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Juneau teams went 4-1-1 in group play Thursday at the tournament. In other games, the Juneau Reign U-13 boys shut out the Kenai Peninsula Riverhounds 6-0, the Juneau Xtratuffs U-14 girls blanked the Fairbanks Eclipse 7-0, the Juneau Jaguars U-15 boys beat the Mat-Valley Blue Impact 8-3, the Juneau Orcas U-16 boys tied 1-1 with the NLSC Dynamo 88 and the Juneau Titans U-15 girls lost 1-0 to the NLSC Dragons.

Group play continues today and Saturday, and the teams with the best group records will move on to the playoffs this weekend. Division winners earn berths at the 2004 Far West Regional Tournament in Spokane, Wash., next June.

Juneau's Justin Gundersen helped anchor the defense, and Sam Post and Derek Stewart manned the goal for the Riptide.

The Riptide conclude group play today against the Chugiak Cosmos in a rematch of last year's State Cup U-13 boys championship game, which Juneau won.

Vicente Alinson scored two goals, and Andrew Sigler and Joe Croteau each added a goal and two assists as the Reign shut out the Riverhounds.

Aaron Badilla and Tom Voight also scored for the Reign, and Badilla and Taylor White had the other assists.

On defense the Reign got a solid effort from Conor Lendrum in goal, assisted by defenders Colin Sielbach, Kevin Craig and Nathan Teal. Juneau used subs extensively in the game, with strong play from the entire roster.

With the win, the Riptide (2-0) qualified for the tourney playoffs.

The Xtratuffs also qualified for Saturday's semifinals with their victory on Thursday. Juneau is 2-0 in the tournament and the Xtratuffs clinched their pool-play division title even though they play the North Pole Cyclones today.

Margaret Sekona scored three goals, while Nellie Metcalfe, Amanda Soto, Isabel Waldman and Kayla Walton added one goal each for the defending state champions. Carly Lehnhart had two assists, while Lindsey Collins and Clarissa Suson added one assist each for Juneau.

Alison Bremner started in goal for Juneau, with Walton and Metcalfe playing net the second half.

After a tie in their first game, the two-time defending state champion Jaguars got their first win of the tournament. Juneau improved to 1-0-1 and has to win today against the Northern Lights Dynamo to guarantee a spot in Saturday's semifinals.

Andrew Flansaas scored five goals to lead the Jaguars, while Jamaal Bailey, Daryl Lew and Cary Kelly added single goals, assistant coach Richard Schirmer said. Carlo Ebron added two assists and Kevin Koenig added an assist for Juneau.

Nils Domke, Alex Schirmer and Lew anchored the Jaguars' defense, while Bailey ran the offense.

The Orcas took a 1-0 lead into the final 30 seconds of Thursday's game, but the Dynamo 88 squad scored on a penalty kick right before time expired to force the tie.

Juneau's goal came right after the start of the second half after Eric Gullefsen stole the ball from a Dynamo 88 player. Gullefsen made a quick pass to Jared Azure, Azure fed the ball to Dylan Ashe about 18 yards out, and Ashe buried the shot.

Tyler Dinnan and Robert Slagle had good games on defense for the Orcas.

The Titans stayed even with the Dragons for most of Thursday's game, but lost on a penalty kick about 10 minutes into the second half. After the Dragons scored, the hot weather and the deficit wore down the Juneau players.

Keri Williamson had a good game in goal for the Titans, and she was assisted on defense by Audrey Wagner and Lindsey Kato. Midfielder Dani Barr and forward Sarah Christianson also played well.

For more information about the State Cup, including preliminary game schedules, look on the Web at www.socceralaska.org.

Wednesday game

Juneau Jaguars 2, Cook Inlet Samurai 2

The Jaguars and Samurai played to a tie in a rematch of a championship game at last year's State Cup, which the Jaguars won.

Cook Inlet took a 2-0 lead in the first half before Juneau's Andrew Flansaas scored on a penalty kick in the 39th minute.

In the second half, Juneau controlled the game on offense and added a goal when Cary Kelly scored off a cross pass from Jamaal Bailey. Later in the second half, Bailey hit the right post on a shot and Carlo Ebron just missed scoring a goal on a header attempt in the 78th minute.

The Jaguars' Alex Schirmer, Nils Domke, Owen Kelley and Bryan Crowder assisted goalkeeper Eric Choquette on defense. Ebron and Daryl Lew keyed the offense with good midfield play.