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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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