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The Rewind: Dimond volleyball rallies to claim CIC crown and history made at state swim meet; UAA women’s basketball stays unbeaten

Welcome to The Rewind, a weekly digest that puts a spotlight on the biggest stories and best performances from Alaska’s world of sports.

This past week featured several notable individual and team performances across the Alaska sports landscape at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. The postseason for the 2024 high school swimming season wrapped up while the volleyball playoffs got underway with exciting regional action. On the college scene, the University of Alaska Anchorage and Fairbanks women’s basketball programs had polar opposite results from the men’s teams on the road. Outside the state, several Alaskans had impressive performances and career achievements worth recognizing and celebrating.

Headlines and highlights

The 2024 high school swimming and diving season came to a close over the weekend with the annual ASAA state championship meet in which records were broken, program history was made and a redemption arc was completed. On the girls side, Eagle River not only had several individual champions crowned but claimed the first team title in school history as well thanks to a dominant showing from start to finish.

“This was our first year when we looked at it and said, ‘We can really get at this,’” Eagle River coach Bryce Carpenter said. “It’s a group of girls that want to race each other in practice, but they’re just a big family. It makes me so happy to see such a cohesive unit and see the reward of the hard work of the season.”

[Eagle River girls dominate the field to earn first-ever state swimming and diving title]

No Colony boys team had ever finished higher than fourth at the state meet before Saturday and the Knights needed to secure a victory in the final event of the day, the 400-yard freestyle relay, to beat out reigning state champion Service to earn their first team title in school history.

“It was something that we weren’t really sure could happen until we looked at regions and how well the kids did at regions,” Colony swim coach Kaitlin Dault said. “Just being able to see them get out of regions and then come into state ready to go and supporting each other all along the way has been really amazing to see.”

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After coming.2 points away from winning state in diving as a junior last year, Wasilla’s Travis Thornton used that shortcoming as motivation throughout the offseason and regular to ensure his senior season wouldn’t be in vain. He finished atop the podium this time around with a total score of 486.25 which was more than 50 points from the second place finisher, Roman Billings of Dimond who recorded 435.95 points.

“I ended up in second last year and I came back for redemption,” he said. “I worked hard for this and I feel like I really deserve it. ... I got second last year and it was a disappointment, but to come back and win it this year was something I was ready for.”

[Colony boys claim first-ever title and Eagle River swimmer makes history at 2024 state meet]

The postseason for the 2024 volleyball season got underway with regional action across the state, and here in town, the Region IV champion saw an action-packed double-elimination tournament. Cook Inlet Conference rivals faced off in the finals where Dimond bounced back from getting swept by South and ultimately prevailing 30-23 in the one-set if-necessary match to claim the regional title and head into this week’s state tournament on a high note.

Out on the wrestling mat, reigning boys state champion South dominated under a spotlight on senior night with a 93-0 shutout of Chugiak. At one point, the Wolverines had recorded 11 straight victories by pin but the most exciting match of the evening came on the girls side between a pair of runner-ups from last year’s state tournament. South’s Sage Morris who came in second at the 145-pound weight division took on Chugiak’s Annika Johnson who came in second at 138 pounds last year and came out on top with a 7-4 overtime victory.

“I feel like they have close matches a lot that come down to the wire and one position,” South head coach Randy Hanson said. “I told the team that maybe that was not how she visualized the match to go. She probably wanted to come out here and put out a better performance in front of her friends, family and home crowd. But, it’s good to feel that and get into overtime and wrestle more than six minutes under the spotlight because it’s preparation for the bigger tournaments maybe at Lancer Smith or the state tournament.”

The reigning Division I state champion West high boys hockey team remains undefeated after racking up four victories this past week to improve to 5-0. The Eagles began the week with a 4-2 win over South in which junior Reed Bott scored their first two goals and added an assist. The new-look team that graduated 11 seniors from last year’s squad went on to outscore their next three opponents a combined 15-5 the rest of the week, winning each game by at least three goals.

“We’re just trying to build something a little bit more than a hockey program here,” West head coach Rob Larkey said. “We’re trying to build a community itself. We have alumni that come and watch some of the games. We get out and do a lot of things for the community: Pioneer Home visits, charity games for the Heart Association, and breast cancer awareness games. So we’re teaching our kids a little bit more about the community itself, not just hockey.”

[West Anchorage hockey team off to a strong defense of state title despite many graduations]

On the college scene, the UAA and UAF women’s basketball teams both went undefeated in California while both men’s team went winless in Hawaii over the weekend.

