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Chugiak, Colony and Grace Christian among big winners at Alaska state cross-country championships

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October 9, 2022

Chugiak, Colony and Grace Christian among big winners at Alaska state cross-country championships

Campbell Peterson has been a aggressive power this cross-country season. However simply as importantly, the Chugiak senior has additionally been an uplifting power.

Peterson cruised to a Division I women title within the Alaska State Cross-Nation Championships on Saturday at Bartlett Excessive in a time of 19 minutes, 16 seconds.

However all through the season, she replicated the gestures she was on the receiving finish of as a younger runner, sticking near the end line to congratulate and help fellow runners as they crossed.

Chugiak’s Campbell Peterson seems on the end line as she makes her method throughout the Division I ASAA women state cross nation championships at Bartlett Excessive Faculty in Anchorage on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

“Particularly just like the seniors once I was a freshmen that have been there giving hugs and inspiring, simply wanting making folks need to come again and need to run and making folks be ok with themselves as an alternative of simply ‘Oh man one other like painful race,’ ” she mentioned. “So I simply wished to place that ahead and let everybody know that we love everybody who’s out right here working.”

Peterson’s win additionally paced Chugiak because the Mustangs ran to a second consecutive state title with 42 factors, outpacing runner-up Juneau-Douglas.

The crew win was the end result of the final 12 months of coaching for Peterson, who was the person runner-up final yr.

“I’m actually happy with our women,” Peterson mentioned. “I’m actually happy with how we’ve all come collectively and actually bonded this final week, particularly as a result of it’s simply been us at observe.”

Whereas the ladies outcome was a repeat, the Division I boys outcome was a little bit of a shock, however no much less of a dominant effort.

Very similar to Peterson, Colony’s Matthew Rongitsch broke away from the pack to win convincingly. However his time of 16:13 was adopted immediately by teammates Zac Cheyette (16:29) and Tobias Buchanan (16:39) for a 1-2-3 Colony end.

october, high school sports, cross country, alaska school activities association, ASAA — Colony’s Matthew Rongitsch, proper, and West Valley’s Shane Fisher lead the pack close to the beginning line on Saturday. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

“I used to be not anticipating that,” Rongitsch mentioned. “We have been hoping to get a pair on the highest 10. We blew that out of the water for positive.”

That sweep of the medal stand helped Colony end with 43 factors, outpacing runner-up South Anchorage.

On the Division II stage, Grace Christian bought a repeat particular person winner in David Sliwinski to narrowly edge Sitka for the crew title.

Sliwinski ran the quickest time of the day on the 5K monitor that slithered by means of the sometimes-muddy trails round Bartlett Excessive.

His time of 15:55 barely edged out Seamus McDonough of Homer. The 2 runners had gone forwards and backwards all season, with Sliwinski getting the final phrase.

McDonough had caught Sliwinski on Separation Hill, nevertheless it wasn’t lengthy earlier than the Grace Christian runner regained the lead and held off the Homer runner for the title.

“He ultimately did get me in that hill, however I simply rehearsed what I knew and ultimately I took benefit of the downhill and I bought a bit distance from him,” Sliwinski mentioned.

Grace Christian, which positioned 5 runners within the prime 20, completed with 47 factors. Runner-up Sitka had 4 runners within the prime 10 and completed with 49 factors.

The ladies Division II race was a portrait of resilience and teamwork, in line with head coach Shasta Smith. A yr in the past, Sitka runners Anna Prussian and Claire Mullin ended up within the medical tents after collapsing on the end line.

This yr Prussian, a senior, and Mullin, a sophomore, completed 1-2 with only a second separating them.

“For them to tug it collectively and end the best way they did immediately,” they ran good, ran collectively and ran for one another,” Smith mentioned. “We speak so much about that — do it for one another, like push one another. Don’t use one another as a cause to decelerate. Do what it’s worthwhile to get the perfect out of your teammates.”

It’s a method that each racers embraced.

“It’s very nice racing together with her and coaching together with her,” Prussian mentioned of Mullin. ”It simply offers me somebody to push me each single time we’re collectively. And it’s very nice having that like crew connection within the race.”

Whereas the Sitka runners had teammates to push them, the Division III women winner didn’t have any teammates, interval.

Taylor Eddington ran alone this yr for Tri-Valley Faculty in Healy. Nonetheless, the freshman broke away to win the Division III race in a time of 20:29.

“It’s been good nevertheless it’s laborious to inspire myself,” she mentioned. “It’s laborious to discover a good tempo. I do know my race tempo however I’ve to gauge myself towards different folks (and it’s) laborious to do (with no teammates).”

On the crew aspect in Division III, Haines took the ladies title. In Division II, it was Seward that used a balanced end to win the crew occasion.

The boys Division III race was a Wrangell rally because the crew had 5 runners within the prime 10 led by Daniel Harrison, who gained the race at 17:30.

“It’s tremendous enjoyable,” Harrison mentioned. “I really like these guys. Final yr was a bit bit tough for us however this yr we bought a brand new new assistant coach, Mason Villarma. He ran at Gonzaga and so he bought us skilled very well. We simply hammered it out. It turned out nice for us. We now have a extremely robust crew and it’s tons of enjoyable with these guys.”

Bryce Gerald is teaching at Nenana this season, however was a 2016 graduate of Wrangell and was joyful to see the youngsters who have been elementary college students when he was in highschool discover success.

