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Juneau-Douglas High School sophomore Leah Francis won the inaugural Nike Team Nationals Northwest Region Championship race Saturday at Eagle Island State Park in Boise, Idaho.
Luiten-led comeback gives East hockey tournament title
Ryan Luiten bagged a pair of goals and assisted on Kyle Little's game-winner with 45 seconds left in regulation to lift the East Thunderbirds to a 4-3 win over Wasilla in the championship game of the Curtis C. Menard II Memorial Tournament on Saturday in Wasilla.
South sweeps to 4A title trifecta
The South High Wolverines are still queens of the court. South captured its third consecutive Class 4A state volleyball championship Saturday.
Cordova 3-peats in 3A volleyball
John Harding and his Cordova volleyball team had a good hair day. Wearing an atrociously long, sandy blonde mullet wig as a promise to the Wolverines, the seventh-year coach led the program to its third consecutive Class 3A state championship on Saturday at West High.
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
Of all the memories Colony's Hannah Curtis plans to keep from her final year of high school, Friday's Class 4A state semifinal match may top the list. Colony will face two-time defending champion South, which swept Eagle River 25-20, 25-17, 25-14 in the other semifinal match, for the state title.
Dimond ends South hockey's streak at 49 games
In a flash, with a little less than eight minutes to play in regulation, South's Connor Wright found himself with the puck at the attacking blue line with only Dimond goalie Mickey Geraghty standing between him and a 2-2 tie.
Wrestling tournament puts ASAA on the spot
Can a school or district decide to call a sports tournament a "state championship" without the blessing of the Alaska School Activities Association, the sanctioning body of Alaska high school athletics?
Cordova is back in familiar territory with win
Cordova's three game sweep of Nikiski in the opening round of the state 3A volleyball tournament came almost as an afterthought.
Warriors hockey clobbers Malemutes 6-0
Sophomore Matthew Friese scored twice in the second period, both on feeds from older brother Adam, to spark Wasilla in a non-conference win over Lathrop Thursday in the Curtis C. Menard II hockey tournament at Menard Memorial Arena in Wasilla.
Juneau-Douglas' volleyball team should have this game five thing down to a science. The Crimson Bears played three consecutive matches that went to a decisive fifth game at last week's Southeast Conference tournament.
Cordova is back in familiar territory with win
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
When Eagle River fought back from an 0-2 deficit to beat Service in five games at last weekend's third-place match of the Cook Inlet Conference tournament, senior setter Jennifer Marshall kept her promise not to cry.
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
East hockey drops seven on Colony in win
East scored six goals in the final two periods to blow open a 1-1 game after one period in the first round of the Curtis Menard Memorial Tournament in Wasilla on Wednesday.
Best volleyball squads in state ready to spike for titles
Defending state champions South and Cordova both will be aiming for three-peats when the 16 best high school volleyball teams in Alaska square off in the 2007 ASAA/First National Bank State 3A/4A Volleyball Championships beginning Thursday at West High.
Tears rolled down Meghan Cavanaugh's cheeks at the state swimming and diving championships Saturday as she held a bouquet of roses and capped her career with astonishing accolades.
Strong South run takes CIC volleyball tournament
Feeling dissed in the buildup toward the Cook Inlet Conference volleyball tournament, the South Wolverines took out their frustration on the Dimond Lynx.
Malu, malu right mojo for Dimond
Huddled around assistant coach Stan Afoa before Dimond's semifinal match Friday against Service, the Lynx clapped hands and chanted in unison, "Malu, malu, paita, tolu, tolu, fa!"
Top high school swimmers don't always push themselves to the limit for preliminary races, preferring to save their energy for the finals.
No moss growing on East's Wilson
Dull moments are rare for East's triple-sports standout Andrew Wilson. Less than a month ago, Wilson wrapped up his three-month long football season. Now the senior is juggling two sports, wrestling and swimming, for the T-birds.
Service spikers avenge defeats
Service's volleyball team atoned for two consecutive years of playoff losses to East on Thursday, ousting the Thunderbirds on the first day of the Cook Inlet Conference volleyball tournament.
The Class 3A and 4A state volleyball championship matches will be webcast live on the Internet Saturday, thanks to Alaska School Activities Association and AT&T; Alascom. The 3A title match begins at 6 p.m., followed by the 4A championship at 8:15 p.m.
Is South ready for another 4A state champ battle? Head coach Judy Knecht says yes, and explains why.
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PHOTOS & VIDEO
Photos from Soldotna vs. Kodiak in the championship.
PHOTOS
Alaska high school state soccer tournament photos from boys and girls games.
PHOTOS
Photos from the NYO: one of the most strenuous competitions in strength, endurance and pain tolerance.
Saturday's 3A-4A State Championship games
Buckland v. Scammon Bay 1A game
No. 2 Dimond eyes its first volleyball crown since '97
It's an amped-up high school hockey opener
Eby's third all-around title leads South in gymnastics championships
South beats North in all-star football
Chugiak wrestlers win Lancer Smith tourney
Athletes break tradition to compete with prep peers
Messages on their backs convey lasting feelings
Chugiak shoots past Eagle River
East divers Jordan, Baker shine
Lightning Lynx: Swimmer is among top four in 7 events
South crushes Dimond's volleyball title hopes
Piehl's 288 leads South riflery team
Countless volunteers field Palmer teams
Winning can be costly in Alaska high school football
Lynx dispatch Cougars, remain unbeaten
Stars love their mobile offensive line
Prep tennis opens its first state tourney
Dimond drops Eagle River in five games
Viotto, Dahl lead Eagle River spikers
West duos are teammates as well as foes
Iverson, McDuffie lead Service girls
Dimond sweeps Service in volleyball
Nine played in hoops tourney for cash
Chugiak flag football finishes perfect
All four state champs back for more
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