Softball

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.

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.

ALASKA SPORTS ROUNDUP (5/22/12)

West, Chugiak and Service earn state softball berths

The Cook Inlet Conference's four seeds into the state high school softball tournament are set after West, Chugiak and Service won CIC tournament games Tuesday night at Albrecht Fields to join top-seeded East as state qualifiers.

ALASKA SPORTS ROUNDUP (5/21/12)

Moser will be an assistant at Colorado State

Former UAA women's basketball coach Tim Moser, who resigned from his position with the Seawolves earlier this month, has accepted a job as an assistant coach with the Colorado State women's basketball team.

Alaska sports roundup (5/21/12)

Roundup of Alaska sports events

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.

East sweeps South in softball

East celebrated Senior Night with a pair of Cook Inlet Conference victories over South at Wendler Middle School on Thursday, taking the first game 14-0 and the second 13-5.

Alaska sports roundup (5/17/12)

Roundup of Alaska sports events

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

Service baseball tops Dimond 6-2

Service's Johnny Meszaros struck out seven over six innings Tuesday and benefitted from some stellar defensive plays by Jake Ridley and Ryan Caron in a 6-2 Cook Inlet Conference win over Dimond at Mulcahy Stadium.

East sweeps West in softball

East continued an impressive start to its softball season, remaining undefeated with two Cook Inlet Conference wins over West on Saturday at Wendler Middle School.

South sweeps Service in softball

South edged Service in two softball games Thursday at Albrecht Fields, taking the first 12-11 and the second 6-5.

Alaska sports roundup (5/9/12)

Roundup of Alaska sports events

East rules diamond in softball

East romped past a pair of Fairbanks teams Saturday to win the inaugural East-West Invitational, a four-team high school softball tournament at Albrecht Fields.

Alaska sports roundup (5/3/12)

Roundup of Alaska sports events

South 18, Eagle River 2 in softball

Emily Eckroth and Rachel Eytalis each notched a pair of hits to help South steamroll Eagle River 18-2 Saturday in a Cook Inlet Conference softball game at Albrecht Fields, where 20 inches of snow sat little more than a week ago.

SOFTBALL

Nunaka Valley plays for fifth today

Nunaka Valley on Friday parlayed one big inning and stingy pitching into an opportunity today to seize fifth place in the Little League Junior Softball World Series in Kirkland, Wash.

SOFTBALL

Nunaka win not enough to stay alive

Things went Nunaka Valley's way Thursday at the Junior Softball World Series. Until they didn't.

Nunaka Valley softball squad takes on world

The Nunaka Valley Little League junior girls softball team begins its quest for a world championship today in Kirkland, Wash.

SOFTBALL

Nunaka opens strong at softball regionals

The Nunaka Valley girls, who two years ago reached the ultimate international tournament in their softball age group, on Thursday prospered in their latest quest to return to the big stage.

West claims its first softball crown

West's Pauline Tufi struck out seven of the first eight Dimond batters she faced in the state softball championship at Cartee Fields on Saturday. She couldn't keep up the devastating pace, but she finished with 18 strikeouts over 14 innings, pitching two complete games against the Lynx to secure West's first state championship.

Photos: 2011 Alaska state softball championships

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

West soars in tourney

The Eagles began the tournament Friday by beating defending champion Juneau for the first time in school history, 6-3, and then proceeded to shut out West Valley 2-0 to advance to the semifinals for the first time.

Photos: 2011 State Softball Championships