Wasilla Lake Rams nearly miss making school history

TOK — The Wasilla Lake boys’ basketball team was on the verge of making school history. But Tri-Valley played spoiler.

The Tri-Valley Viking Warriors used consecutive victories Saturday night to win the Central Interior Conference Championship at Tok High School.

Tri-Valley secured the conference’s lone state tournament berth. Wasilla Lake would have advanced to the state tourney for the first time in program history with a win.

In the true double-elimination tournament, Tri-Valley scored a 69-48 win over the Rams, who were previously undefeated in the tourney.

In the deciding game, the Viking Warriors were able to come away with the 69-58 victory.

Wasilla Lake moved to within a step of the championship with a 52-49 win over that same Tri-Valley team in the semifinals on Friday.

Taylor Roth scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Rams. Josh Grissom added 15 points.

Wasilla Lake opened its tourney with a 69-49 win over host Tok. Grissom led the Rams with 15.

Wasilla Lake 69, Tok 49

Central Interior Conference second round

Wasilla Lake 28-17-14-10—69

Tok 13-11-17-8—49

Wasilla Lake (69) — Schafer 2 3-4 7, Tenkins 5 1-2 11, Grissom 7 0-0 15, Wilder 1 0-1 2, Wyckoff 5 3-12 13, Roth 6 1-3 16, Knight 2 1-2 5.

Tok (49) — Brooks 1 2-2 5, Joe 6 0-0 13, Couch 8 3-4 19, Woody 1 0-0 2, Thomas 4 -0 8, Ervin 1 0-0 2.

Wasilla Lake 52,

Tri-Valley 49

Central Interior Conference semifinals

Wasilla Lake 15-12-10-15—52

Tri Valley 15-7-9-18—49

Wasilla Lake (52) — Schafer 2 0-0 4, Tenkins 2 0-0 4, Grissom 6 0-0 15, Wyckoff 2 1-2 8, Roth 6 5-6 20, Knowles 0 1-2 1.

Tri-Valley (49) — MacMaster 1 0-0 2, Shreak 6 3-4 15, Maciver 1 0-0 2, Carter 2 0-2 5, Blanchard 6 2-2 15, Juhl 5 0-0 10.

Girls basketball

Wasilla Lake

girls go 1-2

TOK — The Wasilla Lake Christian girls finished 1-2 during the Central Interior Conference championships at Tok over the wekeend.

The Rams sandwiched a 35-20 win over Anderson with losses to Birchwood and host Tok.

Mindy Gonzales supplied 16 points during Wasilla Lake’s win over Anderson. Krista Opliger added a dozen in the victory. The Rams held Anderson, an Interior program, scoreless in the third quarter.

Wasilla Lake opened tourney play with a 61-31 loss to Birchwood Christian, a school in the Chugiak area. Chelsea Mosier scored a team-best 10 for the Rams.

The Rams’ season came to an end with a 48-27 loss to host Tok. Gonzales scored 13 points.

Birchwood 61,

Wasilla Lake 31

Central Interior Conference first round

Birchwood 8-24-16-13—61

Wasilla Lake 5-6-9-11—31

Birchwood (61) — Sith 3 0-0 6, Jensen 2 0-0 4, Rud 1 0-0 2, S. Kramer 3 0-0 6, Boskowski 6 0-3 12, Becker 3 0-0 6, M. Kramer 9 5-7 23, Von Ruden 1 0-0 2.

Wasilla Lake (31) — Gonzalez 4 0-6 8, Mosier 4 2-4 10, Soulak 1 2-7 4, Rushing 2 0-4 4, Opliger 2 1-3 5.

Wasilla Lake 35, Anderson 20

Central Interior Conference second round

Wasilla Lake 10-14-8-3—35

Anderson 2-7-0-11—20

Wasilla Lake (35) — Gonzalez 5 6-9 16, Mosier 0 1-3 1, Soubak 2 1-3 6, Opliger 5 2-8 12.

Anderson (20) — Turnipsed 4 0-0 8, Scothorn 2 0-0 4, Reams1 0-0 2, Wright 1 0-0 2, Montez 0 2-7 2, Wamer 1 0-2 2.

Tok 48, Wasilla Lake 27

Central Interior Conference consolation round

Tok 9-16-12-11—48

Wasilla Lake 7-7-3-17—27

Tok (48) — Thurneau 2 0-0 4, Cronk 9 2-7 20, Woody 4 7-15 15, Paulsen 2 0-0 4, Edwards 2 0-0 5.

Wasilla Lake (27) — Gonzalez 4 4-7 13, Mosier 0 2-4 2, Tucker 2 0-0 4, Opliger 2 4-6 8.