Connecting You with Alaska Athletes Visit Us! Become a Sponsor THE WEEK IN REVIEW Prep Hoops: Lexi Cook pumps in 27 points to lift Metlakatla over Tikigaq for 2A girls state crown by Van Williams | Mar 17, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story There was a changing of the guard Saturday night in Class 2A girls basketball. Metlakatla wiped away years of frustration after erasing a third-quarter deficit to beat perennial powerhouse Tikigaq 51-42 in the state tournament championship game in front of 3,500 fans... Read More   Nordic skiing: A historic season ends for American cross country skiing, and Alaskans were a big part of it by Beth Bragg | Mar 18, 2024 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing Call it a wrap for the U.S. Ski Team’s blockbuster cross-country season, one in which some of the marquee performers were Alaskans. The World Cup season ended Sunday in Falun, Sweden, with a thrilling win by superstar Jessie Diggins of Minnesota. She eked out a...Read More   Service High freshman phenom Aryanna Watson named Alaska Athlete of the Week after dazzling at CIC hoops tournament by Alaska Sports Report | Mar 12, 2024 | Athlete of the Week, Basketball Aryanna Watson was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after a turning in a sparkling performance in the Cook Inlet Conference basketball tournament that was capped off by a dramatic game-winning shot. The Service freshman phenom, who has been touted all season as...Read More   Prep Hoops: King Cove snaps Kake’s 60-game winning streak, claims Class 1A boys state title by Van Williams | Mar 17, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story Defense is king in King Cove and now the T-Jacks are kings of Class 1A boys basketball. Led by an active defense and late-game poise, King Cove held off defending state champion Kake 39-31 in the ASAA March Madness Alaska state title in front of 3,000 fans Saturday at...Read More   Junior Hockey: Postseason-bound Wolverines hold on for 4-3 win over Minnesota, run winning streak to even dozen by Matt Nevala | Mar 16, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey Whether or not by design, the dude wearing No. 12 on his back and sleeves helped deliver the Anchorage Wolverines a 12th consecutive win Friday night. Kade Shea, a 6-foot-2, 195-pounds native of Duluth, Minn., scored a pair of goals 2 minutes, 21 seconds apart late in... Read More   Nordic Skiing: Murphy Kimball is golden on a day when Alaska skiers claim six medals at Junior National championships by Beth Bragg | Mar 13, 2024 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing Anchorage’s Murphy Kimball cruised to a gold medal and five other members of Team Alaska picked up medals — three silvers and two bronzes — Wednesday at the U.S. Junior Nationals in Lake Placid, New York. Earlier this winter Kimball became the youngest American man to...Read More     Prep Hoops: Fort Yukon Eagles earn first 1A girls championship with gritty win over Newhalen by Chanda File | Mar 17, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story The ASAA girls 1A state basketball title has a new home in Fort Yukon. The Eagles won their first girls championship in a gritty 62-51 matchup against the Newhalen Malamutes in front of a crowd of supporters donning signs that read “EAGLE POWER” and “GO FORT YUKON”....Read More   Nordic Skiing: Team Alaska picks up 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze as Junior Nationals begin in Lake Placid by Beth Bragg | Mar 11, 2024 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing A wind-whipped day ended with three Team Alaska skiers on the podium Monday on the first day of competition at the U.S. Junior National cross-country championships in Lake Placid, N.Y. Two others with Alaska ties — one who skis for UAF, another who skis for APU — also...Read More   College Hoops: Nationally ranked San Bernardino ekes out 52-49 win over Seawolves in NCAA Tournament opener by Van Williams | Mar 15, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story In a thrilling NCAA Tournament game that could have gone either way, CSU San Bernardino executed one, maybe two, more plays down the stretch to hold off the Seawolves. UAA stood toe-to-toe with the country’s 20th-ranked team before falling 52-49 in a first-round West...Read More   College Swimming: John Heaphy and Tavner Wisdom’s rivalry in Alaska stretches to Pac-12 Championships by Van Williams | Mar 13, 2024 | Cover Story, Swimming and Diving For Arizona State University’s John Heaphy of Eagle River and University of Arizona’s Tavner Wisdom of Anchorage, the 100-yard breaststroke B final at the Pac-12 Championships was personal. The rivalry between Alaska swimmers in the event dates back several years,...Read More   Prep Hoops: Petersburg gets defensive, knocks off top-seeded Hooper Bay in 2A boys state final by Van Williams | Mar 17, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story A little pain at the beginning of the season paved the way for the Petersburg boys basketball team to experience ecstasy at the end. Early losses served as growing pains that later helped the Vikings sprout from pretenders to contenders, a journey that culminated on... Read More   Around The Rinks (Junior Edition): Anchorage’s Mac Swanson riding career-high heater in USHL; Wolverines continue piling up points in NAHL by Doyle Woody | Mar 18, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey Anchorage’s Mac Swanson keeps cementing his status as the most productive pucks prospect among Alaska teenagers. The second-year forward for the Fargo Force of the U.S. Hockey League, the country’s top junior circuit, racked five more points in three games over the...Read More   Prep Track & Field: Teslin Brannan flies to AK’s all-time mark in pole vault; Jason Lorig medals at West Coast Championships by Arielle Himelbloom | Mar 11, 2024 | Cover Story, Prep Spotlight, Track and Field Salcha’s Teslin Brannan was born to pole vault. The high school senior and third-generation pole vaulter elevated her Alaska all-time mark in the event, clearing 11 feet, 0.25 inches at the IceBreaker #4 meet at The Dome. Brannan, who represents the Alaska Pole Vault... 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   Prep Hoops: Wasilla girls new No. 1 in ASR/Class 4A Coaches Poll; Monroe boys climb to No. 3, East holds top spot by Van Williams | Mar 12, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story The Wasilla girls basketball team will be the No. 2 seed at next week’s state tournament, but they are No. 1 in this week's Alaska Sports Report/Class 4A Coaches Poll. Fresh off winning the Northern Lights Conference Tournament title, Wasilla took the top spot after... Read More   Nordic Skiing: With a bronze medal in a World Cup classic sprint race, Anchorage’s Rosie Brennan meets a couple of goals by Beth Bragg | Mar 12, 2024 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing From skiing in front of a raucous crowd in Oslo to checking off a pair of bucket-list goals in Drammen, it’s been a memorable couple of days in Norway for Anchorage skier Rosie Brennan. Brennan claimed her first World Cup medal since early January and her fifth... Read More   Around The Rinks (Pro Edition): Nolan Walker, Drake Glover crash the 30-Goal Club; Alec Butcher close to 20-Goal Club (plus notes) by Doyle Woody | Mar 12, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey Former UAA forward Drake Glover of Anchorage delivered a five-goal barrage in the Southern Professional Hockey League last weekend, including a four-goal strafing of a former college teammate. Glover, who earns his paychecks for the Birmingham Bulls, generated the...Read More   College Hoops: Late-season push has Seawolves in NCAA Tournament for first time in 12 years; UAA opens against No. 20 San Bernardino Friday by Van Williams | Mar 14, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story Lots of teams overplay the respect card, but the Seawolves have a legit case. They were picked seventh in the GNAC preseason poll and written off with a month left in the regular season, and yet they are in the NCAA Tournament. A late season push by the UAA men’s...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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