ANCHORAGE — The West Valley Wolfpack entered the 2010 Lady Lynx Invitational as the top-ranked team in the 4A girls class. But the Colony Knights didn’t seem too intimidated by West Valley’s No. 1 ranking.

Colony held the Wolfpack to just 28 percent shooting and 11 second -half points, and the Knights scored a 47-29 win over the Wolfpack during the first day of the Lady Lynx Invitational at Dimond High School on Wednesday.

Junior Kaitlyn Klapperich led the Knights with a game-high 13 points. Klapperich hit 6-of-9 shots from the field and dished out six assists. Sophomore Alyssa Hutchins added 12 points in the win, scoring all of her points from behind the arc. Hutchins shot 50 percent from three-point land.

Freshman Mary Klapperich chipped in 10 points.

Senior Amanda Booth led the Knights with six rebounds.

Colony led 15-10  after the end of the first quarter, but it was the Knights’ work during the second half that proved to be the difference.

West Valley scored eight points in the third and three in the fourth, while shooting 20 percent from the floor during the final 16 minutes.

Erica Veazey led West Valley with eight points.

West Valley entered the tourney as the top-ranked 4A girls team according to the Alaska School Activities Association’s Winning Percentage Index. The formula, which takes a team’s winning percentage and a team’s opponents’ winning percentage against 4A schools into account, is used to seed the 4A state tournaments.

Colony was ranked fourth, according to the WPI.

Ketchikan (second), West Anchorage (third) and Wasilla (fifth) rounded out the top five.

In other first-day action, Wasilla scored an easy 49-19 win over the Bartlett Golden Bears.

Wasilla didn’t allow Bartlett to hit double digits in scoring in any quarter. The Warriors allowed four points in both the first and the fourth and three points during the third.

Junior Celeste Colegrove led Wasilla with 14 points, while junior Kelsey Cottle notched a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Katie Bialka added six points in the victory.

Colony 47, West Valley 29

Dimond Lady Lynx Invitational

Wednesday, Dimond High School

West Valley  10-8-8-3—29

Colony  15-10-11-11—47

West Valley (29) — Mackey 3 0-0 6, Veazey 4 0-0 8, Mattson 2 0-3 4, Brice 0 1-2 1, Phillips 1 0-0 2, Yarde 2 0-2 2, Minzman 2 0-0 4; Totals: 14 1-7 29.

Colony (47) — M. Klapperich 4 1-2 10, Hutchins 4 0-0 16, K. Klapperich 6 0-0 13, Bowker 2 0-0 5, Forstner 1 12- 3, Booth 2 0-0 4; Totals: 19 1-4 47.

3-point field goals: West Valley 0, Colony 7 (Hutchins 4); Total fouls: West Valley 5, Colony 14.

Wasilla 49, Bartlett 19

Dimond Lady Lynx Invitational

Wednesday, Dimond High School

Wasilla  11-15-12-11—49

Bartlett 4-8-3-4—19

Wasilla (49) — Frizzelle 1 0-0 3, Apangolook 4 0-4 8, Imoe 1 2-2 4, Dinkel 2 0-4 4, Naczi 1 1-2 3, Bialka 2 1-2 6, Colegrove 5 4-5 14, Cottle 4 2-4 10, Burke 0 1-2 1; Totals: 18 11-33 49.

Bartlett (19) — Young 0 5-6 5, Little 1 0-2 2, Turner 0 3-4 3, Tillmon 2 0-0 5, E. Manumaleuna 2 0-0 4; Totals: 5 8-12 19.

3-point field goals: Wasilla 2 (Bialka, Frizzelle 1), Bartlett 1 (Tillmon 1); Total fouls: Wasilla 11, Bartlett 21; Fouled out: Bartlett- E. Manumaleua.

Early lead enough

for East

PALMER — The East Anchorage Thunderbirds secured an early lead and held on to grab a 49-41 nonconference win over the Palmer Moose at Palmer High School on Wednesday.

East Anchorage 49, Palmer 41

Wedensday, Palmer High School

East  12-15-10-12—49

Palmer  4-10-12-15—41

East (49) — R. Schoenhorn 4 2-2 12, Chapman 1 0-2 2, Hawk 2 0-0 5, Gavin 4 2-4 10, Hale 3 4-5 10, Skan 1 0-0 2, Owens 4 0-0 8; Totals 19 8-13 49.

Palmer (41) — Venzke 5 1-6 10, LaMere 0 2-6 2, Thein 1 0-0 2, Koehn 3 0-0 6, Blake 2 0-3 5, Smith 4 0-0 10, Neunberg 2 0-0 4; Totals: 17 6-18 41.

3-point field goals: East 3 (Schoenhorn 2), Palmer 1 (Blake 1); Total fouls: East 18, Palmer 14; Fouled out: East- Owens.

Knights cruise to win

PALMER — Sophomore Alyssa Hutchins scored a game-high 23 points as the Colony Knights cruised past Lathrop 73-31 at Colony High School last week.

Junior Kaitlyn Klapperich added 17 points, and freshman Mary Klapperich chipped in 13 for the Knights.

Colony 73, Lathrop 31

Friday, Colony High School

Lathrop  6-7-8-10—31

Colony 9-21-18-25—73

Lathrop (31) — Allen 3 1-2 7, Kennedy 1 0-0 2, Basinger 1 0-0 2, Tyler 1 1-2 3, Krier 2 0-0 4, Reed 2 6-6 10, Angell 1 0-2 3; Totals: 11 8-12 31.

Colony (73) — M. Klapperich 6 1-3 13, Hutchins 9 4-4 23, K. Klapperich 7 0-3 17, Bowker 2 0-0 4, Leigh 4 0-0 8, Forstner 3 2-3 8; Totals; 31 7-14 73.

3-point field goals: Lathrop 1 (Angell 1), Colony 4 (K. Klapperich 3); Total fouls: Lathrop 17, Colony 14.

Boys basketball

Heritage gets by Houston

ANCHORAGE — Heritage used a big third quarter to score a 53-39 win over the Houston Hawks at Heritage Christian School in Anchorage on Tuesday.

Heritage led by just two points after the first quarter and four points and halftime, but outscored the Hawks 20-6 in the third.

Senior Zack Qual led the Hawks with nine points in the loss.

Heritage 53, Houston 39

Tuesday, Heritage Christian School

Houston  9-11-6-13—39

Heritage  11-13-20-9—53

Houston — Frank 2, Kramer 3, Qual 9, Rothley 5, Montreuil 7, Barrow 7, Buzby 4, Pease 2.

Heritage — Hanks 3, Millar 2, Ridgeway 14, Miessner 9, G. Vreeman 5, A. Vreeman 16, LeBaron 4.