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by Beth Bragg | Jul 29, 2024 | Cover Story, Olympics
Alev Kelter has two rugby games left at the XXXIII Summer Olympics in Paris. A victory in either would make her an Olympic medalist. A victory in both would make her an Olympic gold medalist. Kelter, the 33-year-old from Eagle River, is in the semifinals for the first...Read More
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by Van Williams | Jul 28, 2024 | Baseball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight
The Eagle River Wolves have been so good at the American Legion baseball state tournament over the last four years that they are close to lapping some of the greatest teams in Alaska history. Eagle River beat Kenai 8-1 Sunday at Mulcahy Stadium to extend its...Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Jul 28, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story, Olympics, Rugby
Team AK is OK after the first weekend of competition at the Summer Olympics in Paris. JT Thor helped South Sudan make history in men’s basketball, Alev Kelter scored nine points in two victories for the U.S. women’s sevens rugby team and Sagen Maddalena advanced to... Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Jul 21, 2024 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field
After a bout of COVID derailed Isaac Updike’s Olympic dreams at the U.S. Trials last month, his steeplechase performance Saturday night in Los Angeles provided some salve. The 32-year-old pro runner from Ketchikan closed fast at Sound Running’s 2024 Sunset Tour to...
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by Beth Bragg | Jul 28, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story, Olympics, Rugby
Team AK is OK after the first weekend of competition at the Summer Olympics in Paris. JT Thor helped South Sudan make history in men’s basketball, Alev Kelter scored nine points in two victories for the U.S. women’s sevens rugby team and Sagen Maddalena advanced to...
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by Van Williams | Jul 27, 2024 | Baseball, Cover Story
From 1953 to 2021, the Legion state tournament featured a grand total of four 1-0 final scores in 69 years. Since then we’ve had four in the last 47 games, including Saturday’s nail bitter that saw the sixth-seeded South hold off the third-seeded Kenai Twins 1-0 on...Read More
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