On Saturday, Soldotna faced Juneau-Douglas in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Soldotna Stars had to suffer through a 63-26 loss at the hands of the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears. The loss continues a trend for the Stars in their matchups with the Crimson Bears: they've now lost eight in a row.
| 01/11/25 @ Juneau-Douglas | 6 |
| 01/03/25 vs Kodiak | 4 |
| 12/27/24 @ Point Loma | 4 |
| 12/21/24 vs Palmer | 4 |
| 01/10/25 @ Juneau-Douglas | 3 |
When it comes to explaining why Soldotna lost, don't look at Hope Hillyer. Despite the final result, she dropped a double-double on ten points and 11 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Hillyer a new career-high in steals (six).
Soldotna's defeat dropped their record down to 7-4. As for Juneau-Douglas, their victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-2.
Soldotna will host Mountain City Christian Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountain City Christian Academy's defense has only allowed 28.6 points per game this season, so Soldotna's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Juneau-Douglas, they will head out on the road to take on Ketchikan on Friday. Juneau-Douglas is facing Ketchikan at the right time seeing as Ketchikan is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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