“My mother was a librarian,” he mentioned. “And so she simply loves these youngsters and now seeing them working immediately, man, I’m simply so happy with them. They did nice.”

Alaska Excessive Faculty State Cross Nation Championships

Saturday

at Bartlett Excessive Faculty

Division III Group Outcomes

Ladies

1. Haines 48; 2. Glennallen 51; 3. Sockeye Co-Op 52; 4. Petersburg 76; 5. Dillingham 132; 6. Nenana 132; 7. Tikigaq 149.

Boys

1. Wrangell 22; 2. Haines 39; 3. Unalaska 88; 4. Cordova 113; 5. Togiak 136; 6. Fort Yukon 146.

Division II Group Outcomes

Ladies

1. Seward 56; 2. Grace Christian 68; 3. Homer 70; 4. Sitka 80; 5. Bethel 122; 6. Redington 130; 7. Mt Edgecumbe 158.

Boys

1. Grace Christian 47; 2. Sitka 49; 3. Homer 62; 4. Kenai Central 102; 5. Anchorage Christian 121; 6. Bethel 142; 7. Galena 165; 8. Delta Junction 213.

Division I Group Outcomes

Ladies

1. Chugiak 42; 2. Juneau-Douglas 74; 3. South Anchorage 79; 4. Dimond 106; 5. Colony 134; 6. Soldotna 153; 7. West Anchorage 168; 8. West Valley 179; 9. Kodiak 287; 10. North Pole 302; 11. Thunder Mountain 314.

Boys

1. Colony 43; 2. South Anchorage 69; 3. West Anchorage 107; 4. Dimond 110; 5. Juneau-Douglas 119; 6. Eagle River 119; 7. West Valley 153; 8. Kodiak 168; 9. Lathrop 228; 10. Wasilla 258.

Division III Ladies

1. Taylor Eddington, Tri-Valley 20:29 2. Ariel Godinez Lengthy, Haines 20:43 3. Ourea Busk, Unalakleet 20:56 4. Pagan Lester, Sockeye Co-Op 21:31 5. Teagan Impolite, Glennallen 21:37 6. Kinley Lister, Petersburg 21:46 7. Grace Lengthy Godinez, Haines 21:57 8. Brynna Gerlach, Glennallen 22:14 9. Mamie Crookes, Kake 22:28 10. Avari Getchell, Haines 22:35 11. Sal Chapell, Haines 22:35 12. Aileen Lester, Sockeye Co-Op 22:53 13. Ali Voran, Sockeye Co-Op 23:04 14. Kayla Abbott, Glennallen 23:08 15. Lexi Johnson, Klawock 23:29 16. Sadie Fry, Cordova 23:36 17. Cheyenne Fields, Glennallen 23:36 18. Izabella Lopez, Unalaska 23:54 19. Shayauna Bukowski, Nenana 24:28 20. Ella Wardell, Sockeye Co-Op 24:40 21. Gabriele Whitacre, Petersburg 24:40 22. Kate Thompson, Petersburg 24:53 23. Brooke Phelps, Sockeye Co-Op 24:54 24. Alexus Sakamoto Quezon, Petersburg 25:05 25. Madison Carlton, Glennallen 25:13 26. Chelsea Thompson, Craig 25:16 27. Cheyenne Kookesh, Angoon 25:22 28. Alexis Lawnicki, Craig 25:27 29. Ariana Tall-Lake, Hooper Bay 25:31 30. Stacey Carlos, Unalaska 25:40 31. Arianna Wilson, Sand Level 25:46 32. Shaniah Eneyuk, New Stuyahok 25:47 33. Haley Oktollik-Nashookpuk, Tikigaq 25:47 34. Shante Smith, Nenana 25:47 35. MaryMae Brandell, King Cove 25:48 36. Annie Evans, Dillingham 25:53 37. Eleanor Kandoll, Petersburg 26:03 38. Arriana Woods, Dillingham 26:09 39. Ann Tucker, Dillingham 26:16 40. Ernie Joe, Hooper Bay 26:21 41. Jadyn Lane, Tikigaq 26:25 42. Ayuu Roesch, Unalakleet 26:27 43. Abigail Tunutmoak, Chevak 26:30 44. Teresa Lewis, Hoonah 26:36 45. Kiley Hayden, Kuspuk ESSS 26:51 46. Jillian Jackson, Kake 26:53 47. Ila Nettleton, Haines 27:12 48. Alexa Crabb, Nenana 27:12 49. Elayne Woods, Dillingham 27:22 50. Sandra Tunutmoak, Scammon Bay 27:32 51. Kristal Tacata, Unalaska 27:37 52. Ashlyn Ganey, Haines 27:41 53. Qutan Hailstone, Noorvik 27:46 54. Bea Bagley, Unalaska 27:47 55. Keoni Andrew, New Stuyahok 28:02 56. Chayland Nice, Quinhagak 28:04 57. Tatyana Nashookpuk, Tikigaq 28:15 58. Cedar Busk, Unalakleet 28:31 59. Alex Buholm, Dillingham 28:47 60. Jailynn Brandell, King Cove 28:56 61. Adalgisa Reigh, Dillingham 29:08 62. Anna Stringfellow, Nenana 29:08 63. Shalisa McDalton, Tuntutuliak 29:17 64. Courtney Starbuck, Selawik 29:56 65. Judith Allen, Selawik 30:04 66. Jesslyn Allain, Tuluksak 30:12 67. Kasey Oviok, Tikigaq 30:41 68. Larenti Kaskatok, Chevak 30:52 69. Jasmine Simons, Toksook Bay 30:56 70. Jasmine Jenkins, Nenana 31:19 71. Panik Chimiugak, Toksook Bay 31:58 72. Mariah Tinker, Kongiganak 32:32 73. Chelsea Napoka, Tuluksak 35:50 74. Bernadine Bodfish, Meade River 36:28 75. Lauren Ferreira, Kali 36:46 76. Kahlia Lane, Tikigaq 36:54.

