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Seldovia Sea Otters – Tournament Champions!

by Jenny Chissus

After three days of competition – the Seldovia Sea Otters boys basketball team pulled off an amazing victory against their great opponent Nikolaevsk, with a final score of 51 Seldovia, 47 Nikolaevsk.

I had the chance to catch up with Coach Mark Janes around 12:18am on Saturday morning – and no, the players hadn’t hit the hay quite yet!  Friday night, a BIG win, everyone was pretty amped!  Mark took a minute to talk with me from the Kenai Peninsula College campus where our Otters are being hosted during the regional tournament.   The teams are loving being able to stay on the campus, getting a little taste of college life, touring the campus, hanging out a bit with college students and enjoying the comforts of apartment living.  Boys are all on one floor “down below” and the girls are on an upper floor, but they do tend to all get together in the lounge areas to play video games, eat and visit on their off time.  Thanks KPC for offering such a great place to stay at a special rate for our teams!

Looking back at the most recent home games, the coach mentioned that the guys really didn’t play to their full potential. In preparation for this tournament they realized that they had to “Play hard from A to Z, they had to do more than show Continue Reading