In Eek, a basketball tournament brought back together coastal Y-K Delta teams that were displaced after ex-typhoon Halong.

How the Lower Kuskokwim School District and community members are keeping local basketball teams going, even far from home.

Boys and girls teams from Eek, Kongiganak, Tuntutuliak, Quinhagak, Kwigillingok, and Kipnuk competed in the 1A Midcoast League basketball tournament.

The Lady Warriors gave Selawik a run for their money at the Mountain City Christian Academy Invitational. The Warriors boys beat out Selawik and Homer to take third.

The Akiak musher said the 47-mile trail from Bethel to Kasigluk and back was "just about perfect."

Bethel sophomore Cole Iverson took second place in the 119-pound weight class, while Aniak junior Ralph Steeves took third in the 135-pound weight class.

Akiak musher Mike Williams Jr. took the top spot in the 32-mile race from Bethel to Atmautuluak and back on Saturday, Dec. 13.

Sophomore Cole Iverson and junior Jackson Iverson took fourth and fifth place in the 5,000-meter race out of 69 total racers. They were joined in Palmer on Oct. 4 by Division III racers from around a dozen other Y-K Delta communities.

Young runners from across Western Alaska braved the shifting soils of the Bethel sand pit on Saturday (Aug. 30) for the community’s annual cross country invitational. The race brought nearly 160 athletes to the pit, representing a total of 10 communities.

Racers swam, biked, and ran their way through Bethel’s first triathlon on July 12, centered around the community pool. But while athletes say it was Bethel’s first traditional triathlon, the three-sport race has a history in the community.