Division III Boys

1. Daniel Harrison, Wrangell 17:30 2. Daniel Aspery, Petersburg 17:36 3. Luke Davis, Haines 17:48 4. Devlyn Campbell, Wrangell 17:58 5. Andrew Hansen, Haines 18:03 6. Ethan Blatchley, Wrangell 18:16 7. Boomchain Loucks, Wrangell 18:21 8. Elias Decker, Wrangell 18:28 9. Dominic Ross, Kake 18:38 10. Marley Kness, Klawock 18:51 11. Latrell Lake, Hooper Bay 19:09 12. Ace Hill, Chevak 19:10 13. Isaac Gundersen, Sand Level 19:13 14. Ian Nelson, Wrangell 19:14 15. Alex Holmgrain, Petersburg 19:26 16. Graelin Chaney, Dillingham 19:29 17. Matthew Panruk II, Chefornak 19:29 18. Phoenix Swaner, Haines 19:33 19. Dalton Henry, Haines 19:34 20. Jesus Acosta, Unalaska 19:35 21. Nicolas Kitsyuk, Unalaska 19:41 22. Ethan Kadake, Kake 19:50 23. Randy Churchill, Wrangell 19:55 24. Julian Trefon, Sockeye Co-Op 19:57 25. Sherman Kelila, Aniak 19:59 26. Phoenix Jacobson, Haines 20:11 27. Kyler Kangas, Effie Kokrine 20:16 28. Ethan Fagerstrom, Golovin 20:23 29. Griffin Culbeck, Haines 20:25 30. Eric Gillham, Haines 20:27 31. KC Balbarino, Unalaska 20:31 32. Tobyn Dolge, Kenny Lake 20:32 33. Payton Nanuk, Hooper Bay 20:34 34. Ki’naatsu Alexander, Fort Yukon 20:59 35. Tegan Hesse, Cordova 20:59 36. Levi Pearson, Cordova 21:04 37. Dylan Nicholson, Aniak 21:05 38. Pete Hill, Sockeye Co-Op 21:13 39. Darquel Agwiak, Mountain Village 21:20 40. Deven Osterback, Sand Level 21:21 41. Dawson O’Connor, Shaktoolik 21:35 42. Jacob Hamberger, Cordova 21:44 43. Bryson Kasayulie, Akiachak 21:46 44. Kylen Pauk, Togiak 21:47 45. Eldred Paradeza, Unalaska 21:55 46. Abraham Fisher, Kwethluk 21:58 47. Liam Pingayak-Inexperienced, Chevak 22:02 48. Calvin Fry, Cordova 22:07 49. Herbert Thomas, Buckland 22:08 50. Ethan Jenkins, Dillingham 22:14 51. Raymond Chair, Toksook Bay 22:18 52. Lane Iyakitan, Gambell 22:37 53. D’Antre Thomas, Hooper Bay 22:40 54. Noah Davis, Sockeye Co-Op 23:02 55. Jamin Tolai, Unalaska 23:10 56. Cavelila Andrew, New Stuyahok 23:12 57. Jager-Sean Brandell, King Cove 23:14 58. Aidan Barr, Deering 23:16 59. Chris Panigeo, Togiak 23:38 60. Gabriel Energetic, Togiak 23:40 61. Ashton Mathew, Chefornak 23:40 62. Jacob Lane, Tikigaq 23:42 63. Andrew Gallt, Kenny Lake 23:42 64. Jonas Carroll Jr, Fort Yukon 23:59 65. Lewis Singley, Sockeye Co-Op 24:09 66. Samuel Pulido, Cordova 24:19 67. Rytter Blue, Togiak 24:20 68. Kading Ferguson, Togiak 24:46 69. Adrian Poll, Buckland 25:07 70. Klayton Maxie, Kwethluk 25:20 71. Ben Lane, Tikigaq 25:23 72. Theodore Solomon, Fort Yukon 25:39 73. Henry Nashookpuk Jr, Tikigaq 26:05 74. Paul Okpeaha, Alak 26:55 75. Nahshii Alexander, Fort Yukon 27:17 76. Lloyd Kritz, Togiak 27:29 77. Ben Carroll, Fort Yukon 28:16 78. Kaden Kulukhan, Harold Kavelock 29:33 79. Kendall Ekak, Alak 29:42 80. Trevor Frankson, Tikigaq 29:42 81. Allen Fox, Togiak 34:19 82. Jaden Fields, Fort Yukon 42:00.

