Redington boys win Nikiski tourney

The Redington boys and Kotzebue girls won the 36th Annual Rus Hitchcock Nikiski Tip Off Tournament on Saturday. The Dimond JV boys and Nikiski girls finished second.

The Nikiski girls toppled Redington 52-12 to move to 2-6 overall.

Abby White and Avery Ellis had 11 for the Bulldogs, while Blakely Jorgensen had 10, Madison Iyatunguk had 8, Kailey Stynsberg had 5, Addison Perkins had 3, and Folesha Anderson and Natalie Huntsman each had 2.

For the Huskies, Abi Dogomos had 6, Sonia Gerike had 5 and Caydence Nunley had 1.

The Redington boys defeated Nikiski 45-33 to drop the Bulldogs to 0-8 overall.

Kameron Bird dropped in 13 for the Bulldogs, while Ethan Ellis and Lynn Deveer had 5, Carter Eiter had 3, Dylan Hall, Ryder Maguire and Shane Hall had 2, and Kevin Love had 1.

For the Huskies, Kaedon Saxton had 19, Ikaia Flores had 10, Aidan Dobbs had 6, Christian Ingraham and Silas Conner had 3, and Jake Murdock and Natan Fields had 2.

The Kotzebue girls topped Ninilchik 57-17 as the Wolverines fell to 2-6 overall.

Lucy Reynolds had 6 for Ninilchik, while Kate Hendryx had 4, Caelis Cress and Bella Berger had 3, and Lily Berger had 1.

For Kotzebue, McKenzie Swanson had 15, Elizabeth Brown had 13, Caliana Brown had 10, Xiimara Salazar had 7, Pauline McCall and Mylie McConnell had 4, and Kirra Salazar and Melina Garcia had 2.

Also Saturday, the Dimond JV boys topped Kotzebue 72-63.

The boys all-tournament team was MVP Ayden Wesley of Kotzebue as well as Kameron Bird of Nikiski, Jace Christophersen of Dimond, Kaedon Sexton of Redington, Pius Hajdukovich of Dimond and Ryder Maguire of Nikiski.

The girls all-tournament team was MVP Elizabeth Brown of Kotzebue as well as McKenzie Swanson of Kotzebue, Blakeley Jorgensen of Nikiski, Kailey Stynsberg of Nikiski, Janessa Gubler of Redington and Ari Collini of Redington.

The Scrappy Award, given because Rus Hitchcock loved scrappy players, went to Bird of Nikiski and Swanson of Kotzebue.

The free-throw champs were Braden Pili of Dimond and Pauline McCall of Kotzebue. The 3-point champs were Jake Aljibe of Dimond and Xiimara Salazar of Kotzebue. The Nikiski girls and boys won the hot shot competition. Bird and Kotzebue’s Mylie McConnell won the post-up player competition.