Hoops roundup: Mt. Edgecumbe sweeps Kenai Central

Hoops roundup: Mt. Edgecumbe sweeps Kenai Central

Host Mt. Edgecumbe swept Kenai Central on Wednesday in nonconference play.

The Kenai girls lost to Mt. Edgecumbe 34-31. Kenai led 30-21 after three quarters before the Braves staged the comeback.

Autumn Beans had 11 points to lead Mt. Edgecumbe. Kenai’s Logan Satathite had 12 to lead all scorers.

The Mt. Edgecumbe boys used 11 3-pointers to pull off a 52-45 victory over Kenai.

Leon Toomer had six treys on the way to 23 points for the Braves, while RJ Alstrom-Beans had 12 and Fred Myers had 11. Braedon Pitsch had 20 to lead the Kardinals, while Evan Stockton added 10.

Tanalian girls 45, Ninilchik 15

The visiting Tanalian girls used an 18-4 first quarter to get past the Wolverines on Wednesday in nonconference play.

Katelyn Johnson had 11 points to pace Tanalian, while Katie McGee added 10.

Jade Robuck paced the Wolverines with six points.

Ninilchik boys 71, Tanalian 54

The host Wolverines used a high-scoring first half to pick up a nonconference victory over Tanalian on Wednesday.

Ninilchik led 18-10 after the first quarter and 43-24 at halftime.

Ben Botero had 15 points to lead the Wolverines, while Jacob Mumey had 13, George Nelson had 12 and Jake Clark had 10.

Wednesday boys

Wolverines 71, Tanalian 54

Tanalian 1014 12 18 —54

Ninilchik 18 25 13 15 —71

TANALIAN (54) — I. Fowler 14, Voran 4, P. Alsworth 15, Taft 3, Davis 8, Wardell 1, C. Alsworth 6, K. Fowler 0.

NINILCHIK (71) — Hadro 7, T. Nelson 3, Botero 15, Clark 10, Mumey 13, Scott 4, Lemons 3, G. Nelson 12.

3-point goals — Tanalian 8 (I. Fowler, P. Alsworth 3, Taft, Davis 2, C. Alsworth); Ninilchik 7 (Hadro 2, Botero 2, Lemons, G. Nelson 2).

Braves 52, Kardinals 45

Kenai 6 14 12 13 —45

Mt. Edgecumbe 13 13 13 13 —52

KENAI CENTRAL (45) — Dunham 8, Baisden 0, Ja. Kvasnikoff 0, Bezdecny 3, Stockton 10, Tunseth 2, Pitsch 20, Daniels 2.

MT. EDGECUMBE (52) — Dock 3, Constantine 0, Myers 11, Alston-Beans 12, Toomer 23, Jasper 3, Jackson 0.

3-point goals — Kenai 3 (Dunham 2, Bezdecny); Mt. Edgecumbe 11 (Toomer 6, Myers 3, Alstrom-Beans 2, Dock 1).

Wednesday girls

Tanalian 45, Wolverines 15

Tanalian 18 12 9 6 —45

Ninilchik 4 2 2 7 —15

TANALIAN (45) — Beebe 6, A. Voran 0, M. Voran 7, Johnson 11, Alsworth 0, Wardell 8, Smith 2, McGee 10.

NINILCHIK (15) — Calabrese 0, Okonek 3, Ofstad 2, Cooper 4, DenBoer 0, Robuck 6.

Braves 34, Kardinals 31

Kenai 11 8 11 1 —31

Mt. Edgecumbe 2 10 9 13 —34

Kenai 11 8 11 1 —31

MT. EDGECUMBE (34) — Uarnke-Gran 2, Beans 11, Allen 2, Strom 1, Olson 0, Ramoth 8, Brown 3, Alstrom-Beans 3, Prince 0, Miller 4.

KENAI CENTRAL (31) — Pierce 2, Hamilton 7, Hanson 1, Streiff 7, Satathite 12, Severson 0, Lauritsen 0, Villegas 2.

3-point goals — Mt. Edgecumbe 1 (Alstrom-Beans); Kenai 3 (Satathite 2, Villegas).

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