Anchorage Daily News

The Dimond Lynx survived a first-half scare and fired up their engines in the final two quarters to beat Grace Christian 75-63 in the Dimond Prep Shootout championship game on Saturday night.

After Dimond grabbed an early three-point lead after the first quarter, Grace took control with a 37-31 halftime lead.

But a pack of Lynx proved there was no need to fear.

Chris Plooy's game-high 21 points and 10 rebounds led three Dimond players who finished with double doubles.

Ryan Hanley delivered 16 points and grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds. Colton Lauwers had 14 points, 12 boards.

Travis Thompson also collected 14, while Michael DuPree added 10 off the bench.

Leif Karlberg's 19 points led Grace, while teammate Ron Fancher chipped in 17.

Here's what happened in consolation action:

• Matt Grubb sank all six of his free throws and two shots from 3-point range to finish with a game-high 22 points and lead Soldotna past Ketchikan 60-45 in the third-place game.

• Eric Gross collected 17 points to help Juneau-Douglas dominate Point Hope 80-51 in the fourth-place game.

• Cole Daniel delivered a game-high 21 points to help Hutchison beat Houston 55-48 in a game that was tied going into the fourth quarter.

Dimond Prep Shootout

At Dimond High

Saturday's Championship Game

Grace Christian 11 26 13 13 -- 63

Dimond 14 17 26 18 -- 75

Grace Christian -- Davis 9, Karlberg 19, Cotter 2, Edwards 7, Groeneweg, Fancher 17.

Dimond -- Thompson 14, DuPree 10, Plooy 21, Hanley 16, Lauwers 14.

Saturday's Consolation Results

Soldotna 11 10 17 22 -- 60

Ketchikan 4 12 6 23 -- 45

Soldotna -- Story 2, Blossom 3, Grubb 22, Carver 4, Aberkane 6, Blossom 2, Geller 3, Bauder 5, Jansen 1, Andrus 12.

Ketchikan -- Carpenter 6, K. Manabat 4, P. Manabat 13, Scudero 8, Pahang 4, Bell 2, Allen 2, Headley 6.

Juneau 20 17 15 28 -- 80

Point Hope 11 14 14 12 -- 51

Juneau -- Saviers 10, Derocher 9, Fagerstrom 8, Craig 10, Bavard 8, Grussendorf 6, Er. Gross 17, Gozelski 12.

Point Hope -- Lane 10, Sage 8, Tooyak 7, Rock 8, E. Frankson 14, Harris 2, Koonuk 2.

Hutchison 10 13 12 20 -- 55

Houston 12 13 10 13 -- 48

Hutchison -- Palm 6, Erhart 3, Mays 7, Rima 8, Bynum 1, Snow 7, Daniel 21, Pike 2.

Houston -- Mason 15, Qual 15, Moore 9, Herman 5, Thompson 4.

<strong>Heritage 52, Seward 40</strong>

Jesse Miessner poured in a game-high 24 points to power Heritage Christian over visiting Seward in a Southcentral Conference game on Saturday.

Jeremiah Ridgeway added 15 points for the Eagles, who trailed by one at halftime and put the heat on Seward in the second half, outscoring the Seahawks 36-23.

Seward 8 9 7 16 -- 40

Heritage Christian 8 8 11 25 -- 52

Seward -- Prochazka 4, Price 5, Beck 7, Perea 15, Buchanan 9.

Heritage Christian -- Millar 7, Ridgeway 15, Miessner 24, G. Vreeman 4, Brady 2.

GIRLS

Four teams finish 2-1 at T-bird Classic

Parity was the theme at the Lady T-bird Classic thanks to the four teams that finished 2-1 at East High's annual round-robin tournament.

Juneau-Douglas, Ketchikan, Chugiak and defending Class 4A champion Colony finished the three-day tournament with the same record.

The Mustangs entered Saturday's final day as the only 2-0 team with previous wins over Soldotna and Colony.

But Chugiak ended up falling 66-40 to Juneau. The Crimson Bears used a 34-12 run mid-way through the game to win the tournament title, which was determined by total team points in three games.

