Friday hoops: SoHi girls, Kodiak boys post NLC triumphs

  • By Staff Report
  • Saturday, January 7, 2017 3:29am
  • Sports

It wasn’t pretty, but it was a win.
The Soldotna girls basketball team notched a 26-22 Northern Lights Conference victory over Kodiak on Friday at Soldotna Prep.
The game was 12-all at half before SoHi took a 21-20 lead after three and held the Bears to a pair of free throws in the fourth.
Brittani Blossom had 10 points to pace the Stars. Kyla Nocon had five to lead Kodiak.
The same two squads play at 1 p.m. Saturday at Soldotna Prep.
In Kodiak on Friday, the SoHi boys dropped a 49-42 NLC decision to the Bears.

Friday girls
Stars 26, Bears 22
Kodiak    5    7    8    2    —22
Soldotna    4    8    9    5    —26
KODIAK (22) — DelaCruz 1 0-0 2, Bushell 0 3-4 3, Macatuno 1 0-0 2, Mutch 1 0-0 2, Chia 4 0-4 8, Kernan 0 0-0 0, Nocon 2 0-0 5. Totals — 9 3-8 22.
SOLDOTNA (26) — Houser 1 0-0 2, Miller 1 0-0 2, Blossom 4 0-1 10, A. Schmidt 2 3-4 7, Tuttle 0 0-0 0, Kruse 0 0-0 0, Wells 1 0-0 2, D. Schmidt 0 3-5 3. Totals — 9 6-10 26.
3-point goals — Kodiak 1 (Nocon), Soldotna 2 (Blossom 2). Team fouls — Kodiak 16, Soldotna 11. Fouled out — none.

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