Division II Ladies

1. Anna Prussian, Sitka 20:01 2. Claire Mullin, Sitka 20:02 3. Jayna Boonstra, Kenai Central 20:23 4. Megan Nelson, Grace Christian 20:41 5. Hailey Ingalls, Seward 20:46 6. Daisy Walker, Homer 21:21 7. Emilee Wilson, Kenai Central 21:33 8. Mya Campbell, Redington 21:46 9. Rosemarie Dyment, Bethel 21:56 10. Miranda Wilkerson, Monroe Catholic 21:56 11. Tessa Anderson, Mt Edgecumbe 22:08 12. Xiimara Salazar, Kotzebue 22:08 13. Aly Guernsey, Seward 22:09 14. Rebekah Annett, Grace Christian 22:19 15. Eryn Discipline, Homer 22:25 16. Maddie Haas, Seward 22:28 17. Katie Vanbuskirk, Seward 22:28 18. AwaLuk Nichols, Nome-Beltz 22:34 19. Ella Boerger, Grace Christian 22:39 20. Claire Booz, Homer 22:46 21. Elena Badajos, Homer 22:53 22. Natalie Corridor, Sitka 22:53 23. Religion Carter, Anchorage Christian 22:54 24. Juniper Ingalls, Seward 22:54 25. Lauren Kingstrom, Nome-Beltz 23:01 26. Payton Boney, Bethel 23:07 27. Religion Mondeel, Grace Christian 23:13 28. Tagan Rinner, Grace Christian 23:15 29. Delaney Schaffer, Grace Christian 23:26 30. Anya Simard, Monroe Catholic 23:29 31. Beatrix McDonough, Homer 23:31 32. Frida Renner, Homer 23:42 33. Saydi Cardoso, Redington 23:43 34. Ayilah Merculief, Sitka 24:00 35. Elisa Metzger, Grace Christian 24:10 36. Kyana Harpak, Bethel 24:13 37. Eliana Rice, Redington 24:15 38. Marylene Burgett, Galena 24:18 39. Abri Rice, Redington 24:19 40. Natalie Sieminski, Seward 24:25 41. Aries Bioff, Mt Edgecumbe 24:35 42. Maya Komulainen, Bethel 24:49 43. Jadelynn Kubik, Sitka 25:02 44. Jordan Klejka, Bethel 25:11 45. Stella Dow, Seward 25:17 46. Anika Palomar, Valdez 25:34 47. McKenna Black, Homer 25:37 48. Kiara Burnell, Barrow 25:51 49. Kimberly Wolgemuth, Barrow 25:53 50. Sarah Bahnke, Mt Edgecumbe 25:55 51. Grace Pearson, Delta Junction 25:59 52. Bessie Williams, Mt Edgecumbe 26:04 53. Marina Anderstrom, Redington 26:32 54. Jelsey Gologergen, Mt Edgecumbe 26:37 55. Constance Albert, Bethel 27:47 56. Marina Marley, Sitka 28:14 57. Religion Walker, Redington 28:14 58. Leilynn Swain, Sitka 28:41 59. Annareese Carroll, Redington 28:55 60. Morgan Hamilton, Valdez 29:28 61. Hannah Leinberger, Bethel 31:00.

Division I Ladies

1. Campbell Peterson, Chugiak 19:16 2. Sophia Jedlicki, Soldotna 19:36 3. Addison Capozzi, Chugiak 19:47 4. Etta Eller, Juneau-Douglas 19:48 5. Tania Boonstra, Soldotna 19:52 6. Ida Meyer, Juneau-Douglas 19:57 7. Robyn Miller, South Anchorage 20:04 8. Rose Conway, East Anchorage 20:07 9. Skyler Belmear, Chugiak 20:09 10. Ella Hopkins, Colony 20:17 11. Emily Erickson, Dimond 20:24 12. Avrey Campbell, Dimond 20:34 13. Morgan Ainsworth, Colony 20:35 14. Ava Trembath, Eagle River 20:39 15. Mia Stiassny, South Anchorage 20:41 16. Kiley Dennis, Chugiak 20:47 17. Addison Bailey, South Anchorage 20:50 18. Aaliyah Fields, Chugiak 20:50 19. Zoe Rodgers, West Anchorage 20:58 20. Allison Macy, Chugiak 20:59 21. Rayna Tuckwood, Juneau-Douglas 21:10 22. Elliana Zock, South Anchorage 21:10 23. Anna Bailey, West Valley 21:15 24. Ellie Yerkes, Juneau-Douglas 21:15 25. Maisy Morley, Juneau-Douglas 21:18 26. Ella Atteberry, South Anchorage 21:27 27. Shea Alaniva, Colony 21:28 28. Maryjane Baxter, Dimond 21:33 29. Ava Murphy, South Anchorage 21:36 30. Carly Pilon, Lathrop 21:42 31. Elizabeth Web page, South Anchorage 21:42 32. Maia McCormack, Dimond 21:45 33. Molly McBride, Dimond 21:46 34. Petra Knox, Chugiak 21:46 35. Kadence Barnett, West Anchorage 21:52 36. Abigail Harver, Kodiak 21:54 37. Nora McBride, Dimond 21:57 38. Sage Personett, West Valley 21:57 39. Ava Newell, Juneau-Douglas 21:58 40. Scarlet Parr, West Anchorage 22:07 41. Lilah Klieforth, West Anchorage 22:07 42. Amy Pilon, Lathrop 22:14 43. Annie Burns, Soldotna 22:15 44. Isabel Baesman, West Valley 22:21 45. Stella Organek, West Valley 22:22 46. Zarah Laker-Morris, West Valley 22:23 47. Stella Rose, Colony 22:25 48. Berit Meyers, West Anchorage 22:29 49. Madison Roberts, Colony 22:33 50. Danika Dawley, North Pole 22:37 51. Lucy Shea, Colony 22:40 52. Piper Sears, West Anchorage 22:40 53. Lauren Dorris, West Anchorage 22:41 54. Alder Deal, Palmer 22:43 55. Mackenzie Olver, Thunder Mountain 22:45 56. Rachel Danz, Colony 22:48 57. Kinley Bruno, Wasilla 22:50 58. Ruby Rivas, Juneau-Douglas 22:55 59. Kaytlin McAnelly, Soldotna 22:56 60. Delanie Wagers, Soldotna 22:59 61. Maria Mattox, North Pole 23:00 62. Cierra Norris, Dimond 23:11 63. Riga Grubis, West Valley 23:14 64. Emily Bellant, North Pole 23:23 65. Haiden Holforty, Kodiak 23:25 66. Spring Smith-Hughes, West Valley 23:27 67. Megan Whittom, Soldotna 23:43 68. Cassidy Foster, Kodiak 23:47 69. Della Mearig, Thunder Mountain 24:01 70. Hannah McCarthy, Kodiak 24:26 71. Laurel Johnson, Soldotna 24:50 72. Sophia Owen, Thunder Mountain 24:52 73. Anberlin Tingey, Thunder Mountain 25:07 74. Aliyah Overturf, Thunder Mountain 25:45 75. Oceana Brockman, Kodiak 26:20 76. Annie Olsen, Kodiak 27:10 77. Cecelia Lengthy, North Pole 29:05 78. Zarah Griner, North Pole 29:06.

