Valdez High School Sports 2/10-12/23

Buc Fans,

We had a great week of Activities at VHS.  The Nordic Ski team had a very successful weekend at their Region VI Meet.  Congratulations to the Boys team who took 2nd and made it on the Podium just behind West Valley.  Our Girls Varsity Team also took 2nd in the 45th Annual Elks Basketball Tournament.  See the attached coaches summaries for more details about the events.  

This next week Nordic Ski will be practicing &  preparing for the State Meet February 23-25 at Kincaid Park Trails in Anchorage.  Our basketball teams will be home Vs. Hutchison.  Hutchison doesn’t have a girls team this year so our girls will be playing some alumni on Friday evening.  See the game schedule below:

Friday, February 17th

JV Boys vs. Hutchison @ 4:30 p.m.

Varsity Girls vs. Alumni @ 6:00 p.m.

Varsity Boys vs. Hutchison @ 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 18th

JV Boys vs. Hutchison @ 10:30 p.m.

Varsity Boys vs. Hutchison @ 12:00 p.m.

Also, Congratulations to our 45th Annual Elks Truck Egan Award recipient, Dr. Todd.

As always, 

Go Bucs!!!!!

Valdez Girls Basketball

45^th Valdez Elks Tournament Results

The Girls High School Basketball Team had an outstanding weekend of basketball. It was nice to have some home games and play in a great tournament with tough competition!

45^st Elk’s Basketball Tournament

2023

Tournament Results

Stat Awards

Team Freethrow

Girls North Pole

Boys Valdez

Defensive Player

Girls Barrow # 20 Kimberly Wolgemuth

Boys Mt. Edgecumbe # 5 Jacob Friske

Team 3 Point

Girls: Wasilla Warriors

Boys Valdez

Sportsmanship

Girls Team Sportsmanship: Wasilla Warriors

Boys Team Sportsmanship: Cordova Wolverines

Girls All-Tournament Team

1. School: North Pole Player: #11 Alicia Guzman

2. School: Valdez Player #35 Mason Holmes

3. School: Wasilla Player: #31 Kaydence Gittlen

3. School: Wasilla Player: #30 Katie Jackson

3. School: North Pole Player: #2 Tiahna Zuzman

3. School: Seward Player: #11 Lena Jagielski

3. School: Barrow Player: #5 Zadah Unutoa

3. School: Barrow Player: #20 Kimberly Wolgemuth

3. School: Valdez Player: #20 Lily Brown

3. School: Valdez Player: #24 Carsyn Hinkle

Girls Tournament Most Valuable Player

School– Wasilla #52 Layla Hays

Boys All-tournament Team

1. School: North Pole Player: #1 Copper Smith

2. School: Seward Player: # 14 Ben Ambrosiani

3. School: Barrow Player: # 30 Sasita Sika Unutoa

4. School: Mt. Edgecumbe Player: # 5 Jacob Friske

5. School: Cordova Player: # 3 Jaykob Thorne

6. School: Barrow Player: # 44 Uata Tuifua

7. School: Mt. Edgecumbe Player: # 25. Ranen Wassillie

8. School: Valdez Player: # 1 Bryce Tucker

9. School: Barrow Player: # 5 Aaron Stackhouse

10.School: Mt. Edgecumbe Player: # 11 Kaison Herman

Boys Tournament Most Valuable Player

School– Valdez #13 Payton Gage

Girls 2^nd Place Team: Valdez Buccaneers

Boys 2^nd Place Team: Barrow Whalers

Girls 1^st Place Team: Wasilla Warriors

Boys 1^st Place Team: Mt. Edgecumbe Braves

Valdez vs Redington (53-14)

We started off the tournament on Thursday playing the Redington Huskies. The last time these two teams met it was in the 2022 State Basketball Tournament. The Lady Bucs were excited to have a rematch on their home court.

The girls jumped out to a quick start and never looked back. The full court defense and aggressive rebounding held the Huskies to only 3 and 4 point each quarter, while the Lady Bucs scoring in double digits in all but the fourth quarter.

Masen Holmes lead all scorers with 15 points and 8 rebounds, Carsyn Hinkle 10 points and 4 steals, Lily Brown with 9 points and 3 rebounds, Destiny Day with 9 points and 6 assists, Izzy Kizer with 4 points and 4 rebounds, Carlie VanBuskirk had 4 points and 3 rebounds, Mya Christoffersen had 4 points and 4 assists, Rylee Wade had 2 points and 1 rebound.

Valdez vs Seward (45-31)

Moving on in the Tournament Bracket, the Lady Bucs next met the Seward Seahawks. These two teams played in the Seward Tournament last year and this was a much anticipated rematch.

Once again the Lady Bucs jumped out to a quick lead. Seward battled hard in the second half as their press created 28 turnovers for the Bucs. The 51% field goal percentage of the Bucs compared to the Seahawk 24 %, along with strong rebounding gave the Bucs the advantage and the win.

Lily Brown scored 14 points and 8 rebounds, Carsyn Hinkle had 12 points and 5 rebounds, Masen Holmes had 8 points and 9 rebounds, Mya Christoffersen had 5 points and 3 rebounds, Izzy Kizer had 4 points and 3 rebounds, and Destiny Day added 2 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists.

This was a good team effort for the win!

Valdez vs Wasilla (17-54)

Advancing to the Championship Game, the Lady Bucs faced the number two girls’ team in the State, the Wasilla Warriors.

Wasilla showed why they are the number two team, by pressing and creating 33 turnovers for the Bucs, and feeding the ball to their 6’6 center, Layla Hays. The girls battled hard on the rebounds and out rebounded the Warriors, but turnovers lead to easy layups for the Warriors.

The girls fought hard and never gave up. They grew as a team as Izzy Kizer, Carlie VanBuskirk, and Kelli Malcuit came off the bench to contribute to ball handling, scoring and rebounding.

Mya Christoffersen had 5 points and 4 rebounds, Carsyn Hinkle had 4 points and 2 rebounds, Carlie VanBuskirk had 4 points and 5 rebounds, Masen Holmes had 7 rebounds, Izzy Kizer had 4 rebounds, Kelli Malcuit had 3 rebounds, Lily Brown had 2 rebounds, Sofia Ramos had 2 points, and Destiny Day had 2 points.

This was a great tournament for the girls. They are starting to work together as a team and begin to prepare for the end of the season.

This weekend there will be an Alumni Scrimmage instead of Hutchison games, because Hutch does not have a girls’ team this year.

A BIG thank you to all the volunteers that came to the games and supported the girls and boys’ teams.

The Community Pep Band was great! This event would not be possible if we did not have all the great Volunteers and Community support!!

Thank YOU!