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by Doyle Woody | Sep 17, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey
Four hockey games in four days – the annual NAHL Showcase in Minnesota was a grind that included all 32 clubs, 64 total games in the sprawling NSC Super Rink's eight sheets of ice, and drew more than 300 scouts. Among Alaska’s three entries in Blaine, the Anchorage...Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Sep 13, 2023 | Cover Story, Cross Country Running, Running
In the first meets of the season, Tristian Merchant and Santiago Gomez-Prosser picked up where they left off, while Anna Prussian and Seamus McDonough had stellar collegiate debuts. Merchant, a redshirt sophomore at Liberty, began his season at the Eye Opener XC...Read More
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by Van Williams | Sep 12, 2023 | Cover Story, Football, Prep Spotlight
When Tim Davis became the football coach at West in 2009, he was all about winning. You might even say obsessed. He was coming off a state championship season in which the 25-year-old offensive coordinator filled in for the head coach at the state title game and led...Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Sep 12, 2023 | Athlete of the Week, Basketball
Fairbanks basketball star Ruthy Hebard was voted Alaska Athlete of the Week after scoring a season-high 10 points in 12 minutes to key the Chicago Sky's 92-87 victory over the Minnesota Lynx. The win clinched a playoff birth for the Sky. The 6-foot-4 Alaskan collected... Read More
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by Harlow Robinson | Sep 16, 2023 | Cover Story, Volleyball
The East Anchorage volleyball team continued its remarkable turnaround season with a 23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-19 victory over the Wolverines Thursday night at South High. The T-birds, now 16-4 overall and 7-0 in Cook Inlet Conference, could have found themselves in a...Read More
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by Van Williams | Sep 15, 2023 | Cover Story, Football
The West defensive backs made the T-birds pay for entering restricted air space Friday night. Dylan Sanders, Christian Faletoi and Aaron Hampton each had interceptions in the second half as the Eagles established a No-Fly Zone in a 41-22 victory at East in a Cook...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Sep 15, 2023 | Cover Story, Friday Flashback, Hockey
Dig, if you will, the picture: Sullivan Arena, packed to the rafters, all 6,206 seats sold, another 200 standing-room tickets sold, for each of the UAA hockey team’s 17 home games, actual ticket scalpers outside that concrete building before games and cheers so loud...
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by Van Williams | Sep 17, 2023 | Cover Story, Volleyball
Cheyenne Young did just about everything for Husson University and made school history in the process. The Eagle River native racked up 17 assists, 13 kills and 10 digs in a five-set loss to St. Joseph in a NCAA Division III match in Bangor, Maine and became the first...
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by Van Williams | Sep 14, 2023 | Cover Story, Football
Return of the Dark Side is playing to rave reviews at South entering Week 6 of the Cook Inlet Conference. Only time will tell if the sequel is as good as the original. Back in the day, the Wolverines brought the force to the gridiron and embraced their Dark Side...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Sep 16, 2023 | Cover Story, Mountain Running, Running
Coming from her home base at sea level in Seattle to the extreme altitude of Colorado undoubtedly taxed Allie Ostrander’s aerobic system on Saturday, when the Alaska pro runner finished 20th among women at the punishing Pikes Peak Ascent. The 13.3-mile trail race...
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by Van Williams | Sep 16, 2023 | Cover Story, Football
The rainy, gloomy conditions Friday night in the capital city forecasted a defensive battle between Colony and Juneau. And that’s exactly how it went down in the hard-fought game as Colony held off the Huskies 19-6 for the Cook Inlet Conference win that wasn’t secured...
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