This previous week featured milestone performances and achievements by a number of groups and particular person athletes at each the prep and collegiate degree throughout the Alaska sports activities panorama. In Week 7 of the highschool soccer season, top-ranked Juneau not solely stayed undefeated, they received its second straight convention title, Colony bounced again with an enormous win over West and Chugiak beat rival Eagle River for the primary time in three years. The prep cross-country common season got here to a detailed and noticed two colleges have a pair of top-three finishers on the Chugiak Smokin’ Stampede.

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This previous weekend’s soccer motion kicked off with a matchup between a pair of Division I groups ranked within the prime 5 of the ASBN polls and resulted in a huge-bounce again win for Colony which received 37-17 over West on Friday. After the Knights’ protection obtained bulldozed by Bartlett final week, they rebounded by coming away with six interceptions and snapping the Eagles’ three-game profitable streak. Senior quarterback Jack Nash led the cost on each side of the ball with 5 complete touchdowns and a pair of intercepted passes. He ran for 3 scores, threw for one and caught one other from his favourite goal Jayce Underwood.

The next afternoon, the top-ranked Juneau Huskies stayed red-hot with a commanding 49-32 win over the Service Cougars down within the state’s capital metropolis to say the Prepare dinner Inlet Convention title for the second 12 months in a row. They racked up practically 500 yards on the bottom, had 4 gamers discover the top zone, and scored their most factors of the season on their technique to enhancing their document to an ideal 7-0.

For the primary time since 2019, the Chugiak soccer staff got here out on prime of the “Battle of the Bridge” after besting rival Eagle River 16-14 in Saturday afternoon. The Mustangs had been led to victory by an opportunistic protection that got here away with 5 turnovers and the clutch play of senior kicking specialist Andrew Nielson, who efficiently transformed 3-of-4 area purpose makes an attempt together with the game-winner from 37 yards with seven seconds left within the recreation.

[Senior kicker boots Chugiak to victory in the ‘Battle of the Bridge’]

In his first recreation again from damage after lacking the final two weeks, Bettye Davis East beginning quarterback Azariah Atonio spoiled Dimond’s homecoming night time by main the Thunderbirds to a 29-26 victory over the Lynx on Saturday. The junior went 11-of-20 for 221 yards, two passing touchdowns and one interception. The win lifted East again into the highest 5 of the ASBN polls for the primary time since Week 2.

Lathrop stays on prime of the newest ASBN ballot for Divisions II and III in soccer for the seventh week in a row with Soldotna nonetheless a detailed second. Each groups boast excellent 7-0 information and are two of three unbeaten groups within the ballot, together with Division III Houston, which improved to 6-0. Homer (6-1) and Barrow (4-3) spherical out the highest 5.

The highschool cross-country common season got here to a detailed this previous Saturday with the Chugiak Smokin’ Stampede. A pair of colleges had a number of prime 10 finishers within the girls and boys varsity division. The Grace Christian boys got here in first place and had been led by David Sliwinski who completed first adopted by Seth Lochmann at third, Robbie Annett at sixth, and Colton Merriner at ninth. The Chugiak ladies got here in first place as properly and had been led by one other dominant efficiency from Campbell Peterson who completed first adopted by Addison Capozzi in second, Skyler Belmear at seventh, Emily Moore at ninth and Petra Knox at tenth.

The Dimond girls and boys swim groups cruised to victories over Chugiak this previous Friday. The Lynx had a number of swimmers end first in a number of particular person occasions and had been part of relay groups that got here first place as properly on the twin meet. Isabelle Borke completed first within the ladies 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard freestyle and was a member of the first-place 200-medley and freestyle relay groups as properly.

On the prep tennis entrance, a pair of rival colleges squared off on the courtroom for 2 tightly contested matches previously week. South narrowly defeated Service 5-4 on Thursday on the Alaska Membership East and Chugiak bested Eagle River by the identical rating on Friday.

The highest two groups in prep volleyball within the state confronted off this previous Friday and whereas the Dimond varsity soccer staff got here up quick on homecoming weekend, the Lynx volleyball staff didn’t. Energized by a rowdy crowd, Dimond prevailed over rival West 3-1 to stay undefeated each within the CIC and in opposition to Alaska competitors all collectively.

[Packed crowd energizes Dimond in homecoming volleyball win over West]

On the faculty volleyball scene, the College of Alaska Anchorage obtained one other record-setting efficiency from senior outdoors hitter Eve Stephens because the Seawolves pushed their profitable streak to eight matches in a row and remained undefeated in convention play. Stephens was named GNAC Offensive Participant of the Week for the second straight week and for a document breaking eleventh time in her profession after she recorded a mixed 33 kills over two matches together with a 3-0 sweep over nationally ranked Western Washington final Thursday. This previous Saturday, she additionally broke this system document for profession kills with 21 in opposition to Simon Fraser. In that very same recreation, senior setter Ellen Floyd recorded 40 assists in a “well-rounded” efficiency in response to UAA head coach Chris Inexperienced.

The UAA males’s cross-country staff was paced on the Invoice Roe Traditional by standout sophomore Cole Nash on Saturday in Ferndale, Washington. He was the highest collegiate finisher after overlaying the 8K course in 24 minutes, 25 seconds. Each the lads’s and ladies’s staff completed in sixth place on the occasion with Elle Stevens recording the perfect time of any Seawolf within the ladies’s division with a end of 23:04, which was adequate for twenty first place.

