Dimond went unbeaten through the CIC regular season and Chugiak shot a conference record early in the season, but it was South that came through in the region meet, finishing 10 points ahead of the Lynx.
The Wolverines claimed the title for the second year in a row with a first-place score of 2,266. Dimond was second at 2,256 followed by Service (2,243) and Chugiak (2,235).
Leah Gamble's 572 led the Wolverines with Amber Poston (570), Lauren Pearce (564) and Lisa Clemens (560) rounding out the team score.
The difficulty for runner-up Dimond was picking a top four for its A Team from an extremely deep squad. The Dimond B Team, which shot on Friday, actually ended up with a higher score than the A squad and the C team wasn't far behind, posting a score of 2,216 that would've finished sixth among the A Teams.
Tadashi Kibe's 577 led the Dimond A Team and was the top score shot during the team competition.
In the individual competition Martin and West's Alex Lorentz finished tied with scores of 665 at the conclusion of the 10-person final flight. The shooters went to a best-shot tie-breaker. On the first three shots they had identical scores before Martin posted a higher score on the fourth shot to claim the title.
Poston also won a shoot-off against Tibe for third place and Gamble finished fifth.
Individual Results
1) Matt Martin, Chugiak 665; 2) Alex Lorentz, West 665; 3) Amber Poston, South, 662; 4) Tadashi Kibe, Dimond, 662; 5) Leah Gamble, South, 661; 6) Itzelly Castellano, Dimond, 659; 7) Jimmy Zaken, Chugiak 659; 8) Lauren Suiter, Dimond 653; 9) Olivia Cluff, Dimond 652; 10) Brandon Henderson, Eagle River, 640.
Team Scores
A Team -- 1) South 2,266 -- Leah Gamble 572, Amber Poston 570, Lauren Pearce 564, Lisa Clemens 560. 2) Dimond 2,256 -- Tadashi Kibe 577, Ashley Devon 564, Brie Busey 558, Beth Steele 557; 3) Service 2,243 -- Mike Lindemann 567, Un Kim 563, Audrey Barleen 562, Tyler Altman 551; 4) Chugiak 2,235 -- Matt Martin 573, Jimmy Zaken 570, James Klepzig 566, Alan Mulcahy 526; 5) West 2,226 -- Alex Lorentz 572, Carson Kent 557, Devon Tuck 551, Kevin Kelleher 546; 6) Bartlett 2,199 -- Nelson Esteves-Cruz 552, Nu Xiong 550, Matthew Clarke 548, Samantha Davis 548; 7) Eagle River 2,194 -- Shane Exterkamp 560, Anne Hopkin 552, Eric Sutton 545, Laurren Chun 537; 8) East 2,183 -- Amanda Zarzoza 565, Donavan Walton 563, Steven Thuneman 528, Brett Lindsay 527.
B Team -- 1) Dimond 2,260 -- Lauren Suiter 571, Itzelly Castellano 569, Spencer Greenstein 563, Shelby Devon 557; 2) eagle River 2,212 -- Brandon Hendreson 569, Matt Farley 551, Jasmine Carroll 549, Gordon Smith 543; 3) South 2,201 -- Ray Wonders 563, Jason Cusack 556, Ben Engel 555, Brian Schroeir 527; 4) West 2,173 -- Joseph Milton 567, Johna Rutz 542, Iyndea Kelleher 540, Brock Lane 524; 5) Service 2,080 -- James Schneider 538, Daniel Kranich 537, Agnes Hong 536, Daniel O'Brien 469; 6) East 2,071 -- Ellen Rust 549, Brittany Haacke 539, Marc Milkovich 505, Kekoa Nunez 478; 7) Bartlett 2,066 -- Lindsay Cook 538, William Lucas 536, Anthony Flores 513, Jalynn Bloomer 479; 8) Chugiak 2,056 -- Nate Sinerius 532, Gage Bradford 516, Sarah Caudill 513, Devon Clark 495
C Team -- 1) Dimond 2,216 -- Olivia Cluff 569, Courtney Schuman 552, Chris Smith 548, Stephanie Freeman 547; 2) West 2,134 -- Joshua Heppner 525, Adrian Hazelton 548, liyong Son 548, Alex Brown 513; 3) South 2,120 -- Kenny Corona 5553, Dimitri Darpiak 538, AJ David 518, Cameron Gregg 511; 4) Eagle River 2,052 -- Amanda Kelsey 540, Spencer Klessen 523, Louis Zib 497, Darion Hearld 492; 5) Service 1,991 -- Cole Deal 502, Brianna Bethancourt 501, Ethan Rassmussen 495, Veronica Kyolinora 493; 6) Chugiak 1,967 -- Cody Klepzig 524, Mike Langman 523, Parker Whaley 467, Dyson Hislop 453; 7) East 1,835 -- Alex Guillory 511, Thomas Reintsma 502, Tyler Messinger 427, Russel Gingras 395; 8) Bartlett 1,724 -- Krysa C Daniel 475, Syn Ching Lim 451, Paisley Green 428, Michael Mendez 370.
Winter Airgun Championships
Chugiak's Matt Martin and Jimmy Zaken and West's Alex Lorentz competed for the Borealis Bullseys 4H club at the Winter Airgun Championships in Colorado Springs Dec. 4-6.
The trio of prep stars competed shoulder to shoulder with the best shooters in the country, including former UAF shooters and Bejing Olympic medalists Matt Emmons and Jamie Beyerle.
On the first day of competition, which for the men featured 60 shots from a standing position, Martin shot a 584 out of possible 600 to qualify for the junior finals. He was sixth entering the final and finished in eighth with a total score of 683.2. Martin placed 12th on the second day of shooting and 17th on Day 3 and had a three-day total score of 1,737.
Zaken's highest finish was 31st on the second day of competition and he finished with a three-day total of 1,664.
The women had 40 shots each day from the standing position and Lorentz had a best finish of 34th on the third day. She finished with a three-day score of 1,117.
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