This previous week was jampacked with motion throughout the Alaska sports activities panorama at each the prep and collegiate stage. On the highschool soccer entrance, there’s a brand new No. 1 seed within the newest ASBN polls, reigning state champion East dropped a second straight, and Service took residence some new {hardware} after taking down South. The College of Alaska Anchorage volleyball crew continued its scorching begin to the season, and the boys’s cross-country crew claimed the primary victory of the the 12 months in opposition to in-state rivals.
[Service High football team claims Anchorage’s inaugural South Side Cup with first win of the season]
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Per week after upsetting East, Jack Nash helped the Colony Knights keep away from being upset by propelling them to a 21-14 victory together with his excellent play on either side of the ball. His crew trailed the Dimond Lynx 14-0 at halftime however the junior quarterback would lead them again from the brink to attain 21 unanswered. He racked up almost 200 speeding yards and scored a landing on offense and intercepted 4 passes, together with his second pick-six in as many weeks for what would once more in the end be the deciding rating.
Defending Division I state soccer champion East fell out of ASBN’s high 5 rankings for the primary time this season after dropping its second straight recreation. The Thunderbirds took on their eastside rival Bartlett within the annual “Boot” recreation and received trampled by the Golden Bears’ punishing floor recreation to the tune of 5 touchdowns. 4 of these TDs got here courtesy of Niko Alailefaleula and Zuriel Guzman, who each scored twice.
The College of Alaska Anchorage volleyball crew continued its sturdy begin to the 2022 season when it returned residence from Hawaii to host the Seawolf Invitational. Main the Seawolves’ offensive effort for a second straight week was senior Eve Stephens, who recorded double digit kills in all 4 of their video games, together with a trio of 18-kill outputs and completed the event with 68 whole. She led the crew in that statistical class in all however one match. Fellow senior Lisa Jaunet led the crew with 25 kills in opposition to Level Loma on Friday night time whereas Stephens completed with 14.
Led by speedy senior Campbell Peterson, the Chugiak women cross-country crew had 5 runners place within the high 10 on the Large 8 Invite this previous Saturday. Peterson completed first with a time of 19 minutes, 22 seconds, to assert her first place in back-to-back weekends after successful the ladies 5K on the Ted McKenney XC Invitational the week earlier than.
[Chugiak girls, Eagle River’s Michener shine at Big 8 cross-country invite]
Dimond flag soccer sprinted its technique to a 35-6 win over Service Excessive final Tuesday in its third recreation of the 2022 season. Main the cost for the Lynx on either side of the ball was Mai Mateaki, who rushed for 214 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries. One among her speeding scores got here on a 54-yard jaunt and he or she reached the top zone on protection for a 3rd rating after returning an intercepted cross 51 yards.
Soccer wasn’t the one sport the 2 southside faculties confronted off in final week. The South and Service varsity volleyball groups went to 5 units in a tightly contested match that didn’t finish till 11 p.m. precisely final Tuesday night time when the Wolverines gained the ultimate set 16-14. Although it got here in a dropping effort, Service seniors Camryn Stevens and Anna Fenn had sturdy particular person performances for the Cougars. Stevens led the crew with 36 assists and Fenn did the identical in kills with 14.
Whereas the Service volleyball crew got here up simply quick, the college’s flag soccer crew bounced again from a lopsided loss to Dimond by successful over East in commanding style Thursday. The Cougars have been led to victory by Geta Helgeson who threw for 160 yards and 4 touchdowns, two of which went to Zoe Witter.
Sophomore Cole Nash led the UAA males’s cross-country crew to victory over UAF on the Blue and Gold race this previous Saturday. He coated the eight-kilometer course in 27 minutes, 17 seconds, to notch his fourth profession win. The efficiency earned him Nice Northwest Athletic Convention athlete of the week Monday.
Conrad Fawcett of Service and Caroline Waters of Dimond have been the 2 brightest standouts on the 2022 Prepare dinner Inlet Convention Large 8 Meet this previous Saturday. Every of them positioned first in a pair of particular person occasions and helped their respective groups are available first in two relay occasions,
The College of Alaska Fairbanks males’s basketball crew continued so as to add extra native expertise to its roster this previous Friday after asserting the signing of former Anchorage Christian Faculty and Monroe Catholic standouts Demarcus Corridor-Scriven and Isaac Garcia. Former West Valley standout Terrell Peter is returning to play for his hometown crew after spending the final two season at Bellevue Faculty in Bellevue, Washington.
