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by Van Williams | Jun 26, 2023 | Baseball, Cover Story
They say defense wins championships in football, but on the baseball field pitching is king. The Emerald Challengers from Eugene, Oregon reigned supreme during the four-day Alaska 529 Midseason Classic as their staff held opponents to 1.13 runs per game and Sunday...
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Jun 19, 2023 | Cover Story, Mountain Running, Running
After making her debut for Team USA, Klaire Rhodes can now add ‘world bronze medalist’ to her resume. The 24-year-old from Anchorage placed 21st in the short trail event, crossing the line as the fourth American at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in...Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Jun 20, 2023 | Athlete of the Week, Running, Track and Field
Isaac Updike of Ketchikan is our Alaska Athlete of the Week after the steeplechaser recorded a standout performance at an international meet in Nice, France. The 31-year-old clocked 8:17.47 to finish second at the Meeting Nakaia, trimming .27 of a second off his...
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by Van Williams | Jun 20, 2023 | Baseball, Cover Story
As a pitcher in college, Curtis Hebert got fewer plate appearances during his freshman season than he used to get in one game in high school. But the Anchorage Bucs are letting him swing the bat, and he hasn’t skipped a beat. Two weeks into the summer season, Hebert...
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by Doyle Woody | Jun 25, 2023 | Cover Story, Poker
Been tracking Alaskans at the annual World Series of Poker for most of the last decade, but until recently Nicholas Ronalds of Anchorage never crossed my radar. When he did, he lit up the laptop screen in a big way. Ronalds recently recorded the top Alaska placing at...
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by Van Williams | Jun 16, 2023 | Baseball, Cover Story
Wasilla’s Pedro Camacho set the tone by lacing the first pitch of the game down the left-field line for a standup double to kickstart a three-run first inning rally. Chugiak’s Landon Luebke had three RBIs, including that all-important insurance run in the seventh...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Jun 18, 2023 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field
Things in Nice went nice for Isaac Updike on Saturday, when the steeplechaser from Ketchikan delivered a personal best in his final race before next month’s USA Track & Field National Championships. Updike, 31, clocked 8:17.47 to finish second in France behind former...Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Jun 13, 2023 | Athlete of the Week, Wrestling
Spencer Woods of Shungnak was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after winning his second major wrestling title this year and earning a spot on Team USA’s World Championship team. With the 2024 Olympics looming, the Kotzebue High grad took the 82-kg crown Saturday...Read More
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by Van Williams | Jun 23, 2023 | Baseball, Cover Story
Emerald Challengers pitcher Collin Hernandez was like a great musician Friday night as the left-hander found his rhythm and tuned up the Eagle River Wolves at Mulcahy Stadium. The southpaw rocked his fastball and rolled with 12 strikeouts as he threw the third...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Jun 21, 2023 | Cover Story, Poker
Mario Fata of Juneau first nudged his way into World Series of Poker money in 2022, when he cashed in twice in Las Vegas at the world’s most lucrative and prestigious house of cards. This time around, he’s making a bigger statement. Fata has cashed five times already...
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by Van Williams | Jun 24, 2023 | Baseball, Cover Story
The hits keep coming for Alaska Legion baseball teams – in a good way. The state’s success ranges from last year’s historic Northwest regional success to sweeping college summer league teams in this year’s all-star games to going toe-to-toe with Outside competition at...
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