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Two blowouts and two barnburners decided the semifinalists in the Class 2A girls basketball tournament Wednesday at the Alaska Airlines Center.
Metlakatla and Point Hope won big — the Miss Chiefs routed Dillingham 59-25 and the Harpoonerettes pummeled Glennallen 53-27.
In the other two games, Nenana and Unalaska survived close calls — Nenana edged Wrangell 47-44 and Unalaska nipped Unalakleet 45-44.
Of the four teams that advanced to Friday's semifinals, only Point Hope has claimed a state championship. The Harpoonerettes have won state three times, most recently in 2012.
On Thursday, they defeated 2015 state champion Glennallen by limiting the Panthers to two points in the first quarter.
Jordyn Lane dropped in 16 points and Bridgett Oviok tallied 13 points, six rebounds and five assists for Point Hope, which led 11-2 after one quarter and 26-10 after two.
Gloria Jacobsen provided a team-high 10 points for Glennallen.
In other games:
Metlakatla 59, Dillingham 25: Metlakatla's balanced offense put 11 players in the scoring column and its stingy defense limited Dillingham to six field goals the entire game.
The Miss Chiefs were propelled by Victoria Studstill's 12 points and four steals and Marissa Yliniemi's 10 points and seven rebounds.
Kendra Kapotak and Abbey Whitcomb combined for 14 points and 11 rebounds for Dillingham.
Nenana 47, Wrangell 44: Nenana came up with 23 steals, including five from Aquinnah Trembley, to keep Wrangell off-balance.
Melissa Nickoli hit three 3-pointers to lead Nenana in scoring with 13 points. Kaylyn Easterly's 16 points paced Wrangell.
Unalaska 45, Unalakleet 44: Kayla Villamor scored six points in the fourth quarter to help the Raiders hold off Unalakleet.
The Raiders led 35-33 after three quarters and used a 6-3 edge at the foul line in the fourth quarter to prevail. Kayla Villamor and Kiara Villamor each sank three free throws in the final eight minutes for Unalaska.
Hailey Wilson scored 16 points and Kayla Villamor finished with 12 for the Raiders. For Unalakleet, Summer Sagoonick had 13 points, Kailyn Haugen 12 and Alexandria Ivanoff 10.