Welcome to The Rewind, a weekly digest that puts a spotlight on the biggest stories and best performances from Alaska’s world of sports.
The seventh week of the 2023 Alaska high school football season featured several blowouts and a handful of close games at all three levels of competition and saw dominant power in 9-man stay undefeated. On the college sports scene, the University of Alaska Anchorage volleyball team dropped its first two conference matches of the season over the weekend while a cross-country runner earned weekly honors. On the national stage, one of three Alaskans in the NFL set career highs in Week 3 of the regular season, and a local product was drafted into a new professional hockey league. Also, a professional endurance athlete conquered another mountain trail and steep elevation and produced a top 10 finish.
Headlines and highlights
The top prep football game of the week was between Bettye Davis East and Dimond on Saturday night. Led by senior quarterback Austin Johnson who threw for three scores and ran in another, the Thunderbirds handed the Lynx their second conference loss of the season to knock them out of the top spot in the CIC.
“After that really tough loss last week, I knew I had to lead the team to bounce back and make sure we were going to be good,” he said. “I think it was a big confidence booster to get us back on track to where we’re supposed to be.”
It was a bounce-back performance by East, which was coming off its first loss to Alaska competition the previous week at the hands of crosstown rival and new top-seed West.
“It’s always good to get a big win after a loss,” said junior wide receiver Brandon Young, who caught two of Johnson’s touchdowns. “We want that home playoff advantage so it’s a big win.
Johnson was a dynamic playmaker on both sides of the ball as he came with a trio of clutch pass breakups in coverage as corner, including two that resulted in turnovers on downs.
“I should’ve gotten a couple picks this game but it is what it is,” he said. “I love when they keep trying me because I love competing back and forth.”
In other prep football action, Division II power Soldotna remained undefeated by recording its sixth straight 60-plus point game in yet another blowout. Seward continued to dominate 9-man football and remain undefeated with a 66-point scoring outing of its own. The longest winning streak at the Division III level was snapped when Kenai Central prevented Barrow from notching its fifth straight. West moved into the top spot by extending the longest active winning streak at the Division I level with a blowout of two-time reigning state runner-up Juneau.
Three-time reigning Cook Inlet Conference flag football champion Dimond suffered its first loss of the year in the sixth week of the season at the hands of West in a stunning low-scoring upset last Tuesday. The defeat marked the Lynx’s first in over a year and snapped a 20-game winning streak while extending the Eagles’ streak to three in a row. They went on to tack on two more victories over Chugiak and Eagle River to make it five straight wins. West outscored its three opponents in the last week by a combined 60-28 and will look to ride that momentum into a potential championship run.
On the prep volleyball scene, top-seeded East remained undefeated after avoiding an upset Tuesday as the T-birds were taken to the brink by Service on their home court. The Thunderbirds and Cougars were locked in a back and forth battle that went to five sets before the home team ultimately pulled away and prevailed in the final set.
“They definitely found where we were open at and took advantage of that,” East junior outside hitter Jirah Boma said. “We had to remember what our goals were, what motivates us to win and how much was at stake. We had to really lock in.”
Even though his team came up short of pulling off the upset, Service head coach Austin Osborne is proud of how far his team has come since the beginning of the regular season when East swept them on their home court.
“I think we’ve come a long way since that first game,” he said. “Obviously it didn’t go the way we wanted it to and this one didn’t either but we’ve made huge improvements in the way we’re able to compete and push them. East is a very good team, so you have to bring your ‘A’ game every time.”
The last big cross-country race of the high school regular season took place Saturday out at Chugiak with the annual Mustang Smokin’ Stampede. The usual suspects dominated on the girls side as the host team occupied five of the spots in the top 10 including first and second place by Alliyah Fields (19:03) and Hannah Shaha (19:05). On the boys side, Division II favorite Robbie Annett of Grace Christian suffered his first loss of the season as Palmer’s Fischer Adams edged him out by four seconds with a time of 15:48 to Annett’s 15:52.
[Staying humble, Grace Christian’s Robbie Annett is leading the pack in cross-country running]
The 2023 prep riflery season got underway Friday and saw West, South, East, and Eagle River emerge victorious in their respective season openers. Cadence Cook led the way for Chugiak with a 286-16x while Wyatt McDonald led Eagle River with a team high of 280-12x. South was led by Xander McEwen with a score of 281-15x while Dimond was led by Jacob Sims with a score of 280-14x. Henry Riffe led Service with a match-high score of 284-13x. Charlotte Bittner led West to victory with a personal record of 284-12x
On the college scene, the UAA volleyball team fell in both of their first two GNAC matches of the season. Despite getting a career-high 20 kills from senior outside hitter Nicole Blue, the Seawolves fell in four sets to Western Washington on Thursday and were swept by Simon Fraser in three sets Saturday.
