Alaska’s March Madness moves into conference tournaments for the 3A and 4A divisions of Alaska high school basketball.
3A Peninsula Conference: Homer High School
The 3A Peninsula Conference Tournament is hosted by the Homer Mariners and will run Thursday-Saturday, March 7-9.
The Grace Grizzlies are the #1 seed in both the boys and girls brackets and will receive a first-round bye. The Seward boys and Homer girls also earn first-round byes as the tournament’s #2 seeds.
Thursday, March 7: First-Round Tournament Pairings
10:00 a.m. #4 Seward Girls vs #5 Nikiski Girls Final 2OT: Seward 39 — Nikiski 41
12:00 p.m. #4 Kenai Boys vs #5 Nikiski Boys Final: Kenai 59 — Nikiski 30
2:00 p.m. #2 Homer Girls vs #3 Kenai Girls Final: Homer 44 — Kenai 53
4:00 p.m. #2 Seward Boys vs #3 Homer Boys Final: Seward 69 — Homer 39
6:00 p.m. #1 Grace Girls vs Nikiski Girls Final: Grace Christian 51 — Nikiski 7
8:00 p.m. #1 Grace Boys vs # Kenai Boys Final: Grace Christian 60 — Kenai 40
Friday, March 8: Tournament Pairings
10:00 a.m. Homer Girls vs Seward Girls Final: Homer 50 — Seward 44
12:00 p.m. Homer Boys vs Nikiski Boys Final: Homer 58 — Nikiski 33
2:00 p.m. Homer Girls vs Nikiski Girls Final: Homer 47 — Nikiski 42
4:00 p.m. Homer Boys vs Kenai Boys Final: Homer 60 — Kenai 52
6:00 p.m. Grace Girls vs Kenai Girls Final: Grace Christian (Champions) 57 — Kenai 16
8:00 p.m. Grace Boys vs Seward Boys Final: Grace Christian (Champions) 50 — Seward 40
Friday, March 9: Tournament Pairings
12:00 p.m. Homer Girls vs Kenai Girls Final: Homer (Runner Up) 48 — Kenai 43
2:00 p.m. Seward Boys vs Homer Boys Final: Seward (Runner Up) 79 — Homer 40
Boys Rankings: #1 Grace Christian, #2 Seward, #3 Homer, #4 Kenai, #5 Nikiski
Girls Rankings: #1 Grace Christian, #2 Homer, #3 Kenai, #4 Seward, #5 Nikiski
4A Northern Lights Conference: Soldotna High School
The 4A Northern Lights Conference Tournament is hosted by the Soldotna Stars and will run Thursday-Saturday, March 7-9.
The Colony Knights boys and girls each earned the #1 seeds heading into the tournament with 9-1 & 8-2 conference records, respectively. The Wasilla boys and Wasilla girls are the overall #2 seeds.
Thursday, March 7: First-Round Tournament Pairings
2:15 p.m. #6 Kodiak Girls vs #3 MCCA Girls Final: MCCA 70 — Kodiak 14
4:00 p.m. #5 Kodiak Boys vs #4 Palmer Boys Final: Palmer 53 — Kodiak 30
5:45 p.m. #5 SoHi Girls vs #4 Palmer Girls Final: Palmer 42 — SoHi 27
7:30 p.m. #3 SoHi Boys vs #6 MCCA Boys Final: SoHi 43 — MCCA 27
Friday, March 8: Tournament Pairings
10:00 a.m. Soldotna Girls vs Kodiak Girls Final: SoHi 61 — Kodiak 24
11:45 a.m. Kodiak Boys vs MCCA Boys Final 2OT: Kodiak 41 — MCCA 38
1:30 p.m. Colony Girls vs #Palmer Girls Final: Colony 72 — Palmer 30
3:15 p.m. Colony Boys vs Palmer Boys Final: Colony 44 — Palmer 49
5:00 p.m. Wasilla Girls vs MCCA Girls Final: Wasilla 68 — MCCA 55
6:45 p.m. Soldotna vs Wasilla Boys Final: Soldotna 53 — Wasilla 64
Saturday, March 9: Tournament Pairings
10:00 a.m. Palmer Girls vs MCCA Girls Final: Palmer 38 — MCCA 78
11:45 a.m. SoHi Boys vs Colony Boys Final: Soldotna 60 — Colony 74
1:30 p.m. SoHi Girls vs Palmer Girls Final: Soldotna 42 — Palmer 43
3:15 p.m. Soldotna Boys vs Kodiak Boys Final: Soldotna 69 — Kodiak 61
5:00 p.m. Colony Girls vs Wasilla Girls Final: Wasilla (Champions) 69 — Colony 46
6:45 p.m. Palmer Boys vs Wasilla Boys Final: Palmer (Champions) 61 — Wasilla 58
Boys Rankings: #1 Colony, #2 Wasilla, #3 Soldotna, #4 Palmer, #5 Kodiak, #6 MCCA
Girls Rankings: #1 Colony, #2 Wasilla, #3 MCCA, #4 Palmer, #5 SoHi, #6 Kodiak
All 3A Peninsula Conference basketball tournament games will be broadcast on ESPN 1140 AM, 96.9 FM and streamed live at radiokenai.com.
All SoHi games during the Northern Lights Conference tournament will be broadcast on KSRM 920 AM, 92.5 FM and streamed live at radiokenai.com.
