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Basketball

West 10, East 4 in prep basketball

Andrew McAlister went 3 for 3 with two RBIs to help propel West to a 10-4 win over East in a Cook Inlet Conference baseball game at Mulcahy Stadium on Thursday.

All-stars will play two

Some of the state's best basketball players will be busy this week playing in two Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches senior all-star games.

3A and 4A state basketball tournament results

Results from Saturday's games in the 3A and 4A state basketball tournaments

STATE BASKETBALL: 4A BOYS

Lynx win it in OT

The Dimond Lynx didn't hold a lead until overtime, but they gutted out a 57-51 win over the Service Cougars in the Class 4A boys state basketball championship Saturday at the Sullivan Arena.

3A and 4A state basketball tournament results

3A and 4A past champions

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: 3A BOYS

Monroe Catholic boys are Alaska's best

Using relentless defense and a second-half offensive surge, the Monroe Catholic boys claimed their first Class 3A state basketball title at the Sullivan Arena on Saturday.

3A and 4A past champions

Previous state basketball champions

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: 4A BOYS

Service stuns Wasilla

The Service and Dimond boys basketball teams authored dramatic victories Friday at the Sullivan Arena in the Class 4A state tournament to advance to the state championship game.

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: 3A BOYS

ACS, Monroe cruise

Nothing patriotic going on, just the Anchorage Christian School Lions, clad in those colors, employing a suffocating defense as a semifinal springboard into the championship game of the Class 3A state basketball tournament.

STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

3A and 4A results

Friday's results and Saturday's schedule

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.

STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

OT adds to sting of losing for Barrow teams

Barrow's basketball teams worked overtime Thursday in the opening round of the Class 3A state tournament, but neither was rewarded for its extra labors.

State basketball results and schedule

STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

After a slow start, Newhalen girls reign

The Newhalen girls regrouped from a stumbling start to roar back and beat Chefornak, 51-30, in the Class 1A state championship game at Sullivan Arena.

STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Seniors lead Newhalen boys to state title

Big games from seniors Gregory Trefon and Tyler Anelon helped carry the Newhalen boys basketball team to its first state title Wednesday at the Sullivan Arena, a fast-paced 91-79 victory over Golovin.

STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Noorvik boys win championship

Elmer Armstrong hit two free throws with 2.1 seconds left Wednesday night to give perennial small-schools power Noorvik a 50-48 victory over Scammon Bay that earned the Bears the boys Class 2A state basketball championship at Sullivan Arena.

STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Point Hope girls claim crown

All season, the girls on the Point Hope basketball team have been told to shoot the ball when they feel like they have a good look at the hoop, so Amanda Sage didn't hesitate to fire a 3-pointer from the right wing with her team trailing by two and 56 seconds left in Wednesday's Class 2A championship game at the Sullivan Arena.

Motocross at Kincaid Park

Racers competed in wet and muddy conditions during State Race #2 of Alaska Racing Lions State Motocross Series on Sunday, May 27, 2012, at Jodhpur Track in Kincaid Park.

Racers competed in wet and muddy conditions during State Race #2 of Alaska Racing Lions State Motocross Series on Sunday, May 27, 2012, at Jodhpur Track in Kincaid Park.

State Soccer

West Valley Vs. South High in the State Championship soccer game on Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Dimond High. The South High girls won the state championship with a score of 4 to 0.

State soccer championships at Chugiak High on Thursday, May 24, 2012.

Bike Hill Climb

The Arctic Bicycle Club's Clark's Road Hill Climb on Friday, May 25, 2012. Racers started at Potter Marsh and the new riders finished at the fire station and experienced riders continued up Clark's Road.

The Arctic Bicycle Club's Clark's Road Hill Climb.

Local sports

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ONLINE VIDEO

Acting on the hardwood

The best or worst NBA flops? You be the judge.

ONLINE VIDEO

Plenty of overtime for the crew

Los Angeles' Staples Center conversion video time-lapse taken during the arena's 6 Playoff Games in 4 Days, May 17th - May 20th, 2012

ULTRAMARATHONING

Caballo Blanco's last run: The Micah True story

Micah True was an almost mythical ultramarathoner. He was a lone wanderer of the High Sierras. To many, the 58-year-old who died while out on a run represented the road not taken, a purer path, away from career, away from capitalism, away from the clock.

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Woody on Hockey

Join the conversation about the Aces and Alaska hockey with Doyle Woody, who has covered the game for 28 years.

PHOTOS

Aces vs Thunder

The 2nd game of the Western Conference semifinals hockey series on Friday, April 13, 2012 at the Sullivan Arena.

1A and 2A Results

1A and 2A Past Champions

Dimond, ACS fans have double duty

1A tournament to double in size

Nikolaevsk youngsters value the experience

One unique nickname makes finals

1A and 2A results and schedule

1A and 2A results and schedule

Klawock gesture inspires Yakutat after star's death

Delay of games call is on Sullivan Arena

Lynx sweep CIC crowns

Friday's tournament results

Dimond teams cruise into finals in basketball

Seward girls claim crown in basketball

CIC tournament results

Wolves give Eagles major wake-up call in basketball

ASAA to let stats do the selecting

No home team for basketball tournament

Top hoops seeds cruise for Cook Inlet

Prep basketball conference tournaments begin games

Juneau hoops tourney enters Hall of Fame

Lynx girls top Wolves to remain unbeaten

West 53, Lathrop 35 in boys basketball

Service 71, West 51 in boys basketball

Bookert boosts Eagles past Cougars in girls basketball

Dimond boys win battle of top basketball teams

Girls basketball: Bartlett 44, Eagle River 32

Dimond basketball remains perfect

Lasher lifts Dimond boys over Bartlett in basketball

Service 59, East 57 in girls basketball

Wasilla 73, Homer 14 in girls basketball

Grace 48, CIA 39 in boys basketball

Eagles boys edge Thunderbirds 65-63 in boys basketball

Dimond 71, South 31in girls basketball

Bartlett boys edge West 59-58 in basketball

Dimond 77, Chugiak 38 in girls basketball

Service 69, Chugiak 36 in boys basketball

Service 36, Chugiak 34 in girls basketball

Eagle River 66, South 58 in boys basketball



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