UAA junior cross-country runner Cole Nash was named the GNAC Runner of the Week following his second victory of the season that he notched by finished first among a field of 134 competitors at the Bill Roe Classic on Saturday. He edged out Simon Fraser’s Sebastian Brinkman by a little more than three seconds to claim the title with an eight-kilometer time of 24:41.7. With the win, he moved into a tie with former Seawolves standout runner Marko Cheseto for the most career cross-country weekly honors at eight.
The Anchorage Wolverines dropped both games in their weekend road series with the Janesville Jets. Their first defeat came Friday in regulation and the second came the following night in overtime. The team’s leading scorer over the course of the two-game series was Japanese forward Taisetsu Ushio who found the back of the net twice in the first game.
Alaska stars shining Outside
Anchorage’s Brandon Pili set career-highs in defensive and combined snaps playing in the Miami Dolphins’ historic 70-20 blowout of the Denver Broncos on Sunday in Week 3 of the NFL season. The former Dimond multi-sport prep star recorded the first two tackles of his career including a solo on 14 defensive snaps and played four snaps on special teams as well.
[Anchorage’s Brandon Pili earned his way onto the Miami Dolphins roster for his NFL debut]
Anchorage’s Clair DeGeorge will be continuing her hockey career at the professional level after being selected in the sixth-round of the inaugural draft of the Professional Women’s Hockey League. The former Alaska All-Stars standout got taken 36th overall by the Minnesota franchise and is coming off a 2022-2023 season in which she played in 18 games for Team Harvey’s in the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association and finished with a goal and three assists. Her decorated resume on the ice is highlighted by being on five national title winning teams including four straight at the prep level and a Division I championship with Ohio State in 2022.
Soldotna’s Allie Ostrander finished ninth among women and 42nd overall among more than 500 racers in the Mammoth Lakes 26K race on Friday. She covered the 16.1 mile looped course that took place in California in a time of 2 hours, 27 minutes, 51 seconds. The race is part of the Golden Trail World Series and featured nearly 4,000 feet of vertical gain with a final elevation of just over 11,000 feet.
Last week’s results
Prep
Football
Friday
Soldotna 63, Chugiak 7
Colony 17, Wasilla 7
Homer 64, Redington 6
Lathrop 28, North Pole 21
West Valley 42, Palmer 37
Saturday
Seward 66, Ben Eielson 10
Bartlett 48, South 21
West 59, Juneau 21
Eagle River 34, Service 27
East 28, Dimond 18
Houston 47, Kodiak 6
Kenai Central 21, Barrow 8
NFHS/ASBN Week 7 Poll
1. Soldotna 7-0 v. Eagle River
2. West 6-2 v. Service
3. Eagle River 6-1 v. Soldotna
4. Lathrop 5-2 v. West Valley
5. East 4-2 v. Bartlett
6. Dimond 6-1 v. Colony
7. Seward 6-0
8. Houston 6-1 v. Redington
9. Kenai 5-2 v. Kodiak
10 Colony 4-3 v. Dimond
Flag Football
Tuesday
Chugiak 14, East 0
Service 18, Eagle River 6
West 8, Diamond 6
Wednesday
Bartlett 7, Service 0
West 30, Chugiak 22
Dimond 6, East 0
South 7, Eagle River 0
Saturday
South 18, Bartlett 0
West 22, Eagle River 0
