Anchorage Daily News

HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING

Early jump gives Dimond boys crown

Cody Brunette sat with his feet dangling in the Bartlett High pool Saturday, his face blank as he stared across the shallow warm-up pool into nothingness.

Photos: State swimming and diving championships

Dimond punches its ticket to state

After a disheartening loss in the Cook Inlet Conference semifinals, the Dimond volleyball team didn't have long to regroup.

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING

Colony wrestlers claim tourney title

Three-time defending ASAA state champion Colony added a third consecutive unofficial title to its impressive resume by crushing Service 57-14 in the finals of the Alaska Dual Meet Championships at South High on Saturday.

HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY

Cougars win Challenge

Service defeated Lathrop 2-1 Saturday to win the Peninsula Ice Challenge in Kenai.

GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY

Service-East 2, Chugiak-Eagle River 2

Kelsey Watson scored with 17 seconds left in the second period for Chugiak-Eagle River to forge a 2-2 tie with Service-East.

HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING

East's Wicks nabs state mark in 100 backstroke

For many at the state swimming and diving championships, reaching the finals is good enough to make a meet.

Photos: 2009 swimming and diving championships

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

South and Chugiak are in final

South High's youngest player was its biggest leader Friday night as the Wolverines pulled off a deceptively lopsided sweep of defending state champion Dimond in the semifinals of the Cook Inlet Conference volleyball tournament at Service High.

HIGH SCHOOL RIFLERY

Martin scores 291 for Chugiak

Matt Martin continued his stellar shooting with a 291 to lead the Chugiak A team to a 1,141 to 1,119 win over West in Cook Inlet Conference riflery competition Friday.

HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY

Service 5, Sohi 0

Service peppered a pair of Soldotna goalies with 47 shots - five of which found the net - to cruise to a 5-0 nonconference win Friday in Soldotna.

BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY

South 3, Wasilla 2

Kyle Head and Tayler Wells scored goals less than a minute apart in the second period to lift South to a 3-2 win over Wasilla.

GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY

South-Bartlett 7, Dimond-West 3

Jamie Rall scored four goals and added an assist to lead South-Bartlett to a 7-3 win over Dimond-West.

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

Defending champs advance

Dimond's route to a Cook Inlet Conference volleyball title defense began with a rout.

HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING

Service girls eye 10th state title

It's not easy to waltz in a pool, but the Service girls will be looking to do just that this weekend at the state swimming and diving championships at Bartlett's 50 meter pool.

HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING

Bartlett's Eggleton rolls 279

Bartlett's Lauren Eggleton started the high school bowling season in impressive fashion Thursday at Lucky Strike Lanes, rolling a 279 in her first game and finishing with a 705 series.

Mustangs and Lynx tie in their hockey opener

Everyone went home happy Wednesday after the Dimond and Chugiak hockey teams skated to a 3-3 tie that left Ben Boeke buzzing.

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

Cook Inlet tournament begins

Chugiak and South made quick work of their opponents Wednesday to score sweeps on the first day of the Cook Inlet Conference volleyball tournament at Service High.

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING

South 65, ER 16

Six South High wrestlers pinned their opponents, including two who needed less than a minute to prevail, to carry the Wolverines to a 65-16 win over Eagle River in Cook Inlet Conference wrestling Wednesday.

GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY

South-Bartlett rolls

Jamie Rall tallied a hat trick to lead South-Bartlett to an 8-1 victory over Chugiak-Eagle River.

HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING

Pool isn't always kind to state champ with asthma

A pool full of competitors will try to take away Anne Goering's 200-yard freestyle title at the state swimming and diving championships this week at Bartlett High, but Goering's biggest threat might come from the pool itself. The Fairbanks senior suffers from chlorine-induced asthma.

HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY

West's Mendenhall holds East to one goal in hockey opener

Wearing No. 1 on his back, West goalie Blake Mendenhall was the No. 1 star in the Eagles' first game of the 2009-10 campaign.

CIC volleyball tourney is 3-team showcase

This weekend's Cook Inlet Conference volleyball tournament at Service High appears to be a three-team race.