Knights winless in state softball tournament

ANCHORAGE — As the Colony Knights prepared to head into the 2011 state tournament, head coach Mike Stewart believed Railbelt Conference rival Lathrop was among the top teams in the field.

With that said, Stewart and the Knights were probably a bit bummed to see the Malemutes in the elimination round.

Lathrop ended Colony’s season with a 5-0 win over the Knights during the first round of consolation action in the ASAA/First National Bank Large Schools State Softball Championships at Cartee Fields in Anchorage Friday afternoon.

Colony, the No. 4 seed from the Railbelt, opened play with a 7-0 loss to Dimond Friday morning. The Lynx were the top seed from the Cook Inlet Conference.

Lathrop was eliminated from play late Friday with a 2-1 loss to Interior rival West Valley.

The Wolfpack was the lone Railbelt team to make it out of the first day of the two-day championships. Defending state champion Juneau-Douglas, the Railbelt’s top seed, also finished 0-2 on Friday.

West Anchorage used a 3-2 win over Dimond to win the state title. Sitka won the small schools title with an 8-0 with over Homer.

South wins state

baseball title

PALMER — South Anchorage needed extra innings to win a state baseball title Saturday night.

The Wolverines scored six times in the top of the 12th inning to beat Dimond 14-8 in the final game of the ASAA/First National Bank State Baseball Championships at Hermon Brothers Field in Palmer.

The title is South’s first in school history.

West Valley edged Mid-Alaska Conference rival Lathrop in the third-place game. Sitka beat Kodiak 7-6 in the fourth-place match.

Defending state champion Juneau-Douglas was 0-2 in the 2011 championships.