Anchorage Daily News

Leif Karlberg's 27 points fueled a Grace Christian comeback that gave the Grizzles a 54-50 win over Soldotna and put them in tonight's championship game of the Dimond Prep Shootout.

Karlberg was one of only five scorers for Grace Christian, which trailed 19-15 at the half but rallied to lead by as many as eight points in the fourth quarter.

The win pits the Grizzlies in tonight's 7 p.m. championship game against host Dimond.

The Lynx advanced thanks to Ryan Hanley, who collected a game-high 18 points on 7-of-15 shooting to help beat Ketchikan 80-44. He was one of five Lynx who reached double figures in scoring.

Colton Lauwers scored 15 points, Chris Plooy and Dylan Lauwers each added 13 and Travis Thompson collected 10.

In consolation action:

• Ebruzick Frankson poured in 22 points and Point Hope enjoyed a big second half to beat Houston 58-52. The Harpooners trailed by four at the half but outscored Houston 38-28 in the second half. Boomer Blossom scored 14 points for Houston.

• Colin Gozelski scored 15 points and Sean Bavard added 11 to lead Juneau-Douglas past Hutchison of Fairbanks 61-46. Ben Snow and Bryant Palm combined for 26 points for Hutchison.

Dimond Prep Shootout at Dimond High

Friday's Semifinal Results

Dimond 21 20 17 22 -- 80

Ketchikan 7 11 19 7 -- 44

Dimond -- Thompson 10, Romo 3, DuPree 2, Lopez 2, Plooy 13, Hanley 18, D. Lauwers 13, C. Lauwers 15, Bennett 2, Nixon 2.

Ketchikan -- Carpenter 13, K. Manabat 3, Pihl 2, P. Manabat 10, Whicker 3, Scudero 6, Pahang 2, Bell 5.

Soldotna 8 11 12 19 -- 50

Grace Christian 6 9 18 21 -- 54

Soldotna -- Blossom 14, Grubb 8, Carver 6, Aberkane 2, Geller 10, Andrus 10.

Grace Christian -- Davis 6, Karlberg 27, Cotter 4, Groeneweg 4, Fancher 13.

Consolation Results

Houston 9 15 13 15 -- 52

Point Hope 8 12 19 19 -- 58

Houston -- Mason 9, Qual 11, Rothley 6, Moore 3, Herman 14, Thompson 6, Stone 3.

Point Hope -- Lane 8, Sage 5, Tooyak 9, Rock 10, Frankson 22, Harris 4.

Juneau-Douglas 61, Hutchison 46

Hutchison -- Palm 12, Mays 4, Snow 14, Daniel 10, Anderson 1, Pike 5.

Juneau-Douglas -- Saviers 3, Ibesate 2, Mahar 2, Derocher 3, Fagerstrom 7, Craig 1, Bavard 11, Grussendorf 6, Gross 6, Sele 2, Gozelski 15, Tupou 3.

Eagle River 64, Colony 60

Elijah Yaw scored eight points in overtime to boost Eagle River to a 64-60 thriller over Colony in a Friday nonconference game at Colony.

The game was tied 52-52 at the end of regulation, thanks to an Eagle River rally that erased Colony's 40-32 third-quarter lead.

Yaw finished with a game-high 20 points and teammate Patrick Dye scored nine of his 11 points in Eagle River's big fourth quarter. John Palmer led the Knights with 17 points.

Eagle River 15 11 6 20 12 -- 64

Colony 9 15 16 1 28 -- 60

Eagle River -- Dye 11, Ortiz 2, Lurch 4, N. Yaw 11, Bell 2, E. Yaw 20, Harvey 14.

Colony -- Gray 8, Larson 1, Palmer 17, Scott 9, Jacobson 13, Murphy 10, Summers 2.

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