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Northwest Alaska teams represent district in tournament April 8th 11:42 am |
By Michael Scott, For the Arctic Sounder
The teams from Western Alaska represented their schools with honor and distinction at the state 1A/2A state basketball championship held in the Mat-Su Valley last weekend.
The 2021 version of state March Madness had to be moved from the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage to the Mat-Su school district located 40 miles north of Anchorage. In the 1A Elite Eight were the Buckland Beluga boys and girls teams as well as the Shishmaref Northern Lights girls team and the Upriver Hunters boys team who earned their first-ever state tournament berth.