Kodiak Swimmers Sweep Homer; Bears Stifled on Gridiron

Kodiak High School’s swimming and diving teams swept the Homer Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Homer. The Kodiak girls scored 123 points, while runner-up Soldotna had 103. On the boys side, Kodiak had 168 for the win, while Soldotna posted 91 to finish second. The Kodiak girls took eight of the 12 events, while the Kodiak boys won six. There are full results inside.

On the gridiron, the Bears lost the first ever “Salmon Bowl” game against the Kenai Kardinals. That new rivalry was started with last year’s Kodiak defensive coordinator, Davis Lowery was hired as this year’s Kenai head coach. The Kardinals’ offense did its scoring early and often in dropping the Bears 30-to-6. Kodiak’s only touchdown came on a 76-yard interception return by Kaleb Finley in the fourth quarter.

After winning its first three games – all of them outside the Northern Lights Conference – the Bears have dropped two straight to NLC foes. Kodiak’s overall record is 3-and-2 and they are 0-2 in the conference.
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Homer Invitational
Friday, Saturday in Homer
GIRLS
Team scores: 1. Kodiak, 123; 2. Soldotna, 103; 3. Homer, 44; 4. Kenai, 38; 5. Seward, 7; 6. Cordova, 6.
200-yard medley relay — 1. Kodiak (Apitz, Johnson, Sundberg, Nicholson), 2 minutes, 12.37 seconds; 2. Kenai, 2:13.92; 3. Soldotna, 2:23.72; 4. Homer, 2:38.79; 5. Seward, 2:45.05; 6. Soldotna, 2:45.10.
200 freestyle — 1. Marina Cummiskey, Kod, 2:03.20; 2. Molly Blackmon, Kod, 2:12.52; 3. Rachel Davidson, Sol, 2:18.80; 4. Katie Creglow, Sol, 2:22.41; 5. Cheyanne Sundberg, Kod, 2:24.30; 6. Madelyn Brennan, Sol, 2:30.19.
200 IM — 1. Lauren Kuhns, Hom, 2:23.09; 2. Sydney Juliussen, Sol, 2:36.47; 3. JessiAnna McDonald, Ken, 2:39.55; 4. Delaney Johnson, Kod, 2:45.75; 5. Alex Juliussen, Sol, 2:50.28; 6. Anika Witsoe, Cor, 2:54.92.
50 freestyle — 1. Hannah Glover, Kod, 27.12; 2. Darby McMillan, Sol, 27.93; 3. Alia Bales, Hom, 28.04; 4. Oliva Apitz, Kod, 28.89; 5. Kortney Birch, Sol, 29.18; 6. Ryann Cannava, Sol, 29.76.
Diving — 1. Mikaela Pitsch, Ken, 192.65; 2. Rhythm Beckett-Cook, Hom, 155.90; 3. Annalyn Brown, 153.50.
100 butterfly — 1. JessiAnna McDonald, Ken, 1:18.15; 2. Arin Reger, Sol, 1:30.23; 3. Rachel Spence, Sol, 1:37.06; 4. Autumn Deaton, Cor, 2:02.12.
100 freestyle — 1. Marina Cummiskey, Kod, 57.31; 2. Sydney Juliussen, Sol, 58.88; 3. Hannah Glover, Kod, 1:00.79; 4. Emily Hubert, Kod, 1:04.63; 5. Alex Juliussen, Sol, 1:05.59; 6. Alia Bales, Hom, 1:06.28.
500 freestyle — 1. Cheyanne Sundberg, Kod, 6:11.25; 2. Rachel Davidson, Sol, 6:23.34; 3. Kortney Birch, Sol, 6:27.71; 4. Solstice Kraszeski, Hom, 6:46.27; 5. Madelyn Brennan, Sol, 6:49.84; 6. Elena Hamner, Sew, 7:43.82.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Glover, Blackmon, Apitz, Cummiskey), 1:49.48; 2. Soldotna, 1:51.41; 3. Kodiak, 2:00.64; 4. Kenai, 2:03.18; 5. Homer, 2:08.90; 6. Seward, 2:11.87.
