Nico Del Valle carded rounds of 82 and 80 to emerge as the top golfer at the two-day Alaska Junior Golf Association state championship Monday and Tuesday at Eagleglen Golf Course.
Playing in the division for 13-14-year-old boys, Del Valle shot rounds of 82 on Monday and 80 on Tuesday.
Finishing one stroke behind and winning the division for 16-18-year-old boys was Jake Eubank. Eubank shot the tournament's lowest round, a 77 on Monday, but his 86 on Tuesday put him at 163.
The only other golfers to break 80 were in the 13-14 division. Demetrius Johnson fired a 79 Monday and Gabriel Carreon shot 79 Tuesday.
Kyla Carlson took the girls title with back-to-back rounds of 85. Her 170 total gave her a 15-stroke victory.
Alaska Junior Golf Association state championship
Boys 16-18
1) Jake Eubank 77-86--163; 2) Travis Heyroth 84-82--166; 3) Blaise Thompson 91-87--178; 4) Jonathan Chang 98-82--180; 5) Aaron McPheters 85-97--182; 6) Brian Bradley 91-92--183; 7) Bryson Schmitz 88-96--184; 8) Justin Woods 94-91--185; 9) Tyler Yamada 102-87--189; 10) Matty Taylor 90-105--195; 11) Jared Cruz 103-94--197; 12) Daniel Etzwiler 97-102--199; 13) Jordan Clevenger 101-98--199; 14) River Calloway 96-106--202.
Girls 14-19
1) Kyla Carlson 85-85--170; 2) Megan Warren 85-100--185.
Boys 13-14
1) Nico Del Valle 82-80--162; 2) Harry Wiegel 82-83--165; 3) Demetrius Johnson 79-87--166; 4) Gabriel Carreon 89-79--168; 5) Chase Bomar 86-84--170; 6) Jack Newell 82-89--171; 7) Tyler Young 83-92--175; 8) Max Dye 94-83--177; 9) Nick Beeson 89-92--181; 10) Parker Kizer 151-139--290.
Boys 10-12 (9 holes each day)
1) Jay Smith 45-41—86 (won 3-hole playoff); 2) Seth Mascho 42-44—86; 3) Sullivan Menard 41-45 —86; 4) Ben Broyles 49-46--95; 5) Max Escobedo 52-44--96; 6) Hunter Schmitz 48-52--100; 7) Grant Epple 51-55--106; 8) Shane Sundberg 62-55--117; 9) Cody Nye 66-55--121; 10) Brock Kant 57-66--123; 11) Tyler Graeber 73-63--136.
Girls 11-13 (9 holes each day)
1) Quincy Taylor 56-46--102; 2) Danica Schmidt 61-53--114; 3) Katelin Richards 60-57--117; 4) Aliann Schmidt 67-57--124; 5) Carter Nelson 72-68--140; 6) Caitlin Gohr 71-71--142; 7) Emma Broyles 75-72--147; 8) Gabriella Gohr 85-78--163.
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Cycling: Loan takes 10th Tour
Sheryl Loan's 10th Tour of Anchorage title came at the expense of her daughter.
Loan beat daughter Kinsey by more than two minutes in the overall standings of the four-day, five-race series, using dominating performances in the hill climb and time trial to add to her record number of Tour titles.
Loan's total time of 5 hours, 38 minutes, 8 seconds out her 1:55 ahead of runnerup Kinsey and 3:03 ahead of third-place Amber Stull.
John Sindell took the men's title in 6:37:07, beating runnerup Jason Lamoreaux by 56 seconds.
Sheryl Loan won two of the five races, taking the Potter Valley hill climb with a 35-second edge over Kinsey Loan and the Point MacKenzie time trial with a 72-second gap over Stull.
Kinsey Loan won the Kincaid Park circuit race and the Martin Luther King Blvd. criterium; Stull topped the Point MacKenzie road race. In all three of those races, Sheryl Loan trailed by only a second or two.
