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The 3A basketball tournament ended on Saturday with the Warriors out of the race for fourth place in the girls’ contest. The Warriors lost their final game with the Nikiski bulldogs 46 to 53.  

To get to the match, Bethel's girls defeated Galena 40 to 30.

Bethel’s Warrior boys, meanwhile, fell out of the running for fourth place in the state tournament on Friday when they lost a match with the Valdez Buccaneers. The final score was Warriors 41 to Buccaneers 50. 

Bethel’s basketball teams endured defeats in their first games at the 3A state tournament today. They both go on to play Friday for a chance to earn a fourth-place finish in the 3A championship on Saturday.

Greg Larson of Napaskiak won the Kwethluk sled dog race this past weekend. Competition ran tight in the sprint race with Larson outpacing Tuluksak’s Joe Demantle by less than a minute and a half.

The Iditarod Race Committee honored the finishers of the 2018 race last night with a banquet in Nome. Each musher who made it to the finish line took home a check.

Two Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta girls basketball teams will face off for one of the semifinal rounds of the State 1A tournament. After winning both their games on Thursday, Scammon Bay and Aniak will compete Friday night at 6:30 p.m.

The statewide 1A basketball championship in Anchorage is a difficult proving ground for Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta teams.