Girls

STATE BASKETBALL: 4A GIRLS

Warriors repeat as 4A girls champs

Once the game began, things were fine for the Wasilla Warriors. It was the moments leading up to their 56-33 victory over West Valley in Saturday's Class 4A girls championship game that things were looking shaky for the defending state champions.

STATE BASKETBALL: 3A GIRLS

Galena girls win state in overtime

With star Jenna Buchanan making a game-tying put-back just before the buzzer ending regulation, Galena racked a 67-58 win against Sitka to capture the Class 3A title at Sullivan Arena.

STATE BASKETBALL: 4A GIRLS

West Valley earns first trip to the title game

On Friday, the best thing for West Valley turned out to be Hannah Mattson making big play after big play in the closing minutes of a 42-35 semifinal win over Juneau-Douglas in the Class 4A state tournament at the Sullivan Arena.

STATE BASKETBALL: 3A GIRLS

Halftime party powers the Wolves

Trailing by eight points at halftime of their Class 3A semifinal in the state basketball tournament Friday, the Sitka girls did not conduct a pity party at intermission. Instead, the Wolves retreated to their locker room at Sullivan Arena and, well, enjoyed a really good time.

STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Devine, Hutchins are selected Alaska's best

The Wasilla Warriors swept Player of the Year basketball honors, with Connor Devine earning the honor among Class 4A boys and Alyssa Hutchins taking the girls award.

STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Mt. Edgecumbe gets it done at free throw line

The Mt. Edgecumbe boys are starting to understand the importance of free-throw shooting and beginning to improve just in time for the state basketball tournament at Sullivan Arena.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Lynx sweep CIC crowns

The Dimond boys and girls basketball teams shared a similar path to Saturday's Cook Inlet Conference title games at West High, having both steamrolled through the CIC without a loss this season.

Dimond teams cruise into finals in basketball

The Dimond boys and girls basketball teams both remained undefeated in Cook Inlet Conference play, each scoring 63 points in victory Friday at the CIC tournament at West High.

Seward girls claim crown in basketball

The Seward girls basketball team denied Anchorage Christian its sixth straight Southcentral Conference title Friday, upending the Lions on their home floor 55-44 and earning an automatic bid to the Class 3A state tournament.

Photos: Cook Inlet Conference Semifinal Basketball

Friday's tournament results

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Wolves give Eagles major wake-up call in basketball

The Eagle River boys nearly pulled the Cook Inlet Conference basketball tournament's first upset at West High on Thursday, but defending CIC champion West escaped with a 61-60 win.

Photos: Southcentral Conference Basketball

ASAA to let stats do the selecting

The Alaska School Activities Association will utilize a Winning Percentage Index to determine the final two Class 4A spots in the girls and boys tournaments, with the at-large teams to be named Sunday.

HIGH SCHO0L BASKETBALL

Prep basketball conference tournaments begin games

The Dimond High boys and girls basketball teams, which both rolled through the regular season undefeated in conference play (14-0), headline the Cook Inlet Conference tournaments, which open Wednesday at West High.

Bookert boosts Eagles past Cougars in girls basketball

Channel Bookert and Anastasia Lavern-Tosi combined for 25 points Thursday to help visiting West defeat Service 46-33 in a Cook Inlet Conference girls basketball game.

Girls basketball: Bartlett 44, Eagle River 32

Bartlett's Olivia Calloway led all scorers with 14 points Wednesday in a 44-32 Cook Inlet Conference win over host Eagle River.

Service 59, East 57 in girls basketball

Service staged a big second-half rally Saturday to edge East 59-57 in a Cook Inlet Conference girls basketball game at East.

Wasilla 73, Homer 14 in girls basketball

Alyssa Hutchins' 22 points highlighted Wasilla's 73-14 thrashing of host Homer on Friday in a nonconference girls basketball game.

Dimond 71, South 31in girls basketball

The Dimond Lynx grabbed a 26-8 lead in the first quarter and never looked back Thursday in a 71-31 romp over South in a Cook Inlet Conference girls basketball game at South.

Dimond 77, Chugiak 38 in girls basketball

Behind three double-digit scorers and one double-digit rebounder, the Dimond girls basketball team pummelled Chugiak 77-38 in a CIC game at Dimond on Tuesday, improving to 10-0 in the conference.

Photos: Grace Christian and ACS basketball

Service 36, Chugiak 34 in girls basketball

Sophia Tidler sank six free throws in the fourth quarter to rally Service to a 36-34 Cook Inlet Conference girls basketball win over Chugiak.

South 56, Eagle River 28 in girls basketball

Freshman point guard Grace Williams went inside the paint to provide help on the boards for the South Wolverines on Friday, grabbing 12 boards to help her team to a 56-28 Cook Inlet Conference drubbing of Eagle River.

GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

ACS 56, Chugiak 41in girls basketball

Dallas Dickerson led a balanced scoring attack that carried Anchorage Christian past Chugiak 56-41 Thursday in a nonconference girls basketball game.