Moose, Hawks show improvement in tourney

ANCHORAGE — The Palmer Moose are deep into their Northern Lights Conference season. The Houston Hawks are just about ready to start their Mid-Alaska Conference schedule.

But on Saturday, both teams showed during a nonconference tournament that both squads may be improving at the right time.

The Palmer Moose won the Grace Christian Invitational at Grace Christian High School in Anchorage.

Brittany Arlow was named the tournament’s most valuable player. Nicole Cherrier and Jenna Arlow were named all-tourney for the Moose.

While the Hawks didn’t finish as the top team of the tourney, first-year head coach Lynn Edwards was happy to see her young Hawks squad put together a couple of victories.

Houston split with the Seward Seahawks during the first day of the tourney, and beat the Bethal Warriors on Saturday.

“They just need to get some wins under their belt,” Edwards said of her team. “(Now) they’re confidence is really starting to come around.”

Wasilla wins twice on Kenai Peninsula

SOLDOTNA — The Wasilla Warriors scored a pair of victories during a three-day trip to the Kenai Peninsula last weekend.

Wasilla posted a 3-2 (25-14, 25-17, 24-26, 21-25, 15-8) win over the Kenai Kardinals at Kenai Central High School.

The Warriors also notched a 3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-16) win over Nikiski.

Soldotna, the lone undefeated squad in the NLC, handed Wasilla a 3-0 (25-16, 25-23, 25-21) loss.

PREP SWIMMING

Palmer to host Valley Invitational

Palmer High School will host the 13-team Valley Invitational swimming and diving meet at the Palmer and Wasilla pools this weekend.

The three Valley programs —Palmer, Colony and Wasilla —will be joined by squads from the Kenai Peninsula and Interior. Squads from rural areas such as Nome and Unalaska are also scheduled to attend.

The preliminary round of the swimming events start Friday at 10 a.m. at the Palmer Pool. The preliminary and semifinal diving rounds will begin at 8:45 a.m. at the Wasilla Pool.

Finals are scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Palmer Pool.

Contact Frontiersman sports editor Jeremiah Bartz at sports@frontiersman.com.