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CIA, Nanwalek girls, boys to meet for championships of Peninsula Conference

The Cook Inlet Academy and Nanwalek girls and boys basketball teams will meet for the championship of the Class 1A Peninsula Conference on Saturday, March 1, at Cook Inlet Academy.

The girls play at 11 a.m., with a CIA loss prompting an if-necessary game at 2 p.m. The boys play at 12:30 p.m., with a CIA loss prompting an if-necessary game at 3:30 p.m.

The tournament winners get berths to the Class 1A state tournament.

In the girls tourney Friday, top seed CIA defeated No. 2 Birchwood Christian 46-17 in the semifinal.

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That dropped Birchwood into a matchup with No. 3 Nanwalek to get into the final. Nanwalek avenged a first-day loss to Birchwood with a 46-17 victory.

In the boys tourney Friday, top seed CIA defeated No. 3 Birchwood 78-51 in the semifinal.

In the morning game, No. 2 Nanwalek topped No. 4 Holy Rosary 87-37 to stay alive in the tournament. Nanwalek kept rolling by defeating Birchwood 78-57 to avenge a loss on the first day of the tournament.

Cook Inlet Academy girls 46, Birchwood Christian 17

For CIA, Maria Smith led the way with 16 while Sophie Rozak and Ella Rollman had 7, Clara Warren had 5, Beka Dillingham had 4 and Isabella Porsi had 2.

CIA boys 78, Birchwood Christian 51

For the Eagles, Ian McGarry had 27, Alek McGarry had 23, Brandt Rollman had 13, Lucas Oyoumick and Owen Braband had 4, Matthew Phillips, Zach Armstrong and Hyrum Henderson had 2, and John Guerra had 1.

Nanwalek girls 46, Birchwood Christian 17

For Nanwalek, Ludmilla Hetrick had 13, Alyson Seville had 12, Phontina Demas had 11, Emma Tanape had 6, Harleigh Romanoff-Moonin had 5, Margareta Demas had 4 and Hadassah Haskins had 2.

Nanwalek boys 78, Birchwood Christian 57

For Nanwalek, Sean Moonin put in 32, Marcarious Evans had 16, Kenji Simmons had 12, Ashton Meganack had 8, Kayonte Simmons had 6 and Chase Kvasnikoff had 4.

Nanwalek boys 87, Holy Rosary 37

For Nanwalek, Sean Moonin poured in 35, Marcarius Evans had 19, Kenji Simmons and Kayonte Simmons had 8, Chase Kvasnikoff and Ashton Meganack had 6, Dmitri Kvasnikoff had 3 and Noah Seville had 2.

For Holy Rosary, Francis Bird had 10, Braiden Stubbs had 9, Andrew Hippler had 6, Erik Helzer and Teddy Jackson had 4, and Luke Owens and Christopher Hodel had 2.

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