Nikiski’s Bethany Carstens shoots in the Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches Senior All-Star Games on Saturday, April 13, 2019, at Wells Fargo Arena in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Tim Rockey/Frontiersman.com)

Nikiski’s Bethany Carstens shoots in the Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches Senior All-Star Games on Saturday, April 13, 2019, at Wells Fargo Arena in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Tim Rockey/Frontiersman.com)

Area seniors cap hoops careers at All-Star Games

The Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches held their Senior All-Star Games on Saturday at the Wells Fargo Arena in Anchorage, giving seniors from throughout the Kenai Peninsula a chance to cap their career.

In the Class 3A/4A boys game, the Gold team topped the Blue team 95-82. Nikiski’s Jace Kornstad had eight points for the Gold team, while Kenai’s Adam Trujillo had two points for the Blue team.

In the Class 3A/4A girls game, Gold won 88-61 over Blue. For the winning Gold team, Nikiski’s Bethany Carstens tied for game-high scoring honors with 17 points. Also for that squad, Soldotna’s Danica Schmidt and Kenai’s Brooke Satathite each had four points. For Blue, Soldotna’s Aliann Schmidt had seven points, Seward’s Ashley Jackson had three points, Homer’s Rylyn Todd had three points and Kenai’s Jaycie Calvert was held scoreless.

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The results of the 1A/2A girls and boys games were not available as the Clarion went to press. Cook Inlet Academy’s Adara Warren was scheduled to play in the girls game, while Nanwalek’s Uriah Huntsman, Ninilchik’s Garrett Koch and Nikolaevsk’s Michael Trail were scheduled to play in the boys contest.

3A/4A Boys Gold 95, 3A/4A Boys Blue 82

Blue 24-13-18-27—82

Gold 13-19-31-32—95

Blue (82) — Esaw 4 2-3 10, Lozano 6 0-0 16, Garcia 3 0-0 7, Williams 3 0-0 7, Hansen 1 0-0 2, Heckathorn 1 0-0 3, Mooe 1 1-2 3, Menad 3 0-0 7, Scaboro 2 0-0 4, Trujillo 1 0-0 2, Graves 7 3-4 19; Totals: 33 6-9 82.

Gold (95) — Lee 1 0-0 3, Lohrke 5 0-0 13, Kornstad 3 0-0 8, Johnson 6 1-2 18, King 3 0-0 7, Hinkle 3 0-0 6, Adkins 1 0-0 3, Hall-Schriven 6 2-2 18, Renson 3 2-2 8, Hoosier 5 1-2 11; Totals: 36 4-6 95.

3-point field goals: Blue 10 (Lozano 4); Gold 19 (Johnson 5).

3A/4A Girls Gold 88, 3A/4A Girls Blue 61

Blue 15-14-22-10—61

Gold 20-16-25-27—88

Blue (61) — Busbey 3 0-0 7, Jackson 1 0-0 3, Felix 2 0-0 5, Ahgeak 1 0-0 3, Todd 1 0-0 3, A. Schmidt 3 1-2 7, Conwell 1 3-4 5, J. Todd 3 0-2 6, Pili 9 1-1 22; Totals: 24 5-9 61.

Gorld (88) — Green 3 0-0 7, Davis 1 0-0 3, Bell 0 4-4 4, Carstens 6 2-2 17, McWhite 8 0-0 17, Tate 7 1-2 16, D. Schmidt 2 0-0 4, Satathite 2 0-0 4, John 2 0-0 4, Harder 2 0-0 4, Silva 4 0-0 8; Totals: 27 7-8 88

3-point field goals: Blue 5 (Conwell 3), Gold 7 (Carstens 3)

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