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by Van Williams | Feb 4, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
The Alaska Airlines Center is no longer a house of horrors for the UAF men’s basketball team. The Nanooks broke an eight-game losing streak at the arena and won in Anchorage for the first time in 21 years after knocking off the Seawolves 65-49 in Saturday’s showdown...Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Feb 5, 2024 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field, UAA
One week after breaking into the NAIA top-three rankings for high jump, Soldotna’s Adarra Hagelund had a monstrous jump to claim the top spot, clearing 5 feet, 8.75 inches. The Dickinson State sophomore opened her competition at 5-1 at the NAIA Preview, clearing each...Read More
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by Matias Saari | Feb 3, 2024 | Alpine Skiing, Cover Story
After a tough couple of years, Andrew Kurka is back atop the World Cup Para Alpine podium. Kurka, a 15-year member of the U.S. Para Alpine Team from Palmer, won a hotly contested downhill race Tuesday in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, the site of the 2026 Paralympics....Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Jan 30, 2024 | Athlete of the Week, Running, Track and Field
Isaac Updike didn't compete in track and field in high school track because his spring sport at Ketchikan High School was soccer. On Saturday became the fastest miler in Alaska history when he clocked 3 minutes, 55.17 seconds at Boston University's John Thomas... Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Feb 4, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight
Despite the annual critiques espoused right about now towards the Division I First National Cup state hockey tournament bracket, one fact can’t be questioned. In the days leading up to games being played at Wasilla’s Menard Center, nobody should have a higher opinion...Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 2, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight
Alaska high school basketball’s historic winning streak came to a crashing halt Friday night in Wasilla, where the Warriors posted a 47-32 wire-to-wire win over Mountain City Christian Academy. Wasilla scored 14 of the game’s first 15 points and maintained a...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Feb 3, 2024 | Cover Story, Track and Field
Eight days after he delivered a personal best in the mile to become Alaska’s fastest runner at that iconic distance, Ketchikan’s Isaac Updike on Saturday posted another personal best to become the second-fastest Alaskan at 3,000 meters. Updike, 31, clocked 7 minutes,...Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 1, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight
Willow Bailey Brunello bagged four points and goaltender Maddy Derleth delivered 37 saves to highlight the Chugiak/Eagle River girls hockey team's 8-3 victory Wednesday over South/Bartlett in the semifinals of the Cook Inlet Conference Tournament at Ben Boeke Arena....Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 3, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
The top two all-time scorers in Alaska high school girls basketball history faced off Friday night in the Pac-12 Conference for the first time – and they both lit it up. Utah senior All-American Alissa Pili scored 31 points in an 83-65 victory in Seattle while...Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Jan 31, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight
The smallest sliver of doubt, likely surprise more than anything, briefly crept into the minds of Dimond High’s hockey players in the latter stages of Tuesday’s first period. After scoring once 25 seconds into play and again about 10 minutes later, the Lynx appeared...
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by Van Williams | Feb 4, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
The Alaska Airlines Center is no longer a house of horrors for the UAF men’s basketball team. The Nanooks broke an eight-game losing streak at the arena and won in Anchorage for the first time in 21 years after knocking off the Seawolves 65-49 in Saturday’s showdown...Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Feb 2, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight
For the first time in three seasons, South and West didn’t need extra time to deliver a Cook Inlet Conference tournament classic. Thursday night, they needed a different building. In one of the Anchorage sports community’s more stupefying ordeals, the 55th conference...
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by Doyle Woody | Jan 22, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
Stock rising: Anchorage Wolverines. Stock falling: Fairbanks Ice Dogs. Stock cratering: Kenai River Brown Bears. More than halfway through the North American Hockey League season, the Anchorage Wolverines have stamped their superiority among Alaska’s three clubs. The...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Jan 30, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
A couple of Alaska goaltenders are giving opponents fits in NCAA Division III hockey. Junior Rachel Symmes of Chugiak spent last Friday locking things down for Rivier University by snuffing 27 shots and propelling the Raiders to a 3-0 win over visiting Massachusetts...
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