A single bull’s-eye made the difference in the tight battle for individual honors at Saturday’s Cook Inlet Conference riflery championships.
Grace Fernandez of South and Jasmine Kobayashi of Dimond both shot scores of 285, but Fernandez took the conference championship by shooting 13 bull's-eyes to Kobayashi's 12.
Kobayashi led a deep Dimond squad to the team championship with a score of 3,287. Fernandez and the Wolverines placed second with 3,216.
The individual competition was close among many of the top-10 finishers. Total bull's-eyes broke ties for fourth place, sixth place and ninth place.
Coach-of-the-year honors were shared by Service's Tom Foust and Dimond's John Snead, and Dimond earned the academic award with a team grade-point average of 3.81.
Team scores
1) Dimond 3,287; 2) South 3,216; 3) Eagle River 3,176; 4) Service 3,174; 5) West 3,161; 6) Chugiak 2,990; 7) Bartlett 2,863; 8) East 2,823.
Top 10 individuals
1) Grace Fernandez, South 285-13; 2) Jasmine Kobayashi, Dimond 285-12; 3) Justus Augustin, South 283; 4) Ashtin Bennett, Eagle River 282-14; 5) Hannah Fitzgerald, Chugiak 282-12; 6) Taylor Zagrocki, Dimond 281-11; 7) Stefani Martinez, Service 281-10; 8) Michael Stoddard, South 279; 9) Faythe Morris, South 278-13; 10) Jerica Manaois, 278-11.