Both women’s teams earned victories over Cal Poly Humboldt and Jessup while the men’s teams fell to Chaminade and Hawaii Pacific. The Seawolves women beat both opponents by double figures to improved their overall record to 4-0 and were led in scoring by King Cove’s own Elaina Mack who racked up 34 points between the two games combined with 18 in the first game, 16 in the second and seven 3-pointers drained in total.

“That was much more of a complete team effort,” UAA head coach Ryan McCarthy said. “They had trouble with our pressure and our size down low, and we made them pay for their mistakes. We showed today that we can be a very dangerous team when we get contributions up and down the lineup.”

For the UAF women’s team, Anchorage’s Destiny Reimers led the Nanooks in scoring in both games including knocking down a career-high nine free throws and recording a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds in Friday’s win over Cal Poly Humboldt.

After getting swept on Thursday by Central Washington on the road, the UAA volleyball team got back on track with a five-set victory over Northwest Nazarene on Saturday. The Seawolves got a pair of double doubles from outside hitters Katie Birtcil and Tia Allen who finished first and second on the team in kills, digs and total points.

“It was a great team effort as we continue to work with some different personnel on the court,” UAA head coach Stacie Meisner said. “It was a battle to the end, and it feels good to finish our last road trip with a win.”

While the Nanooks men’s basketball team fell short in both of their games, the hockey team did not, skating to a 3-3 tie with Union College on Friday and beating the Chargers 6-4 on Saturday. The team’s leading goal-scorers over the weekend were senior forward Anton Rubtsov who recorded a pair in the first game and freshman forward Haden Kruse who did the same in the second.

UAA’s John Peckham earned an at-large spot to the NCAA DII Cross Country National Championships on Nov. 23 in Sacramento, California. Peckham, from Sisters, Ore., placed eighth at the NCAA West Regional Championships last weekend and fifth at the GNAC Championships.

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The UAF women’s cross-country team also qualified for the national meet after finishing fourth at the NCAA West Regionals last weekend. The Nanooks were paced by Rosie Fordham and Kendall Kramer, who finished 1-2 at the regional. Kramer is the three-time defending GNAC champion.

The Anchorage Wolverines played the second series of a 10-game homestand with a trio of games against the Minnesota Wilderness over the weekend. After having their five-game win streak snapped in a 4-2 defeat on Friday night, the hometown junior hockey franchise bounced back to establish another streak with triumphs on back to back nights. Anchorage rallied to win 6-3 on Saturday and emerged victorious 5-4 on Sunday night after forward Samuel Evert scored the game-winning goal in overtime.

Alaska stars shining Outside

Anchorage’s Obed Vargas scored the game-winning goal to deliver a 7-6 shootout victory for the Seattle Sounders over the Houston Dynamo in the MLS playoffs Sunday. After winning the first game of the best-of-three series 5-4 in a shootout, Vargas’ contribution paired with a clutch save from goalkeeper Tate Schmitt punched the Sounders’ ticket to the Western Conference semifinals.

Fairbanks’ Daishen Nix dropped a career-high 45 points and nearly had a triple-double as he led the Iowa Wolves to a 121-118 victory over the Sioux Falls Skyforce on Saturday to improve to 2-0 on opening weekend for the NBA’s G-League. The two-way contract player for the Minnesota Timberwolves affiliate went 14-of-29 from the field, recorded 10 rebounds and logged eight assists.

Anchorage’s JT Thor made his G-League debut over the weekend as well and nearly had a double-double of his own with 17 points and seven rebounds for the Cleveland Charge, the affiliate of the Cleveland Cavilers, in a 122-114 loss to the Indiana Mad Ants on Sunday.

Anchorage’s Deuce Zimmerman had a second straight monster game for the Western New Mexico University football team in which he recorded a career-high 182 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns on eight reception in a 28-20 loss to Texas A&M University - Kingsville this past Saturday. This marked the former East high standout’s first time recording 100-plus receiving yards in back-to-back games in his collegiate career and his longest reception in this game came on a 52-yard touchdown for the first of his two scores in the fourth quarter as the Mustangs tried to mount a late rally.

Juneau’s Noah Chambers had the best game of his collegiate career this past Saturday in a 42-24 loss to Dickinson State University and Anchorage’s Jayden Heartwell of South High fame. The junior quarterback set or tied several career-highs across the board by going 22-of-38 for 353 and three touchdowns with a long of 77 and no interceptions while also running for a season-high 39 yards.

