Ninilchik’s starting 5 makes all-state
Published 10:30 pm Tuesday, March 22, 2022
The Ninilchik boys basketball team, led by Class 2A Player of the Year Landon Colburn, had all five starters get honors in the Wasilla Physical Therapy/Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches awards announced Wednesday.
The Wolverines finished 26-0, capping off their season with a Class 2A state title. Ninilchik finished 9-0 against Class 3A teams and 1-0 against Class 4A teams during the season. Ninilchik scored an average of 79 points per game, while allowing just 37 points per game.
Lukah Kalugin joined Colburn on the Class 2A first team. Jaylin Scott made the second team, while Cole Moore and Justin Trail made the third team. All five starters averaged in double figures this season.
At the Class 3A level, Kenai Central’s Emma Beck made the first team, while Seward’s Shelby Sieminski made the second team.
For the 3A boys, Seward’s Tommy Cronin made the second team, while Homer’s Carter Tennison was on the third team.
At the Class 1A level, Hope Hillyer and Tatum Rozak made the second team for the Cook Inlet Academy girls.
Wasilla Physical Therapy/Alaska Association of Basketball
Coaches All-State Team
4A Boys
Player of the Year: Stewart Erhart, West Valley
Coach of the Year: Chuck Martin, East Anchorage
First team
Stewart Erhart, West Valley; Damarion Delaney, East Anchorage; Luke Johnson, Dimond; Tyriq Luke, West Valley; Zach Williamson, South Anchorage.
Second team
Xavier Baker, Dimond; Thomas Baxter, Thunder Mountain; Daion Doughty, East; Kash Luce, Colony; Jayce Underwood, Colony.
Third team
Kyler Johnson, East; Spencer Love, Eagle River; Trevor Mahler, Monroe; Elijah Reed, East; Deuce Zimmerman, East.
4A girls
Player of the Year: Sayvia Sellers, Anchorage Christian
Coach of the Year: Kelly Smith, Ketchikan
First team
Sayvia Sellers, Anchorage Christian; Hallie Clark, Colony; Bella Hays, Wasilla; Mikayla Johnson, Bartlett; Sarah Sorrells, Anchorage Christian.
Second team
Mylee Anderson, Wasilla; Lindsay Byron, Ketchikan; Layla Hays, Wasilla; Nyapar Mathot, Anchorage Christian; Shaelyn Mendoza, Ketchikan.
Third team
Juliette Adlawan, West Anchorage; Natalie Drussell, West Anchorage; Maile Wilcox, Dimond; Kaylee Wilks, Colony; Jordan Zackary, West Anchorage.
3A Boys
Player of the Year: Luke Lentfer, Grace Christian
Coach of the Year: Ted Van Dussen, Houston
First team
Luke Lentfer, Grace Christian; Payton Gage, Valdez; Hayden Howard, Houston; Sloan Lentfer, Grace Christian; Dawson Schaeffer, Nome.
Second team
Braden Cork, Houston; Tommy Cronin, Seward; Peter Crow, Bethel; Caden Hanebuth, Nome; Cody Wyrick, Houston.
Third team
Jeremiah Goodwin, Barrow; Caden Nanninga, Grace Christian; Logan Seymore, Redington; Carter Tennison, Homer; Bryce Tucker, Valdez.
3A Girls
Player of the Year: Lexi Seymore, Redington
Coach of the Year: Mindy Bartolaba, Sitka
First team
Lexi Seymore, Redington; Emma Beck, Kenai; Sophie Lentfer, Grace Christian; Tawny Smith, Sitka; Jenilee Donovan, Barrow.
Second team
Katie Bast, Monroe; Ella Boerger, Grace Christian; Ava Lieb, Bethel; Chloe Morrison, Sitka; Shelby Sieminski, Seward.
Third team
Emily Bitler, Houston; Ava Brady, Sitka; Destiny Simmons, Redington; Anna Whitted, Houston; Maggie Zaverl, Monroe
2A Boys
Player of the Year: Landon Colburn, Ninilchik
Coach of the Year: Mike Matthews, Susitna Valley
First team:
Landon Colburn, Ninilchik; Shayne Anderson, Metlakatla; Cody Ivanoff, Unalakleet; Bryson Jolley, Susitna Valley; Lukah Kalugin, Ninilchick.
Second team
Carter Commack, Unalakleet; Cameron Gaube, Metlakatla; Joelian Lane, Tikigaq; Herwin Riodil, Unalaska; Jaylin Scott, Ninilchik.
Third team
Trevor Dundas, Cordova; Latham Johnson, Petersburg; Derek Joseph, Effie Kokrine; Colvin Moore, Ninilchik; Justin Trail, Ninilchik.
2A Girls
Player of the Year: Ines Larson, Petersburg
Coach of the Year: Christy Good, Wrangell
First team
Kendra Meissner, Wrangell; Ines Larson, Petersburg; Kiara Harrison, Wrangell; Jamie Early, Wrangell; Ryley Booth, Metlakatla.
Second team
Jadyn Lane, Tikigaq; Jennifer Nash, Tikigaq; CeAnika Palacios, Glennallen; India Roderick, Susitna Valley; Kali Simbahon, Petersburg.
Third team
Bree Chavez, Metlakatla; Kennedy Clark, Metlakatla; Emma Kehoe, Susitna Valley; Sophie McManus, Nenana; Laura Peterson, Nenana.
1A Boys
Player of the Year: Brenden Gregory, Lumen Christi
Coach of the Year: Adam Trombley, Lumen Christi
First team
Brenden Gregory, Lumen Christi; Tim Bennett, Lumen Christi; Isaac Fowler, Tanalian; Savien Linnear, Tanana; Daniel Wardell, Tanalian.
Second team
Jager-Sean Brandell, King Cove; Vincent Cobb, Newhalen; Marley Kness, Klawock; Dean Paniptchuk, Shaktoolik; Robert Wilcox, Lumen Christi.
1A Girls
Player of the Year: Johnna Nanalook, Newhalen
Coach of the Year: James Barthelman, Newhalen
First team
Johnna Nanalook, Newhalen; Natalie Grubba, Lumen Christi; Kenai Holien, Klawock; Aileen Lester, Newhalen; Kayleigh Sagoonick, Shaktoolik.
Second team
Autumn Barr, Shishmaref; Hope Hillyer, Cook Inlet Academy; Tatum Rozak, Cook Inlet Academy; Amara Warren, Lumen Christi; Tricia Weyanna, Shishmaref.
