Alaska girls high school basketball rankings
From the farm-fueled towns of the heartland to the bustling concrete canyons on the coast, high school girls basketball is a cultural touchstone.
Basketball engages nearly 400,000 girls to join high school teams per year, according to 2021-22 data from the National Federation of State High School Associations. With almost 18,000 high schools maintaining girls teams, basketball is the most widely offered girls high school sport, beating out track and field and volleyball. Such data paints a clear picture of the sport's cultural impact.
And girls basketball dates back over a century. Iowa, for instance, traces its girls state championship history to 1920. That timeline doesn't lag far behind boys' basketball: Illinois' boys state championship began just 13 years before Iowa's girls event. However, girls across the country weren't given equal representation and support in the sport until the passage of the gender equality act known as Title IX in 1972. Since the arrival of that legislation, girls participation in basketball—and sports as a whole—exploded. Now, girls play basketball in high school gyms across all 50 states.
To dig into competition data behind the ever-growing sport of high school girls basketball, Stacker compiled statewide rankings in Alaska using MaxPreps. MaxPreps' rankings factor in win-loss record, win quality, and strength of schedule. Keep reading to find out which schools top the girls basketball charts in Alaska.
Class 1A
1. Shaktoolik: 19-3 (10-0 in 1A Bering Sea), 17.5 rating
2. Lumen Christi (Anchorage): 23-5 (5-1 in 1A Peninsula), 14.7 rating, 9 straight wins
3. Newhalen: 24-5 (12-0 in 1A Aleutian Chain), 13.8 rating, 2 straight wins
4. Tanalian (Port Alsworth): 17-7 (5-3 in 1A Aleutian Chain), 8.4 rating
5. Ket'acik and Aapalluk Memorial (Kwethluk): 13-2 (7-1 in 1A Alaska Coastal), 8.1 rating, 9 straight wins
Class 2A
1. Tikigaq (Point Hope): 19-3 (0-0 in 2A Great Alaska), 19.6 rating, 5 straight wins
2. Susitna Valley (Talkeetna): 23-5 (7-0 in 2A Interior), 16.8 rating
3. Craig: 17-4 (6-2 in 2A Southeast), 14.1 rating, 2 straight wins
4. Glennallen: 21-8 (7-1 in 2A Interior), 12.8 rating, 2 straight losses
5. Metlakatla: 15-7 (6-2 in 2A Southeast), 12.1 rating
Class 3A
1. Grace Christian (Anchorage): 22-2 (8-0 in 3A Peninsula), 23.5 rating, 20 straight wins
2. Monroe Catholic (Fairbanks): 21-5 (8-0 in 3A Aurora), 18.6 rating, 3 straight wins
3. Mt. Edgecumbe (Sitka): 21-5 (11-1 in 3A Eastern), 14.8 rating
4. Sitka: 18-6 (9-3 in 3A Eastern), 12.3 rating
5. Barrow (Utqiagvik): 12-7 (6-0 in 3A Western), 10.6 rating, 9 straight wins
Class 4A
1. Anchorage Christian (Anchorage): 22-2 (9-0 in 4A Northern Lights), 29.5 rating, 21 straight wins
2. Wasilla: 22-4 (7-3 in 4A Northern Lights), 24.9 rating
3. Colony (Palmer): 18-7 (7-3 in 4A Northern Lights), 22.4 rating
4. Thunder Mountain (Juneau): 19-7 (6-2 in 4A Southeast), 18.3 rating, 7 straight wins
5. West Anchorage (Anchorage): 20-4 (13-1 in 4A Cook Inlet), 15.8 rating, 2 straight wins
6. Juneau-Douglas (Juneau): 16-12 (3-5 in 4A Southeast), 15.4 rating
7. Ketchikan: 15-8 (3-5 in 4A Southeast), 14.0 rating, 3 straight losses
8. Lathrop (Fairbanks): 17-10 (3-1 in 4A Mid Alaska), 13.8 rating, 4 straight wins
9. Dimond (Anchorage): 18-6 (13-1 in 4A Cook Inlet), 12.8 rating
10. West Valley (Fairbanks): 12-11 (2-2 in 4A Mid Alaska), 12.5 rating