Division II Boys

1. David Sliwinski, Grace Christian 15:55 2. Seamus McDonough, Homer 15:57 3. Robbie Annett, Grace Christian 16:34 4. Annan Wieland, Sitka 16:44 5. Silas Demmert, Sitka 16:56 6. Gregory Fallon, Kenai Central 17:03 7. Preston Service provider, Anchorage Christian 17:06 8. Trey Demmert, Sitka 17:06 9. Connor Hitchcock, Sitka 17:22 10. Lance Seneff, Homer 17:25 11. Theodore McDonough, Homer 17:36 12. Simon Nelson, Grace Christian 17:42 13. Orson Hoogendorn, Nome-Beltz 18:02 14. Lukas Underlie, Anchorage Christian 18:04 15. Gerremu Daggett, Grace Christian 18:08 16. Ned Peters, Bethel 18:08 17. Jack Laker, Kenai Central 18:24 18. Diego Sanchez, Grace Christian 18:28 19. Stryder Kronberger, Anchorage Christian 18:31 20. Trevor Guernsey, Seward 18:34 21. Gabriel Angaiak, Monroe Catholic 18:36 22. Jai Badajos, Homer 18:36 23. Johannes Bynagle, Homer 18:38 24. Jonah Mershon, Homer 18:44 25. Preston Kopp, Galena 18:45 26. Hank Maxwell, Sitka 18:55 27. Chase Laker, Kenai Central 19:00 28. Zane Tews, Kenai Central 19:04 29. Sheldon Smith, Bethel 19:05 30. Ethan Styvar, Homer 19:11 31. James Helem, Sitka 19:16 32. Benjamin Milton, Nome-Beltz 19:16 33. Dylan Crenna, Sitka 19:20 34. Rafe Caruthers, Valdez 19:21 35. Milo Huntington, Galena 19:24 36. Jacob Friske, Mt Edgecumbe 19:30 37. Logan Cartwright, Kenai Central 19:35 38. Jonathan Swank, Monroe Catholic 19:38 39. Paul Dyment, Bethel 19:41 40. Son Erikson, Nome-Beltz 19:46 41. Liam Phelan, Bethel 19:46 42. Clint Kopp, Galena 19:47 43. Finn Hornfischer, Galena 19:47 44. Madden Cockroft, Bethel 19:53 45. Anthony White, Delta Junction 20:18 46. Asher McGlinchy, Monroe Catholic 20:23 47. Connor Journey, Mt Edgecumbe 20:23 48. Aiden Bullard, Delta Junction 20:30 49. Robert Carson, Kenai Central 20:32 50. Patricio Vasquez, Bethel 20:35 51. Colton Paul, Mt Edgecumbe 20:50 52. Liam Quirk, Monroe Catholic 20:51 53. Royce Rock, Anchorage Christian 21:06 54. Liam Pettit, Anchorage Christian 21:17 55. Rory Peters, Bethel 21:47 56. Jonah Echo, Galena 21:51 57. Ethan Dehling, Delta Junction 22:00 58. Tanner Brant, Delta Junction 22:13 59. James Fox, Delta Junction 22:14 60. Vail Coots, Kenai Central 22:23 61. Elijah Szepanski, Anchorage Christian 23:01 62. Noah Douglas, Delta Junction 23:25 63. William Douglas, Delta Junction 23:25 64. Drew Carter, Anchorage Christian 24:11 65. Donovan Olin, Galena 24:50 66. Daniel Holstrom, Galena 25:32.

