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Ninilchik Landon Colburn on the line for a free-throw against Unalakleet in the semi-final game.

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1A Girls

Newhalen 43, Klawock 42

In a battle of unbeaten's, the Newhalen Malemutes slip by Klawock to repeat as the 1A Girls Champions

1A Boys

Nelson Island (Toksook Bay) 51, Maudrey J Sommer (Tanana) 47

Toksook Bay #6 seed upsets the #1 seed Tanana Wolves

2A Girls

Tikigaq (Point Hope) 56, Wrangell 42

Tikigaq freshman Jennifer Nash (21 pts, 7 steals) helps lead the team to their third. championship in six seasons.

2A Boys

Ninilchik 78, Metlakatla 52

Ninilchik completes a perfect season of 26-0 in their victory over Metlakatla.

Michael Novelli

Michael Novelli

Michael Novelli is the founder of Prospect Athletics and serves as CEO of Innovate, an Anchorage based advertising and business consulting firm.

His seventeen years of heading up Innovate, has brought him roles with the Alaska Wild football team (Alaska's first professional indoor football team), and nearly ten years with the Alaska Fighting Championship, Alaska's premier mixed martial arts organization. Prior to that he founded the AFL, Alaska's first outdoor adult tackle football league.

With his two oldest kids having made the jump into college athletics and coaching, and three more active kids under the age of ten, Novelli is fully immersed as a parent of student-athletes. He understands the opportunities that student athletics bring in youth development.