Colony High graduate wins Division II national track championship

WALNUT, Calif. — Former Colony High School track and field standout and University of Alaska Anchorage sophomore David Registe has made UAA history.

Registe became the first Seawolf athlete to win a national title with a victory in the long jump at the 2008 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Walnut, Calif., on Thursday.

The 2006 graduate of Colony High entered the competition with the nation’s third-best jump, and left as his school’s first national champion after his leap of 24 feet and 8 1/2 inches. Already the owner of UAA and Great Northwest Athletic Conference records in the event, Registe finished two-and-three-quarter inches better than second-place Joe Kindred of St. Augustine.

Registe earned All-American honors with his win, becoming the third UAA athlete — and the first Seawolf male athlete — to be tagged with that title.

The 2008 championships marks Registe second appearance in the Division II national event. He placed 12th in the long jump in the 2007 championships.

PRO basketball

Colony grad starts 4th WNBA season

LOS ANGELES — Jessica Moore entered her fourth WNBA season when the Los Angeles Sparks made their 2008 debut against the Phoenix Mercury on May 17.

Moore grabbed a rebound in five minutes of playing time during the Sparks’ 99-94 win over the Mercury.

The former Colony High and University of Connecticut standout has been with the Sparks since 2005. She began her professional career as a second-round draft choice of the Charlotte Sting.

Moore has appeared in 79 career games since arriving in Los Angeles, and started 33 of LA’s 34 games in 2006.

In 2006, Moore enjoyed career highs in points (4.3 per game), rebounds (2.9) and minutes (19.3).

Moore and the Sparks face Atlanta at 11 a.m. AST today.

Arena Football League

Former player of the year stands out

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Cole Magner, a former Alaska player of the year in football, tied an Arena Football League team record last week.

Magner, a wide receiver in his first season with the Grand Rapids Rampage, tied a Rampage record with 15 receptions during a 58-50 loss to Tampa Bay on May 17.

Magner, a 2000 graduate of Colony High School who later enjoyed a stellar career at Division I Bowling Green State University, also collected 175 yards receiving and two touchdowns.

Magner is in his second season in the AFL. Last season, Magner played for the Columbus Destroyers.

Before landing in the AFL, Magner spent part of two preseasons as a member of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons.

He also briefly spent time on the practice squad of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens.

Ex-Knight leading the Intense Football League

FRISCO — Jason Deml, a former member of the Colony Knights football squad, is among the leading receivers for the Frisco Thunder of the Intense Football League.

In nine games Deml has 52 catches for 700 yards and 17 touchdowns for the Thunder, who compete in the same league as the Alaska Wild and Fairbanks Grizzlies.

Deml and teammate Richard Morris are tied with a league-high 17 receiving touchdowns. He is also third in the IFL in receptions, receiving yards and receiving yards per game.

The 6-4 Thunder are 2-0 against teams from the 49th state. Frisco beat Alaska, a team coached by former Colony assistant Hans Deemer, 50-41 and Fairbanks 66-55 earlier this season.

Deml collected three catches, 40 receiving yards and a touchdown during the win over the Wild on March 16. He posted seven catches for 80 yards and three scores in the victory over Fairbanks.

Deml played college football at the University of Louisiana-Monroe.

— Jeremiah Bartz