This previous week noticed some spectacular and dominating performances in addition to some surprising upsets on the prep, collegiate and newbie ranges throughout the Alaska sports activities panorama. On the highschool hockey entrance, South Anchorage moved into the highest spot within the Cook dinner Inlet Convention however Dimond isn’t far behind. On the faculty scene, the College of Alaska Anchorage girls’s basketball crew gained the primary Nice Alaska Shootout title since 2017.
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Whereas each the South Anchorage and reigning Division I state champion Dimond boys varsity hockey groups recorded lopsided victories over new co-op Bartlett/Bettye Davis East, it was the Wolverines that moved into the highest spot within the Cook dinner Inlet Convention standings. The Wolverines have suffered only one loss in comparison with two for the Lynx thus far this season. South additionally tied with defending Division II state champion Houston the this season whereas Dimond suffered a 3-0 loss to the Hawks.
The Anchorage Scholastic Bowling competitors started final week with matches between Cook dinner Inlet Convention foes Tuesday and Thursday. After the primary two matches of the 2022 season, Bettye Davis East, West Anchorage, and Eagle River obtained out to 2-0 begins for boys whereas Dimond and Service did the identical within the women division.
Lower than every week after claiming the Nice Northwest Athletic Convention title and securing the highest seed within the NCAA Western Regional Championships, the UAA volleyball crew had its historic 2022 season finish prematurely in disappointing style Thursday. The Seawolves fell in 5 units to the Chaminade Silverswords in a surprising upset for an early exit regardless of sturdy showings from their star seniors. Exterior hitter Eve Stephens led the crew in kills with 20, setter Ellen Floyd led the crew with a game-high 43 assists and libero Talia Leauanae led the crew with 20 digs.
[UAA volleyball upset in opening round of NCAA Tournament]
The UAA hockey crew obtained again on monitor and snapped a four-game dropping streak with a pair of wins in Sin Metropolis. The Seawolves confronted UNLV for the third time this season and accomplished the sweep with a 3-1 victory Wednesday after which beat Liberty 9-1 on Thursday. Junior ahead Matt Allen scored a pair of targets towards the Rebels and senior ahead Ben Almquist did the identical towards the Flames.
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UAA sophomore distance runner Cole Nash certified for the NCAA Division II Cross Nation Nationwide Championships by putting second on the NCAA West Regional Championships on Saturday. He lined the 10-kilometer course in half-hour, 10 seconds, ending three seconds behind winner Charlie Dannalt of Simon Fraser. Seawolves teammate Michael Zapherson earned an at-large bid after a seventh-place end on the West Regional.
[UAA’s Nash qualifies for cross-country nationals]
The UAA males’s basketball crew misplaced its fourth straight sport by 5 factors or much less final Monday within the fiftieth state to the College of Hawaii Hilo. Regardless of having 4 gamers report double-digit factors, together with a team-leading 16 factors from junior guard Lachlan Viney, the Seawolves fell in extra time 87-82. Native product Da’Zhon Wyche, who led the crew with eight rebounds, practically recorded a double-double.
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Whereas the lads’s crew prolonged its dropping streak, UAA’s girls’s basketball crew remained undefeated via its first 5 video games of the 2022-2023 season with a trio of wins final week. It began with a 77-60 win over Chaminade on Monday and ended the week with a pair of wins Friday and Saturday within the return of the Nice Alaska Shootout to say the title. Senior Vishe’ Rabb was named the Most Excellent Participant of the event after recording double-digit factors in each video games and native merchandise Jahnna Hajdukovich and Nicole Pinckney had been named to the all-tournament crew.
[UAA tops La Salle to take Great Alaska Shootout title]
The UAA ski groups swept the slalom occasions on the Yukon FIS races Saturday. Ainsley Proffit posted the quickest first run and the second-fastest second run to complete with the perfect two-run time of 1:35.20 on the ladies’s facet. Hunter Eid posted the quickest first run and took the general win in 1:23.12 on the lads’s facet.
Former Dimond standout Santiago Prosser helped the Northern Arizona cross-country crew to a 3rd consecutive nationwide championship. Prosser completed nineteenth with a time of 29:19.5 and earned his first All-American honor within the course of.
The Anchorage Wolverines performed a pair of tight video games towards the Kenai River Brown Bears over the weekend however misplaced each within the two-game highway collection. They dropped the primary 4-2 on Friday after permitting a pair of targets within the third interval and misplaced 2-1 in extra time within the second sport.
