Covering Alaskan athletes doing great things around the world Visit Us! Become a Sponsor THE WEEK IN REVIEW Pride of Alaska youth finalists are a diverse bunch, both athletically and geographically by Beth Bragg | Apr 3, 2024 | Alaska Sports Hall of Fame, Cover Story, Directors' Award, Pride of Alaska Award From Kipnuk to Kenai, the six finalists for the Pride of Alaska youth awards come from all over Alaska — and they compete in all kinds of sports. A spiker from Kenai, a striker from Anchorage and a dog driver from Nenana lead the way for the girls. A swimmer from...Read More   Rugby: Alev Kelter helps Team USA win silver in Hong Kong as she inches closer to 1,000 career points by Van Williams | Apr 7, 2024 | Cover Story, Rugby After 10 years on the rugby field, Eagle River’s Alev Kelter is still one of the best players in the world. Just ask Fiji and France, two teams Kelter outscored by herself in the medal round over the weekend to help Team USA advance to the finals and take home a...Read More   Girdwood’s Ava Earl named Alaska Athlete of the Week after sizzling track performance in season-opener for Northwestern by Alaska Sports Report | Apr 2, 2024 | Athlete of the Week, Track and Field Girdwood’s Ava Earl was selected as the Alaska Sports Report's Alaska Athlete of the Week after crushing her her outdoor season-opener in the 5,000 at the Raleigh Relays, clocking 15 minutes, 46.51 seconds — a sizzling 5:04 per mile — to finish eighth overall. The... Read More   Around The Rinks (USA Youth Nationals Championship Games Edition): Hockey Club Fairbanks 19U girls win Tier II title; Anchorage North Stars 18U boys finish runner-up (plus, notes on Alaskans) by Doyle Woody | Apr 8, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey The usual suspects – forwards Galilee Murray and Clara Creviston, and goaltender Gennesaret Halbert – spearheaded Hockey Club Fairbanks to the first national championship in program history on Sunday. HC Fairbanks’ 19U girls used a goal and an assist from Creviston,...Read More   Track & Field: Chugiak’s Alliyah Fields, Eagle River’s AJ Szewczyk and West’s Leileanah Toleafoa dazzle at Big C Relays; Anchorage’s Anna Dalton makes history in the mile by Arielle Himelbloom | Apr 8, 2024 | Cover Story, Track and Field More than 950 athletes from 34 teams competed at The Dome for the 13th edition of the Russ Edwards Big C Relays. Chugiak’s Alliyah Fields was unstoppable in her quest for individual and relay glory, collecting four wins, which included a personal best, a meet record,... Read More   YOU'VE BEEN CHALLENGED! Healthy Futures has been working to empower Alaska's youth for 20 years! Celebrate and join the MOVE-ment by taking the 100 Miles in May Challenge! Create a team or just go solo. Challenge your family, friends, and coworkers to a healthy month of daily physical activity. Support the Healthy Futures program with this fundraiser and WIN cool prizes! ALL of your activities count toward your 100 Miles in May, this challenge is not just for runners and uber-athletes! Register Here *100 Miles in May is a fundraiser of Healthy Futures, a partner program of the Alaska Sports Report   Familiar faces vie for the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s Pride of Alaska adult-division awards by Beth Bragg | Apr 2, 2024 | Alaska Sports Hall of Fame, Cover Story, Directors' Award, Pride of Alaska Award Stop me if you’ve heard this before. The finalists for the Pride of Alaska men’s award as the top athlete of the year are cross-country skier Gus Schumacher, musher Dallas Seavey and hockey goaltender Jeremy Swayman. The women’s finalists are swimmer Lydia Jacoby,...Read More   Table Talk: How was your Friday? All Anchorage poker pro Adam Hendrix did was bag 9th career win, 1st World Series of Poker Circuit ring and $73K by Doyle Woody | Apr 3, 2024 | Cover Story, Poker Looks like this poker thing is going to work out for Adam Hendrix. After winning about $2 million in live earnings in 2023, the pro from Anchorage last Friday achieved a career goal by winning his first World Series of Poker Circuit ring. He also won $73,579 when he... Read More   Around The Rinks (Juniors Edition): NAHL Midwest Division title within Anchorage Wolverines’ grasp; Kenai River and Janesville wreck goalie stats; Mac Swanson’s heater snapped at 12 games by Doyle Woody | Apr 3, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey The Anchorage Wolverines, courtesy of their searing 17-game point streak, have catapulted themselves into position to win their first North American Hockey League Midwest Division crown in their three-season existence. The Wolverines (37-13-6, 80 points) continued... Read More   Six finalists for the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s Trajan Langdon Award showed grit, compassion, resiliency and more by Beth Bragg | Apr 4, 2024 | Alaska Sports Hall of Fame, Cover Story, Directors' Award The Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s annual Trajan Langdon Award recognizes those who demonstrate leadership, integrity and sportsmanship. Finalists vying for this year’s awards have displayed those qualities, and quite a few more. Grit. Resiliency. Compassion....Read More   Around The Rinks (USA Youth Nationals Playoff Edition): Anchorage North Stars 18U boys, Hockey Club Fairbanks 19U girls march into Tier II championship games by Doyle Woody | Apr 7, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey Two Alaska teams, the Anchorage North Stars 18U boys and Hockey Club Fairbanks 19U girls, advanced to Tier II championship games Sunday on the strength of quarterfinal and semifinal wins Saturday at the USA Hockey National Championships. The North Stars (5-0-0) beat...Read More   Finalists for Joe Floyd Award include the man who introduced parasports to Alaska, a Kodiak coach of champion swimmers and a triple-threat Cordova man by Beth Bragg | Apr 5, 2024 | Alaska Sports Hall of Fame, Cover Story, Directors' Award An Anchorage man who opened up the outdoors to Alaskans with disabilities, a coach who made waves as a swim coach in Kodiak and a man who, armed with either a whistle, a keyboard or radio gear, has spent more than half a century contributing to sports in Cordova are...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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