A pair of Culver Academy teams skated for the Class 5-A hockey state title Saturday at the Pepsi Coliseum in Indianapolis.

The Varsity B team picked up its eighth state championship since 1990 with a 3-0 victory over the Culver junior varsity.

"It's kind of tough to play your same school," Varsity B coach Justin Zimmerman said. "All the guys you watch every day and the guys we're trying to develop as well."

Alex McNeely, Nate Dewhurst and Chris Darnell scored for the Varsity B team.

"We weren't happy just to be here, we wanted to win," junior varsity coach Jeremy Church said. "The Varsity B team was clearly the best team we've played all year. It just speaks to the quality of the hockey program at Culver and the quality of players we get."

Despite their familiarity, the two teams rarely faced each other this season, even in practice.

"We've scrimmaged maybe two or three times over the course of the year," Zimmerman said. "We never play at a full game situation at all."

The Varsity B team finishes the season with a record of 31-12-2 while the junior varsity finishes 33-6-4.

Even though it is the second-best team at Culver, the Varsity B team didn't take the third-best team lightly in preparation for Saturday's title game.

"It was a bitter rivalry. Our Varsity B guys wanted to win just as much as if they were playing somebody else," Zimmerman said. "Our kids all week took practice very seriously."

• CULVER VARSITY B 3, CULVER JV 0
  FIRST PERIOD
  CB -- Alex McNeely (Kit Sitterley) 12:51
  SECOND PERIOD
  CB -- Nate Dewhurst (David Girths) 2:15
  SECOND PERIOD
  CB -- Chris Darnell :01
  Shots: Varsity B 27, JV 17; Saves: Varsity B 27 (Jason Torf), JV 14 (Wes Ollom).