Valley sports scoreboard

Duo ties for

orienteering win

Alex Wright and Donald Case each earned 259 points to tie for first place in the Murder Mystery Score Night Orienteering competition Oct. 17.

The course had 16 controls and was more than two miles long. There were 27 murder mystery clues and orienteers were able to determine the murderer, weapon and location of the crime.

Nearly 30 competed in the event hosted by the Colony High School R.O.T.C.

Hawks fall to Kardinals

One night after knocking off the 4A Soldotna Stars on their senior night, the 3A Houston Hawks were edged by another large-school foe, Kenai.

The Kards defeated Houston 3-1 (27-25, 21-25, 12-25, 18-25).

After a thrilling first game in which the Hawks rebounded from a significant deficit to take a 27-25 win, the Kardinals were able to take three straight games from the Hawks.

Houston head coach Bill Sieben cited that all of his setters were suffering from illness or injury in the match, but Houston did get a stellar performance from one of its middle hitters.

"Courtney Elder had her best game ever," Sieben said. "We moved her to single hitter and she was going up and down the net, blocking everything. Nothing got by."

Knights girls win

The Colony Knight girls' swimming squad won a tri-meet at Chugiak High School last week.

The Knights gained 72 points to defeat the Mustangs and East Thunderbirds.

Sarah Brettrager led the Knights with a pair of wins. Brettrager placed first in both the 100-yard freestyle and the 50-yard freestyle.

Nancy Long (500-yard freestyle) and Elise Long (100-yard breaststroke) also placed first for Colony.

The Colony boys' placed third in the meet with 28 points and were led by Brendon Bruns who placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke.