Where are Alaska teams like this now? Parents & players are fooled these days by private lessons, leaving early to go out of state and having their kid be "Made."  Look at the amount of pros & college players on this team in the article and ask, "How many did private lessons, left before their Sr. year for more "exposure" or were Made?"  Alaska doesn't produce players like this in bulk any longer. If all of those lessons and being Made were working, where is the next Gomez, Heisten or Kern (or Swanson, MacSwain or Fournier)? The Bantams got beat-up at Nationals last year and it was an all-state team, further proof that development in this state isn't what it used to be. It may be time to look at what you all are doing with your kids.