The men's expert division produced four race winners, with Sindell capping his overall championship by winning Sunday's criterium, the final race of the series. Other race winners included Richard Tilton in the circuit race and road race, Daniel Folmar in the time trial and James Stull in the hill climb.
Tour of Anchorage
Overall champions
Beginner men -- Ethan Lynn. Beginner women -- Julie Kane. Expert men -- John Sindell. Expert women -- Sheryl Loan. Junior boys -- Kyle Stone. Junior girls -- Zoe Xavier. Master men (40-plus) -- Christopher Knott. Master men (55-plus) -- Pete Johnson. Master women (40-plus) -- Stacy Steinberg. Master women (55 plus) -- Trish Jenkins. Sport men -- Marcus Farris. Sport women -- Christina Grande.
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Running: Johnson sets 5-K pace
Signe Johnson clocked the fastest time, beating all the men as well as all the women, in Sunday's 5-kilometer Running With the Bulls at the Palmer Musk Ox Farm.
Johnson finished in 21 minutes, 45.89 seconds, finishing more than two minutes ahead of the next-fastest woman and about 17 seconds ahead of the fastest man.
Kenneth Conaway nipped Hunter Hayes by half a second to claim the men's victory in 22:02.56.
The 10-K titles went to John Bishop (42:34.20) and Angelica Remaley (50:54.6.).
Running with the Bulls, Palmer Musk Ox Farm, 5 kilometers
Women 24 and under -- 1. Johnson, Signe, 21:45.89; 2. Haan, Tracie, 23:50.97; 3. Doner, Heidi, 24:59.43; 4. Skvorc, Caitlin, 25:16.41; 5. Colberg, Eva, 28:13.15; 6. Klebesadel, Jenni, 30:09.40; 7. Spaulding, Robin, 30:48.50; 8. Carlson, Emily, 31:13.22; 9. Setser, Laura, 31:20.27; 10. Kalytalk, Nina, 32:07.02; 11. McKeel, Brianna, 32:18.43; 12. Anders, Marti, 32:32.81; 13. Monaghan, Jessica, 32:33.99; 14. Carlson, Eva, 32:35.16; 15. Rose, Christina, 33:19.87; 16. Sala, Venicia, 34:26.44; 17. Grenier, Kellee, 34:58.05; 18. Payne, Gracie, 35:49.79; 19. Gittlein, Kathryn, 37:12.01; 20. Whittington-Evans, Rya, 39:46.30; 21. Anthony, Courtney, 41:57.10; 22. Olsen, Shaelyn, 43:05.04; 23. Sfakianos, Camryn, 44:46.03; 24. Knott, Tiffany, 46:48.97; 25. Baker, Jaden, 46:57.17; 26. Outterson, Rachel, 48:18.23; 27. Feliz-Hamilton, Shannon, 48:48.69; 28. Snavley, Calista, 51:27.46; 29. Allen, Sierra, 51:48.87; 30. Shea, Lucy, 55:14.28; 31. Wear, Raevan, 55:21.89; 32. Rinella, MyKennan, 55:22.50; 33. Barsalou, Cassandra, 58:22.79; 34. Barsalou, Madison, 58:23.19; 35. Powell, Natalie, 58:59.39; 36. Taliaferro, Gracie, 1:15:19.02; 37. Svuick, Carla, 1:20:08.28.
