Lady Wolverines sweep Tok in last home games of season

Cordova’s Keyona Mattson drives to the hoop against a Tok defender in Homecoming action on Feb. 16, 2018. Mikie McHone photo/for The Cordova Times
Cordova’s Keyona Mattson drives to the hoop against a Tok defender in Homecoming action on Feb. 16, 2018. Mikie McHone photo/for The Cordova Times

Cordova’s Lady Wolverines topped Tok 41-26 and 40-34 in Homecoming basketball on Feb. 16 and 17.

Nine players, the most the CHS girls have had all season, saw action in both games against Interior Conference opponent Tok.

Jieller Tabarra led Cordova with 11 points in the first game, while Isabelle Northway topped the Tok scoring with 14.

Edrea Navarro and Abby Bourgeois each poured in 15 points for CHS in the second contest. Northway finished with 22 points for Tok, including four three pointers in the last quarter that pulled Tok within three points with two minutes left in the game.

The wins evened Cordova’s overall record at 9-9, and Conference tally at 4-4, with two Conference games at SuValley on March 2-3 remaining after a long road trip to Unalaska on Feb. 23-24.

Individual scoring:

Game 1: Cordova: Navarro 3, Bourgeois 8, Tabarra 11, Mattson 4, Arvidson 5, Butler 8, Vargas, S. 2. Tok: Alsup 8, Nelson 2, Paul 22, Northway 14. Game 2: Navarro 15, Bourgeois 15, Tabarra 6, Butler 2, Vargas, A. 2. Tok: Sam 1, Alsup 6, Nelson 5, Northway 22.

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Dick Shellhorn
Dick Shellhorn is a lifelong Cordovan. He has been writing sports stories for the Cordova Times for over 50 years. In his Cordova Chronicles features, he writes about the history and characters of this Alaska town. Alaska Press Club awarded Shellhorn first place for Best Humor column in 2016 and 2020, and third place in 2017 and 2019. He also received second place for Best Editorial Commentary in 2019. Shellhorn has written two books about Alaska adventures: Time and Tide and Balls and Stripes. Reach him at dshorn44@gmail.com.