Prep basketball: Palmer, Colony rout Homer

PALMER — It might be hard to call Friday’s win over Homer just a home game. Tabbing a scoring clinic might be more accurate.

The Moose erupted for 50-first half points, and stormed to an 82-43 win over the visiting Mariners at Palmer High School.

Junior Bryce Jacobson scored a game-high 21 points to help Palmer capture its first Northern Lights Conference win of the season.

Senior T.J. Fullmer buried four three-pointers in the first quarter, and added 14 points.

Sophomore Brennan Bohman recorded all nine of his points in the fourth quarter, and nine of the 10 Palmer players who hit the court in the win found the basket.

Josh Gilbert led the Mariners with 16.

It was the inside-outside combination of Jacobson and Fullmer that sparked Palmer’s 50-point first half.

Fullmer hit two of his three-pointers in the opening minutes of the game to give the Moose an early 8-2 lead, and he nailed another to extend Palmer’s lead to 13-2. Fullmer capped a 15-4 Moose run with his fourth three-pointer of the period.

As the Mariners defense began to sway toward Fullmer and the perimeter, the senior guard started to swing the ball inside to Jacobson.

The junior forward scored six in the first quarter and nine of his team’s 27 points in the second period. Four of Jacobson’s six baskets in the first half came with an assist from Fullmer.

Led by Jacobson, Palmer opened the second quarter with a 9-0 run. Jacobson completed the three-point play, after he was fouled by Homer’s Kirk Cortez, to give the Moose the 28-10 lead. Fullmer found Jacobson wide open underneath, two possessions later, and Jacobson’s easy bucket extended Palmer’s lead to 22 points.

Palmer 82, Homer 43

Friday, Palmer High School

Homer 10-5-9-19—43

Palmer 23-27-16-16—82

Homer (43) — Gilbert 6 2-2 16, Rose 0 0-1 1, Anderson 1 0-0 2, Tutt 2 0-0 4, Cortez 5 2-4 12, Horadovsky 2 0-0 4, Pate 1 2-2 4; Totals: 17 7-14 43.

Palmer (82) — Draughon 2 0-0 4, Parisien 2 1-1 6, Gatto 3 0-0 6, Fullmer 5 0-0 14, Hillis 4 1-2 10, Swetzof 3 2-2 8, Bohman 4 1-1 9, Odom 2 0-0 4, Jacobson 9 3-3 21; Totals: 34 8-9 82.

Three-point field goals: Homer 2 (Gilbert 2), Palmer 6 (Fullmer 4); Total fouls: Homer 12, Palmer 18.

Knights rout Homer

PALMER — Sparked by a 26-4 first-quarter run, the Colony Knights rolled past the Homer Mariners 85-26 at Colony High School on Saturday.

Colony scored 21 or more points in the first three quarters and held Homer to single digits in scoring in each period.

Senior Grant Niver scored a game-high 15 points for Colony, while senior Jaron Murphy added 14.

Homer captain Colten Tutt led the Mariners with six

points.

Colony 85, Homer 26

Saturday, Colony High School

Homer 4-8-6-8—26

Colony 26-21-28-10—85

Homer (26) — Gilbert 2 1-2 5, Rose 1 0-0 3, Parker 1 0-0 3, Garner 0 2-2 2, Tutt 3 0-1 6, Cortez 2 0-0 4, Wolford 1 0-0 2, Pate 0 1-2 1; Totals: 10 4-7 26.

Colony (85) — Zagars 4 0-2 8, Huggins 2 0-0 4, J. Murphy 4 6-7 14, Larson 1 0-0 3, Palmer 3 0-0 8, Scott 3 5-6 11, Niver 7 0-0 15, Gray 2 0-0 4, C. Murphy 0 0-2 0, Moseley 4 2-2 10, Stearman 4 0-0 8; Totals: 34 13-19 85.

Three-point field goals: Homer 2 (Rose, Parker), Colony (Palmer 2); Total fouls: Homer 12, Palmer 13.

Girls basketball

Moose gallop past Homer

PALMER — The Palmer Moose coasted to a 72-33 Northern Lights Conference win over the Homer Mariners at Palmer High School .

Three Palmer players hit double figures and 11 of the 12 PHS players who saw action in the game scored.

Senior Ashley Swetzof scored a game-high 14, while junior Kelsey Campbell and sophomore Jaimi Cox each added 11.

Senior Reba Temple led the Mariners with 12 points. Only Temple and Deanna Weaver converted field goals for Homer in the game. Weaver added 10 points.

