High School Sports

The Cougars know the road to repeating as champions will be tough, but they believe they’re up to the challenge.

The seven-year head coach claims this is the strongest and deepest team he has ever had.

Dimond took the title in the quirky Swedish Relay, which featured two boys, two girls and four different distances.

The dramatic win not only snapped a 14-year title drought for South, it marked just their second state title in program history and the first loss that East suffered at the hand of an Alaska opponent in over two years.

The Lions won their fifth straight state title after taking the last four at the 3A level.

Senior Dawson Shaeffer scored 25 points to help Nanooks come out on top over Grace Christian.

The Whalers put in months of offseason work in summer tournaments to help deliver the state title.

In the other 4A semifinal, East Anchorage edged out Colony to advance to its second-straight championship game.

The top two seeds advanced easily and will match up in Saturday’s championship game.

In the other 3A semifinal, Grace Christian used physical defense to top Valdez in semifinals.

The sophomore guard was red-hot from behind the arc in the thrilling semifinal win over Grace Christian.

Sitka junior steps off the bench as an injury replacement to sink two free throws and vault Wolves into 3A title game.

After losing his mother three days before tryouts as a freshman, the senior is making her proud on and off the court.

Also: Barrow’s Bower lights up both the scoreboard and her face in a comeback win for the Whalers.

West Valley’s Stewart Erhart was also named boys 4A player of the year.

The state’s 4A teams will square off this week with a chance to achieve a state title.

The No. 1 seeds for the girls and boys divisions have impressive streaks they hope to continue.

The Wolverines and Harpooners won their championship games by double-digit margins by using their strong defense to set up their offense for success.

The Eagles pulled away in the 4th quarter to top Dimond 54-34.

Led by Abraham Julius, the No. 6 seeded Islanders upset top seed Tanana to take the title.