Boys Basketball roundup

Colony junior leads

Knights to overtime win

PALMER — Junior guard John Palmer scored a game-high 30 points to lead the Colony Knights to a 66-63 overtime win over the East Anchorage Thunderbirds Friday at Colony High School.

Palmer, a 2008 All-Northern Lights Conference selection, scored seven of Colony’s 12 points in the extra period to help the Knights earn the win.

Senior Chris Scott scored five of his 11 points in overtime.

The Knights used a 15-6 third quarter run to grab a 14-point lead heading into the fourth. But in the fourth, East scored 26 points to force overtime.

Juwan Harris scored 20 points to lead the T-Birds.

Colony 66, East 63 OT

Friday, Colony High School

East 11-11-6-26-9—63

Colony 17-10-15-12-12—66

East (63) — Harris 20, Gonzales 6, Debrill 3, Banks 8, Timberlake 11, Goodwin 6, Canady 3.

Colony (66) — Gray 4, Larson 2, Palmer 30, Scott 11, Jacobson 9, Murphy 6, Summers 4.

T-Birds edge Warriors

ANCHORAGE — East edged Wasilla 78-74 in nonconference action at East Anchorage High School on Thursday.

Wasilla senior Tillerman Kroon led the Warriors with 16 points. Senior Adrese LaVern added 15 in the loss and junior Cody Pfeifer chipped in 11.

Tevin Timberlake led East with a game-high 25 points.

East 78, Wasilla 74

Thursday, East Anchorage High School

Wasilla (74) — Schierman 6, Kroon 16, Kuiper 7, LaVern 15, Orr 5, Pfeifer 11, Mock 3, Knowles 6, Green 5.

East (78) — Harris 15, Gonzales 2, Banks 7, Timberlake 25, Holley 2, Johnson 15, Goodwin 7, White 3, Lindsey 2.

Senior leads Hawks

to win at Nikiski

NIKISKI — Houston senior Bryan Mason scored a game-high 24 points to lead the Houston Hawks to a 66-47 nonconference win over the Nikiski Bulldogs at Nikiski High School on Friday.

Logan Moore added 13 points in the win and Zack Qual chipped in nine.

Houston opened the game on a 19-9 run and took a 37-22 into halftime.

Houston 66, Niksiki 47

Friday, Nikiski High School

Houston 19-18-10-19—66

Nikiski 9-13-11-14—47

Houston (66) — Patterson 0 0-1 0, Mason 9 6-7 24, Woodell 0 0-0 0, Kramer 0 0-0 0, Qual 4 0-0 9, Contreras 0 0-0 0, Rothley 1 3-4 5, Montreuil 0 0-0 0, Moore 5 3-6 13, Herman 4 1-2 9, Blattler 0 0-0 0, Buzby 0 0-0 0, Thompson 1 4-5 6, Stone 0 0-0 0. Totals — 24 17-25 66.

Nikiski (47) — Anderson 1 0-0 2, Williams 4 0-0 8, Bennett 1 1-2 4, J. Wik 4 4-6 13, Seater 2 1-2 5, Krogseng 2 1-2 5, Thompson 0 0-1 0, Herrin 1 0-1 2, Oyler 3 2-4 8. Totals — 18 9-17 47.

Girls basketball

Late effort

lifts Colony

PALMER — Colony used a 12-6 fourth-quarter run to secure a 45-40 nonconference win over the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears on Saturday at Colony High School.

Senior Allie Grazulis led Colony with 18 points in the win, and fellow senior Alex Coon added 14.

Colony 45, Juneau 40

Saturday, Colony High School

Juneau 10-10-14-6—40

Colony 8-12-13-12—45

Juneau (40) — Johnson, 2 2-3 6, Henderson 1 0-0 2, Dierick 1 0-0 2, Tingley 1 0-0 2, Fenumia 2 0-0 4, Brokeis 1 0-1 2, Highley 2 3-5 7, Larson 6 1-3 13, Swofford 1 0-0 2.

Colony (45) — Hamann 0 3-4 3, Klapperich 0 2-6 2, Bowker 0 2-2 2, Grazulis 5 8-10 18, Coon 6 2-5 14, Eisenhower 1 0-0 2, Larson 1 2-2 4.

Three-point field goals: Juneau 0, Colony 0. Total fouls: Juneau 22, Colony 14.

Colony girls

run past T-Birds

ANCHORAGE — The Colony Knights used a 26-point third quarter to score a 79-46 win over the East Anchorage Thunderbirds in Anchorage on Friday.

Colony scored 44 of its 79 points in the second half.

All-state forward Alex Coon led the Knights with 25 points and Maria Bowker added 16 for the defending 4A state champions.

Colony 79, East 46

Friday, Colony High School

Colony 19-16-26-18—79

East 12-5-13-16—46

Colony (79) — Hamann 1 1-2 4, Garrod 2 0-0 4, Hutchins 2 0-0 5, Klapperich 3 1-2 8, Bowker 4 4-4 16, Grazulis 2 1-2 5, Coon 10 5-6 25, Eisenhower 2 0-0 4, Larson 4 0-0 8.

East (46) — Schoenborn R. 3 3-4 9, Schoenborn A. 0 1-4 1, Chapman 2 1-1 5, Scott 6 1-3 13, Rivers 3 0-0 6, Swisher 1 0-1 2, Owens 3 4-8 10.

Three-point field goals: Colony 5 (Bowker 2, Klapperich, Hutchins, Hamann), East 0. Total fouls: Colony 20, East 13

Bulldogs storm past Houston girls

NIKISKI — The Nikiski Bulldogs held Houston to single digits in scoring in all four quarter, and stormed to a 49-16 win over the Hawks at Nikiski High School on Friday.

Senior captain Ariel Katzenberger scored six for the Hawks in the loss.

Nikiski 49, Houston 16

Friday, Nikiski High School

Houston 4-6-2-4—16

Nikiski 15-12-10-12—49

Houston (16) — Dodds 0 0-0 0, Holem 0 0-0 0, James 0 2-2 2, Acton 0 0-0 0, Thamm 0 0-0 0, Ritter 3 0-0 6, Shannon 1 0-0 2, Katzenberger 3 0-0 6, Shaffer 0 0-0 0, John-Giles 0 0-0 0. Totals — 7 2-2 16.

Nikiski (49) — Romans 4 0-1 8, A. Chadwick 1 2-2 4, Johnson 1 2-4 4, Carlson 4 2-4 11, E. Chadwick 3 1-2 7, Anderson 0 1-2 1, Parrish 0 2-6 2, Griffel 0 0-0 0, Rorrison 1 2-2 4, Peek 3 1-4 8. Totals — 17 13-27 49.

3-point goals — Nikiski 2 (Carlson 1, Peek 1). Team fouls — Houston 18, Nikiski 7. Fouled out — Thamm.