South, Delta claim state hockey titles

WASILLA — South Anchorage won its fourth consecutive ASAA/First National Cup Alaska Class 4A hockey championship with a 4-3 double overtime win over arch rival Service Saturday night at the Menard Memorial Ice Arena in Wasilla.

Freshman forward Brad Schierhorn scored with 4:30 left in the second overtime to give the Wolverines the win. In four years of state tournament competition, the Wolverines have a perfect 12-0 record.

South opened the scoring with a goal by Daniel Carson, but Service quickly struck back with two goals in the next three minutes to grab a 2-1 lead.

Service tied the game on a score by Ryan Kowal, then went ahead on Kory Roy's strike. Roy's goal led to a quick hook for South starting goalie senior Garrett Barr, who gave up two goals on the first four Cougars shots he faced. Barr was replaced by sophomore Josh Denton, who finished out the period without further damage to Service's title hopes.

The Wolverines came roaring back in the second, picking up a shorthanded goal when 2007 Alaska player of the year Robb Haider followed up a breakaway shot by Andrew Treptow, slamming the puck home just before crashing headlong into the net himself.

South then took the lead with 38.7 seconds left in the period on a power play goal by Trevor Allred, whose low slap shot from the point snuck between the legs of Service goalie Cody Gongora.

But Service didn't quit, and with 4.3 seconds left, Patrick Donlan converted a perfect centering feed from Barndon Stanfill to tie the game at 3-3 and force overtime.

WOLVERINES 4, COUGARS 3 (2OT)

Service 2 0 1 0 0 — 3

South 1 2 0 0 1 — 4

First period — 1. South- Carson (Allred, Schierhorn), 4:10; 2. Service- Kowal (Roy), 5:25; 3. Service- Roy (Rounds, Donlan), 7:15

Second period — 3. South- Haider (Treptow), sh, 7:48; 4. South- Allred (Haider), pp, 14:22

Third period — 6. Service- Donlan (Stanfill), 14:56

Second overtime — 7. South- Schierhorn (Haider, Rall), 3:30

Penalties: Service 4 for 8:00, South 4 for 8:00. Shots: Service 6-3-6-3-1 — 19, South 5-9-8-0-4 — 26. Saves: Service- Gongora 4-7-8-0-3 — 22; South- Barr 2-x-x-x-x — 2, Benton 2-3-5-3-1 — 15.

Huskies win 3A state title

WASILLA — Senior forward Garrett Smith scored with 1:56 left in regulation to give Delta Junction its second state title Saturday night with a 2-1 win over Glennallen.

Glennallen took a 1-0 lead in the second period on a goal by sophomore forward Ryan Crow, but the Huskies tied things up in the third on a score by junior forward Trevor Gilbertson. Senior forward Alan Waldo assisted on both Delta Junction goals, and Huskies goalie Gary Olsen-Saville made 21 saves in the win.

Delta Junction also won the small-schools title in 2000.

HUSKIES 2, PANTHERS 1

Delta Junction 0 0 2 — 2

Glennallen 0 1 0 — 1

First period — none.

Second period — 1. Glennallen- Crow (A. Sondergaard, Yahr), 13:46

Third period — 2. Delta Junction- Gilbertson (Waldo, Pinkleman), 4:39; 3. Delta Junction- Smith (Waldo, Joe), 13:04

Penalties: Delta Junction 5 for 10:00, Glennallen 6 for 12:00. Shots: Delta Junction 9-11-5 — 25, Glennallen 7-3-10 — 20. Saves: Delta Junction- Olson-Saville 7-2-10 — 19, Glennallen- Mills 9-11-3 — 23.

Tri-Valley 5, Kenny Lake 2

Bering Halloran and Kaz Cizmowski each scored twice for the Viking Warriors, which also got a goal and four assists from Parker Vacura in a 5-2 win over Kenny Lake in the small schools 3rd/4th place game Saturday morning.

Tri-Valley 2 1 1 — 5

Kenny Lake 1 1 0 — 2

State hockey scoreboard

Friday’s scores

Class 4A Semifinals: South Anchorage 3, Chugiak 1; Service 2, Dimond 1.

Consolation: Lathrop 4, Soldotna 1; Wasilla 7, West Valley 3.

