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by Matt Nevala | Feb 10, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight
Moments after West High’s hockey players spilled over the bench to skate over and pile on top of victorious goaltender Gunnar Bergo, career and technical education teacher Justin Syzymanski passed out unique tokens of achievement and celebration. The white towels...Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Feb 11, 2024 | Cover Story, Track and Field
Eagle River’s Jordyn Bruce has been a trailblazer since she first started competing in track and field. Now a professional athlete for Lululemon, Bruce has continued to forge her path, taking part in the inaugural edition of the women’s indoor heptathlon held in...Read More
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by Chanda File | Feb 10, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight
As the clock ticked down to secure Dimond/West’s third girls hockey state championship in three years, senior Sasha Kleckner had a lot on her mind. “Last three minutes of the third period, I thought I was gonna cry,” she said. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, my high school...
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by Alaska Sports Report | Feb 6, 2024 | Alpine Skiing, Athlete of the Week, Paralympics
After a tough couple of years, Palmer native Andrew Kurka is back atop the World Cup Para Alpine podium. He is our Alaska Athlete of the Week. Know for his fearlessness and technical savvy, Kurka won gold at both the 2018 Paralympics in South Korea and 2017 World...
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by Beth Bragg | Feb 12, 2024 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing
It was a big weekend for the West Eagles ski team. For the second year in a row, Anchorage’s oldest high school captured the boys and girls team titles at the Region IV cross-country ski championships. The Eagles ruled the Kincaid Park trails by getting a victory in...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Feb 12, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
Anchorage’s Mac Swanson flourished from the time he stepped into the U.S. Hockey League as a 16-year-old in the fall of 2022 – he averaged nearly a point per game that season and was voted to the All-Rookie Team. He took things to a different, transcendent level...
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by Van Williams | Feb 8, 2024 | Cover Story, Wrestling
If it seems like Caleb Hopkins has been around forever, it’s because he has. This is his sixth season at Campbell University in a career extended by a redshirt season and COVID. Longevity doesn’t guarantee success, but he has found both in Buies Creek, North Carolina....Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Feb 9, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight
When all was said and done Friday, everything timed out tremendously for senior defenseman Joseph Hampton and the rest of the Dimond Lynx. To be honest, the night’s Division I First National Cup state hockey semifinal doubleheader didn’t need more spine-tingling...Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 10, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
Dating back to 1979, the Seawolves and Nanooks women’s basketball rivalry has featured some memorable games. The 108th all-time meeting Saturday in Fairbanks can be added to the list after the teams exchanged the lead five times in the final three minutes before UAA...Read More
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by Chanda File | Feb 9, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
Staunch defense and sharp shots earned Chugiak/Eagle River a 3-1 win and a spot in the girls state championship game in Friday’s semifinal matchup against Colony/Palmer. The team’s defensive trio of freshmen Kyra Walter, Reece Dutton and Alder Niederer, anchored by...Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Feb 12, 2024 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field, UAA
Two Rivers’ Riley Knott has had a steadfast progression since picking up the high jump over seven years ago. The Cal-Berkeley junior recently rose to new heights, clearing 6 feet, 10.25 inches to place runner-up at the New Mexico Team Open, achieving a height few...Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Feb 9, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight
West High senior Malachi Lachance is in his hockey happy place whenever and wherever opponents dislike him most. At the 1 minute, 37 mark of Friday’s third period, Lachance took ownership of precious ice directly atop South senior goaltender Cole Schmidt’s crease....Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 12, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
Playing potentially his final home game for Division III Whitworth University, Sullivan Menard of Wasilla went off for a career-high 39 points in Saturday’s 91-84 win over George Fox in Spokane, Wash. On Senior Night, emotions can run high and get the best of some...
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by Doyle Woody | Feb 7, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
In his first start since his first NHL All-Star Game appearance, Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman took a rare regulation loss Tuesday night. The 25-year-old from Anchorage stopped 25 shots in a 4-1 loss to visiting Calgary and suffered a regulation defeat for...
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by Van Williams | Feb 10, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
Elite players are defined by their performance at crunch time, and East’s Akeem Sulaiman certainly looked the part Friday night. The 6-foot-3 all-state senior scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half, including eight in the fourth quarter when the T-birds put...Read More
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by Chanda File | Feb 8, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight
Chugiak/Eagle River sailed through the first game of the girls high school state hockey tournament Thursday, racking up a 12-3 win against Service/East at Ben Boeke Arena. With nine different skaters contributing to the scoresheet in either goals or assists, it was...Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 6, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
Anchorage’s Evan Hoosier had the kind of first-half performance players dream about: 14 points, five rebounds and two blocked shots in 11 minutes. It helped the 6-foot-9 forward at NAIA Park University post career-high totals in points (20) and rebounds (11) against...
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by Doyle Woody | Feb 6, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
Goaltender McKinley Hoff of Anchorage keeps shutting down shooters and pocketing awards. Nazareth’s senior delivered two more gems last weekend, when she backstopped the NCAA Division III Golden Flyers to consecutive 2-1 victories over visiting Arcadia and earned her...Read More
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