Alaska High School Basketball: Lopsided Games, College Hoops

0:00It's March 1st, here's your Anchorage News in 2 minutes. High school girls basketball saw plenty of action across Alaska this past week. Can I Central, dominated with wins like 63-33, over Nikiski and 56-10 against Houston? Seward State Hot, beating Homer 63-19, and Nikiski 78-32. Shaktulik and Mead River also impressed with big margins in rural matchups. Boys games brought even higher scores. Shaktulik crushed opponents, including 1-10-110, over Brevig Mission. Shishmaraf racked up 85 against Sevanga, while teams like Anchorage's D-Mone and Wassilla picked up key Anchorage wins over Service and Chugiac. Seward and Can I Central continued their strong play too. Fans are buzzing about these lopsided rural games, where travel teams from places like Shishmaraf and Unallately shown Brighton. It highlights how basketball unites remote Alaska communities with close finishes like

1:01Nanilchik 33 to Lumen Kristi 30 adding drama. Amid the blowouts, college hoops heated up as well. University of Alaska Anchorage topped Fairbanks 2-0 in hockey and beat Western Oregon in both women's and men's basketball. Fairbanks bounced back with an 82-74 men's win over Western Oregon. Anchorage Wolverines edged Chippewa Steel 5-4 in NHL hockey. Rapping up with the Ferrandi Frost by Foot Race, Courtney Span of Anchorage won the 5K women's 5,000 meters in 26 minutes, 5 seconds. James Miller took the men's in 1828. Shorter races saw Riley Howard fastest in the men's 2.5K at 1054. Great local turnout as always. Support for this episode comes from our sponsor, see the description. If earbuds fall out when you sleep, this is for you, a pillow with built-in sound, S-O-L-I, solely pillow.com.