Soldotna boys 49, Wasilla 38 (FINAL)

The Wasilla Warriors and Soldotna Stars meet with a spot in the state title game on the line.

Fourth quarter

*Soldotna- Bouder for 2, 33-32 Warriors

*Wasilla- LaVern long jumper, he has 10, Warriors lead 35-32

*Soldotna- Andrus moves to basket, 35-34

*Wasilla- Kroon gets rebound, nifty move draws foul, misses both free throws, WHS 0-4 from line

*Soldotna- Grubb, crazy move to the basket, ball rolls around rim through net, 36-35 SoHi, Stars’ first lead of quarter

*Screaming Wasilla band calls for defense, and LaVern answers with steal, 3:37 left in regulation

*Soldotna- Stars now 0-for-9 from three-point land, 2:58 left

*Wasilla-Pfeifer’s attempt goes in and out of basket for second time in three possessions

*Soldotna- Stars bleed 30 seconds off clock, Andrus draws foul, hits both attempts, 38-35 Stars with 2:12 left

*Soldotna- Carver shot off the glass, 40-35 Stars. Biggest lead of game

*Wasilla- Pfiefer shot goes in and out again, Soldotna gets rebound draws foul

*Soldotna- Aberkane sinks one of two free throws, then he steals the ball after the second missed free throw, 41-35 Soldotna with 1:00 left

*LaVern jumper in first minute still only points for Wasilla in this quarter

*Soldotna- Aberkane hits another free throw, 42-35

*Wasilla- Warriors miss three-point attempt, Carver gets rebound

*Soldotna- Grubb hits free throws, 44-35 Stars

*Soldotna- Carver back to line with 39 seconds left, hits both free throws, 46-38

*Wasilla- Kroon hits three-pointer, 46-38 Soldotna with 28 seconds left

*Soldotna- Grubb to line, misses first, hits second free throw, 47-38 Soldotna

*Soldotna- Gellar to line with 19 seconds left, hits both, Soldotna 49-38

Its final… .Soldotna is the first team from the Kenai Peninsula to play in a 4A boys’ state title game since 1981

Third quarter

*Soldotna, Andrus gets first bucket of third, 25-22… back to a single possession ball game

*Soldotna, Andrus works it inside, 25-24 with 6:09 left in third

*Soldotna catches a break, during a scrum for the ball, SoHi calls timeout, but player didn’t appear to have possession. Where’s the replay?

*Soldotna, Bouder hits jumper at 5:03, SoHi takes first lead, 26-25, play set up by two offensive boards

*Lead short lived, Knowles buck gives Wasilla lead again, 27-26

*Teams hit halfway points of third, Stars still looking for their first three-pointer

*Soldotna- Grubb hits long jumper, 28-27 SoHi

*Soldotna- Gellar gives Stars three-point lead, 30-27 SoHi

*Wasilla- LaVern fouled, goes to line, misses both attempts, marked Wasilla’s first free throw attempts of the game… interesting…

*Wasilla- Long jumper for Pfeifer… nothing but net, 30-29 SoHi

*Wasilla- Orr cuts to basket on baseline, 31-30 Wasilla, 1:30 left in third

*Wasilla- Another rebound for Pfeifer, he has six

*Wasilla- LaVern gets to basket, 33-30 Wasilla, 59 seconds left in third

Stars still shooting less than 40 percent and are 0-for-8 from behind the arc. Andrus and Gellar have 10 points each through three quarters. No Wasilla player has hit double digits

Wasilla takes five-point lead into half. Braydon Kuiper leads the Warriors with seven points, Adrese LaVern has six and Cody Pfeifer has a team-high five rebounds. Daniel Gellar has a solid 10 points and five boards for the Stars, who trail 25-20 at the half.

Second quarter

Wasilla- LaVern opens second with layup, 15-8 Wasilla

Wasilla- Pfeifer steal, junior continues stellar play in postseason

Wasilla- Another bucket for LaVern, 17-8 Wasilla, biggest lead of night

Soldotna- Gellar goes to the line for SoHi, hits both freebies, Soldotna’s first points in nearly four minutes, 17-10 WHS

Wasilla- Cole Schierman hits the three from the corner. Schierman’s the third brother in his family to play hoops at WHS, 20-10 Warriors

Soldotna- Liam Andrus (very cool name) goes to the line, hits both free throws, 20-12 Warriors

Wasilla- Foul goes to Tillerman Kroon. The senior is nicknamed “Sweet Candy” don’t ask me how he got that name.

Soldotna-Liam gets rebound and putback, 20-14 Wasilla, 4:51 left in half

Wasilla- Kuiper snags loose ball, and hits fade away jumper. He’s a freshman. Can you say diaper dandy? 22-14 Warriors

Wasilla- LaVern takes a three attempt from Jesse Bean range, no good, but Wasilla gets rebound, still leads by six with three minutes left

Wasilla- Senior Tim Orr nails the three-pointer, 25-16 Wasilla

Soldotna- Gellar picks up loose ball, gets easy bucket, 25-18 Soldotna

Soldotna- Gellar gets two chances, cashes in on second attempt, 25-20 WHS

This just in… Soldotna 0-for-6 from behind the arc, with 1:11 left in half

First quarter

Wasilla- Tillerman Kroon bucket gives Wasilla early 2-0 lead

Wasilla- Braydon Kuiper three gives Was 5-0 lead at 6:30 mark

Soldotna- Liam Adrus bucket, 5-2 WHS

Wasilla- Adrese LaVern to the hoop, 7-2 WHS, 4:51 left in first

The Warriors trap Soldotna’s Michael Bouder near press row, Bouder nearly runs over Peninsula Clarion reporter Matt Carroll

Wasilla- Braydon Kuiper scores again, 9-2 Warriors

Soldotna- Blaine Carver ends Warrior run, 9-4 Wasilla

Grubb goes down hard in the paint, teams pause for media time out

Soldotna- Grubb hits a pair of free throws, 9-6 Wasilla, 3:02 left

Wasilla- Cody Pfefier shows some skill, pushing in his own rebound, 11-6

Soldotna- Daniel Gellar comes back for two, 11-8, Wasilla, 1:42 left

Wasilla- Kroon drives the lane to the hoop, 13-8 Wasilla

Wasilla shoots 60 percent from the field and outrebounds Soldotna 8-3 during first eight minutes