Dimond

After Week 1 of each team's 2011 high school football debut, the new Alaska Sports Broadcasting Network Poll is out. Bartlett jumps to number one after beating West Valley 51-26. South, the former number one team has completely dropped out of the pole after losing to Chugiak 21-18. LARGE SCHOOLS 1. Bartlett        1-0        2 . Service        0-0-1 3. Chugiak      1-0 4.  Palmer        1-0 5   Dimond       1-0       Others recieving votes Juneau-Douglas,West, South       SMALL SCHOOLS TEAM       RECORD       1. Sohi      1-0          2. Skyview  1-0 3. Kenai      1-0 4  Kodiak     1-0 5. Nikiski      1-0 Others recieving votes Homer, Barrow  

The Dimond Lynx proved clutch in the late innings and took down rival South in two separate games on Friday to claim their second straight state American Legion Baseball title.  Dimond won the first game in 10 innings against previously unbeaten South, 8-4 and then took the evening winner-take-all final in the double elimination tournament, 5-4.  The two teams provided plenty of drama in what amounted to nearly seven hours of...

The Dimond Lynx broke open a tie game with four runs in the top of the eighth inning to pull away from the Fairbanks 49ers for a 6-2 win, sending the defending state champions back to the Alaska State American Legion Baseball Championship Game.  Mitchell McCoy delivered the tie-breaking RBI double for the Lynx, while Sagan Osborne capped the rally with a two-run double.  Dimond will take on South in the finals, but the...

The South Wolverines scored three runs in the sixth inning to pull away from the Fairbanks 49ers in a 6-3 victory in the winner's bracket finals of the American Legion State Tournament.  The win ensures the Wolverines two chances to win the double elimination tournament in Friday's finals. Bryan Baker went 3 for 4 for South, and drove in two runs in that three-run rally.  Pat Enslow added two hits.   The loss by Fairbanks sends the 49ers to the loser's bracket where they will face Dimond, the only other team left standing.

Matt Pritchard drove in three runs and Cory Clevenger stroked a tie-breaking two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the Dimond Lynx in a come from behind victory to eliminate the Kenai Twins from the State American Legion Baseball Championship Tournament. Dimond trailed 3-0 in the fifth inning and 4-2 in the seventh before rallying for seven runs in its final two at-bats. A.J. Hull pitched seven innings for Kenai and also went 4-for-5 at the plate.  Four teams are left in the double elimination state tournament.

The Fairbanks 49ers finished the regular season with a 15 and 5 state record, and have shown no signs of slowing down in the state championship tournament.  Fairbanks, the number two seed, defeated number three seed Service, 11-4 on Sunday to advance into the finals of the winner's bracket.  The 49ers will next face either South or Dimond.  That game was postponed due to rain. the 49ers racked up four runs in the second inning and scored three more times in the sixth to pull away from the Cougars early.  Tanner Shoemaker went 4 for 4 and Thys Grogan also collected four hits for Fairbanks.

The Dimond Lynx racked up 8 runs on 9 hits in their 8-4 victory over the Service Cougars Saturday.  The victory securing a spot in the BP Exploration Invitational Tournament semifinals Sunday against South, a rematch of the High School State Championship which the Wolverines won. The Lynx played from behind early, in the bottom of the second inning Service's Johnny Meszaros made his aluminum bat ping in a way that immediatly let the fans know, that...

For only the second time in state baseball tournament history, two Anchorage schools will meet for the championship.  South defeated Lathrop in Friday's first semifinal, 6-5, while Dimond outlasted West Valley, 10-2 to set up a matchup for the title Saturday afternoon.  For the Wolverines, Kyle Frazier continues to swing a hot bat.  Frazier hit a home run for the second straight game and also came up with a diving catch to erase a...

Two of Friday’s semifinal games of the ASAA soccer tournament went more than 110 minutes before a winner could be decided.  In the first girls game of the day, 2010 champion Dimond took down Chugiak, 3-2 on penalty kicks despite being shorthanded for more than half the game. The Lynx trailed the Mustangs 1-0 at halftime and dealt with the adversity of a player receiving a red card.  That meant Dimond had to play nine against 10 the rest of the way.  Dimond’s Sam Castle tied it up with less than 15 minutes left in regulation to send the game to overtime.  The teams exchanged goals in the 30 minute extra session, setting up a round of penalty kicks won by the Lynx.  Dimond will face Cook Inlet Conference rival South in the championship game Saturday at 3:15.  The Wolverines took down Juneau in the other semifinal, 2-0, on goals by Madison Meins and Kaitlyn Zanders.  In the boys semifinals, South outlasted Dimond in penalty kicks, 2-1 to advance to its sixth state final in program history.  The Wolverines’ Kirby Hutto tallied  in the first half, and after Dimond’s Embrima Barrow scored in the second half, South held on for the win in the shootout session.

Kelly Cobb scored five goals to carry Chugiak to a 6-1 rout of Wasilla in the quarterfinals of the ASAA soccer tournament on Thursday. Cobb, bound for Duke in the fall, will lead the Mustangs into Friday's girls semifinal against defending state champion Dimond. The Lynx took down Soldotna to reach the round of four, 4-1.   In Thursday's only one-goal contest, the South Anchorage girls downed West Valley, 1-0 on a goal by Colleen Carpenter with less than five minutes left in regulation.