Class 3A Semifinals: Glennallen 4, Kenny Lake 2; Delta Junction 5, Tri-Valley 2.

Saturday’s scores

Class 4A Fourth/Sixth: Wasilla 2, Lathrop 0

Class 4A Third/Fifth: Dimond 9, Chugiak 2

Class 3A: Third/Fourth: Tri-Valley 5, Kenny Lake 2

Friday’s boxes

WOLVERINES 3, MUSTANGS 1

South 1 0 2 — 3

Chugiak 0 0 1 — 1

First period — 1. South- Wright (Schierhorn), 13:06

Second period — none.

Third period — 2. South- Schierhorn (Haider, Allred), :58; 3. Chugiak- Demarcus (un), 6:01; 4. South- Haider (Wright, Schierhorn), 12:09

Penalties: South 7 for 22:00, Chugiak 3 for 6:00. Shots: South 4-2-6 — 12, Chugiak 4-11-12 — 27. Saves: South- Benton 4-11-11 — 26, Chugiak- McCurtain 3-2-4 — 9.

COUGARS 2, LYNX 0

Service 0 1 1 — 2

Dimond 0 0 0 — 0

First period — none.

Second period — 1. Service- Kowal (Roy, Donlan), 2:35

Third period — 2. Service- Rounds (un), 14:42

Penalties: Service 5 for 10:00, Dimond 2 for 4:00. Shots: Service 12-12-8 — 32, Dimond 6-12-3 — 21. Saves: Service- Gongora 6-12-3 — 21, Dimond- Geraghty 12-11-7 — 30.

MALEMUTES 4, STARS 1

Lathrop 3 0 1 — 4

Soldotna 0 1 0 — 1

First period — 1. Lathrop- Poe (Thayer), 6:59; 2. Lathrop- Hajdukovich (Munson), 11:08; 3. Lathrop- Gunderson (Poe, Olson), 11:53

Second period — 4. Soldotna- Christianson (Olson, Gleason), 7:25

Third period — 5. Lathrop- Gunderson (Olson), 1:34

Penalties: Lathrop 5 for 10:00, Soldotna 11 for 30:00. Shots: Lathrop 13-9-4 — 26, Soldotna 6-7-2 — 15. Saves: Lathrop- Shaffer 6-6-2 — 14, Soldotna- McGrath 10-x-x — 10, Kendricks x-9-3 — 12.

HUSKIES 5, VIKING WARRIORS 2

Delta Junction 1 2 2 — 5

Tri-Valley 0 1 1 — 2

First period — 1. Delta Junction- Waldo (Theisen, Erickson), :51

Second period — 2. Tri-Valley- Cizmowski (Halloran, Townsend), 5:26; 3. Delta Junction- Joe (Terry), 7:18; 4. Delta Junction- Erickson (Waldo), 14:27

Third period — 5. Tri-Valley- Halloran (Cizmowski), 2:37; 6. Delta Junction- Brown (Joe), 7:39; 7. Delta Junction- Erickson (un), 11:27

Penalties: Delta Junction 8 for 16:00, Tri-Valley 5 for 10:00. Shots: Delta Junction 8-12-12 — 32, Tri-Valley 3-7-4 — 14. Saves: Delta Junction- Olsen Saville 3-6-3 — 12, Tri-Valley Jordan 7-10-10 — 27.

PANTHERS 4, HAWKS 2

Glennallen 2 0 2 — 4

Kenny Lake 1 1 0 — 2

First period — 1. Kenny Lake- Rosenkrans (un), 4:35; 2. Glennallen- Crow (D. Sondergaard), 5:57; 3. Glennallen- Crow (un), 10:33

Second period — 4. Kenny Lake- VanWyhe (un), 7:13

Third period — 5. Glennallen- D. Dondergaaard (un), 6:43; 6. Glennallen- Crow (D. Sondergaard, Yahr), 10:05

Penalties: Glennallen 5 for 10:00, Kenny Lake 6 for 12:00. Shots: Glennallen 13-9-19 — 41, Kenny Lake 7-5-4 — 16. Saves: Glennallen- Mills 6-4-4 — 14, Kenny Lake- D. Helkenn 11-9-17 — 37. 0