The seeds have held in the Girls Bracket. The #2 seed Effie Kokrine Warriors and the #3 seed Kenny Lake Hawks play with a ticket to the Ship on the line. If either of these teams is to earn a trip to the State Tournament, they will have to play and win three games today. That trip starts with this game.
photo by Letitia Talerico
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Kenny Lake and Effie Kokrine will both play their second game of the day. Kenny Lake topped Wasilla Lake 50-46 in the tournaments most exciting game to stay alive in the tournament; Effie Kokrine topped Birchwood 47-31. Four teams are left in the Boys Bracket, but only one of these two can advance. The winner plays Walter Northway tomorrow.
The Tri-Valley Lady Viking Warriors and the Kenny Lake Lady Hawks need a win to stay afloat in the 2010 Central Interior Conference Tournament. The Viking Warriors kept their hopes alive this morning as Windy Gore pushed them to a 33-16 victory with 16 points. Kristen Scholten added 10 in the winning effort. The Hawks used balanced scoring to top the Birchwood Christian Warriors 38-23 this morning. Samantha Knutson, Hannah Rosenkrans and Kailey Wilson all scored 8 points in the win.
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Todd Demit and Brandon Teasdale have led the #3 seed Walter Northway Warriors to a semi-final matchup against the #1 seed Tri-Valley Viking Warriors. The Viking Warriors used 12 points from Forest Shreeve and 11 from Ryan Scholten to outlast the Effie Kokrine Warriors on route to this semi-final game on their home floor. The Northway Warriors would like to make it an all Northway final, but Tri-Valley would rather the home town crowd left happy.
Katherine Albert will try to lead her top seeded Northway Warriors over the second seeded Effie Kokrine Warriors. Effie Kokrine won the last matchup between these two teams by three in Tok. Shalene Huntington scored 16 points to lead the Effie Kokrine squad to a 50-41 win over Kenny Lake in their first game of the tournamnet. Katherine Albert scored 22 in Northway’s 54-36 win over Tri-Valley.
The Birchwood Warriors used a 21 point game from John Rud and strong interior play from Brandon Roscovius, 13 points, to best Tok 50-37. Roscovius put up 16 points in a tournament opening loss to Walter Northway. Effie Kokrine is coming of a tough 48-37 loss to the tournament favorite and home town Tri-Valley Viking Warriors. Leo Huntington has led the Effie Kokrine Warriors with 33 points in two games. Each team needs a win to stay alive in the 2010 Central Interior Conference Tournament.
The Kenny Lake Hawks look to bounce back from yesterday’s loss to Effie Kokrine. Kailey Wilson scored 15 points, and Hannah Rosenkrans and Samantha Knutson each pitched in 8, but it wasn’t enough to keep pace with a talented Effie Kokrine squad. The Hawks just barely slipped past the Tok Wolverines in their first game, a 28-26 win. Birchwood plays their second game of the tournament. Savanna Cage led the Warriors with 9 points in the loss, and Samantha Roscovius and Kari Von Ruden each pitched in 6.
The Kenny Lake Hawks try to recover from an upset of sorts, a second round loss to the #3 seed Walter Northway Warriors. Eli Morse has led the Hawks efforts with 15 points in their opening round win over Tok, and 20 points in yesterday’s loss. The Wasilla Lake Rams topped Anderson with a 17 point outburst from Jackson Wilder. Josh Grissom and Taylor Roth posted 12 points apiece in the Rams first round 50-45 loss to Effie Kokrine. The Hawks and Rams need a win to stay alive in the 2010 Central Interior Conference Tournament.
WOW! What a game. It’s a hackneyed expression, but it’s a shame that someone had to lose.
The Tri-Valley Lady Viking Warriors carried momentum from a strong opening round win over Tok into their second round game against the #1 seed Walter Northway Lady Warriors. However, after a strong first half against Northway, the Lady Vikings were stopped cold. The Lady Wolverines look to rebound from a tough 2 point loss to the # 3 seed Kenny Lake Lady Hawks in their opening round game. Danielle Rauch and Tori Cronk led the Wolverines attack with 10 points apiece. After a 16 point outburst in the Vikings first game, Hannah Keith was held to 6 in game two. Windy Gore led the Viking Warriors with 10 points in their second round loss. Day three of the Central Interior Conference Tournament gets started with the Tok Wolverines against the Tri-Valley Viking Warriors.
The final game of the day matches the Conference and home town favorite Tri-Valley Viking Warriors against the #4 seed Effie Kokrine Warriors. Leo Huntington and Darren Silas fueled Effie Kokrine’s 50-45 win over the Wasilla Lake Rams with 18 and 12 points respectively. All twelve Viking Warrior player scored in Tri-Valley’s opening round win over Anderson. Sterling Shreeve led the way with 14 points and Steven DeCoeur added 13. The winner of this game advances to play the undefeated Northway Warriors tomorrow at 4:45 pm.
