Connecting You with Alaska Athletes Visit Us! Become a Sponsor THE WEEK IN REVIEW Prep Hoops: Aryanna Watson hits buzzer beater as Service girls stun fourth-ranked Dimond for CIC championship; Bartlett snags third by Van Williams | Mar 10, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story She’s been touted all season as the next big thing in Anchorage girls basketball, and Aryanna Watson showed why Saturday night. The Service freshman connected on a 17-foot jumper with 1 second left to supply a 39-38 upset over fourth-ranked Dimond in the championship...Read More   College Skiing: Halfway through the NCAA championships, the Seawolves boast three All-Americans and the Nanooks have one by Beth Bragg | Mar 7, 2024 | Alpine Skiing, Nordic Skiing The UAA ski team added to its impressive list of All-America skiers by producing three top-10 finishes on the first two days of the NCAA Ski Championships in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Sophomore Ainslee Proffit and senior Leon Nikic chalked up top-10 finishes in... Read More   Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby named Alaska Athlete of the Week after record-setting performance at Big 12 Meet by Alaska Sports Report | Mar 5, 2024 | Athlete of the Week, Swimming and Diving University of Texas swimmer Lydia Jacoby was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after logging another standout performance at the Big 12 Championships in Morgantown, W.V. The sophomore from Seward outkicked the lead pack to win the women’s 100-yard breaststroke to...Read More   Prep Hoops: Top-ranked East’s trademark 3-and-D attack proves too much for third-ranked Service in CIC final; West nets third by Van Williams | Mar 10, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story Championship games aren’t typically over by the end of the first quarter, but East’s Akeem Sulaiman called game early in Saturday’s Cook Inlet Conference Tournament title tilt. His first two 3-pointers in the opening minutes got the T-birds off to a good start. His...Read More   College Track & Field: Sophie Wright, Joshua Caleb represent at NCAA D2 nationals by Arielle Himelbloom | Mar 10, 2024 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field, UAA Palmer’s Sophie Wright and UAA’s Joshua Caleb earned second-team All-American honors at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships, held in Pittsburg, Kan. Wright, a junior, ran the lead-off leg (1200) on Western Washington’s distance medley relay,...Read More   Around The Rinks (NCAA Edition): Seawolves rack most season wins in a decade (plus, DI and DIII notes) by Doyle Woody | Mar 11, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey Victory in the season finale would have been sweet – UAA fell 5-2 to No. 20-ranked Arizona State in Saturday’s capper – but the Seawolves did pull off a dramatic 4-3 win Friday on home ice and finished the season with the program’s most wins since 2013-14. Granted,...Read More     College Hoops: Jaron Williams leads UAA to upset of nationally ranked Saint Martin’s in GNAC postseason by Van Williams | Mar 7, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story For the most part, elite Anchorage basketball players didn’t want to play for the Seawolves over the last 20 years. The biggest names who did sign with UAA left early, which led to finger pointing and created a rift in the city’s hoops community. Local guys needed to... Read More   College Riflery: Nanooks get a perfect score from freshman Elli Spencer on their way to 3rd place at the NCAA championships by Beth Bragg | Mar 9, 2024 | Cover Story, Riflery They weren’t able to successfully defend their national championship, but the Nanooks nonetheless experienced perfection Saturday at the NCAA Rifle Championships in Morgantown, West Virginia. As a team, UAF stood on the podium with a third-place finish. It was the...Read More   Prep Hoops: ‘Air Chuol’ takes flight for West boys as Eagles soar into final four of CIC Tournament (plus, Dimond boys, Service & West girls prevail) by Van Williams | Mar 8, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story The West boys basketball team’s offense was grounded for much of Thursday’s first quarter, but once ‘Air Chuol’ took flight the fourth-ranked Eagles soared to victory. Senior sky-walker Mat Chuol took to the skies for two thunderous dunks early in the first half to...Read More   College Track & Field: Galen Brantley III, Adarra Hagelund achieve All-American honors at NAIA Championships by Arielle Himelbloom | Mar 8, 2024 | Cover Story, Track and Field Even with the cards stacked against him, Soldotna’s Galen Brantley III still found a way to deliver. The Dickinson State senior placed third in the shot put, throwing a personal best of 55 