This previous week featured a number of spectacular finishes and performances on the prep, collegiate and newbie ranges throughout the Alaska sports activities panorama. It additionally noticed some athletes with Final Frontier roots shine Outdoors. On the prep hockey scene, reigning Division II champion Houston ran the desk on the Huge Lake Match. On the school scene, each the College of Alaska Anchorage and College of Alaska Fairbanks had distance runners earn All-American honors on the Division II Nationwide Championship to focus on a jam-packed previous seven days of motion and accolades.
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Each of the College of Alaska Anchorage basketball applications performed their first video games towards Nice Northwest Athletic Convention competitors this previous week with a pair of dwelling video games. After struggling its first lack of the season by the hands of Montana State Billings on Thursday 68-61, the ladies’s crew rebounded with a decisive 62-54 victory over Seattle Pacific on Saturday.
[UAA women’s basketball team suffers first loss of season in conference opener]
The lads’s crew went all the way down to the wire in each of its video games however got here up brief in every. Towards the Yellowjackets on Thursday, they weren’t capable of maintain on to a late lead and fell 81-77 in additional time and on Saturday, they narrowly misplaced to the Falcons 90-87.
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[UAA men’s basketball team falls to Montana State Billings in overtime]
Seniors Vishe’ Rabb and Da’Zhon Wyche recorded double figures and led their respective applications in scoring this previous week. Rabb totaled 24 factors in 41 mixed minutes whereas Wyche totaled 42 factors in 68 mixed minutes.
UAA senior volleyball star Eve Stephens added essentially the most notable accolade to her already well-decorated resume this previous week when she turned the primary participant in this system’s storied historical past to be named the Ron Lenz D2CCA Nationwide Participant of the 12 months. She was chosen to obtain the honour after serving to lead the Seawolves to one among their greatest common seasons ever wherein she rewrote convention and program file books.
[UAA volleyball star Eve Stephens named Division II National Player of the Year]
Each UAA and UAF despatched a contingent of distance runners to the Division II cross-country nationwide championships down in College Place, Washington and every program had a student-athlete end within the prime 10 of their respective division and earn All-American honors within the course of. Seawolves sophomore Cole Nash got here in sixth place within the males’s race with a time of 29 minutes, 57 seconds whereas Nanooks sophomore and Fairbanks native, Kendall Kramer, got here in eight place within the ladies’s race with a time of 20:52.2.
[UAA’s Nash, UAF’s Kramer notch top 10 finishes at DII cross country championships]
The UAA males’s hockey crew was again on the ice after a 14-day hiatus and in entrance of its dwelling followers for the primary time since mid-October over the weekend. They had been capable of lengthen their successful streak to 4 straight and avenge their season-opening loss to Simon Fraser by sweeping the Pink Leafs in a two-game exhibition sequence. The Seawolves didn’t enable a single purpose in both contest and scored a mixed 10 of their very own between the 2 video games. Freshman Conor Cole and senior Ben Almquist tied for the crew lead in scoring with every ahead recording a pair of targets over the course of the sequence.
[UAA hockey avenges season-opening loss to Simon Fraser with third straight win]
Along with taking good care of enterprise on the ice, the Seawolves and head coach Matt Shasby had been busy on the recruiting path as properly and signed a pair of standout junior hockey gamers to nationwide letters of intent to hitch the crew. The primary was former Aberdeen Wings and present Odessa Jackalopes goalie Gergely Orosz of the NAHL and the second was Karter McNarland of the BCHL who at the moment leads the Powell River Kings in factors and assists.
Reigning Division II Alaska state prep hockey champion Houston continued its robust title protection by extending its successful streak to 6 in a row after operating the desk and successful all three of its video games on the Huge Lake Match this previous week. The Hawks outscored their opponents 17-4 and improved their file to 10-0-1 general.
