It’s state tournament time, and once again the Cordova Wolverines are at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage for March Madness, Version 2017.
As runner-ups from the 2A Interior Conference, the CHS boys played Unalakleet, the No. 1 team from Northwest Alaska, in a game that was played yesterday, March 16, at 3:30 pm.
Other first round pairings had Unalaska versus Bristol Bay at 8 a.m., Glennallen versus Metlakatla at 9:30 am; and Petersburg against Tikigaq (Pt. Hope) at 5 p.m.
The winner of the Cordova-Unalakleet contest advances to play in the semi-finals today at 5:15 against the winner of the Petersburg-Tikigaq contest; the losers of those games squared off at 9:30 am today.
The championship and third place games will be played on Saturday.
Cordova played Unalakleet back in December in the Rally the Regions tournament at Anchorage, losing a run-and-gun affair by a 86-76 final.
Last year, in their first year of 2A play, Cordova also made it to State, that time as Conference Champions. CHS topped Tikigaq 76-56 in the first round, lost to eventual State Champs Unalaska 69-55 in the semi-finals, and defeated Unalakleet 69-55 in the game for third place.
