Alaska Scoreboards: Basketball Holds 4 of 8 Records, Each on a Different Model

Basketball owns half of Alaska's scoreboard record, with baseball, football, hockey and soccer at one record each. Every record sits on a different model. No model repeats.

Indoors, the record carries the LX2570 basketball scoreboard, the LX2160 shot clock pair and the LX2650. Outdoors, it carries the LX1751 baseball and softball scoreboard and the LX3620 football scoreboard. Each model has its own spec sheet, its own digit heights and its own electrical line. The sections below take every figure from those documents, one model at a time, and keep the base model apart from its ETN variant.

A small record still answers practical questions. You will see what each model shows, how a one-off order is built and shipped north, how wireless ScoreLink changes an outdoor job, and what to ask for when your gym or field hosts more than one sport.

What does Electro-Mech's sales and shipping record show for Alaska?

Electro-Mech's sales and shipping record for Alaska holds 8 records across 7 cities and towns, running from 2001 to 2023 and ranking Alaska 49th of 50 states by units shipped.

Our data for the state comes from a records snapshot taken on 2026-09-14. Every record is listed city by city on the Alaska state page of our website, and the two counts above are the ones that page prints, so you can check them yourself. Before you draw anything from the list, read each row the way the record itself is built:

1. Treat each row as one organization, one model and one city. That is the counting rule the site applies, and the state counts follow it.
2. Read the city as a shipping address, not as the place a scoreboard stands today.
3. Read the sport code as a label for how the order line was filed, not as a statement about the product.
4. Take what a product actually is from its own spec sheet and manual.

The common assumption is that a city in a sales record marks where a scoreboard hangs. If you need the mounting site, ask the organization that placed the order. A shipped scoreboard can sit in storage for months or years before anyone mounts it.

The record is also silent on motive and cost. It does not say why a scoreboard was bought, what it cost, what it replaced or how long it lasted. Where the record is silent, this article stays silent too.

The spec sheet rule matters most when a model name looks familiar. The LX3620 spec sheet, for example, classes that model as an outdoor football scoreboard, and only that document settles what its cabinet shows. You can pull the same documents for any model from our scoreboard manuals and spec sheets library.

Combining 3 evidence items, the state record, the guide to reading record fields and a model spec sheet, points to one working rule. Count from the record, describe from the spec sheet, and never mix the two.

A small record still answers real questions. The research section below walks through these findings.

Why does basketball hold half of the Alaska record?

Basketball holds 4 of the 8 Alaska records. Two models in the state record, the LX2570 scoreboard and the LX2160 shot clock pair, are indoor basketball products by their own spec sheets.

Our data puts each of the other four sports at a single record: baseball 1, football 1, hockey 1 and soccer 1. That split comes from how each order line was coded, so it shows how orders were filed rather than what each product is. Outdoor sports have their own model families, from soccer scoreboard models to football and baseball, but in Alaska none of them reaches a second record.

A basketball record can mean a main scoreboard or a shot clock pair. Read the model, not only the sport code.

What the LX2570 shows

The LX2570 spec sheet lists an indoor basketball scoreboard in a single 14 ft x 5 ft aluminum cabinet weighing 190 lb. Guest Team Points, Home Team Points and Period Clock digits are 16 inches tall, and all other digits are 12 inches. Bonus and Possession indicators are 5 inches tall, lit in amber, red and green LEDs. The base LX2570 draws 1.6 Amps at 120 VAC, while the LX2570-ETN, with Electronic Team Names, draws 3.1 Amps. Its model page adds that Double Bonus indicators are standard and that the scoreboard carries Time Outs Left digits.

What the LX2160 shot clock pair shows

The LX2160 is two separate shot clock displays, each 24 in x 27 in and 20 lb, built to mount behind the backboards. Each shows 12-inch red Shot Time digits and 4-inch Visual Horn indicators for End of Period, and each draws 0.3 Amps. The set ships with a handheld three-button switch assembly that attaches to the main control console; a full console of its own is optional on the spec sheet.

Which rules shape what a gym displays?