Volleyball
Tuesday
East 3, Service 2 (20-25, 25-22, 27-29, 25-22, 15-8)
Dimond 3, Chugiak 1 (25-23, 19-25, 26-24, 26-24)
South 3, Bartlett 2 (25-19, 23-25, 25-22, 23-25, 15-11)
West 3, Eagle River 1
Ben Eielson 3, Hutchison 0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-18)
Lathrop 3, North Pole 1 (24-26, 25-20, 25-17, 26-24)
Delta 3, Monroe Catholic 2 (25-22, 18-25, 26-24, 21-25, 15-13)
Mountain City Christian Academy 3, Redington 0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-10)
Thursday
Wasilla 3, Bartlett 0 (25-7, 25-16, 25-14)
Soldotna 3, Cook Inlet Academy 0
Friday
Dimond 3, Eagle River 2 (25-15, 23-25, 24-26, 25-12, 15-5)
East 3, Bartlett 0 (25-12, 25-15, 25-19)
Chugiak 3, West 0 (25-16, 25-23, 25-16)
Service 3, South 1 (25-22, 23-25, 25-17, 25-18)
Bethel 3, Barrow 1 (13-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-22)
Bethel 3, Kotzebue 0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-20)
Nikiski 3, Seward 1
Tennis
Monday
West 7 Service 2
Boys SIngles 1: Ulysses Escobar (Se) def Noah Marx (W) 6-0, 6-1
Boys Singles 2: Declan Serich (Se) def Braden Meisner (W) 4-6, 6-2, 10-9
Girls SIngles 1: Lana Cebrian (W) won by default
Girls SIngles 2: Sophie Chisholm (W) won by default
Boys Doubles 1: Cyrus Clendaniel/Will Sedwick (W) def Marshal Lavalley/Phoenix Perkins (Se) 6-1, 6-2
Boys Doubles 2: Jack Boots/Jackson Pannkuk (W) def Morgan Maves/Dawson Moore (Se) 6-1, 6-1
Girls Doubles 1: Ruth Green/Lavinia Li (W) def Keira Brandon/Zirah Sethi (Se) 6-1, 6-0
Girls Doubles 2: Alice Kim/Nora Houston-Speckman (W) def Hannah Katchen/Ivory Sobek (Se) 6-0, 6-1
Mixed Doubles: Henry Carr/Sarah Kim (W) def David Kim/Danika Brandorf (Se) 6-2, 6-1
Friday
West 7 South 2
Boys Singles 1. Aaron Griffin (So) def Noah Marx (W) 6-1, 6-0
Boys Singles 2. Vincent Caterinicchio (W) def Oliver Saganic (So) 6-0, 0-6, 10-3
Girls Singles 1. Lana Cebrian (W) def Veronica Bogdzienicz (So) 6-2, 6-1
Girls Singles 2. Sophie Chisholm (W) def Kelly Baldridge (So) 6-0, 6-0
Boys Doubles 1. Cyrus Clendaniel/Will Sedwick (W) def Kyle Fisk/Spencer Hemry (So) 6-4, 6-3
Boys Doubles 2. Beck Morgan/Caleb Bailey (So) def Jack Boots/Jackson Pannkuk (W) 6-4, 6-3
Girls Doubles 1. Ruth Green/Lavinia Li (W) def Kamila Navia/Veronica Kester (So) 6-0, 6-0
Girls Doubles 2. Nora Houston-Speckman/Alice Kim (W) def Ellie Kennedy/Sophia Scholer (So) 6-2, 6-0
Mixed Doubles. Sarah Kim/Henry Carr (W) def Troy Johnson/Scarlett Brown (So) 6-0, 6-1
Dimond 5 Service 4
Boys Singles 1. Ulysses Escobar (Se) def Jayun Jung (D) 6-0, 6-0
Boys Singles 2. Roman Fosberg (D) def Scott Mckay (Se) 6-4,6-3
Girls Singles 1. Grace Kolean (D) def Elise Richardson (Se) Default due to injury in warmup.
Girls Singles 2. Shannon Lowry (D) won by default
Boys Doubles 1. Jack Debenham/Spike Clark (D) def Phoenix Perkins/ Marshall Lavaliey (Se) 6-3, 6-1
Boys Doubles 2. Todd Debenham/Andrew Reuckert (D) def Mathew Sorich/Morgan Maeves (Se) 6-3, 6-1
Girls Doubles 1. Zirah Sethi/Keira Brandon (Se) def Talia Veldstra/Penelope Layne (D) 6-2, 6-2
Girls Doubles 2. Hannah Katchen/Ivory Sobek (Se) def Tabitha Follows/Isabella Carroll (D) 6-4, 6-3
Mixed Doubles. Declan Sorich/Keiko Wilson (Se) def Luisa Jueco/Avery Driscoll (D) 3-0 Dimond forfeit due to injury.
