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Spring prep sports begin wrapping up their season this week with Cook Inlet Conference championship tournaments for soccer and baseball in Anchorage and the Alaska School Activities Association state track and field championships at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks.
The Service girls soccer team begins defense of its title today at Dimond at 4 p.m. when they take on eighth-seeded Bartlett (0-13-1). Service earned the top seed with a 13-0-1 regular-season record. The Cougars haven't lost a match since the 2008 CIC championship match against South, making it 39 straight matches without a loss. Also playing at Dimond today are: No. 2 South (11-2-1) versus No. 7 East (2-11-1) at 6 p.m., No. 3 Dimond (10-3-1) versus No. 6 West (4-8-2) at 8 p.m., and No. 4 Chugiak (6-7-1) will play No. 5 Eagle River (5-7-2) at Chugiak at 5 p.m. In boys soccer, South owns three of the past four CIC titles, including the 2009 championship. Dimond (9-0-5) earned the top seed and starts the tournament today against No. 8 Bartlett (0-13-1) at Anchorage Football Stadium at 4 p.m., followed by No. 2 South (9-0-5) versus No. 7 Eagle River (1-11-2) at 6 p.m. and No. 3 Service (8-2-4) versus No. 6 East (5-6-3) at 8 p.m. Fourth ranked Chugiak (7-6-1) will take on No. 5 West (6-7-1) at Chugiak at 7 p.m. Prep baseball begins its CIC round-robin tournament today with a game between eighth seed East (0-7) and fifth seed Chugiak (3-4) at Mulcahy Stadium at 6:30 p.m. Seventh seed Bartlett (1-6) will play sixth seed Eagle River (3-4) at Chad Bax field at 6:30 p.m. The top two teams from this week's CIC tournament will earn the right to play for the state championship June 3-5 at Hermon Brothers Field in Palmer. In track and field, the Dimond girls and Bartlett boys teams are both two-time defending state champions. The ASAA state meet runs Friday and Saturday.