Division I Boys

1. Matthew Rongitsch, Colony 16:13 2. Zac Cheyette, Colony 16:29 3. Tobias Buchanan, Colony 16:39 4. Blaise Boyer, South Anchorage 16:39 5. Henry Michener, Eagle River 16:49 6. Ethan Howe, East Anchorage 16:56 7. Konus Atkins, Juneau-Douglas 16:59 8. Elias Soule, Service 17:04 9. Damien Borchardt, Eagle River 17:05 10. Owen Younger, South Anchorage 17:07 11. Blake Hanley, West Anchorage 17:08 12. Jarrett Jackson, Dimond 17:11 13. Fischer Adams, Palmer 17:12 14. Cirdan Vonnahme, West Valley 17:17 15. Edgar Vera Alvardo, Juneau-Douglas 17:17 16. Nicholas Buth, West Valley 17:19 17. AJ Glover, Dimond 17:19 18. Vebjorn Flagstad, South Anchorage 17:20 19. Dylan Soberay, West Anchorage 17:25 20. Jayden Rice, Colony 17:27 21. Max Johnsen, Dimond 17:29 22. Jaxon Henrie, South Anchorage 17:29 23. Kael Nord, Thunder Mountain 17:29 24. Jacob Strausbaugh, Soldotna 17:29 25. Tobin Miller, Palmer 17:30 26. Coby Marvin, Colony 17:31 27. Tucker Sarkisian, Lathrop 17:38 28. Oliver Wright, West Anchorage 17:38 29. Rowan Robinson, South Anchorage 17:39 30. Malachi Peimann, Juneau-Douglas 17:43 31. Grant Weber, Dimond 17:45 32. Nicholas Hecht, North Pole 17:45 33. Axel Kiskkaddon, West Anchorage 17:49 34. Maxwell Robinson, Kodiak 17:50 35. Jack Molloy, Eagle River 17:51 36. Bengt Anderson, Kodiak 17:51 37. Nolan Miller, South Anchorage 17:53 38. Miles Grimes, Kodiak 17:57 39. Aceton Edgerton, Wasilla 18:00 40. Josh Penfield, Eagle River 18:00 41. Liam Chisolm, West Anchorage 18:04 42. Kieran Kaufman, West Valley 18:06 43. Joseph Hathaway, Kodiak 18:07 44. Wilder Dillingham, Juneau-Douglas 18:07 45. Luke Hale, Lathrop 18:07 46. Caleb Hilty, Colony 18:08 47. Nick Iverson, Juneau-Douglas 18:10 48. Chase Foss, Wasilla 18:10 49. Shane Fisher, West Valley 18:11 50. Brodie O’Hara, Dimond 18:13 51. Paxson Ott, Lathrop 18:14 52. Joshua Hathaway, Kodiak 18:14 53. Luke Shaw, Eagle River 18:15 54. Kyle Fischer, South Anchorage 18:15 55. Tyler Holforty, Kodiak 18:16 56. Eliot Garton-Barendregt, West Anchorage 18:17 57. Corbin Wilson, Colony 18:17 58. Jacob Sarnowski, Kodiak 18:21 59. Owen Wooller, West Valley 18:22 60. Owen Saltzman, Dimond 18:22 61. Ethan Stiller, Dimond 18:24 62. Finley Daring, West Anchorage 18:25 63. Leif St. Clair, Juneau-Douglas 18:25 64. Eli Crupi, Juneau-Douglas 18:28 65. Curtis Beck, West Valley 18:35 66. Stephen Hafen, Wasilla 18:36 67. Kendall Greathouse, Wasilla 18:48 68. Grady Eule, Eagle River 18:54 69. Wells Wappett, Lathrop 18:56 70. Nathan Hoop, Lathrop 18:57 71. Sage Janes, Thunder Mountain 19:01 72. Casey Types, Ketchikan 19:03 73. Justin Scussell, Thunder Mountain 19:15 74. Owen Woodruff, Thunder Mountain 19:16 75. Aiden Bonin, Lathrop 19:18 76. Justin Oestreich, Lathrop 19:19 77. Braden Thomas, Wasilla 19:25 78. Gabriel Carey, Wasilla 19:25 79. Caleb Petersen, West Valley 19:31 80. Vance Griffin, Wasilla 20:08.

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Alaska Airlines Hawaii-Bound Flight Makes U-Turn to Seattle

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June 4, 2025

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Alaska Airlines Hawaii-Bound Flight Makes U-Turn to Seattle

SEATTLE- An Alaska Airlines (AS) flight bound for Kahului, Hawaii (OGG), was forced to return to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) following a mid-air pressurization emergency.

Flight AS825, operated by a Boeing 737-900, was en route to Kahului when it experienced a loss of cabin pressure roughly 220 nautical miles southwest of Seattle at 34,000 feet. The aircraft made an emergency descent and safely landed back at SEA about 90 minutes after takeoff.

An Alaska Airlines (AS) flight bound for Kahului, Hawaii (OGG), was forced to return to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) following a mid-air pressurization emergency. — Photo: By Eric Salard – N408AS LAX, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43543100

Alaska Airlines Makes U-Turn to Seattle

On June 3, 2025, Alaska Airlines Flight AS825 departed Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) for Kahului International Airport (OGG), flagged by Aviation Herald.

The flight was operated by a Boeing 737-900, tail number N462AS. While cruising over the Pacific Ocean, the flight crew initiated an emergency descent from FL340 to 9,000 feet due to a pressurization malfunction.