Since the 2023-24 season, NFHS Rule 4-8-1 awards two free throws once the opponent commits five fouls in a quarter, and team fouls reset each quarter. The one-and-one is gone. Clear bonus indicators matter more when the count restarts four times a game. Before the season, confirm with our support team how your console tracks team fouls under the per-quarter count.

The 35-second shot clock works differently. NFHS approved it by state adoption for 2022-23, so each state association decides. Whether Alaska school basketball uses one is a question for the Alaska School Activities Association. The shipping record does not answer it.

What does the LX3620 football scoreboard carry beyond its digits?

Beyond its digits, the LX3620 carries 7-inch football-shaped Possession indicators, an internally mounted trumpet horn and one 18 ft by 5 ft cabinet built for two posts.

The LX3620 is the football model in our Alaska record, and its model page describes Football Models LX3620 and LX3625 as including "all the bells and whistles of their bigger brothers, but in a smaller footprint." Our data, from the LX3620 spec sheet (Rev 2.0.2017.06.08), lists an aluminum cabinet, 8 in and 6 in captions, and a choice of amber or red digits. The cabinet is a single unit. Mounting hardware for permanent installation on posts comes as standard equipment, with no on-site fabrication. The display circuits are conformal coated for outdoor use.

The variant line matters here too. The LX3620-ETN has its own spec sheet, and its caption height is 6 in. Its electrical line is its own, not the base model's.

The model page lists the optional equipment a buyer can add:

• Electronic Team Names, which is what the -ETN variant carries
• ID panels with custom graphics above or below the scoreboard, or extended configurations with ID panels built into the left or right side of the cabinet
• Team name in place of HOME, and custom paint colors beyond the 18 standard choices

Each option changes the order, so name the ones you want when you ask for a quote.

Why does no model appear twice in Alaska?

No model appears twice because the 8 Alaska records sit on 8 distinct models, even after variants of one model are folded into a single LX equivalent.

Our data counts each model by its LX equivalent, so variant strings such as 2350, 2350-C and LX2350 count as one model. Even with that folding, the state shows 8 distinct models, and the five shown by name, the LX1751, LX2160, LX2570, LX2650 and LX3620, carry 1 record each. A model-level record works the other way: there, each variant string stays its own row, and a variant is never described as the same scoreboard.

The research section above walks through these findings. One record per model says nothing about preference. It does not say why any model was chosen.

How do the outdoor LX3620 and LX1751 differ?

The two outdoor models in the record differ most in cabinet size. The LX3620 spec sheet lists an outdoor football scoreboard in a single cabinet that installs on two posts. The LX1751 spec sheet lists an outdoor baseball and softball scoreboard built as a double cabinet. Both offer a choice of amber or red LEDs, and both carry LED display circuits conformal coated for outdoor use.

The LX1751 is the larger cabinet by every measure on its sheet. The LX3620 spec sheet also lists a Practice Segment Timer mode in its control console, a feature the LX1751 sheet does not list. You can compare the LX3620 with the rest of our high school football scoreboards on the same terms.

The LX2650 completes the five models shown by name. Its own spec sheet is the place to check what it displays. The other three distinct models are not named in the state counts.

Our data, from the LX1751 spec sheet, lists what ships in the standard package. The extract below follows the spec sheet's own wording, with the variant line highlighted.

model: LX1751
use: Outdoor, Baseball / Softball
cabinet: Double cabinet design, heavy duty extruded aluminum framing
console: Full-sized 37-key control console with LCD display
brightness: Fifty programmable brightness levels
hardwired: Junction box and patch cable
LX1751-ETN caption height: 10 in, 6 in
optional: Electronic Team Names, ScoreLink Wireless RF modem system

Read line 7 first. The LX1751-ETN carries its own caption heights. Figures never carry over between a model and its variant, so check the variant's own spec sheet.

How is a one-off scoreboard built and shipped to a distant state?

An Electro-Mech scoreboard build starts before the order arrives: components, assemblies and pre-formed aluminum parts are kept on hand, so a one-off model draws on parts shared across many models.

