Sophomore’s buzzer-beater lifts Knights past Bears

KODIAK — Hunter Eisenhower silenced the Kodiak crowd Saturday afternoon.

Eisenhower drained a buzzer-beating three-pointer from the right corner to give the Colony Knights a 47-46 win over the Kodiak Bears Saturday at Kodiak High School.

The game-winner was one of two shots from behind the arc as Colony rallied to score the road win and sweep a two-game set at Kodiak. Junior Jared Turner hit a three-pointer with 13 seconds remaining to cut Kodiak’s lead to 45-44. Kodiak’s Mitchell Tacata followed by going 1-for-2 from the free throw line with 11 seconds left. That gave the Bears the two-point lead before Eisenhower gave the Knights the win.

Colony, which also beat Kodiak 51-44 on Friday, finished 6-4 in NLC play. Kodiak ended its season 1-9 in the NLC.

Senior Payton McCann led the Knights with 12 points. Senior Tanner Enloe added 10.

Eisenhower scored 19 to lead Colony to the 51-44 over Kodiak.

Colony 47, Kodiak 46

Saturday, Kodiak High

Colony 8-14-12-14—47

Kodiak 12-10-11-13—46

Colony (47) — Niver 4, Smith 2, Turner 3, McCann 12, Enloe 10, Eisenhower 7, Peliteir 1.

Kodiak (46) — Cowley 13, Obas, Tacata 3, Matautia 20, Garner 2, Frick 3.

Colony 51, Kodiak 44

Friday, Kodiak High

Colony 7-13-9-22—51

Kodiak 10-10-12-12—44

Colony (51) — Niver 6, Smith 5, Turner 13, McCann 4, Eisenhower 19,

Kodiak (44) — Fangonilo 8, Cowley 2, Obas, Will 1, Tacata 2,Frick 3, Matautia 20, Garner 6, Bezona 2.

Colony girls

sweep Kodiak

PALMER — The Colony girls earned a pair of tough victories over Kodiak at Colony High School over the weekend.

On Saturday, Colony needed a 9-0 game-ending run to get past Kodiak 41-34. Sophomore Allison Leigh scored six of her nine points during the fourth quarter to help give the Knights a final push. Pherrari Brumbaugh and Tess Forstner were both 3-for-4 from the free-throw line during the final quarter.

On Friday, senior Kate Klapperich scored 11 points to help Colony grab a 39-35 win over Kodiak.

The Knights finish the regular season 8-2 in NLC play.

Colony 41, Kodiak 34

Saturday, Colony High

Kodiak 5-10-14-5—34

Colony 15-4-8-14—41

Kodiak (34) — Garcia 2 2-6 7, Timu 2 0-2 4, Grupp 3 0-0 6, Juble 2 0-0 5, Cannon 1 0-0 2, Wandersee 3 0-0 6, Lampl 2 0-0 4.

Colony (41) — M. Klapperich 2 0-1 4, Nelson 1 2-2 4, K. Klapperich 5 0-0 10, Brumbaugh 2 3-4 8, Stefanski 0 1-2 1, Leigh 4 1-4 9, Forstner 1 3-4 5.

Colony 39, Colony 35

Friday, Colony High

Kodiak 8-13-6-8—35

Colony 13-11-11-4—39

Kodiak (35) — Garcia 7 1-1 16, Timu 1 0-0 2, Juble 1 3-4 5, Cannon 1 0-2 2, Wandersee 5 0-0 10.

Colony (39) — M. Klapperich 2 3-4 8, K. Klapperich 4 0-3 11, Brumbaugh 1 0-0 3, Menard 1 0-0 2, Stefanski 1 1-2 3, Leigh 2 4-5 8, Forstner 1 2-4 4.