The flight diverted back to SEA and landed without incident on Runway 34R.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that the crew reported a cabin pressurization issue and returned safely around 11:00 a.m. local time. The agency has launched a formal investigation into the incident.

A replacement aircraft, also a Boeing 737-900 (registration N468AS), resumed the journey to Hawaii and landed at Kahului approximately six hours behind schedule.

Similar Incident

In a related incident earlier this year, Delta Air Lines (DL) experienced a pressurization emergency on Flight DL576.

The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 (registration N399DA), departed from Mexico City International Airport (MEX) bound for Atlanta (ATL) on April 7, 2025. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft failed to climb beyond 10,000 feet due to pressurization problems.

Complicating matters, miscommunication arose between the Delta flight crew and Mexico City ATC.

The pilots declared an emergency but also indicated they were not immediately returning to the airport. Their request for vectors to avoid terrain while completing checklists was confusing, especially given the high elevation of MEX (7,300 feet) and the mountainous surrounding terrain.

Key Factors Behind Pressurization Emergencies

Terminology Misuse: Use of non-standard emergency phrases can delay ATC response.
Altitude Limitations: High-elevation airports reduce vertical safety margins during emergencies.
Incomplete Communication: Failing to clearly articulate flight intentions under stress can create avoidable misunderstandings.
Checklist Protocols: Flight crews often need time and space to complete troubleshooting procedures before executing a return.

Both incidents underscore the critical need for clear, standardized communication and highlight how environmental and technical constraints can quickly escalate emergencies.

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Former Alaska priest believed kidnapped by terrorist group, Alaska Diocese says

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Former Alaska priest believed kidnapped by terrorist group, Alaska Diocese says

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU) – A mass was held Tuesday for a former Fairbanks priest who the Diocese of Fairbanks says was kidnapped while on a mission in Africa.

On Sunday, the Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks says it received word from Nigeria that the former Rev. Alphonsus Afina and two companions were taken captive by members of Boko Haram while traveling.

Boko Haram is a self-proclaimed Jihadist militant group that has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States since 2013.

Afina had spent six and a half years in Alaska, spending his time in service to the villages on the Seward Peninsula. He traveled to Nigeria to help build a trauma center in the country for victims of Boko Haram.

The Diocese held a mass on Tuesday where community members gathered to pray for Afina’s safe and immediate release from captivity.

“The turnout was absolutely amazing,” said Rev. Robert Fath, JCL, Vicar General of the Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks.

“We put word out [Monday], and in less than 24 hours, we had a couple hundred people gathered at the cathedral here in Fairbanks for a mass to pray for Father Alphonsus, other victims of the Boko Haram, that they be given strength and God willing, they be released back to us to continue their mission.”

No other information about Afina’s condition has been made public since Sunday.

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Interior Plans to Rescind Drilling Ban in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve

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June 3, 2025

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Interior Plans to Rescind Drilling Ban in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve

A critical question demands an actionable answer. To date, many takes on various sides of the debate have focused more on high-level narrative than precise policy prescriptions. If we zoom in to look at the actual sources of delay in clean energy projects, what sorts of solutions would we come up with? What would a data-backed agenda for clean energy abundance look like?

The most glaring threat to clean energy deployment is, of course, the Republican Party’s plan to gut the Inflation Reduction Act. But “abundance” proponents posit that Democrats have imposed their own hurdles, in the form of well-intentioned policies that get in the way of government-backed building projects. According to some broad-brush recommendations, Democrats should adopt an abundance agenda focused on rolling back such policies.

But the reality for clean energy is more nuanced. At least as often, expediting clean energy projects will require more, not less, government intervention. So too will the task of ensuring those projects benefit workers and communities.

To craft a grounded agenda for clean energy abundance, we can start by taking stock of successes and gaps in implementing the IRA. The law’s core strategy was to unite climate, jobs, and justice goals. The IRA aims to use incentives to channel a wave of clean energy investments towards good union jobs and communities that have endured decades of divestment.

Klein and Thompson are wary that such “everything bagel” strategies try to do too much. Other “abundance” advocates explicitly support sidelining the IRA’s labor objectives to expedite clean energy buildout.

But here’s the thing about everything bagels: They taste good.

They taste good because they combine ingredients that go well together. The question — whether for bagels or policies — is, are we using congruent ingredients?

The data suggests that clean energy growth, union jobs, and equitable investments — like garlic, onion, and sesame seeds — can indeed pair well together. While we have a long way to go, early indicators show significant post-IRA progress on all three fronts: a nearly 100-gigawatt boom in clean energy installations, an historic high in clean energy union density, and outsized clean investments flowing to fossil fuel communities. If we can design policy to yield such a win-win-win, why would we choose otherwise?

Klein and Thompson are of course right that to realize the potential of the IRA, we must reduce the long lag time in building clean energy projects. That lag time does not stem from incentives for clean energy companies to provide quality jobs, negotiate Community Benefits Agreements, or invest in low-income communities. Such incentives did not deter clean energy companies from applying for IRA funding in droves. Programs that included all such incentives were typically oversubscribed, with companies applying for up to 10 times the amount of available funding.

If labor and equity incentives are not holding up clean energy deployment, what is? And what are the remedies?

Some of the biggest delays point not to an excess of policymaking — the concern of many “abundance” proponents — but an absence. Such gaps call for more market-shaping policies to expedite the clean energy transition.

