The three-point arc was kinder to the Coronado boys basketball team than it was to Juneau-Douglas on Friday night.
Coronado, a team from Henderson, Nevada, made 11 3-point shots to best the Crimson Bears 72-53 during the Doc Larson’s Round Ball Classic in Wasilla.
Coronado guard Trey Hurlbut scored 18 of his game-high 26 points from long distance. Kennedy Koehler added 18 points in the winning effort, 12 coming from 3-point range.
The Crimson Bears (1-1) Caleb Tompkins led his team with 18 on the night, followed by 14 from Guy Bean, eight from Bryce Swofford and seven from Kolby Hoover. Jordan Milligan and Sebastian Bradley scored two each. Overall the team made eight shots from long range — three each from Tompkins and Bean and two from Swofford.
The Cougars took a 40-33 lead ending the half, and were up up 58-42 after three quarters.
JDHS 40, NIKISKI 29
The Juneau-Douglas high school girls team remained unbeaten on Friday by defeating Nikiski 40-29 during the Kenai River Classic held at Kenai High School.
Freshman guard Erica Hurtte was again the Crimson Bears (2-0) leading scorer with 10 points, helping to the fill the void of Kallen Hoover, who was injured Thursday against Soldotna and unable to play against Nikiski. JDHS’s Cristine Arehart had nine points on the night.