The highschool snowboarding season had its first occasion on Saturday with the Service Snowball Dash. The boys division was received by Service’s Aaron Energy in a time of 6:25.0. Whereas Energy received by 16 seconds, the women division was a lot nearer. Service’s Meredith Schwartz edged teammate Olivia Soderstrom by only a second. Schwartz posted a time of seven:49.0, with Soderstrom proper behind at 7:50.0.
The Anchorage Scholastic Bowling League returned from the Thanksgiving break with two rounds of matches between Cook dinner Inlet Convention foes. By way of the primary 5 matches of the 2022 season, West Anchorage and Eagle River are nonetheless undefeated within the boys division at 5-0 whereas Bettye Davis East suffered its first two losses of the season. Within the ladies division, Dimond stays the lone unbeaten after handing Service its first lack of the season.
Main the cost within the lanes for the Lynx is Maia Struble who not too long ago introduced she might be competing collegiately at Valparaiso College. She might be signing her nationwide letter of intent on Dec. 12 at 2:30 pm at Dimond Excessive Faculty.
The Anchorage Wolverines kicked off their four-game sequence with the Kenai River Brown Bears by notching their second and third straight victories with a clear sweep in back-to-back highway video games on the Soldotna Regional Sports activities Complicated. The Wolverines had 5 totally different gamers rating a purpose and had been led in scoring by Alaskan merchandise Aiden Westin and Trent Powell, who discovered the again of the online twice. Westin, of Anchorage, scored each of his targets within the first sport and Powell scored each of his in his hometown of Soldotna.
Alaska stars shining Outdoors
Seward native and 2020 Olympic champion Lydia Jacoby produced a record-breaking efficiency within the ladies’s 100-yard breaststroke on the Minnesota Invitational in Minneapolis over the weekend. The College of Texas freshman’s mark of 57.54 was .06 seconds off of the highest time that was recorded by her teammate, Anna Elendt. Nevertheless, the 18-year-old did set a nationwide file for the 17-18 age group, besting USC’s Kaitlyn Dobler’s mark of 57.71 that was set in 2021.
Eagle River native and Chugiak Excessive Faculty alum Derryk Snell helped the Montana State College Bobcats punch their ticket to the FCS quarterfinals over the weekend. The junior tight finish hauled in a 28-yard landing go within the crew’s 33-25 win over Weber State and prolonged his consecutive video games with a rating streak to 5 in a row.
Final week’s outcomes
Prep Wrestling
Tuesday
Boys
Kenai Central 54, Nikiski 42
Eielson 55, Delta 51
Delta 48, Hutchison 36
Eielson 72, Hutchison 29
Redington 39, Service 39
South Anchorage 51, Service 21
Wednesday
Boys
Dimond 42, Bartlett 12
West Anchorage 40, Bettye Davis East Anchorage 35
Friday
West Valley Wolfpack 72, Kodiak 36
Lathrop Wrestling 54, Kodiak 36
North Pole Patriots 72, Wasilla 51
North Pole Patriots 42, Nenana 12
Wasilla 96, West Valley 30
North Pole 102, Kodiak 24
Wasilla 90, Lathrop 42
Kodiak 36, Nenana 6
North Pole 57, Wasilla 18
Prep Hockey
Boys
Tuesday
South 7, Eagle River 3
