Can’t-miss Harpooners collect another Class 2A boys basketball championship
Tikigaq shot 50% from the floor to race past the Tok Wolverines in the title game.
High School Sports
Hooper Bay outlasts Su Valley to capture Class 2A girls basketball crown
Sophomore Joan Bell’s late steal sealed a 36-32 victory for the Warriors.
Lumen Christi dominates to force a running clock and leave no doubt who’s No. 1 in Class 1A boys basketball
Two weeks after a controversial buzzer-beater that earned it a spot in the state tournament, Lumen Christi cruised to a championship-game victory over Tanana.
Newhalen Malamutes put on a show to win Class 1A girls basketball championship
“A lot of people don’t really know where we are,” junior Johnna Nanalook said after her team’s championship-game victory.
Class 2A boys basketball makes it rain with 40 3-pointers in two semifinal games
Tikigaq and Tok will meet in the boys championship game; Su Valley and Hooper Bay will play for the girls championship.
Sharp-shooting Lumen Christi boys will meet Tanana in Class 1A basketball championship game
The Archangels hit 44% of their shots to win a Friday semifinal game.
Play-by-play in Cup’ik: A small Western Alaska radio station broadcasts state basketball action in its region’s Native language
Broadcasters say their coverage delights village elders and helps keep their language alive for youths.
Western Alaska radio announcer broadcasts basketball in Cup'ik
Steven Stone Sr. calls the play-by-play as the Hooper Bay girls basketball team faces Glenallen in the second round of the 2A state basketball championship on April 2, 2021, at Palmer High School. (Marc Lester / ADN)
8 teams advance and nearly 1,000 shots are launched at Class 1A state basketball tournament
Semifinals begin Friday at 2 p.m. at Wasilla High.
Tikigaq boys begin defense of their 2019 title by romping into Class 2A semifinals
The Harpooners will face Glennallen in a 6 p.m. Friday night semifinal game. Hooper Bay and Tok will meet in the other semifinal at 8 p.m.
Glennallen, Hooper Bay girls follow their boys teams into Class 2A basketball semifinals
Also advancing were the Chevak Comets and Su Valley Rams.
Some in hockey community think sport is being singled out with Anchorage School District’s testing requirement
They say the sport is being held accountable for COVID-19 cases that could just as easily have been the result of contact elsewhere.
With players from two villages and a coach so young he can’t drive the team van, the Upriver Hunters are ready to make their state tournament debut
The Class 1A team is a mix of players from Kobuk and Shungnak.
Anchorage high school hockey players face mandatory COVID-19 testing after spike in exposures
More than 60 students have had to quarantine, and most exposures are linked to recent comp-league hockey tournaments in the Valley.
As high school hockey begins 2nd week of play, Dimond and Chugiak are only unbeaten teams
The Lynx and Mustangs face off Wednesday at Ben Boeke.
After waiting 22 years to make their first state tournament appearance, Lumen Christi girls are back 3 years later
The small Anchorage school is one of three in Alaska’s Class 1A division that qualified boys and girls teams for this week’s state tournament.
After 43 years and one tense overtime period, the Bartlett Golden Bears rule girls basketball once again
The Golden Bears beat Lathrop in overtime to win their first state championship since 1978.