Gymnastics
Thursday
Team scores
1. Dimond 208.525; 2. Service 109.775; 3. West 52.975; 4. East 47.45
Vault
1. Miya Hattori Daquioag, Dimond 8.25; 2. Kepler Bowman, Dimond 8.2; 3. Blaire Tillman, Service 8.1; 4. Audrie Bowman, Dimond 7.9; 5. Selina Flores, Dimond 7.85
Bars
1. Abby Edwards, Dimond 6.55; 2. Blaire Tillman, Service 6.55; 3. Mollie Witt, Dimond 6.45; 4. Taytum Embley, Dimond 6.4; 5. Acacia Bigley, Service 6.4
Beam
1. Selina Flores, Dimond 8.25; 2. Abby Edwards, Dimond 8.15; 3. Kepler Bowman, Dimond 8.1; 4. Taytum Embley, Dimond 7.65; 5. Isabel Perales, Dimond 7.55
Floor
1. Ashlyn McCubrey, Dimond 8.45; 2. Kepler Bowman, Dimond 8.2; 3. Audrie Bowman, Dimond 8.2; 4. Reese Bautista, Dimond 8.15; 5. Abby Edwards, Dimond 7.8
All-Around
1. Kepler Bowman, Dimond 30.5; 2. Abby Edwards, Dimond 30.275; 3. Selina Flores, Dimond 28.95; 4. Taytum Embley, Dimond 28.95; 5. Mira Franz, Service 27.2
Saturday
Riflery
Friday
West 3,155, Service 3,111
A team
Service (1,114) — Riffe 284, Wilts 283, Hoppe 274, Osborn 273.
West (1,105) — Bittner 284, Osgood 275, Moore 273, Larson 273.
B team
West (1,062) — Stam 270, Maeda 268, Nilsson, C. 263, Snelling 261.
Service (1,051) — Nickerson 268, Nelson 264, Oshiro 263, Peterson 256.
C team
West (988) — Nemeth 254, Wally 252, Nilsson, S. 249, Jordet 233.
Service (946) — Anteau 253, Ward 250, Gutierrez 244, Conway 199.
South 3,141, Dimond 3,120
A Team
South (1117) - McEwen, X. 281; Gust, B. 280; Kincaid, A. 278; Stinson, P. 278
Dimond (1105) - Sims, J. 280; Ahrenholz, B. 276; Cho 275, Delmendo 274
B Team
South (1051) - Anderson 274, Anderson 270, Kersten 255, Eltrapolsi 252
Dimond (1078) - Caldwell 274, Collins 269, Kalt 269, Humphries 266
C Team
South (973) Saugier 251, Chlup 250, Porter 244, Lea 228
Dimond (937) Lin 257, Anaruk 256, Koloski 251, Schaaper 173
East 1,735; Bartlette 1,561
A Team
East (931) Sabado 253, Yim 237, Whitson Evelyn 222, Whitson Evertt 219
Bartlett (996) Stryken 264, Willett 251, Moua 243, Tovar 238
B Team
East (804) Reusser 216, Harstab-Bell 215, Dupree 197, Anderson 176
Bartlett (565) Lau 234, Stapley 187, Ross 144
Eagle River 3,208, Chugiak 3,139
A team
Chugiak (1129) — Cook, 286, Moncur 285, Twohy 279, Yaniec 279.
Eagle River (1,112) — McDonald 280, Foger 279, Bierl 277, Greidanus, 276.
B team
Eagle River (1,071) — Ryan, 270, Bell, 268, Sumagang, 267, Vorhes 270.
Chugiak (1,051) — Schwan, 271, Sanders, 263, Ryan, 259, Astle 258.
C team
Eagle River (1,025) — Meerstein, 264, Greidanus, 257, Davies, 256, Bierl, 248.
Chugiak (959) — Paveglio, 248, Beckwith, 246, Brown, 236, McArthur 229.
Cross Country
Saturday
Mustang Smokin Stampede
Girls Team Top 10
1. Chugiak 22; 2. South Anchorage 95; 3. Colony 108; 4. West Anchorage 129; 5. Dimond 147; 6. East Anchorage 166; 7. Eagle River 192; 8. Service 206; 9. Palmer 266; 10. Wasilla 278.
Boys Team Top 10
1. South Anchorage 76; 2. West Anchorage 110; 3. Grace Christian 119; 4. Chugiak 130; 5. Dimond 136; 6. Colony 145; 7. Palmer 174; 8. Service 186; 9. Wasilla 243; 10. Bethel 285.
