardinal game-winner.
