Wasilla boys defend NLC championship

Northern Lights Conference Player of the Year Jesse Bean hit a jumper with nine seconds remaining in overtime to lead Wasilla to a 63-62 NLC championship win over Colony at Kenai Central High School Saturday night.

Bean finished with 22 points to lead all scorers. His game-winner came moments after Colony’s Ryan Coffman put the Knights ahead by one with less than 30 seconds left to play. Jeremiah Collins added 11 points for Wasilla.

Saturday’s third-place boys game

T.J. Fullmer scored 16 points to lead Palmer to its second win of the day and a berth in the state tournament with a 40-33 win over Kodiak in the boys’ third-place game. Palmer held Kodiak to just 16 points in the second half.

Saturday’s third-place girls game

Ashley Swetzof scored 15 points and Kelsey Campbell netted 12 in leading Palmer to a third-place finish with a victory over the Mariners on Saturday.

Reba Temple scored 10 points for Homer, which was outscored 19-7 in the fourth quarter.

“It’s obvious that Palmer has more numbers,” said Homer coach Tim Daugharty. “They kept running more girls onto the floor than we could match up with and that was really the telltale sign, especially in that third place game.”

Homer 50, Skyview 33

Rachel Bornheimer and Temple each netted a team-high 15 points as the Mariners defeated the Panthers en route to the third-place game.

Allison Horazdovsky added 12 points for Homer, which owned a 13-point edge after three periods.

The Mariners limited the Panthers’ main threats, Nicole Van Ryzin and Melissa Fay, to eight and 12 points, respectively.

“Those two girls on that team are absolutely winners,” Daugharty said. “They’re fabulous.

“We basically keyed on them and did something a little different than I think they’d seen before, defensively,” he added.

Friday games

Wasilla girls 45, Palmer 39

Anne Wesser had 14 points and Jenna Johnson added 10 on Friday as the Warriors held off the Moose in the semifinals. Kelsey Campbell paced Palmer with eight points.

Colony girls 41, Kodiak 26

Allie Grazulis had 15 points and Maria Bowker added 11 on Friday as the Knights ended the Bears’ season by winning a third-place quarterfinal. Addie Jones had eight points for Kodiak.

Kodiak boys 54, Homer 39

Kodiak received 16 points from Curtic Catt and 11 points from David Cratty on Friday in a victory in the third-place quarterfinals that ended Homer’s season. Taylor Layland had 12 points for Homer before fouling out.

Homer girls 53, Kardinals 41

Reba Temple pumped in 19 points and Allison Horazdovsky added 12 on Friday as the Mariners won a third-place quarterfinal and ended the Kardinals’ season. Damaris Craig closed out her career for Kenai by erupting for 26 points.

Palmer boys 50, Skyview 44

The Panthers closed out their season on Friday by hanging with the Moose, who would eventually qualify for state on Saturday. Nate Svedin had 16 points to key Palmer in the third-place quarterfinal. For Skyview, Rich Shirnberg had 17 points and Gregor Bosick closed out his career with 11 points.

Saturday girls

MOOSE 52, MARINERS 33

Palmer 6 15 12 19 — 52

Homer 8 6 12 7 — 33

PALMER (52) — Swetzof 5 5-7 15, Svedin 3 1-1 9, Campbell 4 2-2 12, Mangelsdorf 1 0-0 2, Cox 2 2-2 6, Houser 4 0-0 8. Totals 19, 10-12, 52.

Homer (33) — Bornheimer 1 2-6 4, Weaver 0 2-2 2, Daugharty 1 2-6 4, Horazdovsky 3 1-2 7, Siekaniec 2 2-2 6, R. Temple 4 2-7 10. Totals 11 11-25 33.

3-point goals — Palmer 4 (Svedin 2, Campbell 2), Homer 0). Total fouls — Palmer 21, Homer 15.

