Warriors finish second in East T-Bird Classic

ANCHORAGE — Crystal Blair scored 20 points to lead the Ketchikan Kings to a 54-40 win over the Wasilla Warriors in the title game of the East T-Bird Classic at East Anchorage High School on Saturday.

Alexis Edwardson scored 18 for the Kings.

Carlee Naczi led the Warriors with 10 points.

Sophomore Alyssa Hutchins scored 17 points to lead Colony to a 59-49 win over host East Anchorage in the tourney’s third-place game.

Junior Kaitlyn Klapperich added 11 points for the Knights.

Palmer scored a 53-25 win over Thunder Mountain Saturday morning.

Kendal Venzke scored 13 in the Palmer win.

Ketchikan 54, Wasilla 40

East T-Bird Classic

Saturday, East Anchorage High School

Wasilla 9-5-9-17—40

Ketchikan 10-18-14-12—54

Wasilla — Apangolook 4, Imoe 7, Dinkel 5, Nuss 5, Naczi 10, Colegrove 1, Cottle 8.

Ketchikan — Patton 12, Elliot 2, Doherty 1, Seirup 1, Edwardson 18, Blair 20.

Colony 59, East 49

East T-Bird Classic

Saturday, East Anchorage High School

Colony 16-12-20-11—59

East 14-11-7-17—49

Colony — M. Klapperich 7, Hutchins 17, K. Klapperich 11, Brumbaugh 1, Bowker 4, Stefanski 6, Leigh 5, Forstner 6, Huffman 2.

East — R. Schoenhorn 12, A. Schoenhorn 3, Chapman 11, Hawk 2, Gavin 3, Hale 7, Swisher 1, Owens 6, Manu 4.

Palmer 53, Thunder Mountain 25

East T-Bird Classic

Saturday, East Anchorage High School

Palmer 25-15-6-7—53

Thunder Mountain 2-2-8-13—25

Thunder Mountain — Staveland 6, Tingley 3, Dias 6, Kibby 6, Jeans 4.

Palmer — VanHoomissen 4, Venzke 13, LaMere 9, Riggs 3, Thein 6, Koehn 2, Blake 5, Houchen 1, Smith 2, Bradenburg 8.

Wasilla 62, East 49

East T-Bird Classic

Friday, East Anchorage High School

Wasilla 18-19-16-9—62

East 11-10-12-16—49

Wasilla — Cottle 24, Apangolook 2, Imoe 14, Naczi 11, Colegrove 4, Pinkel 5.

East — R. Schoenborn 12, A. Schoenborn 2, Chapman 1, Gavin 2, Hale 8, Swisher 2, Owens 22.

Ketchikan 47, Colony 37

East T-Bird Classic

Friday, East Anchorage High School

Ketchikan 14-4-5-24—47

Colony 9-9-6-13—37

Ketchikan — Patton 6, Seierup 2, Edwardson 19, Reno 7, Blair 13.

Colony — M. Klapperich 10, Hutchins 9, K. Klapperich 2, Trudeau 2, Bowker 3, Leigh 2, Forstner 9.

West Anchorage 50, Palmer 38

East T-Bird Classic

Friday, East Anchorage High School

Palmer 2-15-8-13—38

West 10-9-16-15—50

Palmer — Venzke 14, Thein 2, Koehn 4, Blake 6, Brandenburg 12.

West — Nidoy 9, Kozloff 16, McDaniel 1, Harris-Grant 7, Lavern-Tosi 9, Rennie 8.

East T-Bird Classic All-Tournament team:

Alexis Edwardson, Ketchikan; Kelsey Cottle, Wasilla; Carlee Naczi, Wasilla; Mary Klaperich, Colony; Ashleigh Owens, East; Tessla Rennie, West; Kaile Skold, Soldotna; Kendal Venzke, Palmer; Jonelle Staveland, Thunder Mountain; MVP: Crystal Blair, Ketchika.

Malemutes edge Hawks

FAIRBANKS — Houston trailed by just one point at halftime, but Lathrop was able to pull away and score a 33-22 Mid-Alaska Conference win over the Hawks at Lathrop High School on Friday.

Savanna James led the Hawks with nine points.

On Thursday, Eielson needed a buzzer-beater to slip past Houston 23-22 on Eielson Air Force Base.

Boys basketball

Knights post consecutive wins

ANCHORAGE — The Colony Knights rebounded from a first-round loss to grab consecutive wins during the final two days of the Alaska Prep Shootout at Dimond High School.

Colony capped its tourney play with a 49-44 win over Northern Lights Conference rival Soldotna on Saturday.

John Palmer, who was named all-tourney after the event, scored a game-high 28 to lead the Knights. Scott Herman added nine.

Palmer scored 26 duringa 49-41 win over Grace Christian on Friday.

Colony 49, Soldotna 44

Alaska Prep Shootout

Saturday, Dimond High School

Colony 10-14-12-13—49

Soldotna 14-8-9-13—44

Colony — Turner 4, Palmer 28, Herman 9, Ray 2, Summers 6.

Soldotna — Story 5, Blossom 19, Carver 12, Stilchen 4, Skjold 2, Withrow 2.

Colony 49, Grace 41

Alaska Prep Shootout

Friday, Dimond High School

Colony 15-12-3-19—49

Grace 10-3-5-13—41

Colony — Lanners 6, Turner 5, McCann 5, Palmer 26, Niver 1, Ray 2, Summers 4.

Grace — 10, Edwards 14, Bouman 4, Fancher 9, Mathews 4.

Hawks fly past

Lathrop

FAIRBANKS — Houston came from behind to beat Lathrop 57-54 at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks on Friday.

Senior Zack Qual scored six of his game-high 15 points in a 17-point Houston fourth quarter.

The Hawks trailed by 10 points at the half, but used an 11-4 third-quarter run to get back into the game. The Hawks outscored Lathrop 17-11 in the final frame.

Mustangs run

past Moose

CHUGIAK — The Chugiak Mustangs earned a 52-35 nonconference win over the Palmer Moose at Chugiak High School on Friday.

Junior Christian Odom led Palmer with nine points. Senior Kyle Titus added eight.

Chugiak 52, Palmer 35

Friday, Chugiak High School

Palmer 7-10-12-6—35

Chugiak 11-13-14-14—52

Palmer — Odom 9, Niekamp 2, Buresh 7, Dean 7, Peltier 2, Titus 8.

Chugiak — Mitchell 18, Ghramm 12, Theis 6, Moore 3, Rabung 5, Williams 5, C. Fullmer 3.

Warriors fall to

3A power

ANCHORAGE — Despite a game-high 20 points from Wasilla sophomore Connor Devine, Hertiage Christian managed to score a 44-37 win over the Warriors at Heritage Christian School in Anchorage on Friday.

Jesse Miessner scored a team-high 15 points for the Eagles, one of the top schools at the 3A level.

Heritage 44, Wasilla 37

Friday, Heritage Christian School

Wasilla 12-5-8-12—37

Heritage 16-12-11-5—44

Wasilla — Schierman 3, Kuiper 7, Devine 20, Ford 4, Green 3.

Heritage — Hanks 4, Millar 1, Ridgeway 10, Miessner 15, A. Vreeman 14.