Tied at 49 apiece in the final seconds of Friday night’s game, the Nikiski girls basketball team fell victim to a last-second, buzzer-beater layup from Nome freshman Senora Ahmasuk, losing 51-49 at Nikiski in nonconference play.

Coincidentally, Nome beat Nikiski again on Saturday with the exact same score.

With 12 games left in the North American Hockey League season, the Kenai River Brown Bears are sitting comfortably in the third spot in the West Division standings.

Of course, the team isn’t just settling in and waiting for the postseason, which is a berth that they had automatically clinched before the season even began.

The next 10 games are all home events, and six of the Bears’ final 12 are with the Fairbanks Ice Dogs. But more importantly, all of them are against divisional opponents.

The Skyview basketball teams enjoyed a sweep of nonconference opponent Ninilchik on Thursday night as they celebrated the team’s seniors.

The boys led wire-to-wire in defeating the Wolverines 58-33, aided by senior Kaleb Henderson’s 24 points. Senior DJ Collier added 11 points.

“All credit goes to the seniors, it’s been a great run with them,” Skyview boys coach Jesse Settlemyer said.

There’s no better feeling than beating an opponent on your home floor, and the Skyview boys basketball team just managed to do that on Tuesday, edging out Southcentral Conference opponent Homer 46-45 in a thrilling finish.

Sophomore Bailey Jones sank the crucial game-winning layup with 24 seconds remaining to put Skyview up by one, and after a quick timeout, Homer squandered their possession trying to get a shot off before the buzzer.