The 2021 March Madness Alaska 3A and 4A State Basketball Championships open play at four different venues on Thursday, March 25th with the Kenai Peninsula represented in the 3A division by the Kenai Kardinal girls and the Homer Mariner girls from the Southcentral Conference. The basketball state championships run from Thursday, March 25th through Championship Saturday, March 27th.
Kenai opens the 3A Girls bracket against Sitka in the 3 p.m. game at Palmer Middle School.
Homer will play #1 seed ACS in the 8:15 p.m. game at Palmer Middle School
All tournament games involving Kenai and Homer will be broadcast on ESPN 1140AM and streamed free at radiokenai.com
Ticketing Procedures
Ticketing for the 2021 ASAA State Basketball Championship will be available only through an online vender and digital tickets only will be honored at the gate for all basketball state tournament games.
The ticketing process begins by contacting a qualifying school for access code to be entered for ticketing process.
Only 125 tickets per school per game will be available.
Digital tickets only will be accepted. No walk-up tickets, no paper tickets, no cash.
Tickets available through GoFan link with access number from school.
3A Girls State Championships
Kenai Peninsula State Qualifiers in the 3A Girls: Kenai Kardinals and Homer Mariners
Kenai finished as conference runner-up at the Southcentral Conference tournament and earned an automatic berth to the 3A tournament. Homer, as the #3 team from the Southcentral Conference tournament, was draw as the only berth through the at-large lottery.
The Sitka Wolves defeated Mt. Edgecumbe in a best 2 of 3 format Southeast tournament. ACS is the Southcentral Conference tournament champion.
3A Girls State Qualifiers
Southcentral: ACS, Kenai, Homer
Aurora: Monroe, Valdez
Southeast: Sitka
Western: Nome, Kotzebue
3A Boys State Championships
Anchorage Christian School and Grace Christian earn the automatic berths from the Southcentral Conference to the 3A boys state tournament; ACS as conference tournament champion and Grace as runner-up. First round games on Thursday will be played at Colony High School.
ACS receives the top-seed as Southcentral champion and plays Valdez at 3 p.m.. Grace faces Aurora Conference champion Monroe at 8:15 p.m. The Rams are 20-2 (9-0 in Aurora) with both losses to 4A programs.
3A Boys State Qualifiers
Southcentral: ACS, Grace
Aurora: Monroe, Delta, Valdez
Southeast: Mt. Edgecumbe
Western: Nome, Kotzebue
4A Girls State Championships
CIC Qualifiers: Bartlett, East, Dimond, West
NLC Qualifiers: Colony, Palmer Wasilla does not receive at-large berth!
Mid-Alaska: Lathrop
Southeast: Ketchikan
4A Boys State Championships
CIC Qualifiers: Chugiak, East, South, West
NLC Qualifiers: Colony, Wasilla,
Mid-Alaska: Lathrop
Southeast: Ketchikan
Tournament play begins on Thursday, March 25th with the following schools hosting first-round games.
Palmer Middle School — 3A Girls Quarterfinals
Colony High — 3A Boys Quarterfinals
Wasilla High — 4A Girls Quarterfinals
Palmer High — 4A Boys Quarterfinal
• 2021 ASAA March Madness Alaska 3A Girls Bracket & Results
• 2021 ASAA March Madness Alaska 4A Girls Bracket & Results
• 2021 ASAA March Madness Alaska 3A Boys Bracket & Results
• 2021 ASAA March Madness Alaska 4A Boys Bracket & Results
