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by Beth Bragg | Nov 25, 2023 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing
After making a bit of history for herself on Saturday, Anchorage cross-country skier Rosie Brennan was eager to chase more glory. Brennan started the World Cup season in top form, charging to second place in the 10-kilometer classic race during the opening weekend of...Read More
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by Van Williams | Nov 27, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story
Ellen Silva’s fingerprints were all over a 2-0 weekend for the UAF women’s basketball team. The Fairbanks native on Friday grabbed 16 rebounds in a 70-62 win over Cal State San Bernardino and on Saturday hit two free throws with 8 seconds left to ice a 59-55 victory...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Nov 26, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey
UAA’s 1-0 road upset of No. 6 Wisconsin at the Kohl Center in Madison on Friday night triggered memories of the Seawolves’ postseason shocker there 20 seasons ago. This time around, sophomore Jared Whale snuffed 41 shots to make freshman defenseman Gunnar VanDamme’s...Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Nov 21, 2023 | Athlete of the Week, Basketball
Anchorage basketball player Alissa Pili enjoyed the ultimate homecoming this weekend as she earned a Great Alaska Shootout title and Most Outstanding Player award. She also earned our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. Pili powered the fourth-ranked Utah Utes to a...Read More
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by Van Williams | Nov 23, 2023 | Cover Story, Football
Most football players can’t sit out half the year and make the all-conference team, but Big Sky coaches didn’t hold a lower-body injury against Montana State’s Derryk Snell. The senior fullback out of Chugiak High was named first team all-league for the second...Read More
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by Van Williams | Nov 25, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story
A dreamy start to the season by the UAA men’s basketball team looked like it might get derailed in nightmare fashion Friday night against Adams State. The Seawolves saw their seemingly safe 21-point cushion sliced down to one midway through the second half as the...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Nov 26, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey
Pheonix Copley’s tough start to the NHL season got smaller in the rearview mirror Saturday when he delivered a second straight start as sharp as a skate blade and bagged his third career shutout. The 31-year-old from North Pole racked 18 saves to notch his first...Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Nov 26, 2023 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing
On Thanksgiving Day, the Alaska Pacific University ski team posted a series of photos on Instagram, each showing a team member holding up a sign articulating what they’re grateful for. “I’m thankful for mittens and fresh tracks!!” “I’m thankful for the record-breaking...Read More
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by Van Williams | Nov 24, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story
Angelline Nageak couldn’t have drawn it up better. The Adams State guard from Anchorage was back in her hometown for some holiday hoops and set up the winning basket in Friday night's 83-82 nonconference win over the Seawolves at the Alaska Airlines Center. Nageak’s...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Nov 26, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey
North Dakota wasted little time in securing a commitment early in Mac Swanson’s U.S. Hockey League rookie season a year ago. Little wonder why. The 17-year-old forward from Anchorage – he turns 18 in January – made his usual contributions for the Fargo Force in a pair...
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by Van Williams | Nov 24, 2023 | Cover Story, Football
Anchorage’s Colton Herman and Aiden Williams played football together at East High and then went on to play for different college teams in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. They were reunited on the All-NSIC team as the former T-birds' standouts were repeat...Read More
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by Van Williams | Nov 23, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story
After stubbing his toe against the Tar Heels last week, Isaiah Moses of Anchorage kicked it into high gear and produced the finest two games of his young NCAA Division I career. The UC Riverside sophomore guard posted career highs in points (22) and assists (6)...
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by Doyle Woody | Nov 22, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey
Mikayla Lantto took care of business in crunch time Saturday night for the Long Island University women’s hockey team. After LIU fell behind 1-0 five minutes into the third period at Stonehill, Lantto delivered the game-tying goal with less than 10 minutes to go. Then...Read More
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by Van Williams | Nov 25, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story, Friday Flashback
It was the dunk heard around Alaska; a two-handed thunderbolt hammered home by Seawolves' star Jason Kaiser of Anchorage. The 6-foot-5 guard out of Service High was a smooth jump shooter, not a rim rocker. But there he was alone on the break, throwing down a jam as...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Nov 20, 2023 | Poker
When last we checked in with poker pro Adam Hendrix of Anchorage, about a month ago, he had just cashed in big. Hendrix pocketed his seventh career victory, winning $172,000 for taking down the PokerGo Tour Pot Limit Omaha Progressive Bounty tournament in Las Vegas...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Nov 21, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey
Outbursts like the seven-goal anvil the Anchorage Wolverines dropped on the Kenai River Brown Bears on consecutive nights over the weekend tend to take care of business. The Wolverines’ 7-5 win in Anchorage on Friday and 7-2 win in Soldotna on Saturday leave them tied...Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Nov 20, 2023 | Cover Story, Cross Country Running, Running
Anchorage’s Santiago Gomez-Prosser provided yet another strong performance at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, helping Northern Arizona University to a runner-up finish and securing his second All-American honor. The former Dimond High standout nearly...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Nov 22, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey
All Kaylee Merrill does for the SUNY-Potsdam NCAA Division III women’s hockey team is snipe, which she continued to do last weekend, which once again stamped her name all over the program’s record book. Merrill, the Bears’ senior captain and First-Team All-American...Read More
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