Girls individual results
1. Alliyah Fields 19:03, Chugiak; 2. Hannah Shaha 19:05, Chugiak; 3. Morgan Ainsworth 19:21, Colony; 4. Ella Hopkins 19:23, Colony; 5. Hannah Bodkin 19:31, Chugiak; 6. Skyler Belmear 19:34, Chugiak; 7. Hailee Giacobbe 19:41, Wasilla; 8. Emily Moore 19:51, Chugiak; 9. Miyana Kam-Magruder 19:54, Service; 10. Mia Stiassny 20:04, South Anchorage
Boys individual results
1. Fischer Adams 15:48, Palmer; 2. Robbie Annett 15:52, Grace Christian; 3. Blaise Boyer 16:18, South Anchorage; 4. Tobias Buchanan 16:27,Colony; 5. Vebjorn Flagstad 16:30, South Anchorage; 6. Tobin Miller 16:35, Palmer; 7. Simon Nelson 16:42, Grace Christian; 8. Colton Merriner 16:45, Grace Christian; 9. Jarrett Jackson 16:51, Dimond; 10. Elias Oswald 16:53, Service
Swimming
Friday
Service 223, West 140
Girls - Team Rankings
1. Service, 106. 2. West, 77
Boys- Team Rankings
1. Service, 117; 2. West, 63
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay
1. Service, 2:03.21; 2. West ‘B’, 2:09.76; 3. West, 2:11.33
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay
1. Service, 1:41.29; 2. Service ‘B’ 1:54.88; 3. West, 2:16.84
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle
1. Casey Struna-Meyer, Service, 2:08.57; 2. Olivia Croy, West, 2:10.88; 3. Brooke Wagner, West, 2:24.22
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle
1. London Begich-Bal, West, 2:10.15; 2. Jake Altman, Service, 2:13.16; 3. Theodore Olson, Service, 2:21.87
Girls 200 Yard IM
1. Kalima Glascott, West, 2:33.85; 2. Ilsa Barnes, West, 2:52.55; 3. Siberia Murray, Service, 2:55.27
Boys 200 Yard IM
1. Ben Price, Service, 2:07.43; 2. Hussain Elerian, West, 2:29.07; 3. Kevin Zhang, West, 2:46.55
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
1. Natalie Hostetter, Service, 27.88; 2. Anna Brooks, Service, 28.08; 3. Payton Curtis, West, 28.26
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle
1. Tomasz Balaban, Service, 23.07; 2. Preston Kwon, Service, 23.47; 3. Conrad Fawcett, Service, 23.87
Girls 1 mtr Diving
1. Kensley Denmon, Service, 189.80; 2. Lexi Bond, Service, 147.85; 3. Esme Carter, Service, 128.40
Boys 1 mtr Diving
1. Jake Altman, Service, 223.05; 2. Reuben Williams, Service, 206.55
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly
1. Kalima Glascott, West, 1:05.07; 2. Siberia Murray, Service, 1:25.52; 3. Marysia Balaban, Service, 1:28.38
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly
1. Conrad Fawcett, Service, 54.62; 2. Tomasz Balaban, Service, 56.11; 3. Bentley Altman, Service, 1:02.55
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
1. Olivia Croy, West, 58.71; 2. Casey Struna-Meyer, Service, 59.29; 3. Destiny Delara, Service, 1:02.71
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle
1. Ben Price, Service, 50.98; 2. Paradorn Connolly, Service, 59.11; 3. Reubin Williams, Service, 1:00.02
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle
1. Ellie Cutting, West, 5:54.78; 2. Noelle Oakley, Service, 6:19.00; 3. Casey Eischens, West, 7:00.02
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle
1. Jan Beck, Service, 4:59.49; 2. Keegan Zawko, Service, 5:41.65; 3. London Begich-Bal, West, 5:48.14
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1. Service 1:51.08; 2. West, 1:55.23; 3. Service ‘B’ 2:02.79
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1. Service, 1:38.30; 2. Service ‘B’, 1:40.11; 3. West, 1:40.15
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke
1. Hannah Katchen, Service, 1:08.05; 2. Linai Tuers, Service, 1:11.94; 3. Ellie Cutting, West, 1:16.41
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke
1. Sayeed Mahmood, West, 1:00.40; 2. Jack Beltzer, West, 1:07.43; 3. Sigge Mellerstig, West, 1:13.86
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke
1. Anna Brooks, Service, 1:14.73; 2. Ilsa Barnes, West, 1:19.21; 3. Payton Curtis, West, 1:24.66
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke
1. Preston Kwon, Service, 1:01.44; 2. Jan Beck, Service, 1:03.06; 3. Sigge Mellerstig, West, 1:09.20