Thursday
West 3, Diamond 1
Wasilla 4, Eagle River 1
Houston 7, North Pole 0
Palmer 14, Bartlett 1
Service 5, Monroe Catholic 3
Friday
Eagle River, 4 Monroe 3
Houston 6, Palmer 2
Wasilla 3, Service 2 (OT)
Saturday
West 3, South 1
North Pole 3, Eagle Rive 1
Houston 4, Wasilla 2
Monroe Catholic 17, Bartlett 12
Prep Bowling
Boys
Tuesday
West 35, Chugiak 0
West – Matteo Rhude 258
Chugiak – Barick Stewart 119
Eagle River 33, Bartlett 2
Eagle River – Kendric Siders 258
Bartlett – Jeremija Henderson 177
Dimond 33, East 2
Dimond – Jared Krison 238
East – Damien Cruz 186
Service 31, South 4
Service – Cyrus Vareia 172
South – Jet Kmet 178
Women
Chugiak 29, West 6
Chugiak – Lindsey Vig 168
West – Callie Justice 169
Eagle River 35, Bartlett 0
Eagle River – Grace Hardy 182
Bartlett – Tida Xiong 104
Dimond 33, East 2
Dimond – Maia Struble 245
East – Katelyn Dennis 124
Service 31, South 4
Service – Alyssa Porcelli 191
South – Ellie Shaw 114
Thursday
Boys
South 28, Bartlett 7
South – Patrick Vottis 203
Bartlett – Nicholas Jones 165
West 29, East 6
West – Donovan Gee 256
East – Colton Penetac 224
Dimond 29, Service 6
Dimond – Jared Krison 279
Service – Aaron Richard 252
Eagle River 35, Chugiak 0
Eagle River – Kendric Siders 267
Chugiak – Barrick Stewart 104
Women
South 24, Bartlett 11
South – Stella Baldessari 121
Bartlett – Tida Xiong 96
West 31, East 4
West – Callie Justice 256
East – Katelyn Dennis 112
Dimond 22, Service 13
Dimond – Maia Struble 279
Service – Alyssa Porcelli 233
Eagle River 20, Chugiak 15
Eagle River – Grace Hardy 182
Chugiak – Rachel Bundy and Anna Parks 164
Prep snowboarding
Service Snowball Dash
Boys A
1. Aaron Energy, Service, 06:25.0; 2. Liam Chisholm, West, 06:41.0; 3. Murphy Kimball, West, 06:44.0; 4. Cole Flowers, West, 06:45.0; 4. Skyler Amy, Service, 06:45.0; 6. Blake Hanley, West, 06:47.0; 7. Justin Lucas, Service, 06:49.0; 8. Vebjorn Flagstag, South, 06:50.0; 9. Oskar Flora, Service, 06:54.0; 10. Elias Soule, Service, 06:55.0; 11. Ethan Eski, West, 07:02.0; 11. Ethan Howe, East, 07:02.0; 13. Owen Saltzman, Dimond, 07:10.0; 13. Owen Younger, South, 07:10.0; 15. Kyle Fischer, South, 07:11.0; 15. Nolan Miller, South, 07:11.0; 15. Elias Oswald, Service, 07:11.0; 18. Noa Kam-Magruder, Dimond, 07:12.0; 18. Miles Numme-Worrell, East, 07:12.0; 20. Jacob Johnson, Dimond, 07:13.0; 20. Logan Cuddy, Service, 07:13.0; 22. Scott Johnson, South, 07:24.0; 23. Eli Lammers, Chugiak, 07:25.0; 24. Merik Silba, West, 07:31.0; 25. Dean Toole, Eagle River, 07:37.0; 26. Grayson Stanek-Alward, South, 07:40.0; 27. Alexander Glover, Dimond, 07:42.0; 28. Nathan Vanderlugt, Eagle River, 07:43.0; 29. Walker Battreall, East, 07:45.0; 30. Rylan Allwright, Chugiak, 07:50.0; 31. Brian Weatherby, Chugiak, 07:55.0; 32. Ryan Urbanus, Chugiak, 07:56.0; 32. Drake McGinley, Dimond, 07:56.0; 34. Bryce Herda, East, 08:02.0; 35. Jack Molloy, Eagle River, 08:04.0; 36. Colin Urbanus, Chugiak, 08:06.0; 37. Owen Farr, Chugiak, 08:14.0; 38. Henry Michener, Eagle River, 08:16.0; 39. Cedar Ruckel, South, 08:17.0; 40. Liam Albertson, East, 08:20.0; 41. Holten Reid, Bartlett, 08:21.0; 41. Gareth LeCrone, East, 08:21.0; 43. Liam Cleary, East, 08:31.0.