Women 25-44 -- 1. Jordan, Laura, 25:28.94; 2. Lantz, Melissa, 28:13.77; 3. Niemann, Laura, 28:34.21; 4. Anderson, Nina, 29:05.28; 5. Brothis, Kellyn, 29:13.45; 6. Kellman, Jen, 30:45.03; 7. Moffitt, Kristin, 31:07.25; 8. Husby, Katie, 31:20.82; 9. Bishop, Brandy J., 31:53.85; 10. Hayes, Christa, 32:23.41; 11. McKeel, Jousette, 32:58.92; 12. Walker, Molly, 33:19.12; 13. Apthorp, Danielle, 33:32.80; 14. Kyrisch, Hannah, 33:49.80; 15. Roland Johnson, Jessica, 34:07.89; 16. Bell, Adrian, 35:45.63; 17. Sipos, Tammy, 35:46.49; 18. Basdaras, Marianthi, 36:49.54; 19. Pauling, Adrienne, 37:12.44; 20. Shipr, O'Hara, 37:51.23; 21. Clemons, Marcia, 38:21.83; 22. Annell, Heidi, 38:33.46; 23. Guhl, Meredith, 38:37.44; 24. Jensen, Jolene, 38:53.85; 25. Hughes, Emily, 38:54.80; 26. Link, Billijo, 39:09.08; 27. Mayberry, Ambver, 39:15.57; 28. Emmons, Susan, 39:38.76; 29. Johnson, Amy, 39:39.90; 30. Wagoner, Shelby, 41:30.23; 31. Ahnupkana, Wendy, 41:50.22; 32. Hopper, Bunny, 41:51.59; 33. Anthony, Jennifer, 44:44.05; 34. Sfakianos, Stacey, 44:48.89; 35. Johnson, Kate, 45:11.68; 36. Walker, Emily, 45:17.20; 37. Faria, Candice, 45:35.71; 38. Gregs, Stephanie, 45:36.84; 39. Cruthers, Katie, 46:04.76; 40. Werner, Barbara, 46:44.37; 41. George, Katie, 47:14.85; 42. Board, Susan, 47:38.10; 43. Walker, Robin, 50:29.23; 44. Springer, Carmen, 51:52.11; 45. Bishop, Brandy, 58:38.44; 46. Foster, Ashley, 58:45.05; 47. Smith, Jackie, 59:02.57; 48. Powell, Vanessa, 59:06.14; 49. Phillipsen, Crystal, 59:17.81; 50. Mooney, Breann, 59:18.31; 51. Habig, Shara, 1:02:09.85; 52. Taliaferro, Lori, 1:15:18.37; 53. Wright, Randi, 1:15:19.49; 54. Takashima, Rie, 1:20:12.63.
Women 45 and over -- 1. Skvorc, Susan, 28:00.54; 2. Kalytiak, Tracy, 31:44.26; 3. Holt, Robbie, 34:22.95; 4. Wagoner, Sonya, 36:23.78; 5. Criss, Meg, 39:55.66; 6. Davis, Marla, 40:06.20; 7. Reeves, Susan, 40:50.80; 8. Johnson, Theresa, 42:19.60; 9. Andress, Loraine, 44:42.23; 10. Hallford, Lynn, 45:15.14; 11. Janecek, Kitza, 46:29.52; 12. Cooper, Elizabeth, 46:30.33; 13. Hughes, Shelley, 46:43.17; 14. Sexton, Sandra, 46:47.45; 15. Andress, Loretta, 47:35.27; 16. Stanford, Kimala, 47:36.82; 17. Lloyd, Debra, 47:42.94; 18. Pekins, Maynerd, 49:16.16; 19. Tornqnst, Kristina, 50:09.13; 20. Miller, Pat, 50:15.32; 21. Barsalou, Jennifer, 53:03.85; 22. Albecker, Petra, 53:06.23; 23. Johnson, Barb, 58:43.97; 24. Gittlein, Trudi, 59:03.11; 25. Bishop, Katherine, 1:01:16.27; 26. Agnew, Penny, 1:02:10.51; 27. Desnoyers, Jane, 1:20:10.74.