Anchorage’s Elijah Reed and Malachi Casey helped propel the Sierra College football team to a 63-13 win over Shasta College this past Saturday. Reed, of East High fame, carried the ball six times for 36 yards with a long of 16 on which he scored his fifth touchdown of the season in the second quarter. Casey, a former Dimond standout, recorded at least three receptions for the sixth game in a row and finished with 71 receiving yards with a long of 29 that also happened to result in his second touchdown of the season.

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Anchorage’s Brooke Dexter helped the Simon Fraser University volleyball team bounce back from having its winning streak snapped shy of double figures in a stunning three-set sweep defeat at the hands of Seattle Pacific last Thursday by leading the Red Leafs to a sweep of Montana St. Billings in three straight sets on Saturday. The former West High standout led the team with 14 kills, 15.5 total points and was one dig shy of a the eighth double double of her stellar senior season.

Fast Forward

Prep

Volleyball

ASAA state championships at Alaska Airlines Center, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

The high school season ends this week here in town with the state tournament starting on Thursday and running through the finals on Saturday afternoon.

Hockey

Service v. South at Ben Boeke, Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

These two CIC rivals square off for the first time this season as they both look to notch their first conference win. South beat Service two out of three times last season, dropping the first and winning the next two in lopsided fashion.

College

Volleyball

UAF v. UAA at Alaska Airlines, Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

The Seawolves will host the Nanooks to cap off Alaska Volleyball Day where they will try to break the NCAA Division II attendance record with at least 4,004 in the arena when they take on their instate rivals following a long day of prep action.

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Hockey

UAF v. UAA at Avis Alaska Sports Complex, Friday and Saturday

The Seawolves will host the Nanooks in the first edition of the annual Governor’s Cup series with a pair of games this weekend. Friday’s puck drop time will be at 7:07 p.m. and Saturday’s will be at 5:07 p.m.

NAHL

Springfield Jr. Blues at Anchorage Wolverines, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

The Wolverines will conclude their 10-game homestand at Sullivan Arena with another three-game weekend series against their Midwest Division foes.

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Last week’s results

High School

Riflery

Friday

Service 5, Eagle River 2

Service 3,334, Eagle River 3,329

A team

Service (1,147)— Riffe 291, Peterson 287, Flatt 286, Nickerson 285.

Eagle River (1,137) — Bierl, A. 289, Berg 284, Floyd 282, Ryan 282.

B team

Service (1,109) — Hoppe 279, Miller, J. 278, Olson 277, Suralta 275.

Eagle River (1,107) — King 279, Davies 278, Jacobs 276, Greidanus Jr., R. 274.

C team

Eagle River (1, 085) — Saclayan 272, Greidanus, H.T. 272, Bell 271, Bierl, C., 270).

Service (1, 076) — Gunn 275, Miller, C. 270, Nelson 268, Osborn 263.

West 4, Dimond 2

Wrestling

Wednesday

Colony 77, Wasilla 62 (boys/girls)

South 93, Chugiak 0 (boys/girls)

Student Wrestling Development Program 91 North Pole 51 (boys/girls)

Lathrop Wrestling 48, West Valley 9 (girls)

West Valley 57, Lathrop 18 (boys)

Eagle River 24, East 12 (girls)

Eagle River 54, East 20 (boys)

Dimond 18, West 12 (girls)

Dimond 35, West 28 (boys)

Service 48, Bartlett 0 (girls)

Bartlett 36, Service 35 (boys)

Thursday

Student Wrestling Development Program 116, Nikiski 18 (boys/girls)

Student Wrestling Development Program 41, Bethel 12 (boys/girls)

Nikiski 48, Bethel 40 (boys/girls)

Student Wrestling Development Program 72, Bethel 12 (boys/girls)

Soldotna 95, Homer 36 (boys/girls)

Friday

South 63, Lathrop 6 (boys)

South 53, West 27 (boys)

South 6, Kodiak 0 (boys)

South 11, Glennallen 0 (boys)

Eagle River 33, West Valley 5 (boys)

Glennallen 6, Eagle River 0 (girls)

Glennallen 12, Eagle River 4 (boys)

Kodiak 21, Eagle River 0 (boys)

Lathrop 42, Eagle River 18 (girls)

Eagle River 42, West Valley 34 (boys)

Eagle River 54, Lathrop 22 (boys)

