Prep

Dimond boys crowned state soccer champs

Sometimes all it takes is one timely goal to win a soccer match and that's all the Dimond boys needed Saturday in the state high school championship at Dimond Alumni Field.

Photos: 2012 State Soccer

Ferntheil named MVP

Zach Ferntheil did a little bit of everything for an undefeated Service team during the Cook Inlet Conference baseball season, and was rewarded by being named the Don Rabung Most Valuable Player.

Dimond 8, West 3 in baseball

Sagan Osborne pitched a complete-game five-hitter and struck out nine Saturday afternoon, when the Dimond Post 21 beat West Post 1, 8-3 in seven innings at Mulcahy Stadium, in the opening game of the American Legion baseball season for both clubs.

Hooe and Zanders lead South girls to championship victory

Myriad connections bind South High teammates Morgan Hooe and Katelynn Zanders. They live across the street from each other. They've been pals and teammates since elementary school. And in sports, Hooe constructs the build-up and Zanders furnishes the exclamation point.

Colony 6, Wasilla 1 in baseball

Jonathan Boyer scattered eight hits in a seven-inning complete-game performance Friday in Kenai to lift Colony to a 6-1 win over Kenai that earned the Knights the Southcentral Conference championship and a state tournament berth.

South edges Dimond girls soccer team

For the second time in six days, 80 minutes of regulation did not separate the South and Dimond girls soccer teams.

Juneau boys soccer team grabs victory late

With roughly 30 seconds left in stoppage time, in a boys soccer match that seemed destined for overtime Friday, Juneau's Johnny Joyce scored on a free kick to seize a 2-1 semifinal win over West in the state high school soccer tournament.

State soccer results, matchs

Friday's results and game schedule for Saturday

East wins softball conference crown

Bouncing back from a Wednesday loss to West that pierced its undefeated season, the East High softball team beat West twice on Thursday night to win the Cook Inlet Conference tournament title and seize the top seed in next week’s state tournament.

Juneau boys open with win

The Juneau boys began defense of their state soccer title on the right foot Thursday at Tom Huffer Sr. Stadium, thanks in large part to the feet of senior Johnny Joyce.

Photos: State Soccer

PREP SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Wolfe sisters deliver for Soldotna

After 40 unproductive minutes Thursday morning in the opening round of the state high school soccer championships, the Soldotna High girls wiped the slate clean.

PREP BASEBALL

Bartlett's winning attitude

During their first Cook Inlet Conference baseball game this season, a game they were losing badly, the nine players on the Bartlett baseball team weren't exactly in a good frame of mind.

CIC SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT

Eagles hand T-birds first loss of season

West High on Wednesday did what no softball team has been able to do this Cook Inlet Conference season -- beat East.

PREP SOCCER

Top-seed Dimond ready for state

Spend a few minutes with players on the Dimond boys soccer team and it's easy to see the Lynx are enjoying themselves, ribbing one another good-naturedly and brimming with confidence.

Dimond sweeps soccer honors

Dimond High owns the top seeds in the state high school soccer tournament this week after sweeping last week's Cook Inlet Conference tournaments, and the Lynx have also swept the Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year awards.

STATE SOCCER TOURNAMENT

Dimond girls will open against Service

Dimond High's reward for winning the Cook Inlet Conference girls tournament last week: A brutal bracket in this week's state championships.

Dimond outlasts South 4-3 in tight match

At times when the Cook Inlet Conference girls championship soccer game stretched to penalty kicks Saturday, Dimond High goalkeeper Katelyn Sweeney stood on her line and stretched her arms horizontally, trying to make herself look big and imposing.

Photos: Boys and girls Cook Inlet Conference soccer finals

Dimond goalie makes right move in 2-1 win

As dominant as the Dimond Lynx have been during the Cook Inlet Conference boys soccer season, it isn't often goalie Arturo Oberto is called upon to make clutch saves in the closing minutes of a match.

Bartlett boys take 17th state track title

The Bartlett Golden Bears dressed for success Saturday at the state track and field championships in Fairbanks. On the backs of their flashy, fluorescent yellow sweatshirts was a list of goals. One of them was a 17th boys state championship.

Service claims the CIC baseball crown

By virtue of its 5-1 win over Chugiak and Dimond's 7-5 win over South at Mulcahy Stadium, undefeated Service clinched the Cook Inlet Conference baseball title Saturday.

South sweeps Soldotna in softball

South put up a combined 20 runs in two wins Saturday, defeating Soldotna 11-2 and 9-6 in a nonconference softball doubleheader at Albrecht Fields.