The weather at the Class 4A ASAA/First National Bank Alaska State Track and Field Championships was anything but typical for mid-May in Fairbanks. Instead of seeking shade from the sun’s rays, athletes used Lathrop High as shelter from snow and wind Friday and Saturday, May 17-18.

Chugiak opened the Cook Inlet Conference softball tournament with two wins Tuesday, May 21, ensuring a berth to the large schools state tournament May 31 and June 1 at Cartee Fields in Anchorage.

Last week, Shaquan Rhoades began one journey and ended another. A day prior to graduating from Eagle River High, Rhoades signed a letter of intent to play basketball for New Mexico Military Institute on May 15.

Former Chugiak High boys basketball standout Colby Mitchell will be coming home. Mitchell, a 6-foot-7, 220-pound forward, recently signed a National Letter of Intent to play hoops at Division II Western Washington University, which makes at least two trips a season to Alaska as part of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.