Unalaska, AK – The Unalaska Raiders faced tough opposition this past weekend in games in Unalaska, Bethel and Anchorage.

The girls basketball team is now 4-8 and the boys are 6-6 after losing their weekend games against Bethel and the Anchorage West junior varsity team.

The girls lost to Bethel 46-37 and 56-35 in their two-game series in Unalaska. The boys were edged out by West 49-48 in Anchorage on Thursday before losing to Bethel in two games on the team's home court, 52-39 and 38-33.

The boys were coming off of a second-place finish at the Husky Shootout in Kotzebue last month, and played promisingly in the Anchorage game, coming back from eight points down at the half before falling short at the final buzzer.

Boys' coach Jim Wilson says that his team was working to tighten up its defense after facing offensive pressure in games against Point Hope and Kotzebue in January. He says that now the boys are focusing on their shooting game.

Both teams head to the Western Conference Tournament in Barrow on March 6.