100 backstroke — 1. Oliva Apitz, Kod, 1:09.65; 2. Molly Blackmon, Kod, 1:09.71; 3. Mikaela Pitsch, Ken, 1:11.70; 4. Darby McMillan, Sol, 1:12.00; 5. Ryann Cannava, Sol, 1:17.15; 6. Kendra Hall, Sol, 1:26.02.
100 breaststroke — 1. Lauren Kuhns, Hom, 1:14.45; 2. Katie Creglow, Sol, 1:15.75; 3. Delaney Johnson, Kod, 1:23.96; 4. Iris Downey, Hom, 1:29.36; 5. Anika Witsoe, Cor, 1:29.55; 6. Lydia Stanford, Kod, 1:29.95.
400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Blackmon, Sundberg, Glover, Cummiskey), 4:03.97; 2. Soldotna, 4:18.65; 3. Soldotna, 4:27.65; 4. Kodiak, 4:41.75; 5. Soldotna, 5:12.22; 6. Kodiak, 5:37.18.
BOYS
1. Kodiak, 168; 2. Soldotna, 91; 3. Kenai 50; 4. Homer, 9; 5. Seward, 6; 6. Cordova, 3.
200 medley relay — 1. Kodiak (Hanson, James, Lindquist, Schauff), 1:42.64; 2. Soldotna, 1:45.65; 3. Kenai, 1:48.35; 4. Kodiak, 1:54.28; 5. Soldotna, 2:12.56; 6. Homer, 2:12.85.
200 freestyle — 1. Jacob Hall, Sol, 1:52.29; 2. Dan Lamberg, Kod, 1:55.23; 3. Nathan James, Kod, 1:58.99; 4. Daniel Smith, Kod, 2:00.21; 5. Zion Alioto, Ken, 2:08.33; 6. Kaleb Carrillo, Cor, 2:26.02.
200 IM — 1. Luke James, Kod, 2:06.55; 2. Jacob Creglow, Sol, 2:08.66; 3. Baxter Anderson, Kod, 2:13.44; 4. Hunter Reese, Ken, 2:17.98; 5. Nevin Lee, Kod, 2:18.76; 6. Theodore Castellani, Hom, 2:31.07.
50 freestyle — 1. Talon Lindquist, Kod, 22.18; 2. Cody Watkins, Sol, 22.50; 3. Nathan Schauff, Kod, 23.62; 4. Graham Burnside, Kod, 24.49; 5. Connor Spanos, Sew, 25.26; 6. Trevor Bagley, Ken, 25.91.
Diving — 1. Kylin Welch, Sol, 236.45; 2. Sam Skolnick, Sol, 209.70; 3. Spencer Warren, Hom, 180.65; 4. Gideon Hutchison, Sol, 131.40.
100 butterfly — 1. Hunter Reese, Ken, 57.85; 2. Baxter Anderson, Kod, 1:00.00; 3. Connor Spanos, Sew, 1:03.23; 4. Anders Hocum, Kod, 1:05.12; 5. Caleb Fredercickson, Sol, 1:09.52; 6. Josiah Fish, Kod, 1:09.78.
100 freestyle — 1. Jacob Hall, Sol, 50.23; 2. Luke James, Kod, 51.85; 3. Savaii Heaven, Ken, 51.92; 4. Nathan Schauff, Kod, 51.93; 5. Graham Burnside, Kod, 54.16; 6. Connor Gross, Sol, 58.81.
500 freestyle — 1. Talon Lindquist, Kod, 4:46.14; 2. Daniel Smith, Kod, 5:14.79; 3. Nathan James, Kod, 5:18.64; 4. Zion Alioto, Ken, 5:44.13; 5. Will Gross, Sol, 6:29.33; 6. Kane Graham, Hom, 6:46.40.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (Hall, Frederickson, Creglow, Watkins), 1:34.48; 2. Kodiak, 1:37.27; 3. Kenai, 1:38.73; 4. Kodiak, 1:41.08; 5. Kodiak, 1:51.27; 6. Kenai, 1:56.76.
100 backstroke — 1. Gus Hanson, Kod, 58.57; 2. Savaii Heaven, Ken, 58.94; 3. Dan Lambert, Kod, 1:01.58; 4. Jacob Creglow, Sol, 1:03.65; 5. Patrick Peralta, Kod, 1:03.97; 6. Theodore Castellani, Hom, 1:10.21.
100 breaststroke — 1. Cody Watkins, Sol, 1:05.17; 2. Nevin Lee, Kod, 1:07.52; 3. Anders Hocum, Kod, 1:07.62; 4. Eric Kempf, Ken, 1:11.11; 5. Wesley Dumm, Kod, 1:13.10; 6. Caleb Frederickson, Sol, 1:15.26.
400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Lindquist, Lambert, James, Schaueff), 3:22.07; 2. Kodiak, 3:39.87; 3. Soldotna, 3:58.06; 4. Kodiak, 4:03.91; 5. Kenai, 4:28.66; Cordova, 4:30.17.