Volleyball

Tuesday

East 3, West 1

Chugiak 3, Service 1

Dimond 3, Bartlett 0

South 3, Eagle River 0

Wednesday

Service 3, Bartlett 1

Cordova 3, Lumen Christi 2

Thursday

Nikiski 3, Redington 0

Soldotna 3, Palmer 0

Nikiski 3, Mountain City 0

Birchwood Christian 3, Ninilchik 0

South 3, East 1

Wasilla 3, Colony 0

Dimond 3, Chugiak 0

Cordova 3, Cook Inlet Academy 1

Friday

Kenai Central 3, Nikiski 2

Service 3, East 1

Wasilla 3, Soldotna 1

Dimond 3, South 2

Saturday

Cook Inlet Academy 2, Ninilchik 1

Cook Inlet Academy 2, Susan B. English 0

Wasilla 3, Soldotna 1

Cordova 2, Cook Inlet Academy 0

Hockey

Tuesday

West 4, South 2

Wednesday

Chugiak 10, Service 0

Dimond 5, Bartlett 2

Thursday

West Anchorage 4, Colony 1

West Valley 3, Kenai Central 2

North Pole 5, Wasilla 2

South 6, Palmer 4

Friday

Kenai Central 4, South 3

West 6, Wasilla 2

Palmer 11, Kodiak 0

Saturday

Wasilla 2, Kenai Central 1

Colony 3, Juneau-Douglas 3 (tie)

West 5, Palmer 2

Swimming

2024 ASAA state championships

Girls - Team Rankings

1. Eagle River, 117

2. Juneau Douglas, 89

3. South, 86

Boys - Team Rankings

1. Colony, 97

2. Service, 88

3. Eagle River, 82

Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay

1. Juneau Douglas (Deedee Mills, Parker Boman, Lucia Chapell , Kennedy Miller), 1:51.90; 2. Kodiak, 1:52.63; 3. South, 1:54.64; 4. Service, 1:55.34

Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay

1. Eagle River (Wes Mank, Eli Rumph, Nate Shockley, Matthew Baker), 1:33.57 (**State Record) ; 2. Service, 1:35.73; 3. Colony, 1:37.40; 4. Juneau Douglas, 1:40.01

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle

1. Amy Liddle, Juneau Douglas, 1:55.96; 2. Kylie Benner, Palmer, 1:56.47; 3. Abigail Price, Kenai, 1:56.52; 4. Sophia Trembath, Eagle River, 1:56.69; 5. Lelaina Trembath, Eagle River, 1:57.18; 6. Molly Wirschem, East, 2:01.87; 7. Lexie Tow, Petersburg, 2:02.33; 8. Alexa Kotter, South Anchorage, 2:03.92

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle

1. Blake Fazio, Chugiak, 1:44.26; 2. Evan Dash, Ketchikan, 1:46.73; 3. Logan Tow, Petersburg, 1:46.78; 4. Cody Hubert, Kodiak, 1:46.93; 5. Nate Shockley, Eagle River, 1:47.37; 6. Caeden Kullander, Dimond, 1:47.90; 7. Pierce McDonough, Colony, 1:48.00; 8. Kellan DenBleyker, Colony, 1:48.83

Girls 200 Yard IM

1. Reese Woodward, Eagle River, 2:10.26; 2. Keira Gust, Eagle River, 2:12.30; 3. Hannah Cooper, Colony, 2:12.87; 4. Zoe Fencil, South Anchorage, 2:13.94; 5. Anna Brooks, Service, 2:17.46; 6. Zoe Zipsir, South Anchorage, 2:19.10; 7. Tui Stanbury, South Anchorage, 2:21.35; 8. Payton Curtis, West Anchorage, 2:22.38

Boys 200 Yard IM

1. Wes Mank, Eagle River, 1:51.53; 2. Ben Price, Service, 1:51.77; 3. Eli Rumph, Eagle River, 2:01.50; 4. Reven Settle, Colony, 2:03.36; 5. Gavin Harold, Ketchikan, 2:04.20; 6. Zach Martens, Sitka, 2:04.96; 7. David Price, Kenai, 2:06.18; 8. Roman Fosberg, Dimond, 2:06.48