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1. Service, 4:12.18; 2. West, 4:31.86; 3. West ‘B’, 5:02.24
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1. West, (Sigge Mellerstig, Hussain Elerian, Jack Beltzer, Sayeed Mahmood), 3:44.98; 2. Service, 3:56.25; 3. West ‘B’, 4:22.29
College
Volleyball
Thursday
Western Washington 3, UAA 1 (18-25, 25-23, 25-20, 27-25)
Saturday
Simon Fraser 3, UAA (25-21, 25-21, 25-20)
Hockey
NAHL
Friday
Janesville Jets 7, Anchorage Wolverines 3
Saturday
Janesville Jets 5, Anchorage Wolverines 4 (OT)
2023 Skinny Raven Oktoberfest 5k/10k
5k Women’s Overall
1. Mariah Burroughs, Anchorage, 20:49; 2. Morgan Ekemo, Eagle River, 21:46; 3. Jenna Torkleson, Palmer, 25:25; 4. Brooklynne Haigh, Eagle River, 25:32; 5. Chrissy Barber, Anchorage, 25:52; 6. Kristina Swenor, Anchorage, 26:19; 7. DeAnna Krueger, Anchorage, 27:05; 8. Emilie Williams, Anchorage, 28:21; 9. Cindy Bowman, Anchorage, 28:30; 10. Sachiko Kwon, Anchorage, 28:32
5k Men’s Overall
1. Jeremy Fairbanks, Anchorage, 18:03; 2. Larkin Lynch, Anchorage, 19:29; 3. Charles Derrickson, Jber, 19:43; 4. Yaakov Mitchell, Anchorage, 21:08; 5. Zachary Sauve, Anchorage, 21:29; 6. Matthew Phelan, Anchorage, 21:33; 7. Sean Curley, Wasill, 21:40; 8. Matthew Varney, Eagle River, 22:31; 9. Mitchel Veenstra, Anchorage, 23:01; 10. James Fueg, Chugiak, 23:31
10k Women’s Overall
1. Mandy Vincent-Lang, Anchorage, 41:16; 2. Ashlee Weller, Anchorage, 41:48; 3. Iris Samuels, Anchorage, 45:58; 4. Alyse Loran, Anchorage, 46:10; 5. Brooke Cooper, Anchorage, 46:24; 6. Courtney Diekema, Anchorage, 47:04; 7. Stacy Strabel, Palmer, 47:18; 8. Emily Schmieg, Anchorage, 47:23; 9. Victoria Johansen, Anchorage, 48:32; 10. Joleen Corlis, Anchorage, 48:37
10k Men’s Overall
1. Riley Howard, Anchorage, 32:47; 2. Wesley McQuillin, Anchorage, 33:50; 3. James Miller, Anchorage, 37:33; 4. Nathaniel Moreau, Eagle River, 39:42; 5. Brad Hillwig, Anchorage, 42:54; 6. Obadiah Dawson, Anchorage, 43:13; 7. Logan Shane, Wasilla, 44:20; 8. Christopher Gardeline, Anchorage, 44:53; 9. Jameson Kordik, Jber, 45:23; 10. Matthew Coburn, Anchorage, 45:43
Fast forward
Prep
Football
Service at West, Friday at 7 p.m.
The best matchup in town this week appears to be another bout between two of the top three teams in the CIC standings as the Cougars (4-3) will be invading the Nest on Hillcrest with hopes of upsetting the top-seeded Eagles (6-2). West has rattled off three straight wins since suffering its first loss of the season and will be looking to extending the longest active winning streak at the Division I level over an opponent they haven’t lost to since the 2018 season at Service.
Tennis
Region IV Championship, Friday and Saturday at Alaska Club East
The postseason for 2023 will get underway this weekend with the two-day regional championship tournament. The top players and doubles teams in the conference will face off with a potential berth to next week’s state championship tournament on the line.
Cross Country
Region IV Championship 5K, Saturday at Kincaid at 10 a.m.
The postseason for the high school cross-country season will also be getting underway this weekend as endurance runners from around the CIC conference will be competing for a chance to extend their season another week and earn a bib for the following week’s state championship race.
College
Volleyball
UAA v. Montana State Billings, Thursday at Alaska Airlines Center at 7 p.m.
The Seawolves will be back in action and taking on Great Northwest Athletic Conference competition on their home court for the first time this season later this week. First up is a Thursday night showdown with the Yellow Jackets followed by a Saturday night bout with the Seattle Pacific University Falcons.
Hockey
UAA v. Vancouver Island University, Friday at Avis Alaska Sports Complex at 7:07 p.m.
The Seawolves take the ice against their first opponent of the 2023-2024 season this weekend when they host the Mariners for an exhibition bout on Friday night.