Alaska stars within the better galaxy
Alaska’s personal Nicholas McLennan lately signed a normal participant settlement with the Prince George Cougars of the Western Hockey League. He was born and raised within the Anchorage space till the age of 16 when he left to play hockey and attend faculty on the Southern Alberta Hockey Academy of the Canadian Sports activities College Hockey League U18 prep league. Previous to heading to Canada, he performed 40 video games with Staff Alaska 15U AAA the place he recorded 5 targets and 11 assists in 16 video games. The Cougars initially chosen McLennan forty first general within the second spherical of the 2021 WHL US Prospects Draft.
Final week’s outcomes
Prep Hockey
Boys
Tuesday
South 16, Bartlett 1
Wednesday
Houston 7, West 3
Thursday
Dimond 17, Bartlett 1
Chugiak 9, Kenai Central 0
Wasilla 6, Service 2
Friday
Chugiak 3, Soldotna 1
Service 6, Eagle River 4
Saturday
Eagle River 5, Bartlett 2
Bowling
Tuesday
Boys
Service 35, Chugiak 0
Service – Aaron Richard 204
Chugiak – Elliott Barnes 112
Eagle River 31, South 4
Eagle River – Kendric Siders 258
South – Jet Kmet 187
East 31, Bartlett 4
East – Colton Penetac 245
Bartlett – Nathaniel Copeland 168
West 29, Dimond 6
West – Dimitrie Model 202
Dimond – Logan Jokela 252
Ladies
Service 25, Chugiak 10
Service – Lillian Blumbery 168
Chugiak – Anna Parks 157
Eagle River 33, South 2
Eagle River – Thania Darby 154
South – Stella Baldessari 95
Bartlett 27, East 8
Bartlett – Kara Lyman 122
East – Katelyn Dennis 99
Dimond 28, West 7
Dimond – Maia Struble 214
West – Callie Justice 191
Thursday
Boys
Eagle River 27, Dimond 8
Eagle River – Connor Lanehart 279
Dimond – Jared Krison 255
East 19, South 16
East – Colton Penetac 197
South – Jet Kmet 170
West 18, Service 17
West – Marcos Vian 185
Service – Rusty Romero 213
Bartlett 31, Chugiak 4
Bartlett – Nick Jones 144
Chugiak – Elliott Barnes 114
Ladies
Dimond 27, Eagle River 8
Dimond – Maia Struble 230
Eagle River – Payton Stokes 204
South 22, East 13
South – Zoe Fencil 131
East – Kaelyn Dennis 131
Service 18, West 17
Service – Alyssa Porcelli 176
West – Callie Justice182
Chugiak 33, Bartlett 2
Chugiak – Lindsey Vig 174
Bartlett – Tida Xiong 113
School
Volleyball
Thursday
Chaminade 3, UAA 2 (20-25, 25-22, 25-23, 21-25, 12-15)
Girls’s Basketball
Monday
UAA 77, Chaminade 60
Friday
UAA 64, UC Riverside 51
Saturday
UAA 88, La Salle 75
Males’s Basketball
Monday
Hawaii Hilo 87, UAA 82 (OT)
Hockey
Wednesday
UAA 3, UNLV 1
Thursday
UAA 9, Liberty 1
NAHL
Friday
Kenai River Brown Bears 4, Anchorage Wolverines 2
Saturday
Kenai River Brown Bears 2, Anchorage Wolverines 1
Three issues to observe for this week
Prep
Hockey
Dimond v West, Tuesday 6:30 p.m. at Ben Boeke Enviornment
This can mark the primary matchup of the season for these two semifinalist groups from final 12 months’s state event. The Lynx will likely be seeking to retake the highest spot within the Cook dinner Inlet Convention whereas the Eagles will likely be aiming to win their first sport towards Dimond because the 2019-2020 season.
School
Girls’s basketball
Biola at UAA, Friday and Saturday 7 p.m. at Alaska Airways Heart
The day after Thanksgiving, the Seawolves will likely be again in motion with a two-game residence collection towards the Eagles on the Alaska Airways Heart. They are going to be seeking to construct off a powerful efficiency of their first two residence video games on the Nice Alaska Shootout final weekend and stay undefeated.
NAHL
Anchorage Wolverines at Fairbanks Ice Canines, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. at Massive Dipper
Alaska’s fiercest junior hockey rivalry will likely be renewed in Fairbanks because the Wolverines will likely be heading to the Massive Dipper Ice Enviornment for a two-game collection with their in-state rivals. The final time these two groups squared off, they cut up a tightly contested two-game collection in Anchorage on the Ben Boeke Ice Enviornment.