Moose girls earn first NLC win of season, boys win twice on road

PALMER — The Palmer Moose scored their first Northern Lights Conference victory of the season Saturday.

Lorna Suaava scored 11 points to lead the Moose to a 45-37 win over the Kenai Kardinals at Kenai Central High School. Kassidy Bowman added 10 points to help Palmer improve to 1-3 in the conference. Palmer also bounced back from an overtime loss to Soldotna on Friday. The Stars edged Palmer 5-1 in the extra period, to score a 34-30 win over the Moose at Soldotna High.

Bowman led the Moose with a dozen.

The Palmer boys scored a pair of wins during the road trip. Saturday, freshman Dae Osiensky scored 20 to lead the Moose to a 50-38 win over Kenai. Osiensky hit six of Palmer’s seven three-pointers in the game. Clayton Southwick added 12, and Donovan Eiman chipped in nine.

Palmer, now 2-2 in the NLC, beat Soldotna 46-28 Friday. Southwick led all scorers with 19.

Palmer girls 45, Kenai 37

Saturday, Kenai Central

Palmer 10 15 15 5 — 45

Kenai 13 11 7 6 — 37

PALMER (45) — Pettingill 2 0-1 4, Busbey 1 1-2 3, Kinter 1 0-0 2, Bowman 4 2-8 10, Suaava 4 3-6 11, Sutton 1 0-0 2, Uschmann 1 2-5 5, Alley 4 0-0 8. Totals — 18 8-22 45.

KENAI (37) — Miller 4 0-0 8, Wilson 2 0-0 4, Creighton 3 2-4 8, Satathite 6 1-2 13, Beck 1 2-7 4. Totals — 16 5-13 37.

3-point goals — Palmer 1 (Ushmann). Team fouls — Palmer 17, Kenai 18. Fouled out — Alley.

Palmer boys 50, Kenai 38

Saturday, Kenai Central

Palmer 8 10 21 11 — 50

Kenai 8 5 9 16 — 38

PALMER (50) —Osiensky 7 0-0 20, Martin 1 0-0 2, Hawkins 1 0-0 2, Hughes-Duffy 2 1-2 5, Southwick 5 1-3 12, Eiman 3 3-5 9. Totals — 19 5-10 50.

KENAI CENTRAL (38) — Daniels 2 0-0 6, Beiser 1 3-4 5, Landry 4 0-0 9, Jackman 5 6-6 18. Totals — 12 9-10 38.

3-point goals — Palmer 7 (Osiensky 6, Southwick); Kenai (Daniels 2, Jackman 2, Landry). Team fouls — Palmer 10, Kenai 8. Fouled out — none.

Palmer boys 46, Soldotna 28

Friday, Soldotna

Palmer 10 12 14 10 — 46

Stars 6 4 9 9 — 28

PALMER (46) —Oslensky 1 3-4 5, Martin 1 4-4 7, Hawkins 2 0-0 5, Hughes-Duffy 3 0-0 6, Rankin 0 2-2 2, Southwick 7 5-8 19, Eiman 1 0-0 2, Cutright 0 0-1 0, Totals — 15 14-18 46.

SOLDOTNA (28) —Trammell 2 0-0 5, Spence 1 0-0 2, Sheridan 2 0-0 5, Tuisaula 3 0-0 6, McElroy 3 0-0 6, Marcuson 2 0-0 4. Totals — 13 0-0 28.

3-point goals — Palmer 2 (Martin, Hawkins); Soldotna 2 (Trammell, Sheridan). Team fouls — Palmer 3, Soldotna 12. Fouled out — none.

Soldotna girls 34, Palmer 30 OT

Friday, Soldotna

Palmer 3 10 12 4 1 — 30

Soldotna 6 4 12 7 5 — 34

PALMER (30) —Busbey 2 0-0 5, Bowman 3 3-4 12, Suaava 4 1-2 9, Ushmann 0 3-5 3, Dixon 0 1-2 1. Totals — 9 8-13 30.

SOLDOTNA (34) —Blossom 3 2-4 10, A. Schmidt 2 0-1 4, Tuisaula 3 1-3 7, Kruse 2 1-2 5, D. Schmidt 2 3-4 8. Totals — 12 7-14 34.

3-point goals — Palmer 4 (Bowman 3, Busbey); Soldotna 3 (Blossom 2, D. Schmidt). Team fouls — Palmer 20, Soldotna 15. Fouled out — Suaava.