Connecting You with Alaska Athletes Winner of five 2022 Alaska Press Awards Visit Us! Become a Sponsor WEEK IN REVIEW Flag Football: Dimond dazzles in the run game, earns 11th CIC title with 26-7 win over South by Matt Nevala | Oct 13, 2023 | Cover Story, Flag Football, Prep Spotlight When a few flocks of geese soared overhead during halftime of Thursday night’s Cook Inlet Conference flag football title game, a few things were certain. One, those birds were likely headed in a southerly direction because the area’s first measurable snowfall landed...Read More   Prep Football: Top-ranked West runs over Service 51-0 to advance to title game in D1 state playoffs by Van Williams | Oct 14, 2023 | Cover Story, Football Running over everything in their path, the West Eagles resembled a runaway train Friday night. They were unstoppable. The offense racked up 420 yards, the defense recorded five sacks and a safety, and special teams scored on a kickoff return. It added up to a 51-0... Read More   Around the Rinks: Jeremy Swayman crushes another NHL season debut; Pheonix Copley not so much (plus, NCAA notes) by Doyle Woody | Oct 15, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey NHL season debuts are among Jeremy Swayman’s many fortes, as evidenced Saturday, when he delivered another gem for the Boston Bruins. The 24-year-old goaltender from Anchorage stopped 33 shots in his season debut, a 3-2 victory over the visiting Nashville Predators....Read More   Palmer cross country champion Fischer Adams named Alaska Athlete of the Week by Alaska Sports Report | Oct 11, 2023 | Athlete of the Week, Cross Country Running, Running Palmer High senior Fischer Adams earned our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after collecting the Division 1 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Cross Country State Running Championship on his home course. The standout runner came into the race with high expectations and...Read More   Prep Football: Wade and Webb lead Lathrop past Eagle River 42-18 in D2 state semifinals by Van Williams | Oct 14, 2023 | Cover Story, Football Snow berms surrounded Lathrop’s field and you could see the breath of players as the temperature dipped into the 30s. This was Fairbanks football weather. Once the Malemutes warmed up they rode a second-quarter heater to power Saturday's 42-18 win over Eagle River in...Read More   College Soccer: Former Colony teammates David Elliott and Brendan Heck shining at Tacoma Community College by Harlow Robinson | Oct 15, 2023 | Cover Story, Soccer David Elliott and Brendan Heck starred on Colony High's 2023 state championship soccer team. Six months later, the dynamic duo is making an impact as teammates on the collegiate pitch. Elliott of Palmer turned in his best performance of his young career at Tacoma...Read More   Healthy Futures Game Changer Campaign is Oct 18-24 Join Healthy Futures for a fun team competition for a good cause. One in five Alaskan kids live below the poverty line and don't have the opportunities to participate in sports and recreation that they should. The Game Changer gives small grants to kids from low-income families to help remove barriers and get in the game. Sign a team up here and help raise money for the Game Changer Fund. *Healthy Futures is a partner program of the Alaska Sports Report.   Around The Rinks: Eagle River’s Trent Burham is the goalie NCAA D-I newcomer Lindenwood University needs (plus, NCAA and Junior notes) by Doyle Woody | Oct 14, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey Lindenwood University is in just its second season of NCAA Division I hockey after leaping up from the club ranks, so hard times are a legitimate expectation for the St. Charles, Mo.-based team as it builds its program. Junior goaltender Trent Burnham of Eagle River...Read More   Prep Football: First-half miscue withstood, South Wolverines claw way to Division I state title tilt with 26-20 win over Bartlett by Matt Nevala | Oct 14, 2023 | Cover Story, Football Hard to fault Cole Yarrington if his head was spinning after the craziness that transpired shortly before halftime on this soggy Saturday afternoon. Jump ahead almost two full quarters of football later, and Yarrington made one final twisting twirl of his body. That... Read More   Ultrarunning: Alaskans post bevy of top 20 finishes in California by Matias Saari | Oct 16, 2023 | Cover Story, Running With a largest ultramarathon race in the world on their minds, Anchorage’s Chad Trammell and Julianne Dickerson posted top-5 results on Saturday in a 100-kilometer footrace in Southern California. Trammell placed fourth overall in 10 hours, 34 minutes and 52 seconds...Read More   Prep Tennis: West’s Clendaniel and Sedwick take thrilling doubles final to help Eagles win state title by Van Williams | Oct 10, 2023 | Cover Story, Tennis It took three matches and eight sets spread over two days for West’s Cyrus Clendaniel and Will Sedwick to tap out West Valley twins Jaken and Logan Reinheller at the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Tennis State Championships. In a series separated by a knife’s edge,... Read More   College Soccer: Kaleigh Haworth scores in back-to-back games for first time in Corban career by Van Williams | Oct 12, 2023 | Cover Story, Soccer A career-best accomplishment on the field has earned Anchorage’s Kaleigh Haworth Offensive Player of the Week honors in the Cascade Collegiate Conference. The Corban University graduate student made two starts last week and scored goals in back-to-back games for the... Read More   Pay raises pocketed, Alaska masked men Jeremy Swayman and Pheonix Copley ready to defend NHL nets by Doyle Woody | Oct 10, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey The two Alaskans in the world’s best hockey league – goaltenders Jeremy Swayman of Anchorage and the Boston Bruins, and Pheonix Copley of North Pole and the Los Angeles Kings – head into this week’s opening of the NHL season with pay raises in pocket. Swayman, 24 and...Read More   Trail Running: Turney, Frankowski speed to Girdwood Trail Marathon wins by Matias Saari | Oct 11, 2023 | Cover Story, Mountain Running, Running In 2016, the Girdwood Trail Marathon began as a low-key, word-of-mouth event and attracted 35 runners. This year the event exceeded that in volunteers with 45. The challenging tour of the Girdwood valley trails, organized by the Girdwood Nordic Ski Club, has evolved... Read More   Prep Football: Race for player of the year up for grabs between frontrunners Atonio, Faircloth and Wade by Van Williams | Oct 12, 2023 | Cover Story, Football And down the stretch they come. The race for the state’s player-of-the-year award has tightened between the three frontrunners with two weeks left in the high school football season. West's Azariah Atonio, Soldotna's Wyatt Faircloth and Lathrop's Solomon Wade will all... 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