River City Cheer and Gymnastics of Soldotna took the Level 2 state title this weekend at the USA Gymnastics Alaska State Meet 2014.

The meet, the focal point of year-round training, was held in Anchorage, drawing gymnasts from around the state.

The coaches for River City are Shannon Evarts and Cari Winger. Evarts said River City changed its training program last summer and is starting to see some great success.

Forward Albin Karlsson of the Kenai River Brown Bears was given the Easton Midwest Division Star of the Week on Monday by the North American Hockey League.

Karlsson, who will be enrolling at Division I Niagara University next season on a hockey scholarship, had four points in the Bears’ weekend split at the Wichita Falls (Texas) Wildcats. The native of Uppsala, Sweden, also was a plus-2. He had an assist Friday in a 3-1 loss, and a goal and two assists in Saturday’s 5-3 win.

The Kenai River Brown Bears came from behind in the third period to secure two crucial points in the North American Hockey League playoff chase Saturday in Wichita Falls, Texas.

After getting outshot 16-4 in the second period and giving up three straight goals to go down 3-2, the Bears stormed back in the third period for a 5-3 victory over the Wildcats in front of 1,532 fans.

“I thought we showed some real good character being able to recover when our backs were against the wall and getting two points,” Kenai River head coach Geoff Beauparlant said.

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas announced its annual Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sales will be held at 9 a.m. on May 7 in Anchorage.

The state has about 4 million acres with in the Cook Inlet area divided into 815 tracts ranging in size from 100 to 5,760 acres available for lease sale. The sale area is within the Kenai Peninsula and Matanuska-Susitna Borough and the Municipality of Anchorage.

The deadline for bidder qualification is 4 p.m. on May 2 and bids must be received by 4 p.m. on May 5.