Defending 4A boys and girls hoops champs suffer losses

Boys basketball

Wasilla loses on the road

ANCHORAGE — The defending 4A state champion Wasilla Warriors suffered their first loss of the 2007-08 season, falling 68-65 to the Dimond Lynx at Dimond High School on Friday.

Dimond took an early 19-15 lead, and led at the end of every quarter.

Travis Thompson led the Lynx with a game-high 17 points.

Tyler Johannes was one of two Wasilla players to hit double digits in scoring, with a team-high 13. Adrese LaVern added 12.

Wasilla fell to 1-1 overall.

Dimond 68, Wasillla 55

Friday, Dimond High School

Wasilla 15-14-15-11—55

Dimond 19-16-15-18—68

Wasilla (55) — Gray 3, Kroon 4, Sliwa 6, LaVern 12, Pearce 9, Johannes 13, Green 8.

Dimond (68) — Thompson 17, Laganson 2, Raquel 7, Plooy 20, Hanley 13, Lauwers 7, Hotrum 2.

Girls basketball

Mustangs upset Warriors

KODIAK — The Chugiak Mustangs upset the defending 4A state champions, with a 39-32 win over the Wasilla Warriors during the second day of the Joe Floyd Invitational at Kodiak High School.

The Mustangs climbed to a 14-5 lead during the first eight minutes of play, and held a 20-12 advantage at hafltime.

Junior Jenna Johnson led the Warriors (1-1) with 17 points in the loss. She was the lone Wasilla player to hit double digits.

Chugiak 39, Wasilla 32

Joe Floyd Invitational

Friday, Kodiak High School

Wasilla 5-7-10-10—32

Chugiak 14-20-28-39—39

Wasilla (32) — Fulton 1 0-0 2, Nuss 1 0-2 2, Naczi 1 0-0 2, Johnson 5 5-6 17, Colegrove 2 0-2 4, Cottle 2 1-2 5; Totals 12 6-12 32.

Chugiak (39) — S. Watzke 1 1-3 3, Murphy 1 2-3 5, E. Watzke 1 0-0 3, Meddaugh 6 2-2 14, Sayer 2 0-2 5, Glifford 3 0-0 7, Schwenne 1 0-0 2; Totals 15 5-10 39.

Three-point field goals: Wasilla 2 (Johnson 2), Chugiak 4 (Murphy, E. Watzke, Sayer, Glifford).

Prep hockey

Third-period hat trick leads Stars past Hawks

SOLDOTNA — Anton Olson notched a hat trick in the third period to lead the Soldotna Stars to an 8-4 nonconference win over the Houston Hawks at the Soldotna Sports Center on Friday.

he Stars had a 4-2 lead entering the final period, but Houston tied the game in the first three minutes of the period on goals by Micah Ranum and Dillon Styers. Olson then went to work, scoring three goals in the final 8:05 for the Stars. Daniel Markstrom also added a third-period goal for Soldotna.

Up until Olson’s eruption, all of Soldotna’s scoring had come from the line of Clayton Glick (two goals, three assists), Brad Duwe (one goal, three assists) and Markstrom (two goals, two assists). Sean Endsley had three assists for SoHi, while Timo Gleason added an assist. Dawson Pearson had the win in goal for Soldotna, which outshot Houston 33-19.

Ranum led the Hawks with two goals in the game. Styers recorded a goal and an assist. Senior Jake Henkel also notched an unassisted tally.

Houston bounced back to post a 5-0 win over Kenai Central on Saturday. Complete statistics were unavailable at press time.

Soldotna 8, Houston 4

Friday, Soldotna Sports Center

Houston 1 1 2 —4

Soldotna 2 2 4 —8

First period — 1. Soldotna, Glick (Duwe), 5:41; 2. Soldotna, Glick (Markstrom), 11:04; 3. Houston, Ranum (Styers), 12:24. Penalties — Houston 1 for 2:00.

Second period — 4. Soldotna, Duwe (Markstrom, Glick), 0:37; 5. Soldotna, Markstrom (Duwe, Glick), 7:02; 6. Houston, Henkel (un.), 9:16. Penalties — Houston 1 for 2:00, Soldotna 1 for 2:00.

