The Cook Inlet Academy girls and boys basketball teams started their Cook Inlet Classic with victories Thursday.
The CIA girls topped Kalskag 58-23, while the Eagles boys topped the Grizzlies 68-17.
Danielle Hills had 17 to lead CIA, while Kendra Brush added 15. Also for the Eagles, Madison Orth and Emma Lyons each had seven, Ashleigh Hammond had six, Kendall Taplin had four and Bre Delon had two.
For the CIA boys Timmy Smithwick had 31, Johnny Smithwick had 11 and Riley Smithwick had 10. Also for the Eagles, Andrew Hammond had eight, Chase Miller had five and Brady Hammond had three.
Soldotna JV boys 69, Seldovia 63
The Stars JV notched a big victory against the Sea Otters, who return most of the team that finished third in the Class 1A state tournament last season.
SoHi grabbed a 14-7 lead after the first quarter and then held off a 23-18 charge in the fourth quarter by the Sea Otters.
Derek Evans had 18 points for the Stars, while Caleb Spence had 17, Joey Becher had 16 and Kyle Marcuson had 10.
For the Sea Otters, Aidan Philpot had 22, while Calem Collier had 15 and Dylan Waterbury and Seth O’Leary had 10 points apiece.
Seldovia girls 23, Soldotna JV 20
The Sea Otters got the season started off on the right foot with a close victory over the Stars.
Marina Chissus paced the Sea Otters with 10 points, while Olivia Turner added six. For the Soldotna JV, Judah Aley had 10.
The tournament continues today with the Seldovia girls vs. Kalskag at 2 p.m., the Seldovia boys vs. Kalskag at 3:45 p.m., the CIA girls vs. SoHi at 5:30 p.m. and the CIA boys vs. SoHi at 7:15 p.m.
Saturday, Kalskag girls face SoHi at 11:30 a.m., Kalskag boys face SoHi at 1:15 p.m., CIA girls face Seldovia at 3 p.m. and CIA boys face Seldovia at 4:45 p.m.
Thursday boys
Stars JV 69, Sea Otters 63
Soldotna JV 14 16 21 18 —69
Seldovia 7 13 20 23 —63
SOLDOTNA JV (69) — Becher 4 6-8 16, Spence 6 3-3 17, Sheridan 1 1-2 3, Evans 5 8-15 18, Harshman 0 0-0 0, Dickson 1 0-0 3, Kruse 0 0-0 0, Marcuson 5 0-0 10, Casey 1 0-2 2. Totals — 23 18-30 69.
SELDOVIA (63) — R. Waterbury 1 0-0 2, Scribner 0 0-0 0, Ozyildirim 2 0-0 4, D. Waterbury 5 0-0 10, Collier 4 4-4 15, Haller 0 0-0 0, Philpot 7 4-5 22, O’Leary 3 4-12 10, Stanish 0 0-0 0. Totals — 22 12-21 63.
3-point goals — Soldotna 5 (Becher 2, Spence 2, Dickson); Seldovia 7 (Philpot 4, Collier 3). Team fouls — Soldotna 17, Seldovia 20. Fouled out — none.
Thursday girls
Sea Otters 23, Stars JV 20
Soldotna 1 4 8 7 —20
Seldovia 6 2 6 9 —23
SOLDOTNA JV (20) — Aley 5 0-2 10, Sorenson 0 0-0 0, Schneider 0 0-0 0, Keyes 0 0-0 0, Triana 0 3-12 3, McElroy 0 0-0 0, Derflinger 0 0-0 0, Kruse 0 0-0 0, McDonald 0 0-0 0, Houser 0 0-0 0, Wells 1 2-2 4, Miller 0 0-0 0, Kindred 1 0-0 2, Graham 0 1-2 1, Farrell 0 0-2 0. Totals — 7 6-20 20.
SELDOVIA (23) — Joseph 1 0-2 2, Chissus 3 4-6 10, Meganack 2 0-0 4, Neumann 0 0-0 0, Mitchell 0 1-2 1, LaBelle 0 0-0 0, Turner 2 2-6 6, Waterbury 0 0-0 0, Cook 0 0-0 0. Totals — 8 7-16 23.
3-point goals — none. Team fouls — Soldotna 16, Seldovia 18. Fouled out — none.
