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by Doyle Woody | Apr 13, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
David Carle is just 34, and already a coaching legend. The Anchorage native on Saturday guided the University of Denver to its second NCAA Division I men’s hockey championship in three years with Saturday’s 2-0 textbook victory over No. 1-ranked Boston College in St....Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Apr 13, 2024 | Alpine Skiing, Cover Story
Palmer's Andrew Kurka ended the season on a winning note this week when he captured the giant slalom title at the North American para-alpine championships in Winter Park, Colorado. Kurka, still one of the world's top sit-skiers at age 32, won both GS runs Wednesday to...Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Apr 9, 2024 | Athlete of the Week, Rugby
Alev Kelter is our Alaska Athlete of the Week after a standout performance for Team USA at the World Rugby Sevens Series stop in Hong Kong. The Eagle River native proved she's still one of the best players in the world over the weekend, outscoring Fiji and France by...
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by Van Williams | Apr 14, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
Let him cook. It took until the final game of the 82-game regular season, but the Charlotte Hornets finally fit 21-year-old JT Thor of Anchorage with a chef’s hat. Given space to operate on Sunday, he used that leeway to leverage his breakthrough NBA performance with...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Apr 10, 2024 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field
After strong performances in the mountains last fall and on the trails this winter and spring, Alaska’s Allie Ostrander this week announced she’s headed back to the track. The 27-year-old from Soldotna, who is based in Seattle, said on her YouTube channel of more than...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Apr 14, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
The Anchorage Wolverines didn’t savor a great weekend in Fairbanks to close the North American Hockey League regular season, but they did just enough – the bare minimum – to seize their first Midwest Division title in their three-season existence. The Wolverines’ 5-4...
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by Van Williams | Apr 10, 2024 | Cover Story, Soccer
Anchorage’s Obed Vargas was a 15-year-old prodigy when he made his Major League Soccer debut for the Seattle Sounders in 2021. Three years later, the starting midfielder doesn’t come off the field, rarely makes mistakes and has a habit of frustrating opponents as he...Read More
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by Van Williams | Apr 13, 2024 | Baseball, Cover Story
With four base knocks in Friday’s doubleheader, Doane University junior infielder Justin Nevells of Chugiak became the 13th Alaskan and fifth player from the Anchorage area to record 150 hits at the college level. The starting third baseman went 2-for-3 in Game 1 and...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Apr 15, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
Drake Glover of Anchorage won the Southern Professional Hockey League’s goal-scoring title with 33 markers to help lift his Birmingham Bulls to the President’s Cup as regular-season champions. The former Seawolves forward kept it up in the playoffs last week. His team...Read More
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