The Soldotna Star girls will play for 3rd place and the Nikiski girls will battle for 4th place in Saturday’s games at the 7th Annual Grace Hardwood Classic Basketball Tournament at Grace Christian School.
Nikiski 41 – Service 28
The Nikiski girls defeated Service 41-28 to advance to Saturday’s 4th Place Game. Avery White led the Bulldogs with 11 points in the win. Nikiski will play South Anchorage in the 11:45 a.m. contest.
SoHi 37 – Grace 46
The Soldotna Star girls fell to tournament host Grace Christian in the final game on Friday night 46-37 in a solid effort by the Stars. SoHi battled Grace basket-for-basket after falling behind 14-7 in the first quarter and nine at the half.. The SoHi girls closed to within three points with under three minutes to play; however, Grace held firm and extended the lead back to nine points for the 46-37 final.
SoHi will play Tikigaq (Pt. Hope) for 3rd Place at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Follow the Bulldogs and the Stars on Saturday on ESPN 1140AM, 96.9FM and streaming at radiokenai.com.