The Anchorage Wolverines got here out on prime of their three-game street collection with the Chippewa Metal this previous week by profitable two out of the three contests. They narrowly received the primary 3-2, dropped the second 5-2, and handily received the third 6-3. Ahead Jackson Reineke led the staff in scoring with three objectives, all of which got here within the final two video games of the collection that included a two-goal efficiency within the third recreation.

Final Week’s Outcomes

Prep Soccer

Friday

Colony 37, West 17

West Valley 41, Kodiak 6

Soldotna 48, Wasilla 14

Homer 46, Nikiski 36

Saturday

Chugiak 16, Eagle River 14

East 29, Dimond 26

Bartlett 64, South 43

Juneau 49, Service 32

Houston 40, Kenai 6

Barrow 42, Redington 6

Lathrop 42, North Pole 8

Flag Soccer

Tuesday

Service 12, East 6

South 35, Bartlett 0

Dimond 32, Chugiak 7

West 16, Eagle River 8

Thursday

West 26, Bartlett 6

Service 25, Chugiak 7

South 46, Eagle River 0

Friday

Dimond 41, East 0

Prep tennis

Tuesday

South 6, Chugiak 3

Dimond 5, Service 4

Eagle River 8, Bartlett 0

Eagle River 7, Bartlett 1

Wednesday

West 9, Bartlett 0

West 8, Dimond 1

Thursday

South 5, Service 4

Friday

Chugiak 5, Eagle River 4

Dimond 7, Bartlett 2

Saturday

West 6, South 3

Service 5, Eagle River 3

Swimming

Friday

Twin meet

Dimond v Chugiak

Boys: Dimond 103, Chugiak 68

Women: Dimond 106, Chugiak 64

Prep Volleyball

Tuesday

West 3, Chugiak 0 (25-23, 25-18, 29-27)

South 3, Service 1 (21-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-20)

Dimond 3, Eagle River 0 (25-10, 25-13, 26-14)

Friday

Dimond 3, West 1 (25-19, 17-25, 25-14, 25-11)

South 3, East 2 (25-21, 20-25, 25-18, 20-25, 16-14)

Prep cross nation

Smokin’ Stampede

In Chugiak

Varsity Boys

1. Grace Christian 40, 2. South Anchorage 96, 3. Colony 98, 4. Eagle River 104, 5. West Anchorage 127, 6. Dimond 148, 7. Service 191, 8. East Anchorage 209, 9. Chugiak 228, 10. Palmer 284, 11. Wasilla 298, 12. Nome-Beltz 348, 13. Anchorage Christian 350, 14. Redington 456, 15. Kotzebue 479, 16. Barrow 490, 17. Fort Yukon 533

Varsity Women

1. Chugiak 27, 2. South Anchorage 50, 3. Dimond 107, 4. West Anchorage 129, 5. Eagle River 143, 6. East Anchorage 158, 7. Service 186, 8. Grace Christian 230, 9. Bartlett 264, 10. Redington 279, 11. Kotzebue 335, 12. Palmer 358, 13. Barrow 364

Riflery

South 4, Dimond 3

West 5, Service 2

Eagle River 7, Chugiak 0

Bartlett 7, East 0

West 5, South 2

Faculty

Volleyball

Thursday

UAA 3, Western Washington 0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-22)

Saturday

UAA 3, Simon Fraser 1 (25-16, 21-25, 25-23, 25-21)

Cross Nation

Invoice Roe Traditional

Males’s: 1. Western Washington; 2. Simon Fraser; 3. College of Victoria, 6. UAA

Ladies’s: 1. Western Washington; 2. Simon Fraser; 3. Bellingham Distance Venture; 6. UAA

NAHL

Thursday

Anchorage Wolverines 3, Chippewa Metal 2

Friday

Chippewa Metal 5, Anchorage Wolverines 2

Saturday

Anchorage 6, Chippewa Metal 3

Three issues to observe for this week

Prep soccer

Bartlett at West, 7 p.m. Friday

The ultimate week of the highschool soccer common season will kick off with a matchup between a pair of groups ranked within the prime 5 of the newest ASBN polls when the Golden Bears journey to the Nest on Hillcrest to tackle the Eagles. Whereas No. 4 West will probably be seeking to rebound from a lopsided loss to No. 3 Colony, No. 2 Bartlett is coming off its second outing of scoring over 60 factors within the final three weeks with the intention of extending its profitable streak to 6 in a row heading into the postseason.

CIC Tennis Event and CIC Cross-Nation Meet

The postseason is formally right here for the autumn highschool season. This weekend Bartlett will host the CIC cross-country meet on Saturday, with the varsity races scheduled for 1:40 p.m. for the ladies and a pair of:20 p.m. for the boys. On the tennis entrance, the Alaska Membership East would be the venue for the CIC event, which runs Friday and Saturday.

Faculty hockey

Western Michigan at UAA, 6:07 p.m. Saturday and 5:07 p.m. Sunday

The Seawolves made their long-awaited return after a two-year hiatus Friday in opposition to Simon Fraser in an exhibition recreation. However they may get the regular-season portion of their schedule began this weekend on the Seawolf Sports activities Advanced with a two-game collection in opposition to the Broncos.