A full weekend of high school basketball featured Peninsula Conference games for Kenai, Nikiski and Homer; and tournament games for the SoHi, Ninilchik and Seward.
Seward Tournament
The Ninilchik boys hit a buzzer-beating field goal to surpass Valdez 64-63 in the Seward Tournament boys championship game on Saturday.
Landon Colburn hit a three-pointer before the scoreboard hit :00 for the Wolverine victory. Lukah Kalugin led the Wolverines with 22 points and Colburn added 15 points. Ninilchik adds the Seward Basketball Tournament to a resume’ which includes a SoHi Al Howard Shootout tournament championship. The Wolverines are 10-0 on the season; their first season in 2A basketball.
In the Seward Invitational girls championship game, Bethel defeated Seward 53-39 in Saturday’s pairing. Ava Lieb led the Warriors with 14 points; Shelby Sieminski scored 20 points for the Seward girls.
Dimond Lady Lynx Shootout
The Soldotna Star girls defeat Service on Saturday to close-out tournament play at the Dimond Lady Lynx Shootout in Anchorage. Kaitlyn McAnelly lead the Stars with 14 points.
Peninsula Conference Basketball Pairings
Nikiski Girls 28 – Grace Girls 57
The Grace Grizzlies girls remain unbeaten in Peninsula Conference play with a 57-28 win over Nikiski. Sophie Lentfer topped the Grizzlies with 18 points; Kinlee Jefferys led the Bulldogs with 10 points.
Nikiski Boys 33 – Grace Boys 61
Luke Lentfer’s 21 points pushed the Grizzlie boys past Nikiski 61-33. Isaiah Daniels topped the Bulldogs with 12 points.
Homer Girls 61 – Kenai Girls 40
The Homer girls steadily pulled-away from the Kardinals for a 61-40 Peninsula Conference win in Homer on Saturday. Homer nailed nine, three-pointers and were led by Sydney Shelby with 19 points. Emma Beck topped the Kardinals with 11; Logan Satathite added 10 points.
Homer Boys 61 – Kenai Boys 47
Homer’s Carter Tennison scored 28 points to help the Mariners down the Kardinals 61-47 in Peninsula Conference action on Saturday. Homer led by ten after three quarters and extended to a 14-point victory. Jakob Kvasnikoff scored 22 points for Kenai.
The Mariner girls and boys dropped a pair of conference games on Friday to Grace Christian. The Grace girls held-off Homer 48-40 and the Grace boys defeated the Mariners 55-37. The Grace girls and boys lead the Peninsula Conference without a loss with a month remaining in the regular season.