Palmer 72, Homer 22

Friday, Palmer High School

Homer 5-9-7-10—33

Palmer 15-14-25-18—72

Homer (33) — Weaver 4 2-6 10, Kettle 0 1-2 1, Daugherty 1 1-2 1, Devaney 2 0-0 3, Laylana 0 4-4 4, Temple 5 2-5 12; Totals: 10 10-19 33.

Palmer (72) — Swetzof 6 0-2 14, J. Cox 4 3-3 11, Stratton 1 0-0 2, Campbell 4 0-0 11, Mangelsdorf 1 1-4 3, M. Cox 6 1-2 13, Zimmer 0 1-4 1, Tzou 3 0-4 8, Ratcliff 3 0-0 6, Danielowski 2 0-0 4; Totals: 30 6-15 72.

Three-point field goals: Homer 1 (Devaney), Palmer 6 (Campbell); Total fouls: Homer 11, Palmer 21.

Mariners fall at Colony

PALMER — Sparked to a fast start, the Colony Knights ran to a 73-45 win over the Homer Mariners at Colony High School on Saturday afternoon.

The Knights led 20-8 after the first quarter, and used a 22-9 third-quarter run to own 29 point lead at the start of the fourth.

Junior Allie Grazulis scored a game-high 21 in the win. Junior Alex Coon scored 15, while junior Maria Bowker added 13.

Reba Temple led the Mariners with 18 points.

Colony improved to 4-1 in Northern Lights Conference play with the win.

KNIGHTS 73, MARINERS 45

Saturday, Colony High School

Homer 8-14-9-14—45

Colony 20-18-22-13—73

HOMER (45) — Weaver 3 5-6 11, Ketelle 0 0-0 0, Stapel 1 1-2 3, Daugharty 1 2-4 4, DeVaney 0 0-0 0, Carr 0 0-0 0, Turner 0 0-0 0, Layland 4 0-2 9, Temple 7 4-7 18. Totals — 16 12-21 45.

COLONY (73) — Hamman 1 0-0 2, Garrod 5 0-0 10, Klapperich 0 0-0 0, Ma. Bowker 5 1-2 13, Lund 3 0-0 6, Mallo 0 0-0 0, Grazulis 9 0-0 21, Me. Bowker 0 0-0 0, Coon 7 1-2 15, Eisenhower 0 0-0 0, Larson 2 2-2 6. Totals — 32 4-6 73.

Three-point goals — Homer 1 (Layland), Colony 5 (Grazulis 3, Ma. Bowker 2). Team fouls — Homer 8, Colony 18. Fouled out — none.

South stops Moose

ANCHORAGE — The South Anchorage Wolverines used a strong third quarter to post a 51-45 come-from-behind victory over the Palmer Moose at South Anchorage High School on Thursday.

Behind the shooting of junior Kelsey Campbell, Palmer took a 25-21 lead into halftime. Campbell scored 10 of her team’s 12 first-quarter points to help the Moose grab the early lead.

Campbell scored a team-high 18 points in the loss.

South senior Sylvia Bullock scored eight of her game-high 19 during a 17-point South third quarter. The Wolverines outscored the Moose 30-21 in the final 16 minutes.

South Anchorage 51, Palmer 45

Thursday, South Anchorage High School

Palmer 12-13-11-10—45

South 7-14-17-13—51

Palmer (45) — Swetzof 2 0-0 4, Campbell 7 0-1 18, Cox 3 0-1 6, Bolling 2 0-0 5, Tzou 2 0-2 4, Ratcliff 3 2-2 8; Totals: 19 2-6 45.

South (51) — Brewster 1 0-0 2, Gurate 0 2-3 2, Pichler 1 0-0 3, Horazdovsky 1 7-8 9, Gamblin 7 2-2 16, Bullock 8 3-15 19; Totals: 18 14-28 51.

Three-point field goals: Palmer 5 (Campbell 4), South 1 (Pichler 1); Total fouls: Palmer 21, South 11; Fouled out: Palmer- Ratcliff.

Pats use free throws to beat Houston

HOUSTON — The North Pole Patriots used a statistical oddity to post a 77-55 Mid-Alaska Conference win over the Houston Hawks at Houston High School on Friday.

The Patriots nearly beat the Hawks at the free-throw line alone, nailing 46-of-66 free-throw attempts.

North Pole’s Cheyenne Smothers was 17-for-18 from the free-throw line and scored 21 points for NPHS.

Houston dropped to 0-3 in Mid-Alaska Conference

play.

— Jeremiah Bartz