Prep hoops roundup

Boys roundup

Warriors speed past Patriots

WASILLA — Fueled by a fast start, Wasilla cruised to an 83-46 win over North Pole Thursday at Wasilla High School.

Cameron Brown hit a pair of first-quarter three-pointers, and Emillio Carney and Alex Baham also had first-quarter threes. Wasilla jumped to a 20-4 first-quarter lead and held a 42-13 advantage at halftime.

Baham knocked down four three-pointers and scored a game-best 27 points.

Wasilla 83, North Pole 46

Thursday, Wasilla High

North Pole 4-13-11-14—46

Wasilla 20-22-18-23—83

North Pole (46) —Campbell 3 0-1 9, Hursh 2 0-0 4, Somner2 1-4 6, Steward 4 2-3 10, Dehaurie 5 3-5 13, Skipps 2 0-0 4; Totals: 19 6-13 46.

Wasilla (83) — Lee 2 1-2 5, Brown 3 4-5 12, Carney 1 0-0 2, Krueger 3 8-9 14, Baham 9 5-8 27, Garnett 0 6-8 6, McGregor 0 0-2 0, Houck 0 2-2 2, Trottor 1 0-0 2, Tresham 3 1-2 7, Burn 2 0-0 6; Totals: 23 26-38 83.

3-point field goals: North Pole 2 (2 tied with 1); Wasilla 9 (Baham 4); Total fouls: North Pole 31, Wasilla 15.

Knights knock down West Valley

PALMER — The Colony Knights enjoyed a quick start from behind the arc and scored a 71-58 nonconference win over West Valley at Colony High Thursday.

Bailey West and Damien Fulp combined for five first-quarter three-pointers as Colony raced to an early 25-14 lead. West finished with a game-high four three-pointers in the win and scored 14 points. Colony hit 10 shots from behind the arc in the game.

Fulp poured in a game-high 20. He was 7 of 10 from the free throw line.

West Valley trailed 54-25 through three quarters. The Wolfpack managed nearly half their points in the final quarter.

Colony boys 71,

West Valley 58

Thursday, Colony High

West Valley 14-12-9-23—58

Colony 25-16-13-17—71

West Valley (58) — Brackett 9 3-6 21, Washington 3 1-2 10, Ralenberger 2 0-0 6, Suddeth 1 0-0 2, Hornbuckle 2 2-4 6, Christmann 2 2-2 7, Washington 0 2-2 2, Kinsey 1 2-2 4; Totals: 20 12-18 58.

Colony (71) — Looney 3 0-0 6, West 4 2-2 14, Chamblee 3 0-0 8, Fulp 5 7-10 20, Dinkel 2 5-6 9, Nygard 1 3-4 6, Sonnenberg 2 0-0 4, Bush 2 0-0 4; Totals: 22 17-22 71.

3-point field goals: West Valley 6 (Washington 3), Colony 10 (West 4); Total fouls: West Valley 19, Colony 15.

Knights enjoy big third quarter

PALMER — Colony used a 25-point third quarter to beat North Pole 69-41 in nonconference play at Colony High Friday.

Graham Dinkel led Colony with 22 points. Damien Fulp added 16.

Malemutes rally

PALMER — After trailing at halftime, Lathrop rallied to score a 51-40 nonconference road win over Palmer at Palmer High Thursday.

Palmer led 29-23 at halftime, but Lathrop jumped back into the game with a 14-5 third-quarter run.

Adam Ramoth led Palmer with 18. James Nisbett added nine for the Moose, and Brady Southwick chipped in six.

Kyle Carlson led Lathrop with a game-high 20.

Girls Roundup

Wolfpack beat the Moose at the line

PALMER — West Valley finished without a field goal in the fourth quarter, but did enough at the free throw line to prevent a Palmer rally and score a 42-39 nonconference in over the Moose Friday in Palmer.

The Wolfpack were 12 of 14 from the stripe during the final eight minutes. Ruthy Hebard, who scored a game-high 20 points, was 6 of 8 from the free throw line in the fourth for West Valley.

West Valley only had three total field goals in the second half.

The Moose fell behind early, scoring only one point in the first quarter.

Taylor Ledger scored a team-high 13 for the Moose.

West Valley girls 42,

Palmer 39

Friday, Palmer High

West Valley 10-12-8-12—42

Palmer 1-15-10-13--39

West Valley (42) — Hebard 6 7-12 20, Campbell 1 2-2 5, Marques 4 5-10 13, Sample 0 2-2 2, Casiano 1 0-0 2; Totals: 12 16-27 42.

Palmer (39) — King 1 0-0 2, Venzke 0 2-4 2, K. DePriest 2 1-2 5, Bowman 2 1-4 5, Osiensky 0 1-2 1, Ledger 4 5-5 13, L. DePriest 4 3-6 11; Totals: 13 13-25 39.

Three-point field goals: West Valley 2 (Hebard, Campbell 1), Palmer 0; Total fouls: West Valley 18, Palmer 20

Warriors tame Malemutes

WASILLA — The Wasilla Warriors scored a 64-30 nonconference win over the Lathrop Malemutes Friday evening at Wasilla High.

Wasilla’s game against North Pole Thursday was canceled after the Patriots opted not to make the trip to the Valley.