Women A
1. Meredith Schwartz, Service, 07:49.0; 2. Olivia Soderstrom, Service, 07:50.0; 3. Amaeli Kam-Magruder, Dimond, 08:03.0; 4. Madeleine Reckmeyer, Service, 08:19.0; 4. Kiley Dennis, Chugiak, 08:19.0; 6. Marley Eire, East, 08:20.0; 7. Emily Erickson, Dimond, 08:21.0; 8. Samantha Legate, West, 08:25.0; 8. Piper Sears, West, 08:25.0; 10. Merridy Littell, West, 08:28.0; 11. Kaleigh Amundson, Chugiak, 08:29.0; 12. Rose Conway, East, 08:30.0; 13. Berit Meyers, West, 08:31.0; 14. Zoe Rodgers, West, 08:33.0; 15. Brynn Rathert, East, 08:47.0; 16. Mia Stiassny, South, 08:48.0; 17. Heidi Schumacher, Service, 08:52.0; 18. Gema McGrew, West, 09:00.0; 19. Talia Day, Service, 09:15.0; 20. Haley Finch, Service, 09:16.0; 21. Linnea Grey, Eagle River, 09:21.0; 22. Svea Thomas, East, 09:27.0; 23. Abigail Howe, East, 09:34.0; 24. Gwendolyn MacLean, Dimond, 09:35.0; 25. Maya Tirpack, South, 09:36.0; 26. Keiko Wilson, Service, 09:49.0; 27. Adele Matthews, South, 09:54.0; 28. Beatrix Brogan, East, 09:55.0; 29. Lauren Gaskill, Dimond, 10:11.0; 30. Anita Walsh, Eagle River, 10:12.0; 31. Hannah Stepetin, Chugiak, 10:30.0; 32. Tahlia Carroll, South, 10:37.0; 33. Ada Burrup, Chugiak, 11:11.0; 34. Olivia Burrup, Chugiak, 11:13.0; 35. Skyler Harty, Chugiak, 11:45.0; 36. Katie Christenson, Chugiak, 11:54.0.
School
Girls’s Basketball
Thursday
Montana State Billings 68, UAA 61
Saturday
UAA 62, Seattle Pacific 54
Males’s Basketball
Thursday
Montana State Billings 81, UAA 77 (OT)
Saturday
Seattle Pacific 90, UAA 87
Hockey
Friday
UAA 6, Simon Fraser 0
Saturday
UAA 4, Simon Fraser 0
NAHL
Friday
Anchorage Wolverines 3, Kenai River Brown Bears 2
Saturday
Anchorage Wolverines 5, Kenai River Brown Bears 2
Three issues to observe for this week
Prep
Wrestling
Area IV Match at South Anchorage Excessive Faculty, Saturday 9 a.m.
The postseason for the 2022 highschool wrestling season will get underway this weekend with regional motion throughout the state. The Cook dinner Inlet Convention title might be on the road within the dwelling gymnasium of 2021 state runner-up South as wrestlers from all through the Anchorage Faculty District will goal to punch their ticket to the 2022 State Championships subsequent weekend.
School
Basketball
William Jewell at UAA, Saturday 7 p.m. and Sunday 5 p.m. at Alaska Airways Heart
The UAA ladies’s basketball crew might be again on its homecourt for a second weekend in a row and trying to begin one other successful streak when the Seawolves host the Cardinals for a two-game sequence. This marks the Seawolves final time enjoying in entrance of their dwelling crowd this calendar yr. Their subsequent sport in Alaska might be on the highway towards state rival College of Alaska Fairbanks on Jan. 7 and their subsequent dwelling sport would be the following week towards Central Washington.
NAHL
Kenai River Brown Bears at Anchorage Wolverines, Friday 7 p.m. and Saturday, 7 p.m. at Ben Boeke Ice Area
After sweeping the Brown Bears on the highway final weekend, the Wolverines might be trying to do the identical on dwelling ice this weekend to increase their successful streak earlier than heading out of city for his or her final 4 video games of the yr.