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Southcentral tourney: Grace girls, boys, ACS boys advance to championships

In a battle between rivals, the third-seeded Grace Christian girls downed second-seeded Anchorage Christian 45-30 in a Southcentral Conference tournament upset Friday at Grace Christian.

Annie VanderWeide scored 12 of her 18 points in the second half to lead the Grizzlies' charge.

Mary Kate Parks chalked up 10 points for ACS as the only double-digit scorer.

Grace Christian will play No. 1 Homer in the championship at 5:15 p.m. Saturday at Grace Christian. Homer edged No. 5 Houston 32-29 in Friday's first game.

In boys action, the ACS-Grace Christian rivalry game will take place in Saturday's championship.

Top-seeded ACS blew by No. 4 Seward 76-46 Friday.

Trey Huckabay, Danilo Guzman and Orlando Lozano each scored 15 points to pace the Lions.

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Ronnie Jackson (16 points) was the only Seward player in double figures.

No. 2 Grace Christian cruised past No. 3 Nikiski 67-43 in the late boys semifinal.

Trevor Osborne and Brogan Nieder each scored 17 points to pave the way for the Grace Christian victory.

Nikiski's Luke Johnson also pumped in 17.

Southcentral Conference tournament

Grace Christian

Friday's scores

Girls

Grace Christian 45, ACS 30

Homer 32, Houston 29

Boys

ACS 76, Seward 46

Grace Christian 67, Nikiski 43

Saturday's games

Girls

9 a.m. — Seward vs. Houston

9 a.m. — Nikiski vs. ACS

1 p.m. — third-place game

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5:15 p.m. — Grace Christian vs. Homer, championship

Boys

10:45 a.m. — Homer vs. Seward

10:45 a.m. — Houston vs. Nikiski

2:45 p.m. — third-place game

7:30 p.m. — ACS vs. Grace Christian, championship

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