The Skagway Panthers closed out their 2025-26 high school basketball season with a solid showing at the ASAA state championship tourament in Anchorage last week. Skagway posted a 2-2 mark and advanced to the consolation finals on Saturday.
After suffering a tough loss to Shishmaref in the first round, Royce Borst and Camden Lawson gave the high-powered Panthers plenty of offense in the first round of consolation play. The two combined for 46 points and led Skagway to a convincing 99-41 victory over Anaktuvuk Pass.
In the win, Borst pumped in a tournament-high 34 points, while also grabbing seven rebounds, seven steals and dishing out 7 assists. He also had two blocked shots.
Lawson was the team’s second leading scorer with 13. Kalen Cochran added 10 and six assists.
Defensively sophomore Ryder Calver led the Panthers in rebounds with eight.
The Panthers punched their ticket to the consolation finals the next day with a resounding 83-48 win over the Aniak Halfbreeds.
The Panthers dominated the first three quarters of play against Aniak. After opening the game with a 20-15 run in the first, Skagway reeled off a 46-25 run over the ensuing two periods of play and went into the fourth with a commanding 66-40 advantage.
With the win over the Halfbreeds, Skagway moved into the consolation finals to face off with Region V rival Klawock.
Klawock, which had suffered a 64-60 loss to Northway in the first round, earned its way into the consolation finals with wins over Eek and New Stuyahok.
Skagway, which had defeated Klawock by a 46-43 clip on February 27 for the Region V title, got off to a solid start against the Chieftains. The Panthers outscored Klawock by a 14-12 margin in the first eight minutes.
Playing its fourth game in as many days, the Panthers added to their lead in the second with an 11-10 run. They went into the half clinging to a 25-22 advantage.
Klawock pushed all the right buttons in the third. They posted a 20-9 spree in the first eight minutes of the second half.
Skagway trailed by a 42-34 clip at the start of the fourth.
The Chieftains salted away the win with 20 more points in the final stanza.
With the loss, Skagway finished its season with a 22-7 record.
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