Photos: 2016 1A 2A state basketball championship semifinals

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Marilyn McCarr cheers on Bristol Bay in a semifinal game during the Alaska State 2A basketball championships at the Alaska Airlines Center at UAA in Anchorage, AK on Friday, March 18, 2016. McCarr’s granddaughters Anna Hansen and Sharon Hansen play for Bristol Bay. Bristol Bay defeated Point Hope 60-51 to move on to the championship game on Saturday.

For the first time in history, the Scammon Bay girls basketball team will play in the state championship game, and the team's coach says the Eagles are where they are because they never stop running.

Read more: Scammon Bay, Wainwright to play for 1A girls crown

The championship is set for the Class 2A girls. Petersburg advances to the championship in its first season in 2A, coming down from 3A, and Bristol Bay advances looking for redemption after a third-place finish last year.

Read more: 2A girls: Petersburg and Bristol Bay to battle in championship

You can't talk Ninilchik girls basketball without talking about the Leman family — coach Dan, who coached the Ninilchik girls to a record five straight state championships, and daughter Whitney, who starred on four of those championship teams.

Read more: Ninilchik, Nikolaevsk to meet for 1A boys championship

The Petersburg boys didn't play like they'd never been in a state tournament before in Friday's Class 2A semifinals win at the Alaska Airlines Center.

Read more: Class 2A boys: Petersburg soars into state title game