Colony girls to play for 4A title

ANCHORAGE — The Colony Knights used a dominant first quarter showing to storm into a second consecutive ASAA/First National Bank Alaska class 4A girls state championship game with a 64-45 win over Wasilla at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage.

Saturday's championship final will be the seventh for Colony, which has won four state titles since 1995.

Colony outscored Wasilla 29-9 over the first eight minutes of Friday's game, and never led by single digits after that to defeat the Warriors, which saw its bid to claim a second state title in three years thwarted.

The Colony win set up a Saturday night rematch with the Chugiak Mustangs, which survived a late scare against Ketchikan in Friday's other semifinal. Colony defeated Chugiak 49-45 in last year's state title game.

Wasilla will play at Ketchikan at 9 a.m. Saturday for third place.

Jenna Johnson scored 27 points in a losing effort for the Warriors, but no other Wasilla player had more than five.

Alex Coon led four Knights in double figures with 14, Kara Larson had 12, Kaitlyn Klapperich and Allie Grazulis added 10 each, Jackie Hamann had six, Maria Bowker added four, Megan Bowker and Tess Forstner scored three each and Maci Eisenhower finished with two.

Carlee Naczi scored five points for Wasilla, Kelsey Cottle added four, Leisl Brown and Jillian Troisi had three, Ashlynn Frizzelle scored two and Skyler Nuss added one.

The Wasilla boys could also earn a spot in a 4A title game with a win over Soldotna on Friday night at 8:45 p.m. See the Frontiersman sports ticker on www.frontiersman.com/sports for regular updates throughout the game. Click on the score to get more.