MARINERS 50, PANTHERS 33

Homer 10 10 10 20 — 50

Skyview 6 12 5 10 — 33

HOMER (50) — Bornheimer 6 3-6 15, J. Temple 1 0-0 2, Daugharty 1 3-5 5, Gavenus 0 0-1 0, Horazdovsky, 4 2-3 12, Siekaniec 0 1-6 1, R. Temple 6 3-8 15. Totals 18, 12-28, 50.

SKYVIEW (33) — Martin 0 2-2 2, Massey 2 1-1 6, Penrod 0 0-1 0, Fay 4 3-4 12, Van Ryzin 3 1-2 8, Meyer 2 1-2 5. Totals — 11 8-12, 33.

3-point goals — Homer 2 (Critchett 2), Skyview 3 (Masset 1, Penrod 1, Fay 1). Total fouls — Homer 15, Skyview 21.

Friday boys

BEARS 54, MARINERS 39

Homer 13 6 7 13 —39

Kodiak 17 14 12 11 —54

HOMER (39) — Stafford 0 0-0 0, Ketelle 0 1-2 1, Sutherland 2 0-0 4, Edens 0 0-0 0, Leman 3 0-0 8, Tutt 3 0-0 6, Gilbert 1 0-2 2, Trieweiler 0 0-0 0, Layland 3 6-9 12, Fielding 2 1-2 5, McWilliams 0 1-2 1. Totals — 14 9-17 39.

KODIAK (54) — Fried 0 0-0 0, Catt 7 0-1 16, Cratty 5 0-0 11, Alegado 1 4-6 7, Norton 2 0-0 6, Diocares 0 0-0 0, Thomas 1 2-4 4, Odell 0 0-0 0, Merick 0 0-0 0, Sweeney 1 0-0 2, Bryant 0 1-2 1, Strelnicks 3 1-2 7. Totals — 20 8-15 54.

3-point goals — Homer 2 (Leman 2), Kodiak 6 (Catt 2, Norton 2, Cratty 1, Alegado 1). Team fouls — Homer 15, Kodiak 14. Fouled out — Layland.

MOOSE 50, PANTHERS 44

Skyview 10 9 11 14 —44

Palmer 11 13 11 15 —50

SKYVIEW (44) — Thornton 1 0-0 2, West 0 1-2 1, Dallman 2 0-0 5, Hatten 1 0-1 2, Nelson 1 0-0 2, Bosick 4 2-4 11, Blossom 1 2-2 4, Singleton 0 0-0 0, Shirnberg 7 3-4 17. Totals — 17 8-13 44.

PALMER (50) — Hillemeier 0 0-0 0, Fullmer 1 6-6 9, Svedin 6 4-6 16, Fuller 2 1-1 5, Cottrell 0 1-2 1, Jacobson 0 0-0 0, McPheters 3 2-4 9, Fiscus 3 2-2 8, Bergerson 1 0-0 2. Totals — 16 16-21 50.

3-point goals — Skyview 2 (Dallman 1, Bosick 1), Palmer 2 (Fullmer 1, McPheters 1). Team fouls — Skyview 17, Palmer 14. Fouled out — Blossom.

Friday girls

MARINERS 53, KARDINALS 41

Homer 13 10 21 9 —53

Kenai 5 12 16 8 —41

HOMER (53) — Bornheimer 0 1-3 1, Weaver 0 1-2 1, J. Temple 1 0-0 2, Daugherty 1 4-8 6, Devaney 2 1-2 5, Gavenus 0 0-0 0, Horazdovsky 6 0-0 12, Layland 0 0-0 0, Siekaniec 1 5-12 7, R. Temple 6 7-11 19. Totals — 17 20-38 53.

KENAI (41) — Coupchiak 0 0-0 0, Delaney 0 0-0 0, Foley 0 0-0 0, Moore 0 0-3 0, Mills 0 0-0 0, Kenney 0 0-0 0, Wortham 3 0-0 6, Craig 5 16-18 26, Gabriel 1 0-0 2, Steward 2 3-3 7, Sassi 0 0-0 0, Garcia 0 0-0 0. Totals — 11 19-24 41.

3-point goals — none. Team fouls — Homer 20, Kenai 24. Fouled out — none.