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by Matt Nevala | Feb 9, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey
Alaska’s governor and political types do most of their bidding in the capital city of Juneau. The Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup, meanwhile, has just about taken up permanent residence in Fairbanks. Despite surrendering a two-goal, third-period lead and settling for... Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Feb 8, 2025 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing
The Nanooks showed the Norwegians — and most everyone else — how it’s done Saturday at the U23 World Championships. Behind second-place Rosie Fordham and fourth-place Kendall Kramer, UAF was the only team to land two skiers in the top seven in the women’s 10-kilometer...Read More
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by Chanda File | Feb 9, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight
The girls high school hockey crown is staying in the hands of Dimond-West. The team scored three unanswered goals to defeat the Fairbanks Arctic Bears 3-2 and secure the state championship for the fourth year in a row. There were moments in Saturday’s title game when...Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Feb 5, 2025 | Athlete of the Week, Basketball
Northway boys basketball standout Terrence Titus is our Alaska Athlete of the Week after setting a new Alaska high school single-game in a 119-109 win over Buckland. Titus, a 6-foot-1 junior, made 33-of-55 field goals including ten 3-pointers to reach 82 points in a...
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by Van Williams | Feb 8, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story
Milestones are meant to be celebrated, but Chuck Martin wasn’t in the mood Friday. The East boys basketball coach was frustrated with his players for being consistently inconsistent, so you'll have to excuse him for putting his 500th win on the back burner. “To be...Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Feb 9, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey
For a split second, during the ample time the West Eagles excelled on the penalty kill, defensive partners Reed Bott and Chase Thompson shared a moment. Despite all the hockey havoc surrounding them, it was as if they were the only two on the Ben Boeke Arena ice... Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 9, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story
Ja'Niah Alexander brought 'Flex Cam' to life Saturday night. The UAA women's basketball player from Atlanta, Ga., converted a tough and-one layup as part of a big second-quarter run that helped spark the 25th-ranked Seawolves in a 93-50 victory over the UAF Nanooks at...
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by Beth Bragg | Feb 5, 2025 | Alpine Skiing, Cover Story
Andrew Kurka, Alaska’s seemingly indestructible Paralympic champion, is back on the disabled list. And like every other time something like this has happened, he vows, like the Terminator, that he’ll be back. Days before the Para Alpine World Championships were set to...Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 4, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight
The date Jan. 31, 2025, will go down as the most prolific scoring day in Alaska high school basketball history. Last Friday, Terrence Titus of Northway broke the state's single-game scoring record with 82 points while in a different game Ian Weyanna of Teller pumped...Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Feb 3, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey
Seniors Dylan Beals and a returning Wyatt Rust combined for 10 points Monday night and the Bartlett High hockey team set itself up for the program’s biggest game in nearly a quarter century. Twenty-four years, 11 months and 27 days to be exact. The Golden Bears put it...Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Feb 7, 2025 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing
Fifteen-year-old Anchorage skier Jack Leveque was one of the youngest racers Friday in the 10-kilometer freestyle race at the World Junior Championships in Schilpario, Italy. He was also one of the fastest. Leveque, an Alaska Winter Stars skier and a Service High...
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by Van Williams | Feb 9, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story
At a time in high school boys basketball when so much of the game centers on 3-point shooting, the Service Cougars are somewhat of a throwback because they find success by getting to the free-throw line. On Saturday night, that mindset drove them to a 60-58 victory...
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by Van Williams | Feb 6, 2025 | Baseball, Cover Story
Two Alaska baseball players teamed up to help Masters University beat Cedarville on Wednesday and deliver Gage Webster his first win of the season. The Anchorage reliever threw three scoreless frames across the fourth, fifth and sixth innings and first baseman Owen...
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by Chanda File | Feb 7, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey
The stage is set: the plucky newcomers will take on the reigning giants in Saturday’s high school girls hockey championship game. The Fairbanks Arctic Bears punched their ticket to the final with a 3-1 win over South-Bartlett in Friday’s semifinal. The Arctic Bears...Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Feb 5, 2025 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing
Eagle River skier Michael Earnhart claimed 14th place Tuesday in the classic sprint at the U23 World Championships in Schilpario, Italy. He advanced to the heats by placing 13th in the morning qualification round. He finished third in his quarterfinal, two-tenths of a...Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 7, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story
Anchorage's Bishop Tosi poured in 21 of his 28 points after halftime when the Seawolves sliced a 14-point deficit down to a half dozen but could pull no closer in a 76-66 loss at Central Washington in Ellensburg. Tosi scored or assisted on 25 consecutive points in the... Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Feb 4, 2025 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing
Oskar Flora and Raven Spangler were double winners in the final Besh Cup cross-country ski races of the season. Flora claimed two narrow wins and Spangler scored two decisive wins at Government Peak. Flora, of the Alaska Pacific University nordic program, won both... Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 7, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story
The Chugiak boys basketball team on Friday broke a seven-game losing streak to Dimond, beating the fourth-ranked Lynx 70-58 at home in the Cook Inlet Conference. Blake Hales pumped in 17 points and Tyler Cage scored 15 points as Chugiak beat Dimond for the first time... Read More
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