Tri-Valley pulled ahead in the second quarter and never looked in notching a 50-32 win against Nikolaevsk in the boys title contest, while the Seldovia girls started slow, then came on strong to claim a 51-27 victory.
Ironically, the Most Valuable Player awards did not go to members of the championship team.
Nikolaevsk’s Christopher Kalugin earned the boys MVP award, while Fort Yukon’s Kandace Carroll captured the girls top honor.
Players selected to the boys all-tournament team were Tri-Valley brothers Andrew and Jonathan Talerico, Su-Valley’s Bill Kelly and Pason Mathews, Nenana’s Tim Standifer, Tok’s Kane Young, Fort Yukon’s Roland James and Effie Kokrine’s Leo Huntington.
Seldovia’s Courtney Collier and Sarah Geagel topped the girls all-tournament selections that included Nenana’s Hayley Tyler, Tok’s Tori Cronk, Huslia’s Danielle Ballard-Huffman and Erica Ambrose, Tri-Valley’s Windy Gore, Effie Kokrine’s Shannon Hoskin and Su-Valley’s Sierra Pedersen.
Championship games
The Seldovia girls trailed Huslia 16-11 after the first quarter, but the Huslers got in foul trouble and Seldovia took full advantage to take control of the game.
The Sea Otters outscored Huslia 19-6 in the second quarter and 10-0 in the third to gain the upper hand.
Geagel poured in 21 points for Seldovia, while Collier had 15 and Sarah O’Leary tacked on 14. Darlene Sam led Huslia with 10 points and Ballard-Huffman had nine. Two of Huslia’s seven players fouled out of the game.
In the boys championship game, Tri-Valley held Nikolaevsk to four points in the second quarter and took a 22-17 lead at the break. The Viking Warriors went on a 14-2 run in the third to put the game away.
Forest Shreeve scored 14 of his game-high 16 points in the second half to help Tri-Valley secure the win. Andrew Talerico added 11 points and Sean McKenzie chipped in 10.
Kalugin was the only Nikolaevsk player in double figures with 12 points.
Third place
The Su-Valley boys roared out to a 31-12 halftime lead and held off a furious second-half rally by Nenana to claim a 55-48 victory in the boys third-place game. Kelly led a balanced Su-Valley offensive attack with 15 points and Mitch Drover added 12. Standifer poured in a game-high 22 points for Nenana and Edwin Waskey added 18.
Fort Yukon outscored Su-Valley 22-8 in the fourth quarter to notch a 54-29 win in the girls third-place contest. Carroll poured in 32 points to lead the Eagles offensive attack. Karissa Carroll added eight points for Fort Yukon. Pedersen led Su-Valley with 10 points.
Fourth place
Effie Kokrine outscored Huslia 36-23 in the second half to claim a 49-44 victory in the boys fourth-place contest. Huntington led a balanced offensive attack with 24 points. Solomon added 13 and Darren Silas registered 12. Edward Sam had a game-high 17 points for Huslia and Tyler added 12.
Nenana edged Tri-Valley 34-30 in the girls fourth-place game. Tyler dropped in 17 points for the Lynx and Amber Angwak tallied eight. Hannah Keith topped Tri-Valley with 10 points.
Seventh place
James launched a 28-point performance to lead Fort Yukon to a come-from-behind 60-56 win against Tok in the boys seventh-place contest. James scored eight of his points in the fourth quarter as the Eagles outscored the Wolverines 18-5 in the final eight minutes to pull out the win. Jared Peters added 19 points for Fort Yukon. Young had 28 points for Fort Yukon and Larry Mark Jr. dropped in 17.
Effie Kokrine held Tok to nine points in the second half en route to a 37-23 win in the girls seventh-place contest. Hosken scored 19 points for Effie Kokrine and Sharlene Huntington added eight. Cronk and Danielle Rauch registered eight points apiece for Tok.
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