Dick Shellhorn

The Cordova High School girls and boys basketball teams celebrate earning berths to the 2A State Tournament after the conference playoffs on March 7, 2026, at Lathrop High in Fairbanks. Photo by Jake Borst A season of long trips and tough competition paid off for Cordova’s Lady Wolverines over the weekend, as they rallied to defeat Tok in the closing seconds of the battle for second place and a berth to the 2A State Tournament.

The Cordova High School girls and boys basketball teams celebrate earning berths to the 2A State Tournament after the conference playoffs on March 7, 2026, at Lathrop High in Fairbanks. Photo by Jake Borst It took three games at the Interior Conference playoffs at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks for the Cordova boys to punch their ticket to the State 2A Tournament. On March 5, the Wolverines faced Effie Kokrine. Effie clogged the middle and Cordova was cold from long range.

Eli Totemoff, # 1, launches a three-pointer against Nenana during Homecoming in Cordova on Feb. 28, 2026. Photo by Mikie McHone Playing their last home games of the season, the CHS Wolverines bounced back from a nail-biting loss to Nenana on Feb. 27, to race to a lopsided 63-45 win the next evening. In Friday’s physical matchup between conference rivals, Nenana made a pair of free throws with 7 seconds left in the contest to push past Cordova, 55-53.