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Player of the Week: Kiah Dihle

Published 3:00 am Sunday, October 13, 2019

Player of the Week: Kiah Dihle
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Player of the Week: Kiah Dihle
Thunder Mountain High School sophomore Kiah Dihle, left, leads a pack of runners in the ASAA Division I girls cross country championship at Bartlett High School on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire File)

Kiah Dihle is the Juneau Empire’s player of the week.

Dihle, a sophomore on the Thunder Mountain High School cross-country team, placed eighth last Saturday at the ASAA Division I state cross country race with a time of 19 minutes, 10 seconds. Dihle’s performance marked the highest state finish in three years on the Falcons girls. Last month, the multi-sport talent won the Petersburg Invitational before placing second at both the Ketchikan Invitational and Region V Championships.