Warriors sweep Kenai, Soldotna

WASILLA — The Kenai Kardinals held the lead once. And it didn’t last long.

Avery Heiber buried a three-pointer with early in the second half to give the Kards the 32-31 advantage. But Wasilla’s Isaac Houck answered with a three of his own on the next possession. That sparked a 12-point Wasilla run, and the Warriors pulled away with a 67-51 victory over the Kardinals Thursday night at Wasilla High School.

After trailing by four at halftime, the Kards used a Nick Beeson baseline jumper and the Heiber three to start the third quarter with a five-point run. But after Heiber’s shot at the 6:54 mark, Wasilla held Kenai to just a pair of Tristan Landry three-pointers for the remainder of the quarter.

Following the Heiber three, Wasilla went on a 12-point run to take a 43-32 advantage. After Landry’s first three of the quarter, Wasilla closed the quarter on an 11-3 run.

Wasilla outscored Kenai 23-11 in the third quarter.

Houck led Wasilla with 21 points in the game. Daniel Headdings added 13, Aeron Milliron chipped in 11 and Reilly Devine finished with 10.

Wasilla improved to 8-0 in NLC play with the win.

Landry led Kenai with 15, and Luke Beiser added 14 for the Kards. Kenai dropped to 1-6 in NLC play.

Earlier in the day, McKenna Dinkel scored 22 points to lead Wasilla to a 58-32 girls’ win over Kenai. Azlynn Brandenburg added nine and Catherine Baham chipped in eight.

Wasilla improved to 8-0 in NLC play. Brooke Satathite led Kenai with 15.

Warriors sweep Stars

WASILLA — McKenna Dinkel used a double-double to help the Wasilla Warriors stay undefeated in Northern Lights Conference play.

Dinkel collected 19 points and 10 rebounds in Wasilla’s 52-27 win over the Soldotna Stars Saturday at Wasilla High School. Cheyenne Green added 10 points and six rebounds for the Warriors, who improved to 9-0 in the conference. Maclaren Obremski added nine points. Ituau Tuisaula led Soldotna with eight.

In boys’ action, Wasilla used a well-rounded attack to score a 66-48 win over Soldotna. Four of Wasilla’s five starters hit double digits in scoring. Daniel Headdings led the Warriors with 16, Reilly Devine added 14, Aeron Milliron finished with a dozen and Kobe Brown chipped in 10.

Caleb Spence led Soldotna with 13.

Wasilla improved to 9-0 in the NLC

Wasilla girls 52, Soldotna 27

Saturday, Wasilla High

Soldotna 7-3-9-8—27

Wasilla 13-15-17-7—52

Soldotna (27) — McGillivary 0 1-2 1, Miller 2 0-0 5, Blossom 2 0-0 4, A. Schmidt 1 3-4 5, Tuisaula 3 2-4 8, Kruse 0 2-2 2, D. Schmidt 1 0-0 2; Totals: 9 8-12 27.

Wasilla (52) — Davies 2 0-0 6, Obremski 4 0-0 9, Baham 1 0-0 3, Brandenburg 1 1-2 4, Lawhead 0 1-2 1, Dinkel 8 2-3 19, Green 4 2-4 10; Totals: 20 6-15 52.

Wasilla boys 66, Soldotna 48

Saturday, Wasilla High

Soldotna 8-12-8-20—48

Wasilla 18-14-16-18—66

Soldotna (48) — Truesdell 1 0-0 3, Trammel 2 0-0 4, Spence 6 0-1 13, Sheridan 2 0-0 6, Crowder 1 0-0 3, Evans 4 1-2 9, McElroy 1 4-5 6, Michael 1 3-5 5; Totals: 18 8-13 48.

Wasilla (66) — Brown 1 2-2 10, Headdings 4 5-5 16, R. Devine 6 2-2 14, Edwards 2 0-0 4, Fife 0 2-2 2, I. Houck 3 2-2 8, Milliron 8 0-8 12; Totals: 22 13-21 66.

Wasilla boys 67, Kenai 51

Thursday, Wasilla High

Kenai 10-17-11-13—51

Wasilla 17-14-23-13—67

Kenai (51) — Daniels 5 0-0 10, Beeson 4 1-2 9, Heiber 1 0-0 3, Beiser 6 2-4 14, Landry 6 0-0 15; Totals: 22 3-6 51.

Wasilla (67) — Brown 3 1-2 8, Headdings 4 2-2 13, Devine 3 4-4 10, Edwards 1 0-0 2, Fife 1 0-0 2, I. Houck 9 1-1 21, Milliron 5 0-0 11; Totals: 26 8-9 67.

Wasilla girls 58, Kenai 32

Thursday, Wasilla High

Kenai 8-15-6-5—32

Wasilla 15-13-10-20—58

Kenai (32) — Calvert 2 0-2 5, Miller 1 0-0 2, Creighton 1 2-2 4, Carrasco 1 0-0 2, Satathite 7 1-2 15, Beck 1 2-4 4; Totals: 13 5-10 32.

Wasilla (58) — Vasquez 1 1-2 3, Obremski 3 0-0 7, Baham 3 0-0 8, Kelly 1 2-2 4, Brandenberg 4 1-3 9, Dinkel 7 6-6 22, Green 1 0-1 2, Titus 1 1-1 3; Totals: 32 11-15.