The unbeaten Dimond flag football team has already locked down the top seed for next week's Cook Inlet Conference playoffs, but uncertainty still exists for the second and third-place teams in the final week of the regular season.
By virtue of Monday's win over Chugiak, West moved into second place, but if the 8-5 Eagles lose to East on Thursday, the 8-5 Mustangs can regain second place with a win over Service.
The CIC regular season comes to a close with all eight teams in action Thursday. The playoffs are scheduled to begin Tuesday.
High School Flag football
COOK INLET CONFERENCE standings
W L
Dimond 13 0
West 8 5
Chugiak 8 5
East 6 7
Eagle River 6 7
Service 5 8
South 4 9
Bartlett 2 11
West 18, Chugiak 6
West used a strong defensive effort Monday to defeat Chugiak 18-6 in a Cook Inlet Conference flag football game at Tom Huffer Sr. Stadium.
Anna Sophia Roberts led the Eagles with 14 pulls, Mimi Troxel added seven pulls and Morgan Hepner made two interceptions, returning one 36 yards for a touchdown.
Shiccia Harris-Grant gave West a 6-0 lead on a 2-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, but Chugiak returned an interception 86 yards before halftime for a 6-6 tie.
West put the game away with Hepner's interception return and a 36-yard punt return for a touchdown from Harris-Grant in the second half.
prep basketball
Lady Hoops wins two
The Alaska Lady Hoops Elite basketball team, which includes some of the top girls high school players, finished 2-2 at last weekend's Fall Classic Showcase tournament in Seattle.
Led by 16 points and nine rebounds from North Pole's Josie Broderick and 13 points from Valdez' Alex Derifield, Alaska lost 56-53 in an early game Sunday to the Revolution of Washington, before bouncing back with a 69-34 win of the Stealth of Seattle.
handball
Moreno, Arlington win
Luis Moreno and Jim Arlington teamed to win the Memorial-Youth Development doubles handball tournament at The Alaska Club Midtown last weekend.
Memorial-Youth Development
Open division -- 1) Luis Moreno/Jim Arlington; 2) Chris Kilday/Brandon Cuaresma; 3) Jorge Mandevil/Charles Lindemuth. A division -- 1) Kelly King/Felix Martinez; 2) J.R. Lugo/Abraham Lugo; 3) Pat Crowley/Chris Carpentier. B division -- 1) Scott Norman/Cary Sycks; 2) Jose Martignon/Louis Rasic; 3) Dean Diama/Dave Weatherholt. Masters (50 and older) -- 1) Chris Kilday/Mike Jordan; 2) Sushil Wanigatunga/Mike Spillane; 3) J.R. Lugo/Steve Kari.
SWIMMING
Dimond sweeps
The Dimond girls and boys each turned in convincing victories last weekend in a Cook Inlet Conference swimming and diving meet at East High.
Girls
Team results -- Dimond 155, East 97, Service 72
200 Medley Relay -- 1) Dimond (Rhode, Wray, Wilcox, Williams), 1:56.97; 2) East, 2:04.40; 3) Dimond, 2:05.57. 200 Free -- 1) Cavanaugh, E, 2:06.67; 2) Oakley, D, 2:08.40; 3) Burr, E, 2:12.88. 200 IM -- 1) Rohde, D, 2:18.11; 2) Pierce, E, 2:34.84; 3) Schlenker, S, 2:38.90. 50 Free -- 1) Sauerbrey, E, 26.20; 2) Cuancara, D, 27.43; 3) Paskvan, D, 27.65. 1-meter diving -- 1) Bennett, D, 128.05; 2) Parish, D, 107.25; 3) Christianson, E, 92.85. 100 Butterfly -- 1) Cavanaugh, E, 1:01.70; 2) Hampton, D, 1:04.01; 3) Flores, D, 1:12.08. 100 Free -- 1) Wilcox, D, 57.06; 2) Sauerbrey, E, 57.46; 3) Hodgson, S, 1:00.56. 500 Free -- 1) Wray, D, 5:45.27; 2) Tarbath, S, 6:06.02; 3) Hawkins, D, 6:07.39. 200 Free Relay -- 1) Dimond (Hampton, Hanson, Oakley, Williams), 1:47.77; 2) Dimond, 1:54.28; 3) Service, 2:00.19. 100 Backstroke -- 1) Burr, E, 1:05.58; 2) Hanson, D, 1:06.27; 3) Hodgson, S, 1:07.18. 100 Breaststroke -- 1) Williams, D, 1:17.21; 2) Ross, D, 1:20.62; 3) Wangstrom, S, 1:21.55. 400 Free Relay -- 1) Dimond (Wilcox, Wray, Rhode, Oakley), 3:53.41; 2) East, 4:02.46; 3) Dimond, 4:07.22.
Boys
Team results -- Dimond 149, Service 109, East 68.
200 Medley Relay -- 1) Dimond (Chan, O'Brien, Summers, Ursin), 1:46.22; 2) Service, 1:49.00; 3) Dimond, 1:53.96. 200 Free -- 1) Wilcox, D, 1:55.03; 2) Hanni, D, 1:59.41; 3) Rogers, S, 2:01.45. 200 IM -- 1) Adams, S, 2:07.79; 2) Chan, D, 2:10.28; 3) Cuancara, D, 2:15.43. 50 Free -- 1) Ursin, D, 23.42; 2) Haas, S, 24.96; 3) Jeffries, D, 25.03. 1-meter diving -- 1) Desatoff, D, 167.20; 2) Madland, D, 153.60; 3) Austin, S, 108.95. 100 Butterfly -- 1) Berlin, S, 1:01.66; 2) Steger, E, 1:01.75; 3) Mills, D, 1:03.16. 100 Free -- 1) Krasnican, S, 50.50; 2) Summers, D, 50.56; 3) Hanni, D, 54.51. 500 Free -- 1) Wilcox, D, 5:25.11; 2) Rogers, S, 5:28.24; 3) Emerson, E, 5:33.21. 200 Free Relay -- 1) Dimond (Ursin, Summers, Hanni, Jeffries), 1:33.51; 2) Service, 1:40.95; 3) East, 1:42.76. 100 Backstroke -- 1) Chan, D, 57.57; 2) Steger, E, 58.37; 3) Adams, S, 59.48. 100 Breaststroke -- 1) O'Brien, D, 1:05.38; 2) Krasnican, S, 1:08.21; 3) Cuancara, D, 1:09.14. 400 Free Relay -- 1) Dimond (Wilcox, Summers, Hanni, Chan), 3:30.16; 2) Service, 3:33.66; 3) Dimond, 3:47.78.
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