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by Doyle Woody | Jan 14, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman of Anchorage presumably slept well in the last week, given his relatively heavy workload on a four-game road trip in which every game went past regulation. Oh, and the Bruins touched four time zones on the journey from Boston to...Read More
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by Van Williams | Jan 13, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
After losing two all-state studs to graduation, the West Valley boys basketball team figured to be in rebuild mode. Turns out it was just a remodel. The Wolfpack have a new look but possess the same winning blueprint under coach Colten Growden, who has his team 8-0 on...Read More
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by Chanda File | Jan 13, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
No substitutes? No problem for the Mat-Su Ravens, who soundly defeated Service/East 13-6 on Friday at UAA’s Chuck Homan Ice Rink despite only having six players available. Because most of the girls play on multiple teams which creates competing schedules, Mat Su's...Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Jan 9, 2024 | Athlete of the Week, Sled Dog Racing
Emily Robinson, a 16-year-old musher from Nenana, topped a stellar field to win the Knik 200 race on Sunday, garnering her our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. Robinson, the two-time defending Junior Iditarod champion, was only allowed to participate because the...
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by Doyle Woody | Jan 14, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
Few things are as sweet as a road sweep of a rink rival, which the Anchorage Wolverines savored over the weekend. The Wolverines took the broom to the Fairbanks Ice Dogs with Friday’s 4-2 win and Saturday’s 3-1 victory, all of which strengthened their push for a...
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by Van Williams | Jan 12, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
There was no quit in the Nanooks on Thursday night. Not at the end of regulation, not in the first overtime and not in the second OT. And local starters Tyriq Luke of Fairbanks and Demarcus Hall-Scriven of Anchorage were in the middle of it all as each Alaskan took...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Jan 15, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
Most goaltenders insist they would rather be busy than go long stretches between shots. Frequent shots, goalies say, keep them focused, engaged and sharp. That’s rink life these days for Lindenwood University junior masked man Trent Burnham of Eagle River, who faces...Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Jan 11, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story, Track and Field
From the hardwood to the oval to the cross country course, Anchorage’s Mary Parks is one of the few multi-sport athletes on the college scene competing year-round. Parks, a senior at Bethany College, got an early start in sports, picking up basketball in the second...Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Jan 13, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight
Fourteen of the 19 uniformed West High players in Friday’s late afternoon Cook Inlet Conference hockey action also participated in last season’s Division I state championship contest. The Eagles came up empty back on that February day, and the regiment of returners...
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by Van Williams | Jan 11, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
Eagle River’s Kelsey Griffin will go down in the history as one of the greatest players of Australia’s Women’s National Basketball League. Where she'll finish in the pecking order is yet to be finalized because the 6-foot-2 forward is still playing, but the...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Jan 12, 2024 | Cover Story, Friday Flashback, Hockey
Regg Simon wasn’t a particularly big winger, though not tiny, either – UAA’s 1999-2000 roster listed him at 5-foot-11, 190 pounds. He wasn’t particularly fast, or overly skilled. His skating was, uh, a work in progress. But no one ever doubted his work ethic, or...Read More
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by Van Williams | Jan 10, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
When it comes to scoring, nobody from Alaska does it better than Alissa Pili. In fact, few players do it better in the NCAA than the Utah All-American from Anchorage. Her 22.5-point average ranks seventh in women’s Division I basketball. Pili’s 37-point gem against...Read More
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