Girls 50 Yard Freestyle

1. Amaya Rocheleau, Kodiak, 23.96; 2. Julianna Rupp, West Valley, 24.84; 3. Charlotte Griffith, South Anchorage, 24.91; 4. Natalie Hostetter, Service, 25.51; 5. Varya Bodrova, Dimond, 25.62; 6. Morgan Hagen, Kodiak, 25.72; 7. Bailey Fisher, JD, 25.92; 8. Brooklyn Whitethorn, Petersburg, 26.12

Boys 50 Yard Freestyle

1. Tomasz Balaban, Service, 21.03; 2. Clint Kopp, Dimond, 21.57; 3. Iver Gates, Colony, 21.70; 4. Matthew Baker, Eagle River, 21.77; 5. Zen Schaetzle, West Valley, 21.89; 6. Michael Brownwood, North Pole, 22.30; 7. Thomas Smith, Colony, 22.46; 8. Matthew Plang, Juneau Douglas, 22.68

Girls 1 mtr Diving

1. Charlize McManus, Colony, 456.25; 2. Emma Marsh, South Anchorage, 454.65; 3. Claire Wallstrum, Colony, 447.50; 4. Kensley Denmon, Service, 369.40; 5. Samantha Grisham, Colony, 364.70; 6. Lyza Krozel, Colony, 363.55; 7. Aylin Hawkins, West Valley, 360.05; 8. Molly Althens, Palmer, 339.60.

Boys 1 mtr Diving

1. Travis Thornton, Wasilla, 486.25; 2. Roman Billings, Dimond, 435.95; 3. Reubin Williams, Service, 374.60; 4. Colter Gose, Wasilla, 367.55; 5. Liam Woodward, Ketchikan, 337.95; 6. Micah Wodrich, Lathrop, 335.55; 7. Claytonm Huff, Ketchikan, 320.30; 8. Eli West, West Valley, 313.20

Girls 100 Yard Butterfly

1. Reese Woodward, Eagle River, 57.64; 2. Abigail Price, Kenai, 58.97; 3. Kylie Benner, Palmer, 59.01; 4. Taryn Fleming, Sitka, 1:00.32; 5. Lucia Chapell, Juneau Douglas, 1:01.23; 6. Zaylee Mullinax, Dimond, 1:01.43; 7. Kennedy Miller, Juneau Douglas, 1:01.82; 8. Kalea Davis, Chugiak, 1:02.23

Boys 100 Yard Butterfly

1. Isaiah Hulien, Colony, 50.15; 2. Tomasz Balaban, Service, 50.45; 3. Zen Schaetzle, West Valley, 51.68; 4. Evan Dash, Ketchikan, 51.97; 5. Clint Kopp, Dimond, 52.98; 6. Thomas Smith, Colony, 53.08; 7. Jackson Charton, Palmer, 54.39; 8. Landeyn Halstead, Colony, 55.60

Girls 100 Yard Freestyle

1. Lola Woodward, Eagle River, 53.80; 2. Sophia Trembath, Eagle River, 54.08; 3. Deedee Mills, JD, 54.30; 4. Talia Wentz, West Valley, 54.33; 5. Molly Wirschem, East, 54.55; 6. Charlotte Griffith, South Anchorage, 54.96; 7. Tui Stanbury, South Anchorage, 56.18; 8. Natalie Hostetter, Service, 56.23

Boys 100 Yard Freestyle

1. Ben Price, Service, 45.22; 2. Tyson Morgan, Chugiak, 47.28; 3. MatthewBaker, Eagle River, 47.95; 4. Iver Gates, Colony, 48.29; 5. Kellan DenBleyker, Colony, 48.50; 6. Caeden Kullander, Dimond, 48.72; 7. Parker Hagan, Ketchikan, 48.80; 8. Dax O’Brien, Dimond, 50.04

Girls 500 Yard Freestyle

1. Lelaina Trembath, Eagle River, 5:07.30; 2. Amy Liddle, Juneau Douglas, 5:13.45; 3. Hannah Cooper, Colony, 5:19.60; 4. Zoe Zipsir, South Anchorage, 5:22.84; 5. Caitlyn Rumph, Eagle River, 5:32.61; 6. Alexa Kotter, South Anchorage, 5:32.74; 7. Mia Turner, Sitka, 5:32.78; 8. Bella Miller, Petersburg, 5:40.56

Boys 500 Yard Freestyle

1. Jan Beck, Service, 4:44.02; 2. Cody Hubert, Kodiak, 4:49.05; 3. Nate Shockley, Eagle River, 4:50.30; 4. Blake Fazio, Chugiak, 4:55.80; 5. Zach Martens, Sitka, 4:55.82; 6. Logan Tow, Petersburg, 4:59.27; 7. Isaiah Hulien, Colony, 4:59.60; 8. Amadrion Reynier-Wilson, Eagle River, 5:19.62