Men 24 and under -- 1. Conaway, Kenneth, 22:02.56; 2. Hayes, Hunter, 22:03.01; 3. Bell, Isaak, 22:12.96; 4. Friese, Matthew, 25:00.04; 5. Cadieux, Alex, 25:26.75; 6. Hayes, Landon, 25:58.64; 7. Simpson, Jack, 26:00.30; 8. Harvey, Keith Allen, 26:12.46; 9. Husby, Micah, 26:31.24; 10. Hodgson, Gunnar, 27:22.42; 11. Tornquist, Linus, 29:54.44; 12. Ogburn, Brendan, 30:48.20; 13. Bell, Avery, 32:05.27; 14. Olsen, Tyler, 34:12.36; 15. Bell, Ellis, 35:16.63; 16. Davis, Culter, 39:14.00; 17. Powell, Tristan, 59:06.72; 18. Feliz-Hamilton, Zachery, 1:02:33.64.
Men 25-44 -- 1. Sala, Erwin, 24:32.61; 2. Curtner, Cole, 25:15.56; 3. Lantz, John, 28:14.22; 4. Cooper, Shane, 28:21.38; 5. Kellman, Scott, 28:41.43; 6. Anders, Jake, 29:53.26; 7. Amskold, Larry, 37:53.10; 8. Geren, Brian, 39:17.30; 9. Wagoner, Kris, 43:43.06; 10. Garcia, Theo, 46:54.68; 11. Board, David, 47:19.33; 12. Wenger, Haim, 53:03.18; 13. Foster, Troy, 57:22.33; 14. Hamilton, Chad, 1:02:34.07.
Men 45 and over -- 1. Weaver, Todd, 24:21.20; 2. Criss, Mike, 26:57.57; 3. Willeto, Joe, 28:39.54; 4. Robinson, Mitchell, 28:46.83; 5. Colberg, Talis, 30:00.61; 6. McCrudden, Michael, 30:07.17; 7. Davis, Allen, 31:06.67; 8. Dearborn, Barry, 32:53.01; 9. Abbott, Ronald, 33:20.91; 10. Carlson, Jon, 34:57.11; 11. Anders, Michael, 37:43.89; 12. Stark, Craig, 44:57.66; 13. Tornguist, Stefan, 49:07.53; 14. Hughes, Roger, 59:23.92; 15. Morimoto, Koji, 1:20:14.46.
10 kilometers
Women 25 and under -- 1. Remaley, Angelica, 50:54.60; 2. Geraghty, Coki, 54:11.50; 3. Feliz-Hamilton, Jourdan, 1:11:18.70.
Women 26-46 -- 1. Wasson, Lynette, 54:53.90; 2. Maxwell, Becky, 57:26.70; 3. Baxter, Christine, 57:57.00; 4. Hambach, Andrea, 1:07:19.80; 5. Bosin, Anna, 1:14:08.50; 6. Boss, Sheri, 1:14:37.80; 7. Jenski, Kari, 1:19:16.10; 8. Peters, Theresa, 1:23:09.40; 9. Feliz-Hamilton, Julia, 1:25:41.10; 10. Corcoran, Calley, 1:32:00.00; 11. Prouty, Jan, 1:36:00.00.
Women 47 and over --1. Stigar, Stacie, 1:02:24.50; 2. Harvey, Julie, 1:03:27.90; 3. Bruden, Dana, 1:08:22.20; 4. Slaven, Theresa, 1:20:17.20; 5. Helm, Dot, 1:21:08.90; 6. Dehn, Carmel, 1:25:09.20.
Men 26-46 -- 1. Bishop, John, 42:34.20; 2. Anders, Tom, 49:57.40; 3. Shubert, Nathanial, 50:33.00; 4. Habig, Colby, 51:31.40; 5. Peters, Charlie, 52:32.00; 6. Wasson, Sam, 52:56.20; 7. Abbott, Christopher, 57:16.00; 8. Faria IV, Bathwell, 1:01:56.80; 9. Bell, Brad, 1:16:07.40; 10. Boss, Casey, 1:23:06.40.
Men 47 and over -- 1. Burton, Thomas, 44:35.30; 2. Twodock, Paul, 48:15.60; 3. Myers, Rusty, 57:07.80; 4. Strabel, Ed, 1:01:09.30; 5. Harvey, Keith, 1:02:04.90; 6. Feaster, James, 1:17:55.20.
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