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by Van Williams | Aug 11, 2024 | Baseball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight
The Eagle River Wolves used an aluminum bat to break through a glass ceiling Sunday. Despite having two teams get close in recent years, the state of Alaska had never won an American Legion baseball regional tournament before Eagle River made history under a beautiful...Read More
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by Van Williams | Aug 8, 2024 | Baseball, Cover Story
It took 72 years to make it happen, but an American Legion baseball team from The Last Frontier is one win away from reaching the title game of the Northwest Regional, something that seemed like a pipedream only a few years ago when Alaska suffered through a 19-game...Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Aug 7, 2024 | Cover Story, Olympics
Homer cyclist Kristen Faulkner of Homer captured another Olympic championship Wednesday morning in Paris to become Alaska’s first two-time gold medalist. Faulkner rode on the triumphant American team in the women’s team pursuit at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines...Read More
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by Van Williams | Aug 10, 2024 | Baseball, Cover Story
Eagle River pitcher Tommy Molloy put in some series yard work Saturday as the right-hander mowed down the Central Point Comets to key a 6-2 win at the American Legion baseball Northwest Class A Regional Tournament. Molloy struck out nine batters in his complete-game...Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Aug 10, 2024 | Cover Story, Olympics
Forty years after she became Alaska’s first Olympic medalist, Kris Thorsness is back at the Summer Olympics. She’s 64 and her memories remain crisp of the day she became a gold medalist as a member of the U.S. women’s-8 rowing crew at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.....Read More
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by Van Williams | Aug 10, 2024 | Baseball, Cover Story
A roller-coaster first inning left the Service Cougars pondering what-if scenarios in its 12-1 loss to Billings, Montana at Dehler Park at the American Legion baseball Northwest Regional. The Alaskans were on the short end of two close calls – a two-out, two-strike...Read More
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