Richard Larson

For the first five minutes of Saturday's Class 2A boys state basketball championship game, Klawock's Rick Carle and Point Hope's Ebrulik Frankson waged an individual scoring battle, each accounting for their team's first eight points.

With considerable support from their fans, the Napaskiak boys beat Nunamiut 43-31 to win the 1A boys state basketball crown Saturday at Sullivan Arena.

The end of the basketball season for the Tikigaq Harpooners leads directly to the start of another important season for the villagers of Point Hope.

The tournament program for this week's state basketball championships isn't just a guide to who's who on each of the 64 teams that qualified to play at Sullivan Arena.

When Fort Yukon sophomore forward Kandace Carroll scored 28 of her team's 30 first-half points and finished with 45 points, a small buzz went around Sullivan Arena as word of the fantastic scoring feat spread.

There will be a new state champion in 2A girls basketball -- Northway shocked three-time defending state champion Yakutat 40-34 in the first round Thursday.

Short of a nuclear holocaust, nothing was going to stop Mt. Edgecumbe from winning the 3A state girls basketball championship.

Overcoming adversity is second nature for the Barrow Whalers. The Mt. Edgecumbe Braves have a knack for winning the close games.

Playing against Bartlett in the last game of the regular season, West High junior guard Devon Bookert kept looking around the gym, searching for a familiar face that was always there supporting the basketball star.

A West High team that had been woefully inept all game long burst to life in the final minutes Monday, just in time to deliver the Eagles a shocking 35-32 victory over West Valley in the opening round of Monday's Class 4A girls state basketball tournament.

With the score tied and the clock winding down, Soldotna guard Bloomer Blossom's shot was heading well short of the rim and a marathon battle between Soldotna and Dimond appeared destined for a third overtime Monday at Sullivan.

The Seawolves' remarkable run of success in the West Region ended Saturday night, and so did the team's season.

Next season there will be no Simmers in the lineup and no Skipworth on the sidelines for the Anchorage Christian girls basketball team.

With starting junior point guard Kaitlin McBride in foul trouble and senior Kiki Taylor not yet ready to play extended minutes against the lightning-quick Cal Poly Pomona guards, UAA put Nikki Aden in charge in the second half.

When UAA alpine skier Andreas Adde drew the No. 1 position for the men's slalom at the NCAA Skiing Championships, the pick proved prophetic.