Wolverines ramble past Nenana in home conference series

The Cordova Wolverines were on cruise control in a home series versus Nenana here on Feb. 21-22, rambling past the Lynx 65-25 and 71-22.

Everyone on the CHS team saw action as the Wolverines remain undefeated in conference play with a 6-0 record, and now stand 16-3 overall, with only two pairs of conference games left prior to playoffs in SuValley on March 12-14.

Using a disruptive full court press, Cordova held Nenana to 5 points in each of the first two quarters of the opener, as the Lynx tried to dribble the ball through a wall of Wolverines.

CHS had 5 three-pointers in the first half, four of those by high-scoring Kaiden Graves, who finished the game with 22 points and six three-pointers. Rusty Bradford and Keegan Estes were also in double digits, with 14 and 11 points respectively.

In the Saturday game, which started at 9 a.m. so Nenana could catch the Alaska Airlines flight north that day, it was more of the same.

Nenana scored 5 points the second and third quarter, and 6 points in the first and fourth quarter. CHS took advantage of its size inside, and also poured in 8 threes.

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Cordova led 49-11 at halftime

Christian Adams led CHS with 14 points; Bradford and Estes each added 10.

Cordova hosts Tok this weekend, Feb. 28-29. SuValley will be bringing over a boys JV squad to the first games of the season for the Cordova JVs.

Individual scoring

Game 1: Cordova: Graves 22, Dundas 3, Thorne 1. Adams, C. 7, Adams, A. 5, Bradford 14, Estes 11, Sorenson 2. Nenana: Unoke 5, Walker 4, Tanuechuk 3, Tritt 5, Chief 2, Anektoolik 4 and Uilkependo 2. Game 2: Cordova: Graves 9, Dundas 6, Russin 3, Muma 5, Adams, C. 14, Carrillo 6, Adams, A. 5, Bradford 10, Estes 10 and Sorenson 2. Nenana: Walker 10, Kanuk 4, Tritt 6 and Chief 2.

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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.