A trio of Juneau players collected 12 points, while Mahlet Tingley's 11 points.

Liz Meddaugh led Chugiak with 14 points and Emily Watzke's was the Mustangs' player of the game with six points.

After losing to Chugiak 46-44 on Friday, Colony bounced back Saturday with a 67-60 win over Ketchikan.

Alex Coon's game-high 26 points and Allie Grazulis' 15 points powered the Knights.

Lady T-bird Classic

At East High

All-Tournament Team -- Jazmine Scott, East; Jessie Duke, Soldotna; Kathleen Reno, Ketchikan; Alexis Edwardson, Ketchikan; Kristin Dierick, Juneau; Sara Tarver, Juneau; Alex Coon, Colony; Allie Grazulis, Colony; Liz Meddaugh, Chugiak. MVP -- Lacy Effenberger, Ketchikan (64 points).

Saturday's Results

Juneau-Douglas 18 20 14 14 -- 66

Chugiak 16 8 4 12 -- 40

Juneau-Douglas -- Johnson 2, Henderson 12, Dierick 12, Tingley 11, Tarver 9, Highley 12, Larson 4, Swofford 4.

Chugiak -- Murphy 4, Watzke 6, Meddaugh 14, Seierup 3, Clifford 8, Schwenne 2, Kavanaugh 3.

Colony 16 13 1 3 1 4 7 -- 67

Ketchikan 19 12 12 13 4 -- 60

Colony -- Garrod 4, Klapperich 3, Bowker 4, Grazulis 15, Coon 26, Eisenhower 3, Larson 12.

Ketchikan -- Greaves 2, Effenberger 28, Edwardson 8, Reno 6, Ortiz 3, Blair 13.

Soldotna 18 13 20 22 -- 73

East 20 15 8 17 -- 60

Soldotna -- Stenga 15, Dystra 7, Heffner 13, Hardcastle 2, Duke 22, Hardy 2, Satathite 12.

East -- R. Schoenborn 20, A. Schoenborn 2, Chapman 10, Scott 9, Rivers 6, Swisher 2, Owens 11.

<strong>Friday's Results</strong>

Ketchikan 25 14 11 11 -- 61

Soldotna 8 12 8 9 -- 37

Ketchikan -- Patton 2, Effenberger 17, Edwardson 14, Reno 16, Watson 2, Blair 5.

Soldotna -- Sholin 2, Stenga 6, Dystra 4, Hardcastle 2, Duke 3, Hardy 7, Truesdell 2.

Chugiak 10 12 15 9 -- 46

Colony 18 9 9 8 -- 44

Chugiak -- Murphy 9, Watzke 10, Meddaugh 14, Seierup 2, Clifford 8, Kavanaugh 3.

Colony -- Garrod 4, Bowker 15, Grazulis 10, Coon 13, Larson 2.

East 17 11 8 12 -- 48

Juneau-Douglas 20 22 24 16 -- 82

East -- R. Schoenborn 7, A. Schoenborn 7, Chapman 5, Scott 15, Rivers 5, Swisher 2, Owens 7.

Juneau-Douglas -- Johnson 10, Henderson 8, Dierick 18, Tingley 7, Brakes 6, Tarver 17, Highley 3, Larson 6, Swofford 7.

<strong>Wasilla 66, South 37</strong>

Wasilla's all-state guard Jenna Johnson and Celeste Colegrove combined for half of the Warriors' points Saturday in their nonconference victory over visiting South.

Johnson, a senior, finished with 16 points and Colegrove, a sophomore, collected a game-high 17 points.

Alex Brewster led the Wolverines with 13 points.

South 11 17 3 6 -- 37

Wasilla 10 22 15 19 -- 66

South -- Cole 2, Brewster 13, Gurule 9, Pichler 5, Stophlet 2, Stark 6.

Wasilla -- Frizzelle 1, Apangalock 5, Nuss 2, Naczi 2, Johnson 16, Bialka 1, Colegrove 17, Troisi 8, Cuttle.

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