Take, for example, the years-long queues for clean energy projects to connect to the electrical grid, which developers rank as one of the largest sources of delay. That wait stems from a piecemeal approach to transmission buildout — the result not of overregulation by progressive lawmakers, but rather the opposite: a hands-off mode of governance that has created vast inefficiencies. For years, grid operators have built transmission lines not according to a strategic plan, but in response to the requests of individual projects to connect to the grid. This reactive, haphazard approach requires a laborious battery of studies to determine the incremental transmission upgrades (and the associated costs) needed to connect each project. As a result, project developers face high cost uncertainty and a nearly five-year median wait time to finish the process, contributing to the withdrawal of about three of every four proposed projects.

The solution, according to clean energy developers, buyers, and analysts alike, is to fill the regulatory void that has enabled such a fragmentary system. Transmission experts have called for rules that require grid operators to proactively plan new transmission lines in anticipation of new clean energy generation and then charge a preestablished fee for projects to connect, yielding more strategic grid expansion, greater cost certainty for developers, fewer studies, and reduced wait times to connect to the grid. Last year, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission took a step in this direction by requiring grid operators to adopt regional transmission planning. Many energy analysts applauded the move and highlighted the need for additional policies to expedite transmission buildout.

Another source of delay that underscores policy gaps is the 137-week lag time to obtain a large power transformer, due to supply chain shortages. The United States imports four of every five large power transformers used on our electric grid. Amid the post-pandemic snarling of global supply chains, such high import dependency has created another bottleneck for building out the new transmission lines that clean energy projects demand. To stimulate domestic transformer production, the National Infrastructure Advisory Council — including representatives from major utilities — has proposed that the federal government establish new transformer manufacturing investments and create a public stockpiling system that stabilizes demand. That is, a clean energy abundance agenda also requires new industrial policies.

While such clean energy delays call for additional policymaking, “abundance” advocates are correct that other delays call for ending problematic policies. Rising local restrictions on clean energy development, for example, pose a major hurdle. However, the map of those restrictions, as tracked in an authoritative Columbia University report, does not support the notion that they stem primarily from Democrats’ penchant for overregulation. Of the 11 states with more than 10 such restrictions, six are red, three are purple, and two are blue — New York and Texas, Virginia and Kansas, Maine and Indiana, etc. To take on such restrictions, we shouldn’t let concern with progressive wish lists eclipse a focused challenge to old-fashioned, transpartisan NIMBYism.

“Abundance” proponents also focus their ire on permitting processes like those required by the National Environmental Policy Act, which the Supreme Court curtailed last week. Permitting needs mending, but with a chisel, not a Musk-esque chainsaw. The Biden administration produced a chisel last year: a NEPA reform to expedite clean energy projectsand support environmental justice. In February, the Trump administration tossed out that reform and nearly five decades of NEPA rules without offering a replacement — a chainsaw maneuver that has created more, not less, uncertainty for project developers. When the wreckage of this administration ends, we’ll need to fill the void with targeted permitting policies that streamline clean energy while protecting communities.

Finally, a clean energy abundance agenda should also welcome pro-worker, pro-equity incentives like those in the IRA “everything bagel.” Despite claims to the contrary, such policies can help to overcome additional sources of delay and facilitatebuildout.

For example, Community Benefits Agreements, which IRA programs encouraged, offer a distinct, pro-building advantage: a way to avoid the community opposition that has become a top-tier reason for delays and cancellations of wind and solar projects. CBAs give community and labor groups a tool to secure locally-defined economic, health, and environmental benefits from clean energy projects. For clean energy firms, they offer an opportunity to obtain explicit project support from community organizations. Three out of four wind and solar developers agree that increased community engagement reduces project cancellations, and more than 80% see it as at least somewhat “feasible” to offer benefits via CBAs. Indeed, developers and communities are increasingly using CBAs, from a wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island to a solar park in California’s central valley, to deliver tangible benefits and completed projects — the ingredients of abundance.

A similar win-win can come from incentives for clean energy companies to pay construction workers decent wages, which the IRA included. Most peer-reviewed studies find that the impact of such standards on infrastructure construction costs is approximately zero. By contrast, wage standards can help to address a key constraint on clean energy buildout: companies’ struggle to recruit a skilled and stable workforce in a tight labor market. More than 80% of solar firms, for example, report difficulties in finding qualified workers. Wage standards offer a proven solution, helping companies attract and retain the workforce needed for on-time project completion.

In addition to labor standards and support for CBAs, a clean energy abundance agenda also should expand on the IRA’s incentives to invest in low-income communities. Such policies spur clean energy deployment in neighborhoods the market would otherwise deem unprofitable. Indeed, since enactment of the IRA, 75% of announced clean energy investments have been in low-income counties. That buildout is a deliberate outcome of the “everything bagel” approach. If we want clean energy abundance for all, not just the wealthy, we need to wield — not withdraw — such incentives.

Crafting an agenda for clean energy abundance requires precision, not abstraction. We need to add industrial policies that offer a foundation for clean energy growth. We need to end parochial policies that deter buildout on behalf of private interests. And we need to build on labor and equity policies that enable workers and communities to reap material rewards from clean energy expansion. Differentiating between those needs will be essential for Democrats to build a clean energy plan that actually delivers abundance.

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