Contrary to what a state with one record per model might suggest, an unusual model does not start from scratch. Our findings on the shop floor are hedged on purpose. At any given moment there are probably enough materials on hand to build well over one hundred standard scoreboard models to completion, and probably hundreds more to 90% completion, without placing new purchase orders. Those are estimates, not a count of finished scoreboards.

Many models share common parts, so some pieces are pre-assembled. Standard aluminum parts, including chassis parts, digit masks, gussets and angle brackets, are cut, punched and formed before any order exists. As Chap McMichael puts it, "In this sense, building a scoreboard is a process which begins long before we receive an order."

A rare model is not a rare build. The parts underneath it are the same ones every other order uses.

What happens once the order is placed?

Our review of the order path shows the schedule is set by shipping, not only by production. After Engineering and Production examine a Sales Order, it passes to the Shipping Manager. Scoreboards are extremely large items, so logistics is sometimes the most complicated step. The Shipping Manager stays in contact with the Sales Reps, occasionally with customers directly, and with Production to choose each week's mix of projects and find efficient routes for multiple deliveries.

"For most manufacturing facilities, the Production Schedule is the ruling document driving day-to-day operations. At Electro-Mech, we call this type of document the Truck List." Chap McMichael

An order is really in process once it is assigned to a Truck List. From that point, four paths run in parallel:

• accessories
• separate signage
• the internal electronics
• the scoreboard cabinet itself

The cabinet also arrives ready for its posts. The LX3620 spec sheet, for example, lists mounting hardware for permanent installation on posts without the need for on site fabrication. For a far-off delivery, the shipping step deserves early attention. Ask the sales team about routing when you place the order.

Which gym scoreboard fits an Alaska facility that hosts basketball, volleyball and wrestling?

The best fit is the scoreboard whose own spec sheet lists every sport your gym hosts. The LX2570 in the Alaska record is listed as an indoor basketball scoreboard.

No Alaska model is a default to copy, so start from the gym's calendar rather than from the record. Work through these five steps in order:

1. List every sport and event the gym hosts across a full school year.
2. Read the sport line on each candidate model's spec sheet. The LX2570 sheet reads Indoor, Basketball.
3. Decide whether opponent names change from game to game. Electronic Team Names is an optional upgrade on the LX2570, and its -ETN variant carries its own electrical figures.
4. Decide whether you want a full-color panel beside the fixed digits. The LX2570 spec sheet lists full color video and other electronic display panels as optional equipment.
5. If the gym also hosts volleyball or wrestling, ask for the spec sheets of models whose captions are labeled for those sports.

The LX2570 sheet adds more choices worth settling early: ID panels with custom graphics above or below the cabinet, a center hung four-sided configuration, a team name in place of HOME, custom paint colors and ScoreLink Wireless RF for console control. A choice of 18 standard paint colors is standard equipment.

Where does a video screen fit?

A September 2026 Yahoo Sports report on one school's new gym displays described a full-sized high-definition screen showing the score and player stats, run from a couple of iPads. The athletic director put it plainly: "Obviously, keeping score is important and we know people are looking at the scoreboard." The same report noted the system was still in learning mode, with staff and scorekeepers in training.

A scoreboard's first job is accurate information for players and officials. Spectators come second. Video and fixed digits are not rivals here, since a video panel can be added beside a fixed-digit scoreboard rather than chosen against it.

Sport coverage decides the model. Everything else is an option you can add.

What should an Alaska buyer take from this record?

Choose by sport and venue, then read that model's own spec sheet. Start from the venue, indoor gym or outdoor field, and then the sport that model's spec sheet names.

Our review, combining three evidence items (the Alaska sales and shipping record and the LX1751 and LX3620 spec sheets), points to one habit. Read the variant line before the base line. The LX1751-ETN and the LX3620-ETN each carry their own electrical line, and the LX1751-ETN also carries its own caption heights. A figure from the base model does not describe the variant.

I would settle three things before asking for a quote. First, the full list of sports the venue hosts. Second, base model or ETN. Third, a hardwired data cable or ScoreLink. With those answers on paper, the spec sheet does the rest.