The Northern Lights Conference Basketball Tournament was basically chalk all the way.
The ACS girls continued their undefeated run through conference opponents with an 86-49 dismantling of the Colony Knights led by Sayvia Sellers with 33 points for the Lions in the girls championship game.
The Colony boys, unbeaten in conference play, downed ACS 57-45 with Jayce Underwood scoring 20 points for Colony in the boys championship game.
SoHi Girls Saturday Tournament Run
3rd Place Game: Wasilla Girls 52 – SoHi Girls 34
The SoHi Star girls led 6-5 after the first quarter; however, trailed 24-17 at the half in a 52-34 loss to the Warriors. Josie Sheridan scored 15 points to lead the Stars and Katelyn Morrison added nine.
4th Place Game: SoHi Girls 49 – Palmer 28
The SoHi girls opened and closed the NLC tournament with wins against the Palmer Moose earning the Stars a fourth-place finish in the conference tournament.
On Saturday, the Star girls opened a 20-2 lead on their way to a 49-28 victory. Josie Sheridan posted a season-high 28 points for Soldotna girls.
SoHi Boys Saturday Tournament Run
4th Place Game: SoHi Boys 51 – Kodiak 47
The Soldotna boys defeated Kodiak 51-47 in the fourth place game, avenging an opening round loss to the Bears. SoHi rallied from an early deficit to lead 24-21 at the half. for the game, Izaiah Gilbert topped all scorers with 17 points and Andrew Pieh added 12 points.
Northern Lights Conference: Girls All-Conference Awards
Sayvia Sellers, Anchorage Christian Schools: MVP
Jeannie Hebert-Truax , Wasilla: NLC Girls Coach of the Year
Girls First Team
Sayvia Sellers, ACS, Layla Hays of Wasilla, Hallie Clark of Colony, Chloe Auble of ACS, Mylee Anderson of Wasilla, Ally Shelley of Colony, Maliyah Alex of ACS, Morgan Maldonado of ACS and Josie Sheridan of Soldotna.
SoHi Second Team selection: Kaitlyn Morrison
SoHi Good Sport: Tanner Inman
Northern Lights Conference: Boys All-Conference Awards
Parker Kroon,Wasilla: MVP,
Steve Henderson, Wasilla: NLC Boys Coach of the Year
Boys First Team
Parker Kroon,Wasilla, Kash Luce of Colony, Jayce Underwood of Colony, JD McGee of ACS, Arthur Adams of Wasilla, Sean Malinis of ACS, Jeph English of ACS, Connor Case of Kodiak and Jakob Brown of Soldotna.
SoHi Second Team selection; Andrew Pieh
SoHi Good Sport: Coy Babcock