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by Van Williams | Dec 10, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story
League her. Anchorage’s Alissa Pili of the 11th-ranked Utah Utes scored a career-high 37 points Sunday against No. 1 South Carolina and solidified her WNBA draft status for 2024. The Gamecocks won 78-69 at the Hoophall Women's Basketball Showcase in Connecticut, but...Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Dec 10, 2023 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing
During a fabulous weekend of World Cup ski racing for the U.S. Ski Team, Anchorage skier Luke Jager said watching his teammates hit new heights was like witnessing man walk on the moon. Yes, a touch of hyperbole. But the American efforts really were out of this world....Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Dec 5, 2023 | Athlete of the Week
Anchorage football player Edefuan Ulofoshio was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after coming up huge for the University of Washington Huskies in their biggest game of the season. The starting linebacker recorded six tackles including three solo stops in a 34-31...
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by Chanda File | Dec 9, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight
You could say South/Bartlett forwards Elayna Tunney and Isabel Dupree were on the same page during Friday’s 11-4 win over Service/East. Barely 15 seconds into the first period, Dupree assisted Tunney’s first goal of the night – and at least one member of the duo...Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Dec 11, 2023 | Cover Story, Wrestling
Two wrestlers from East High and two from South High maintained their undefeated status over the weekend by winning Cook Inlet Conference championships. South’s Aaron Concepcion (160 pounds) and Jessailah Thammavongsa (165, girls division) both ran their records to...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Dec 11, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey
After spending two months on the season-opening injured reserve list with an undisclosed ailment, goaltender Isaiah Saville of Anchorage shined in his season debut Friday for the Henderson Silver Knights of the American Hockey League. Saville, 23, looked like he...Read More
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by Van Williams | Dec 8, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story
Daishen Nix’s two-way contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves requires him to spend part of the season in the G League. It can’t be easy to play down, but rather than pout the 21-year-old put on a show in his Iowa Wolves’ debut Friday. Nix pumped in 32 points,...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Dec 7, 2023 | Cover Story, Poker
Anchorage poker pro Adam Hendrix is savoring the best year of his young career. Hendrix in late November scored the eighth win of his career and made two final tables at the Seminole Rock N’ Roll Poker Open in Florida during a week in which he made more than $307,000...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Dec 5, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey
At first glance, it would be understandable if you thought the Anchorage Wolverines aren’t doing well. One-third of the way through the season, they sit just seventh in the NAHL’s eight-team Midwest Division. That can’t be great, right? Actually, the Wolverines are in...
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by Van Williams | Dec 8, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story
Even by Alissa Pili standards, her first nine games have been special. Thursday’s 31-point gem helped the Utah senior forward from Anchorage continue the best start of her career as she pushed her scoring average above 23 points for the first time. Pili was her...
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by Matt Nevala | Dec 8, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight
As one of the key returners to the Chugiak High hockey team, Fischer Sims made certain to not get too caught up in what the Mustangs achieved a season ago. Although, doing so proved difficult. “It was very special,” Sims said Thursday night after Chugiak’s 13-0...Read More
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by Van Williams | Dec 7, 2023 | Cover Story, Football
From walk-on to captain to First Team All-Pac-12, Edefuan Ulofoshio of Anchorage has defied the odds with the University of Washington football team. He made the unthinkable happen, leaning on his fire and desire to power his rise from sidepiece to centerpiece in...
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by Doyle Woody | Dec 5, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey
Long Island University’s NCAA women’s Division I hockey sweep of Post over the weekend had Alaskan fingerprints all over it. Junior forward Journey Miller of Soldonta posted one goal, two assists, three shots on goal and a plus-2 rating in the Sharks’ 4-0 win at Post,...
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by Van Williams | Dec 5, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story
From out of the game to in the zone, Anchorage’s Kaeleb Johnson has picked up where he left off in junior college. Back on the court after taking off a year, the junior guard at Vancouver Island in Canada drilled 11-of-19 3-pointers in a weekend series and in the...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Dec 11, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey
After a slow scoring start to the ECHL season with Reading, forward Alec Butcher of Anchorage has found his stride since a recent trade to Tulsa, where former Alaska Aces coach Rob Murray is the bench boss. Butcher, who twice has scored 21 goals or more in an ECHL...
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