The Soldotna girls basketball team defeated host Seward 49-32 on Saturday in a matchup of two state-qualifying teams from a year ago.
Soldotna got 16 points from Kaillee Skjold, and 11 from Julie Litchfield.
Seward was led by the 14 points of Jessica Stallings. The Seahawks were hurt by a 2-of-10 effort from the line.
Soldotna boys 66, Seward 46
Evan Withrow pumped in 25 points to lead the visiting Stars to a nonconference victory over the Seahawks on Saturday.
Garrett Bosick had 15 points for SoHi, while Tanner Fowler added 11.

Kasilof biathlon Jay Hakkinen raced in a pair of World Cup biathlon races Friday and Saturday in Hochfilzen, Austria.
On Friday, Hakkinen finished 45th in a 10-kilometer sprint. He had two misses on the range and his time of 26 minutes, 27.7 seconds, was 1:45.8 behind winner Carl Johan Bergman of Sweden.
In Saturday’s 12.5-kilometer pursuit, Hakkinen held his starting position of 45th. He had four misses on the range. He finished at 36:37.7, 3:28.7 behind winner Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway.

The Sterling Highway was closed briefly Saturday evening due to weather-related incidents.

A series of incidents, all attributed to icy road conditions, caused traffic to slow and stop near Kasilof.

A trooper was assisting a disabled motorist near Mile 104 of the Sterling Highway at about 5:20 p.m. when his patrol vehicle was struck by an approaching mini-van driven by Mary Berger, 60, of Ninilchik. The icy road conditions were considered a factor in the crash, said Alaska State Troopers spokesperson Beth Ipsen.

The Homer boys and girls won cross-country team titles Friday and Saturday at the Homer Invite. Kenai Central, Soldotna and Skyview also competed.

The two-day competition featured a three-kilometer race and a six-kilometer race, with the times of each school’s top four athletes making up the team time.

Over two days, the Homer boys finished with a team time of 1 hour, 49 minutes, 3 seconds. Runner-up SoHi finished in 1:52.17.

On the girls side, Homer finished at 2:15.03, easily topping second-place Kenai Central (1:31.23).