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Su-Valley vs. Minto girls 3 pm. Su-Valley wins 48-35. High scorers were Rauchenstein with 11 points and Pilch and Hartley, each with 8 points. Other scorers: Terstegge with 6 pts, Besgrove with 5, Drover and Wick each with 4 and Bartel with a bucket. On Minto's side, Cassandra Silas gave an awesome effort with 21 points including a tre. The only other scorers were Joleen Mientieff with 13 and Ashley Alexander with a free throw.
Su-Valley vs. Minto boys 4:45 pm. Minto wins 84-62 despite a huge effort by Su-Valley's Cyrus Bee who had 20 points. Other scorers: Matt Clark w/ 13, Olner with 11, Rouchenstein with 6, and Travis Clark, Dylan Lillie and Hammands each with 4 points. Minto Lakers had three players with double digits: Randy Charlie with 22 and Frank and Titus each with 20. Joseph Alexander gave a good effort with 9; followed by Titus who had 8. Kubany contributed three points and Mitchell Alexander - 2.
Ninilchik vs. Seldovia girls 6:15 pm. Ninilchik wins 62-54 with good efforts by both teams. Ninilchik's Amanda Matson contributed 21 points, including a three pointer. Kendra Moerlein dished in 11; Katie Moerlein - 7, Amanda Peterson - 4 and Emily Wood and Jenn Erikson each had a bucket. For Seldovia, freshman Tatiana Gruber led her team with 12 points. Other scorers: Amy Gruber - 8, Jennifer Giles and Naomi Gallien - 6 each, and Ashley Darien had a basket.
Ninilchik vs. Seldovia boys 8 pm. Ninilchik boys win 62-54. Connor Cooper had a good night with 20 points followed by Jason Schollenberg with 15. John Russo gave a good effort with 10 while Vinnie Kruzick contributed 8. Brendan Cuffe made four points, Eric Coleman - 3 and Josh Klapak had two. On Seldovia's side, high scorer was Charles Pulliam with 20, including two 3 pointers. Chance Collier put in 11 followed closely by brother Colton with 8. Spencer Giles and Jimmie Peyton each made 6 points and Marvin Norman made 3 points.
Friday, Feb. 13th:
Minto vs. Seldovia girls 3 pm. Seldovia wins it tonight 51-17. Amy and Tatiana Gruber lead the pack with 18 and 17 pts. consecutively. Jennifer and Naomi each score five points while Ashley scores 4 and Emily makes a basket. On the Minto side, Cassandra scores 8, Joleen scores 7 and Ashley makes a bucket.
Minto vs. Seldovia boys 4:45 pm. Minto takes it 80-68. Joseph Alexander has a big night w/ 25 points,including 5 three pt. baskets, followed closely by Randy Charlie with 21 who also had 5 three point baskets. Craig Titus is also in double digits with 18 points, including 3 three pt. baskets, as is Carl Frank with 14, including 2 three point baskets. Kyle Titus makes a basket. Seldovia's
Ninilchik vs. Su-Valley girls 6:15 pm. Ninilchik wins 64-16 and nearly everyone scores. Seniors Amanda Matson and Emily Wood along with freshman Krista Leman each score 11 points. Kendra is close behind with 10. Kjersten scores 6 and Jennifer Erikson and Mindy each contribute 4 pts. Kelsey scores 3 points and Katie and Lauren each make a bucket. On the Su-Valley side, nobody gets into double digits. High scorer is Annie Rauchenstein with 7 points. Mary make 4, Katie and Krystal make a basket each and Desi makes a free throw.
Ninilchik vs. Su-Valley boys 8 pm. Ninilchik wins 61-42 in an exciting game. Jason Schollenberg is high scorer for Ninilchik with 18 (incl. 2 tres) followed by Connor Cooper with 16, including a couple of tres. JP puts in 12; Vinnie - 6, Eric - 3, and Josh, John and Brendan each score a bucket.
Saturday, Feb. 14th:
Seldovia vs. Su-Valley girls 12 noon. Seldovia wins 44-34 with Ashley Darien and Jennifer Giles as high scorers for the game with twelve points apiece. Tatiana Gruber followed closely with ten points (incl two 3 point baskets) while Amy Gruber put in 6 and Naomi and Felicia each contributed a basket. On Su-Valley's side, Mary and Annie were high scorers with 9 points each. Heidi put in 5 followed by Cherell and Moriah with four points each. Krystal put in a basket and Katie made a free throw.
Seldovia vs. Su-Valley boys 1:45 pm. Seldovia wins it 68-41 with Jimmie Payton being the hero of the game, putting in 18 points incl. a three pointer. Charles put in 15 and close on his heels were Colton and Chance with 14 each. Marvin helped with 4 points and Casey with 3. Su-Valley's effort was led by Boon with 14 (incl. a 3 pointer) and Cyrus with 13. Other scorers: Matt with 6, Colin with 4 and Mike and Evon each had a basket.
Ninilchik vs. Minto girls 3:30 pm. Ninilchik slaughtered Minto 90-18, not allowing any of Minto's players into double digits. Ninilchik's Emily Wood was hot with 19 points and Amanda M. dished in 16. Freshman Kjersten Skjold was the recipient of a lot of good assists, putting in 14. Kendra Moerlein put in 12. Other scorers: Katie - 8; Krista, Lauren, Jennifer E and Mindy - 4 apiece; Jenn B. - 3 and Kelsey - 2. Minto was held scoreless in the 3rd quarter and their top scorer was Cassandra who managed 7 points. Joleen put in 6, Eilleen - 3 and Ashley - 2.
Ninilchik vs. Minto boys 5:15 pm. Minto boys speed and skill gave them a 67-53 victory over the Wolverines with Randy Charlie dishing in 22 points, including a couple of tres. Craig Titus helped with 18 (incl. a tre) and Carl Frank put in 13. Other contributors: Kyle - 7 (incl a tre), Joseph - 4, Presston - 2 and Matt - 1. The Wolverines played hard with Connor putting in the most points with 18, including two three pointers. Jason dished in 13 followed by JP with 12. Vinnie may be short but he's a great rebounder...the kid can fly. He also put in 5 points. Eric helped with 3 and Josh - 2.
Ninilchik kids who made the All Tourney Teams: Kendra and Katie Moerlein and Emily Wood with Amanda Matson being chosen Tourney MVP. John Paul Russo, Jason Schollenberg and Connor Cooper made the boys' team. MVP was a Minto player.
Thanks to everyone for making it a great tourney...too many to mention, but we thank you all from the bottom of our hearts!
Ninilchik vs. Point Hope (First round action)
Matson and Leman are best in State!! (Coach and Player of the Year)