Rough Anchorage road trip for JDHS spikers

Klas Stolpe
Sep 30
3 min read

Crimson Bears battle through 2025 Spiketacular

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Lavinia Ma'ake touches a scoring shot at the net against Mt. Edgecumbe earlier in the season at the George Houston Gymnasium. The Crimson Bears played at the 2025 West Anchorage Spiketacular over the weekend. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

Juneau Independent Sports

The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears volleyball team had an uncomfortable road trip to Anchorage last week as they took to the court in a field of 21 schools at the 2025 West Anchorage Spiketacular.

The field was divided into three pools of seven teams to play six game apiece in round-robin format Friday through Saturday morning. Pool play records would seed teams in one of three bracket tournaments: Gold, Silver or Bronze.

South Anchorage won the Gold Bracket with wins over West Anchorage Kenai Central and Dimond. Final Gold standings: 1. South; 2. Dimond, 3. Tie - Colony, Kenai; 5. Tie - Soldotna, Eagle River, West, Service.

East Anchorage won the Silver Bracket with wins over Lathrop, Utqiagvik and Wasilla. Final Silver standings: 1. East; 2. Wasilla; 3. Tie - Nikiski, Utqiagvik; 5. Tie - Grace Christian, Palmer, Seward, Lathrop.

JDHS went 0-12 in pool play and were assigned the Bronze Bracket where they opened with a 2-1 loss to Nome and played through the consolation portion with a 2-1 win over Kodiak and a 2-1 win over West Valley.

Nome won the Bronze Bracket with wins over JDHS and Bartlett. Final Bronze standings 1. Nome; 2. Bartlett; 3. Tie - West Valley, JDHS; 5. Kodiak.

POOL PLAY

A Pool records: Dimond 11-1, Kenai Central 10-2, West Anchorage 8-4, Utqiagvik 5-7, Palmer 4-8, Grace Christian 3-9 and Kodiak 1-11.

A Pool scores: WA/PAL 25-23, 25-21; DMD/GC 25-2, 25-17; UTQ/WA 25-23, 7-25; DMD/PAL 25-20, 25-13; GC/KC 22-25, 7-25; KOD/DMD 14-25, 18-25; PAL/GC 24-26, 20-17; KC/UTQ 25-23, 20-16; WA/KOD 25-12, 25-22; DMD/UTQ 25-14, 23-19; GC/KOD 25-22, 25-16; WA/KC 14-25, 25-17; KOD/PAL 25-17, 22-23; WA/DMD 12-25, 8-25; UTQ/GC 25-18, 25-14; KC/PAL 25-18, 19-17; GC/WA 22-25, 16-25; UTQ/KOD 25-22, 25-23; KC/DMD 25-19, 7-25; PAL/UTQ 30-28, 16-6.

B Pool records: South Anchorage 12-0, Colony 10-2, Soldotna 6-5-1, East Anchorage 5-6-1, Seward 5-7, West Valley 3-9 and JDHS 0-12.

B Pool scores: JD/SEW/ 20-25, 19-23; COL/SOHI 25-21, 25-20; EA/JD 25-17, 22-20; SA/WV 25-15, 25-7; COL/SEW 25-14, 25-23; SA/JD 25-10, 25-13; EA/COL 9-25, 20-25; SEW/SOHI 21-25, 25-15; EA/WV 26-24, 20-17; COL/SA 19-25, 15-25; SOHI/JD 25-19, 25-12; SA/EA 25-16, 25-19; WV/SEW 19-25, 21-18; JD/COL 24-26, 13-18; SOHI/EA 25-23, 12-12; SEW/SA 18-25, 6-25; WV/COL 17-25, 18-25; JD/WV 23-25, 15-18; SEW/EA 21-25, 21-20; SOHI/SA 20-25, 16-25.

C Pool records: Service 9-2-1, Eagle River 9-3, Nikiski 6-5-1, Wasilla 6-6, Lathrop 5-7, Nome 4-8 and Bartlett 2-10.

C Pool scores: LATH/ER 20-25, 14-25; WAS/NOM 25-19, 12-22; BART/NIK 24-26, 22-17; KOD/KC 15-25, 12-23; WV/SOHI 15-25, 12-25; WAS/SER 22-25, 14-20; BART/ER 21-25, 7-15; NOM/SER 20-25, 8-10; LATH/NIK 26-24, 16-25; ER/WAS 25-17, 22-21; BART/LATH 14-25, 22-25; NIK/NOM 27-25, 23-20; SER/ER 21-25, 18-17; NOM/BART 25-23, 25-15; ER/NIK 21-25, 18-25; SER/LATH 18-25, 25-12; LATH/WAS 17-25, 21-25; WAS/BART 22-25, 22-18; NIK/SER 22-25, 24-24; ER/NOM 25-18, 25-17; SER/BART 26-24, 20-18; NIK/WAS 15-25, 21-25; NOM/LATH 24-26, 23-22.

BRACKET PLAY

Gold scores: DMD/SOHI 2-0, COL/ER 2-0, SA/WA 2-0, KC/SER 2-1, DMD/COL 2-1, SA/KC 2-0, SA/DMD 2-1. Consolations: SOHI/ER 2-1, SER/WA 2-0.

Silver scores: NIK/GC 2-0, WAS/PAL 2-0, UTQ/SEW 2-0, EA/LATH 2-0, WAS/NIK 2-0, EA/UTQ 2-1, EA/WAS 2-0. Consolations: PAL/GC 2-1, UTQ/LATH 2-1.

Bronze scores: BART/KOD 2-1, BART/WV 2-1, NOM/JD 2-1, NOM/BART 2-0. Consolations: JD/KOD 2-1, JD/WV 2-1.