State basketball opens with 1A/2A finals

The Newtok Lady Jaegers will be making their first trip to the State 1A tournament this week. Above is Mikayla Kassaiuli surrounded by Toksook Islanders during the District finals.

by Greg Lincoln

This week is the exciting 1A/2A State Basketball finals in Anchorage to be held at the Alaska Airlines Center. For the girls it will be the top seeded Scammon Bay Eagles who will be playing the Tri-Valley Vikings who are from Healy. The Newtok Jaeger girls will play the #3 seeded King Cove T-Jacks. And St. Mary’s will play the #2 seeded Aniak Halfbreeds on opening day, Wednesday March 15th.

For the boys 1A matchups it’s going to be Aniak vs. top seed Ninilchik, Scammon Bay vs. Klawock, Alakanuk vs. Gambell, and the Coastal Conference champions the Chefornak Shamans vs. Hydaburg, the #2 seed.

In 2A girls action the Chevak Comets will play #1 ranked Bristol Bay and Dillingham will take on Nenana, the #2 seed in the state.

For the boys it’s the Unalakleet Wolfpack vs. the Cordova Wolverines. Good luck to all teams!

Here are the assigned berths per Conference:

1A CLASSIFICATION

Alaska Coastal Conference (1 Berth)

Aleutian Chain Conference (2 Berths)

Bering Sea Conference (2 Berths)

Golden Heart Conference (1 Berth)

Greater Kuskokwim Conference (1 Berth)

Northwest Arctic Conference (2 Berths)

North Slope Conference (1 Berth)

Peninsula Conference (2 Berths)

Southeast Conference (2 Berths)

Yukon Delta Conference (2 Berths)

2A CLASSIFICATION

Great Northwest Conference (2 Berths)

Southeast Conference (2 Berths)

Southwest Conference (2 Berths)

Interior Conference (2 Berths)

1A and 2S Classifications are seeded by the ASAA Seeding Committee made up of representatives from Regions 1, 2, & 5.