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. Eagle River (Reese Woodward, Sophia Trembath, Lelaina Trembath, Lola Woodward), 1:38.58; 2. South, 1:42.09; 3. Juneau Douglas, 1:43.41; 4. Service, 1:43.64

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. Eagle River (Matthew Baker, Eli Rumph, Nate Shockley, Wes Mank), 1:26.84; 2. Colony, 1:27.09; 3. Dimond, 1:29.21; 4. West Valley High School, 1:31.24

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke

1. Keira Gust, Eagle River, 56.91; 2. Lola Woodward, Eagle River, 57.34; 3. Amaya Rocheleau, Kodiak, 58.33; 4. Zoe Fencil, South Anchorage, 58.49; 5. Deedee Mills, Juneau Douglas, 59.18; 6. Taryn Fleming, Sitka, 1:00.81; 7. Lucia Chapell, Juneau Douglas, 1:01.27; 8. Payton Curtis, West Anchorage, 1:02.33

Boys 100 Yard Backstroke

1. Wes Mank, Eagle River, 48.65 (**State Record) ; 2. Tyson Morgan, Chugiak, 51.97; 3. Pierce McDonough, Colony, 53.38; 4. Grant Maygren, Craig, 54.80; 5. Parker Hagan, Ketchikan, 56.00; 6. Reven Settle, Colony, 56.17; 7. Michael Davidson, Soldotna, 56.94; 8. Liam Kiessling, Juneau Douglas, 57.40

Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke:

1. Lexie Tow, Petersburg, 1:07.68; 2. Anna Brooks, Service, 1:08.23; 3. Stella Baldessari, South Anchorage, 1:09.73; 4. Kennedy Miller, Juneau Douglas, 1:10.04; 5. Parker Boman, Juneau Douglas, 1:10.57; 6. Kalea Davis, Chugiak, 1:11.36; 7. Bryn Baldwin, Eagle River, 1:11.46; 8. Nina Adams, Palmer, 1:12.32

Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke

1. Jan Beck, Service, 58.72; 2. Matthew Plang, Juneau Douglas, 59.77; 3. Roman Fosberg, Dimond, 1:01.33; 4. Gavin Harold, Ketchikan, 1:01.75; 5. Hudson Duguid, Colony, 1:01.77; 6. Max Meredith, Ketchikan, 1:02.03; 7. David Price, Kenai, 1:02.64; 8. Sigge Mellerstig, West Anchorage, 1:03.51

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:

1. Eagle River (Lelaina Trembath, Sophia Trembath, Keira Gust, Caitlyn Rumph), 3:37.56; 2. Juneau Douglas, 3:41.61; 3. South, 3:43.93; 4. Kodiak, 3:47.52

Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay:

1. Colony (Kellan DenBleyker, Pierce McDonough, Iver Gates, Isaiah Hulien), 3:11.26; 2. Service, 3:15.89; 3. Dimond, 3:16.91; 4. Ketchikan, 3:19.07

College

Volleyball

Thursday

UAF 3, Northwest Nazarene 0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-21)

Central Washington 3, UAA 0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-14)

Saturday

Central Washington 3, UAF 2 (20-25, 23-25. 25-19, 25-19, 15-13)

UAA 3, Northwest Nazarene 2 (17-25, 25-17, 23-25, 25-12, 16-14)

Women’s basketball

Friday

UAA 69, Jessup 57

UAF 83, Cal Poly Humboldt 75

Saturday

UAA 81, Cal Poly Humboldt 48

UAF 66, Jessup 48

Men’s basketball

Friday

Hawaii Pacific 62, UAA 59

Chaminade 104, UAF 96 (OT)

Saturday

Chaminade 91, UAA 69

Hawaii Pacific 80, UAF 67

Hockey

Friday

UAF 3, Union College 3 (2 OT)

Saturday

UAF 6, Union College 4

NAHL

Friday

Minnesota Wilderness 4, Anchorage Wolverines 2

Saturday

Anchorage Wolverines 6, Minnesota Wilderness 3

Sunday

Anchorage Wolverines 5, Minnesota Wilderness 4

Josh Reed

Josh Reed is a sports reporter for the Anchorage Daily News. He's a graduate of West High School and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

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