Meg Inokuma of Palmer and Anchorage’s Tracen Knopp continued their sturdy racing summers final weekend on the Misplaced Lake Run. Inokuma defended her title within the girls’s race in a time of 1:57:34 whereas Knoop gained the boys’s race in 1:38:57. Earlier this month, Inokuma gained the Matanuska Peak Problem, almost breaking the document within the course of. She additionally positioned fourth at Mount Marathon in July in Seward. In Might, Knopp gained the Turnagain Arm Path race.
Final week’s outcomes
Soccer
Friday
Barrow 16, Kodiak 8
Homer 46, Seward 0
Soldotna 55, West Valley 26
Wasilla 39, North Pole 6
Kenai 24, Palmer 6
Eagle River 43, Redington 0
Colony 21, Dimond 14
Saturday
Bartlett 32, East 14
Service 34, South Anchorage 7
Juneau 14, West Anchorage 0
Lathrop 49, Chugiak 3
Nikiski 42, Eielson 7
Houston bye
Flag soccer
Tuesday
South 15, West 6
Thursday
Service 25, East 0
Saturday
Dimond 35, West 6
Tennis
Monday
West 7, Service 2
South 5, Dimond 4
Tuesday
Dimond 8, Chugiak 0
West 8, Eagle River 1
Thursday
Service 9, Bartlett 0
Cross nation
Large 8 Cross Nation Invite
Saturday in Anchorage
Boys
1. West 45; 2. Dimond 49; 3. Kodiak 78; 4. South 79; 5. Service 138; 6. Chugiak 141; 7. East 143.
Women
1. Chugiak 21; 2. South 56; 3. Dimond 86; 4. East 107; 5. West 117; 6. Service 141.
Swimming
Twin Meets
Women
West 110, Bartlett 22
Dimond 159, Eagle River 67
Chugiak 105, Service 65
South 76, East 9
Boys
West 44, Bartlett 16
Dimond 171, Eagle River 101
Service 115, Chugiak 63
South 68, East 7
Highschool volleyball
Tuesday
South 3, Service 2 (26-28, 25-20, 27-25, 17-25, 16-14)
Bartlett 3, East 1 (20-25, 12-25, 25-15, 25-12,15-13)
Dimond 3, Eagle River 0 (25-12, 25-15, 25-17)
Wednesday
Service 3, Bartlett 0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-20)
Friday
South 3, East 0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-18)
Faculty volleyball
Thursday
UAA 3, Lubbock Christian 0 (25-12, 25-19, 25-14)
Friday
UAA 3, Emmanuel 0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-18)
UAA 3, Level Loma 2 (23-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-9, 25-8)
Saturday
UAA 3, Pittsburgh 0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-20)
Three issues to look at for this week
Prep soccer
Battle of the Unbeatens
On Saturday night time, the highest two-ranked groups within the state on the Division I stage will put their excellent data on the road. The No. 1 ranked Juneau-Douglas Huskies will journey to face off with the No. 2 ranked Colony Knights in Palmer at 7 p.m. The winner will assuredly maintain the highest spot within the subsequent spherical of ASBN rankings.
West at Service, 7 p.m. Friday
The night time earlier than the highest two seeds sq. off out of city to see who stays excellent, the Eagles and Cougars will play on the town to see who can get their general document again to even. The winner of this matchup would enhance to 2-2 whereas the loser falls to 1-3. If West have been to win, they’d stay undefeated within the Prepare dinner Inlet Convention since each of their losses have come to out-of-division groups. Service would pull again to even each general and within the convention after dropping to East in Week 1.
Volleyball
After dominating on their residence courtroom within the Seawolf Invitational, the UAA volleyball crew will probably be touring north to Fairbanks to the Nanook Traditional on the Alaska Airways Gymnasium beginning Thursday and working via Saturday. The Seawolves entered the AVCA Volleyball Ballot at No. 20 this week.
UAA performs Findlay at 4 p.m. Thursday, vs. Florida Southern at midday and Black Hills State at 5 p.m. Friday, and in opposition to Arkansas Fort Smith at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.