The defending champions of the Rally the Regions Hardwood Classic — the Bristol Bay girls and the Unalakleet boys — will try for repeats Friday when the second-year 2A basketball tournament concludes at Begich Middle School.
Bristol Bay knocked off Petersburg, the defending state champion, 55-28, and Unalakleet came from behind to down Metlakatla 60-54 Thursday.
The Angels avenged their state championship loss to the Vikings behind 20 points from Anna Hansen and 19 from Rylie Lyon. Bristol Bay led 26-12 at halftime and pulled away in the second half.
Bristol Bay will play Metlakatla in the girls championship at 6 p.m. Friday.
Unalakleet needed a second-half comeback to survive Thursday. The Wolfpack trailed by seven heading into the fourth quarter, but used a 32-point fourth quarter to take the win.
Arctic Ivanoff led Unalakleet with 22 points.
Unalakleet will face Unalaska at 8:30 p.m. Friday in the boys championship. Unalakleet's opponent was decided by a coin toss between Unalaska and Petersburg, which are both 3-0. Unalaska won with "tails."
Rally the Regions Hardwood Classic
Begich Middle School
Thursday's scores
Girls
Aniak 69, West Anchorage JV 55
Top scorers — Aniak: Shauna Koonuk 23, Kayla Morgan 20; WestJV: Naenia Johns 23, Mariella Jordan 13.
Bristol Bay 55, Petersburg 28
Top scorers — Bristol Bay: Anna Hansen 20, Rylie Lyon 19; Petersburg: Rikki Lewis 6, Chandler Strickland 6, Sydney Guthrie 6.
Unalaska 31, Cordova 25
Top scorers — Unalaska: Kayla Villamor 11; Cordova: Riley Butler 11.
Metlakatla 44, Unalakleet 32
Top scorers — Metlakatla: Alexis Russell 14; Unalakleet: Kyley Katchatag14.
Boys
Aniak 59, Dillingham 53
Top scorers — Dillingham: Brandon George 14, Matthew Tennyson 13; Aniak: Matthew Morgan 32, Braden Dallman 19.
Petersburg 50, Bristol Bay 33
Top scorers — Petersburg: Stewart Conn 19; Bristol Bay: Austin King 14.
Unalaska 64, Cordova 49
Top scorers — Cordova: Andrew Muma 23; Unalaska: Trevor Wilson 32.
Unalakleet 60, Metlakatla 54
Top scorers — Unalakleet: Arctic Ivanoff 22; Metlakatla: C.J. Hudson 13.
Friday's games
Boys
8 a.m. — Cordova vs. Bristol Bay
11 a.m. — Metlakatla vs. Dillingham
4:30 p.m. — Aniak vs. Petersburg
8:30 p.m. — Unalakleet vs. Unalaska, championship
Girls
9:30 a.m. — Petersburg vs. Unalakleet
12:30 p.m. – Cordova vs. West JV
3 p.m. – Aniak vs. Unalaska
6 p.m. — Bristol Bay vs. Metlakatla, championship
Girls scoring leaders through third day
Anna Hanson, Bristol Bay, 63
Shawna Koonuk, Aniak, 61
Sharon Hanson, Bristol Bay, 48
Naenia Johns, West JV, 48
Rylie Lyon, Bristol Bay, 47
Riley Butler, Cordova, 44
Kayla Morgan, Aniak, 41
Alexis Russell, Metlakatla, 40
Alyssa Morgan, Aniak, 38
Marissa Yliniemi, Metlakatla, 34
Chandler Strickland, Petersburg, 34
Kayla Villamor, Unalaska, 34
Boys scoring leaders through third day
Matthew Morgan, Aniak, 80
Trevor Wilson, Unalaska, 64
Stewart Conn, Petersburg, 58
Arctic Ivanoff, Unalakleet, 56
Caden Smeaton, Dillingham, 55
Austin King, Bristol Bay, 49
Aidan Ivanoff, Unalakleet, 46
Taylor Harvey, Unalakleet, 46
Carter Price, Unalaska, 46
Andrew Muma, Cordova, 42