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by Van Williams | Jan 1, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story
For being a point guard, Sayvia Sellers sure scores a lot. She also gets a lot of assists and makes a lot of 3-pointers and steals. It's always been that way for the do-it-all basketball star out of Anchorage. Now the rest of the country sees it, too. The University...
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by Beth Bragg | Jan 9, 2025 | Alpine Skiing, Cover Story
In his 16th season on the U.S. Paralympic Alpine Team, Palmer sitskier Andrew Kurka shows no signs of slowing down. Kurka, who will turn 33 later this month, won a World Cup downhill race Wednesday in Santa Caterina, Italy. It was his first podium finish in four races...Read More
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by Van Williams | Jan 13, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story
A new chapter of University of Pittsburgh women's basketball was written Sunday, thanks to a 32-point comeback that was co-authored by Anchorage's Mikayla Johnson. The sophomore guard out of Bartlett High pumped in a career-high 22 points as the Panthers rallied from... Read More
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by Matias Saari | Jan 8, 2025 | Athlete of the Week, Nordic Skiing
Nordic skier Kendall Kramer is the ASHOF Athlete of the Week for January 6. Kramer, a Fairbanks native, representing the University of Alaska Fairbanks, skied to her first U.S. National Championship in the 20-kilometer mass-start classic race at Kincaid Park on... Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Jan 12, 2025 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field
Less than two weeks into the year, UAA’s Joshua Caleb has nabbed not one, but two world leads to open his indoor season. The sophomore clocked a blistering 20.86 seconds in the 200-meter dash at the Nevada Silver and Blue Invitational, lowering his indoor GNAC and... Read More
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by Van Williams | Dec 30, 2024 | Cover Story, Football
Given he was among last year's FBS solo tackle leaders, it made sense that Edefuan Ulofoshio's first tackle in the NFL came on a solo stop. The 24-year-old Buffalo Bills rookie tackled former WAC Offensive Player of the Year Xavier Gipson on a punt return in the third... Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Jan 4, 2025 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing
Thanks to open borders at the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships at Kincaid Park, the field of racers is filled with international skiers. Many of them are turning in top results. Thanks to a long-standing policy that only U.S. racers are eligible for national...
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by Van Williams | Jan 11, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story
Once Chris Lee heats up, the UAF sharpshooter from Ketchikan has the ability to scorch opponents. Just ask Northwest Nazarene. Lee became a human flamethrower in the fourth quarter of Saturday's GNAC men's basketball game in Fairbanks, where he pumped in all 13 points... Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Jan 11, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey
When the Anchorage Wolverines were last seen on home ice, the junior hockey team could essentially do no wrong. Friday, a mere seven weeks later, some late-night heroics saved the Wolverines from facing legitimate North American Hockey League concerns. Defensemen Drew... Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Jan 7, 2025 | Biathlon, Cover Story
A game of follow-the-leader turned Anchorage teenager Reine Soule into a serious biathlete last season. This season, Soule became the leader. The 15-year-old won an overall title at the recent U.S. Biathlon Youth and Junior championships at Utah’s Soldier Hollow, a... Read More
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by Van Williams | Jan 11, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story
The UAA women's basketball team isn't nationally ranked - yet. But the Seawolves looked the part Saturday in Fairbanks, where they beat the UAF Nanooks 72-36 to move to 14-2 on the season. Senior guard Emilia Long (Port Angeles, Wash.) delivered a do-everything game... Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Jan 5, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey
With a win Sunday afternoon, uber-coach David Carle of Anchorage can again bring gold back to the United States. Carle and Team USA faceoff against Finland in the Canadian capital of Ottawa in the title game of the 2025 World Junior Championships. A year ago, Carle...
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by Van Williams | Dec 24, 2024 | Cover Story, Soccer
Georgetown University men's soccer player Matthew Van Horn of North Pole was selected by the Colorado Rapids in the MLS SuperDraft on Friday, when the North Pole midfielder was taken in the third round with 75th overall pick. He started 13 of 21 games for the Hoyas... Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Jan 13, 2025 | Alpine Skiing, Cover Story
There was something for everyone last week when UAA’s alpine ski team opened its season in Colorado. For junior Ella Bromlee, there were back-to-back second-place finishes in the slalom. For all of the Seawolves, there was an introduction to giant slalom — a Wednesday... Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Jan 12, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story
Bristol Tobin scored 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting to lead the Grace Christian boys basketball team over West Valley 61-54 in the title game of the Alaska Prep Shootout at Dimond High School. Tobin also collected eight rebounds and four steals en route as he snagged...
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by Chanda File | Jan 11, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey
Four goals by Avery Carroll brought the South-Bartlett girls hockey team an 8-2 victory over Chugiak-Eagle River in its first game of 2025. Despite getting off a plane earlier that day, Carroll was locked in on Friday night, scoring at least one in each period. She... Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Jan 6, 2025 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing
While his friends and teammates were collecting medals at the recently concluded U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships at Kincaid Park, Anchorage skier Zanden McMullen was in Italy showing his mettle. McMullen, a 23-year-old South High graduate, cracked the top 20 in...Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Jan 4, 2025 | Cover Story, Running
Moose Pass’ Ruby Lindquist closed out her trail season with a runner-up showing at the Quad Dipsea race, Anchorage’s Julianne Dickerson took third at the St. Jude’s Marathon and over 20 Alaskans competed at the California International Marathon. Lindquist conquered... Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Jan 13, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey
Over the weekend, the UAA hockey team ended its hellacious road trip that covered more than two weeks and nearly 10,000 travel miles with something it desperately needed. A victory. Freshman goaltender Tyler Krivtsov (Santa Clarita, Calif.) earned his first NCAA... Read More
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by Van Williams | Dec 30, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
There are players, and then there are playmakers. Isaiah Moses is the latter. The UC Riverside point guard from Anchorage officially cemented his playmaker status after becoming the 13th men's college basketball player from Alaska to achieve 1,000 points and 300... Read More
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by Van Williams | Jan 9, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story
After watching his team sleepwalk through the first 10 minutes of Wednesday’s game, East boys basketball coach Chuck Martin was visibly frustrated. There were non-verbal clues like shaking his head, folding his arms and looking incredulous. Wasilla had outworked the...
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by Beth Bragg | Jan 3, 2025 | Cover Story, Friday Flashback, Nordic Skiing
From over the hill to king of the hill, Fairbanks skier Audun Endestad made history — and a statement — 35 years ago at the 1990 U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships at Kincaid Park. Two years after the U.S. Ski Team left him off the 1988 Winter Olympic team, deeming... Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Jan 2, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey
In these last few weeks of the holiday season, Alaska’s favorite hockey son Scott Gomez surpassed a couple of milestones, significant to some, probably not so much to him. The two-time Stanley Cup champion celebrated his 45th birthday on Dec. 23. Days later arrived...Read More
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by Van Williams | Jan 4, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story
No longer riding shotgun, Morgan Maldonado is in the driver's seat for the Mountain City Christian Academy girls basketball team. The all-state point guard has the keys to the offense and she had the third-ranked Lions humming like a well-oiled machine Friday against... Read More
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by Matias Saari | Dec 26, 2024 | Athlete of the Week, Hockey
Cam Hausinger is the ASHOF Athlete of the Week for Dec. 23. The Anchorage winger for the ECHL’s Indy Fuel sparked last Friday’s 5-2 win over Fort Wayne with a hat trick and one assist; the four points in a game were a career high. With eight goals and five assists in... Read More
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