Northern Lights Conference Basketball Tournament

Hosted at Homer High School

The Northern Lights Conference basketball tournament, featuring eight teams from two divisions of the NLC, closed-out three days of competition with the Wasilla Boys and Colony girls claiming NLC titles. The Wasilla boys downed Kodiak and the Colony Knights girls upset Wasilla.  The Soldotna Star girls qualify to the ASAA 2011 4A State Basketball Tournament with a third place finish and the Palmer boys also earn a spot at state with a third in the boys bracket. 

Saturday, March 5th: Championship Saturday

Doubleback Early Games:

Kenai Girls 32 - Palmer 33 

SoHi Girls 45 - Kodiak Girls 42 

SoHi Boys 41 - Palmer 55

Kenai Boys 71 -Colony 48

Girls 3rd Place Game:  SoHi Girls defeated Palmer Girls 42-36.  Stars qualify to state as 3rd team from NLC.

Boys 3rd Place Game: Kenai Boys 53 - Palmer Boys 63  Palmer qualifies to state as 3rd team from NLC.

Girls Championship: Wasilla 47 – Colony 52 

Boys Championship: Wasilla 43 - Kodiak  31

Friday, March 4th: Second Round Pairings

Skyview Girls 20 - Kenai Girls 36: Kenai lead 26-2 at the half  

SoHi Boys 48 - Skyview Boys 32 

SoHi Girls 66 – Homer Girls  19

Kenai Boys 52 – Homer Boys  41

Colony Girls 41 – Kodiak Girls 31

Colony Boys 49 – Wasilla Boys 60

Palmer Girls 30 -  Wasilla 53

Palmer Boys 30 - Kodiak Boys 32: Matautia basket w/ :13 seconds remaining for win.

Thursday, March 3rd: First Round Pairings

Skyview Girls 23 – Colony Girls  59

SoHi Boys 40 – Colony Boys 54  

Kenai Girls 28 – Kodiak Girls 30  Kenai lead 23-15 at half; did not score in 3rd quarter.

Skyview Boys 31 – Wasilla Boys  56

SoHi Girls 24 – Palmer Girls 33  SoHi trailed 12-1 after 1st quarter.

Kenai Boys 42 – Kodiak Boys  55

Homer Girls 14 - Wasilla Girls 64

Homer Boys 39 - Palmer Boys 65

The Northern Lights Conference champion, runner-up and 3rd place teams advance to the 2011 ASAA 4A State Basketball Championships on March 17-19, 2011 at the Sullivan Arena.

 

South Central Conference Basketball Tournament

Hosted at Nikiski High School

The Nikiski Bulldogs hosted the South Central Conference basketball tournament, the tournament including: Nikiski, Anchorage Christian School, Grace Christian, Cordova and Seward.

The Seward Boys and Anchorage Christian School Girls won the team championships.  The Seward girls defeat Cordova for the runner-up spot to the 3A state tournament; the  ACS boys also qualify to state as a #2 seed.

The Nikiski girls dropped the Saturday morning doubleback game to Cordova 31-30.  Nikiski,trailing by one, got the last shot of the game; however, the jumper missed and Cordova held on for the win.  The Bulldog boys dropped a pair of games in tournament play.

Thursday, March 3rd: First & Second Round Pairings

Game One      Grace Girls 35 - Cordova Girls 45

Game Two     Grace Boys 52 - Nikiski Boys  38

Game Three   Nikiski Girls 38 - ACS Girls 41  

Friday, March 4th: Championship Day

Girls Consolation: Grace Girls 28 -  Nikiski Girls 33

Boys Consolation: Nikiski Boys 65 vs Cordova 83

Girls Championship: ACS Girls 53 – Seward 47  OT 

Boys Championship: Seward Boys 61 – ACS 58

Saturday, March 5th: Double Back Day

Girls: Nikiski 30 – Cordova 31

Girls Runner-up: Seward Girls 56 – Cordova 38

Boys Runner-up: ACS 43 – Cordova 40

 

The South Central Conference champion and runner-up advance to the 2011 ASAA 3A State Basketball Championships on March 17-19, 2011.

 

Peninsula Conference Basketball Tournament

Hosted at Bristol Bay School

The Peninsula Conference basketball tournament opened play on Wednesday, March 2nd at Bristol Bay School.

The Cook Inlet Academy girls are a #1 seed and the CIA boys earned a #2 seed.  Both teams receive first-round byes and began play on Thursday.

 

Friday, March 4th: Championship Day

Boys Championship Game:   Lumen Christi 62 - CIA  46

Girls Championship Game: CIA 52 - Seldovia 22

 

Saturday, March 5th: Runner-up Games (state qualifiers)

Boys Runner-Up Game: CIA Boys 32 – Bristol Bay 67

 Girls Runner-Up Game: Ninilchik Girls vs Seldovia  (no broadcast) 

*Broadcast Note: Bristol Bay has no announcers for Saturday Final and no conference call set-up.  Sorry, we will not be able to provide coverage of Saturday’s games.

 

The Peninsula Conference champion and runner-up advance to the 2011 ASAA 2A State Basketball Championships on March 14-16, 2011.

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