Third period — 7. Houston, Styers (un.), 1:27; 8. Houston, Ranum (un.), 2:30; 9. Soldotna, Olson (Endsley), 6:55; 10. Soldotna, Markstrom (Glick, Duwe), 10:38; 11. Soldotna, Olson (Endsley), 11:24; 12. Soldotna, Olson (Gleason, Endsley), 13:31. Penalties — none.

Shots on goal — Houston 5-6-8—19; Soldotna 14-8-11—33.

Goalies — Houston, Rauchenstein (33 shots, 25 saves); Soldotna, Pearson (19 shots, 15 saves).

Prep skiing

Palmer boys, Colony

girls 3rd at Homer

HOMER — A pair of Mat-Su Valley teams skied to third-place finishes at Homer High School’s ‘Last Chance Invitational’ in Homer on Saturday.

Davis Dunlap and Dunedin Strickland helped the Moose to their third-place finish by placing in the top-10 of the event.

Dunlap posted a time of 24 minutes, sixth best in the boys’ race, while Strickland was seventh at 24:09.

Ryan Cunningham (18th) also finished in the top-20 for Palmer.

Mason Wick was the top finisher from the Valley in the boys’ race, placing third with a time of 23:30.

Heidi Doner led the Colony girls’ with a sixth-place finish. Doner crossed the finish line at 27:58.

Last Chance Invitational

Saturday, Homer

Boys team results:

1. Skyview 127 minutes, 2. Soldotna 129:30, 3. Palmer 130:04, 4. Colony 130:17, 5. Homer 134:37.

Boys induvidual results:

1. Arneson- CIA 23:18; 2. Honer, Sky 23:22; 3. Wick, Col 23:30; 4. Semmens, Ken 23:46; 5. Dunlap, Pal 24:00, 6. Jackinsky, Sky 24:01, 7. Strickland, Pal 24:09, 8. Chase, Sol 24:10, 9. Beck, Hom 24:22, 10. Sanders, Sol 24:25.

Other Valley finishers:

16. Gray, Col 25:53, 17. Wise, Col 26:19; 18. Cunningham, Pal 26:20; 21. Chamberlain, Was 26:33; 22. Mastroyanis, Col 27:08; 23. Manglesdorf, Pal 27:26; 24. Jahn, Col 27:27; 26. Boyden, Col 27:42; 28. lange, Col 28:01; 31. Husa, Pal 28:09; 35. Johnson, Was 28:54; 36. VanHoomisson, Pal 28:55; 39. Smith, Pal 29:50; 44. Minnick, Was 35:48; 45. Pulver, Was 38:45; 46. Chapman, Was 43:31.

Girls team results:

1. Soldotna 145 minutes, 52 seconds; 2. Homer 149:07; 3. Colony 155:28; 4. Palmer 157:16; 5. Wasilla 176:29.

Girls induvidual results:

1. Mucha, Sol 26:49; 2. Clock, Sol 27:04; 3. Laukitis, Hom 27:30; 4. Watkins, Ken 27:34; 5. Smith, Sol 27:45; 6. Doner, Col 27:58; 7. E. Laukitis, Hom 28:42; 8. Martin, Sol 29:03; 9. Arndt, Hom 29:16; 10. Barnwell, Sew 29:32.

Other Valley finishers:

12. Kelehan, Col 30:07; 13. Delfrate, Pal 30:10; 15. VanGorder, Col 31:08; 16. Hoople, Pal 31:09; 17. Parker, Was 31:17; 18. Whitmore, Pal 31:25; 19. Wintz, Pal 31:27; 22. Stewart, Col 31:51; 25. Wick, Col 32:24; 26. Schleich, Was 32:26; 28. Skvorc, Col 32:53; 29. Stephens, Pal 33:05; 30. Wilber, Was 33:05; 32. Gonski, Col 35:21; 35. Muench, Was 38:22; 36. Beam, Was 39:56; 37. Ryneski, Was 45:30; 38. Bottura, Was 46:54.