feet, 7.5 inches, resetting his program record and earning All-American honors... Read More   Wrestling: Shungnak’s Spencer Woods clears Team USA’s path to the Paris Olympics by earning a quota spot in his weight class by Beth Bragg | Mar 7, 2024 | Cover Story, Wrestling Shungnak wrestler Spencer Woods didn’t earn a trip to the Summer Olympics with his two Greco-Roman victories last week in Acapulco, Mexico. But he made sure the United States gets to compete in the 87-kg weight class in Paris. And next month at the U.S. Olympic... Read More   Prep Hoops: Colony girls take top spot in ASR/Class 4A Coaches Poll; East boys unanimous No. 1 by Van Williams | Mar 4, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight There was a shakeup atop the girls’ rankings in this week’s Alaska Sports Report/Class 4A Coaches Poll. Colony is the new No. 1 while Wasilla moved up to the No. 2 spot after edging Mountain City Christian Academy by a single point. Colony (22-2) received nine of 13...Read More   College Skiing: Fairbanks’ Kendall Kramer of UAF earns All-American honors for fourth time; UAA finishes with six All-Americans by Beth Bragg | Mar 9, 2024 | Alpine Skiing, Cover Story, Nordic Skiing Kendall Kramer of Fairbanks became a four-time NCAA All-American skier for UAF as Alaska’s college ski teams wrapped up the national championships Saturday with three women in the top 10 of the 20-kilometer classic race. A day earlier, UAA sophomore Ella Bromee... Read More   Around The Rinks (Pro Edition): Jeremy Swayman racks 3rd straight 20-win season, Nolan Walker continues season-long explosion (plus, AHL, ECHL, SPHL notes) by Doyle Woody | Mar 5, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman of Anchorage is currently playing under a 1-year, $3.475-million contract, signed after arbitration, that expires after the season. So, he’s due a new deal. And the price on the restricted free agent’s next contract undoubtedly...Read More   College Hoops: Alaska hits trifecta in Las Vegas with Alissa Pili, Sayvia Sellers, Mikayla Johnson in Pac-12 Tournament by Van Williams | Mar 6, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story If this week’s Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas was a poker hand, Alaska basketball would be sitting pretty with three of a kind. From Rage City to Sin City, Alissa Pili, Sayvia Sellers and Mikayla Johnson came up aces in Wednesday’s first round at the MGM Garden Arena....Read More   Around The Rinks (NCAA Edition): Seawolves generate points party, series sweep (plus, men’s and women’s notes) by Doyle Woody | Mar 5, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey Suffice to say the Seawolves savored their sweep on the weekend. A points party – 21 goals across two games – will do that for a team. UAA beat visiting Stonehill College 9-3 on Friday, then upped the ante with Saturday’s 12-2 demolition of the fellow independent... Read More   College Hoops: WWU hits 11 3s in first half, sinks Seawolves in GNAC semis; Elaina Mack of King Cove nets playoff high 12 by Van Williams | Mar 8, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story The Western Washington women’s basketball team couldn’t miss Friday. The Vikings hit 11 3-points in the first half and made tough drives and hit fadeaway jumpers in the second half. There wasn’t much the Seawolves could do. Even when they defended well on a play,...Read More   Friday Flashback: Anchorage’s Cody Koch boxed with Wladimir Klitschko for WBC title in 1998 by Van Williams | Feb 23, 2024 | Boxing, Cover Story, Friday Flashback No boxer from Alaska did more than Anchorage’s Cody Koch, whose rapid and remarkable rise to prominence in the 1990s was unlike anything we’ve ever seen in the sport. Koch broke into pro boxing in 1995 after winning a national Toughman Contest. He won his first 24...Read More   College Hoops (NWAC edition): Ketchikan’s Chris Lee earns MVP honors; Anchorage’s Damarion Delaney gets all-league nod; Fairbanks’ Amy Sokaitis lands Coach of the Year award by Van Williams | Mar 5, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story Edmonds College guard Chris Lee of Ketchikan is king of the north. The sophomore playmaker on Monday was named MVP of the NWAC’s North Region and earned a spot on the first team all-league. Winning MVP is even more impressive when you remember Lee missed the first...Read More     Join our Family of Sponsors The Alaska Sports Report is a non-profit entity owned by the 501(c)3 Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. We say "no" to paywalls and pop-up ads, "yes" to community partners. Make a tax deductible donation and we'll recognize you on our site, social media posts, and in this weekly review! 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