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by Van Williams | Mar 24, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
Don’t think, just shoot. And keep shooting. That was the advice Nome-Beltz boys basketball player Orson Hoogendorn heard before Saturday’s Class 3A boys state title game and again at crunch time. That constant support pumped confidence back into him before he pumped...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Mar 25, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
At the rate the Anchorage Wolverines are rolling through the North American Hockey League – a franchise-record, 15-game point streak -- we’re going to have to delve deep into our arsenal of adjectives to describe their dominance. The Wolverines, who haven’t lost in... Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Mar 19, 2024 | Athlete of the Week, Sled Dog Racing
Mushing star Dallas Seavey is our Alaska Athlete of the Week. The 37-year-old Talkeetna resident became the first person to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race six times. Seavey and his team finished the 52nd Iditarod at 5:16pm on Tuesday, March 12th, in a time of 9...
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by Matt Nevala | Mar 24, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight
In its 10th year, the Alaska Airlines Center not also housing hockey is well known regardless of your personal sports fandom. Yet, on the facility’s basketball court Saturday night, Savannah Kroon gloriously withstood the kind of body check puck heads adore. No harm....
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by Beth Bragg | Mar 25, 2024 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing
APU skiers JC Schoonmaker and Novie McCabe sprinted their way to national championships Saturday in Duluth, Minnesota. The pair won the classic sprint finals at Spirit Mountain Recreation Area, where more national titles will be determined Sunday and Tuesday....
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by Van Williams | Mar 24, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
After riding shotgun to the Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year for much of the season, Ella Boerger took the wheel and drove the Grace Christian girls basketball team to a championship Saturday. Boerger had 14 of her team’s first 20 points in the first half and then...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Mar 25, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
Mac Swanson of Anchorage was up to his usual exploits over the weekend, racking points and contributing to victories. The left winger for the Fargo Force of the United States Hockey League, the country’s top junior circuit, delivered a pair of two-point performances...Read More
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by Van Williams | Mar 24, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight
There were lots of games this season when the East boys basketball team was carried by Muhammed Sabally and plenty more when Akeem Sulaiman did the heavy lifting. Saturday night, they shared the workload and helped the T-birds hoist another trophy. Sabally produced 23...Read More
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by Van Williams | Mar 21, 2024 | Cover Story, Wrestling
Two titans of Alaska wrestling on Thursday squared off in Kansas City, where 197-pounders Evan Bockman of Anchorage and Levi Hopkins of Palmer put on a show and made state history. In the first head-to-head meeting between Alaskans at the NCAA Championships, Bockman...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Mar 20, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
This hockey season has been a slog for third-year pro Cam Hausinger of Anchorage. Through 45 games with the ECHL’s Florida Everblades, the 25-year-old forward delivered just 5-6—11 scoring totals, well below the standard he set in his first two pro seasons. Hausinger...Read More
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by Van Williams | Mar 23, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
The storybook state tournament run by the Thunder Mountain boys basketball team scripted a new chapter Friday night, thanks to Thomas Baxter. In this version of March Madness, Cinderella stands 6-foot-3 with a shaved head, scruffy beard and tattoos. Baxter, an...
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by Matias Saari | Mar 20, 2024 | Adventure, Cover Story, Cycling, Nordic Skiing, Running
For more than two weeks, Tyson Flaharty and Miron Golfman endured cold temperatures, high winds, plenty of bike pushing and a scary sea ice crossing while biking the Iditarod Trail Invitational. Their intentional tie after 16 days, 5 hours and 10 minutes was a...Read More
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by Van Williams | Mar 23, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
Virtually invisible well into the third quarter, East boys basketball star Muhammed Sabally revealed his true colors when it mattered most Friday night. The Cook Inlet Conference Player of the Year took over during a late-game run that propelled the No. 1-ranked...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Mar 19, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
Center Nolan Walker of Anchorage finally reaped a reward for his breakout season in the ECHL. The second-year pro on Monday night made his American Hockey League debut, skating for the Cleveland Monsters, the affiliate of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, in a 5-2 loss...Read More
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by Van Williams | Mar 20, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
Wednesday was not the last dance for the Thunder Mountain boys basketball team. With the Juneau high school scheduled to be consolidated with the capital city's other high school, this is the final season for the Falcons and their last chance to win a Class 4A state...Read More
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by Van Williams | Mar 19, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight
Just because the Mt. Edgecumbe boys basketball team has a 24-0 record doesn’t mean the Braves had it easy this season. They had an 11-point fourth-quarter comeback against Sitka, blew an 11-point fourth-quarter lead at Barrow and rallied late to win against Ketchikan....Read More
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