Email from Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Updates on Alaska athletes making news around the world THE WEEK IN REVIEW Visit our Website Become a Sponsor   3A Boys State: Gregg, Booth buoy Nanooks, who close out Sitka for third title in four years by Van Williams | Mar 23, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story A turnaround baseline jumper has a high level of difficulty, but Nome-Beltz boys basketball player Finn Gregg makes it look easy. Armed with a smooth-as-butter stroke, the college-ready star has the confidence he will make the shot, and he usually does. Over and over....Read More   3A Girls State: Lentfer starts and stays hot in Grace’s 62-41 win over Barrow for three-peat by Matt Nevala | Mar 23, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story At Saturday’s opening tip, the basketball sailed over Sophie Lentfer’s head and rolled towards her attacking basket. She ran it down, scooped and scored before five seconds left the clock. The rest of the afternoon went just about as smoothly for Lentfer and the Grace... Read More   4A Boys State: East smothers Kings to capture fourth title in five years, 20th in school history by Van Williams | Mar 23, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story Fifty years have passed since he last played a high school game, but East boys basketball coach Chuck Martin still uses the lessons he learned to shape today's generation. Some people might call him old school but sharing the ball and making a commitment to defend... Read More   4A Girls State: Carried by Karpow, Colony finds its confidence and holds on to 44-41 title-game win by Matt Nevala | Mar 23, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story Starting midway through the second quarter and lasting nearly 17 minutes of Saturday night’s action, the Colony High girls expertly handled the basketball as if they invented the sport. Errant passes were few, dribbles didn’t bump off a hip or accidently bang off a... Read More   Iditarod champion Jessie Holmes named Alaska Athlete of the Week by Alaska Sports Report | Mar 18, 2025 | Athlete of the Week, Sled Dog Racing Brushkana Creek musher Jessie Holmes was selected as our Alaska Athlete of the Week after winning the longest Iditarod in the 53-year history of the race. He and his team ran 1,128 miles, from Fairbanks to Nome, to carry Holmes to victory in 10 days, 14 hours, 55... Read More   Fairbanks feasts on Anchorage’s defensive mistakes in 5-3 NAHL victory by Matt Nevala | Mar 24, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey As the weekend really started rolling along, the Fairbanks Ice Dogs and Anchorage Wolverines secured spots in the upcoming North American Hockey League Robertson Cup playoffs. After Sunday’s regular-season finale between the teams wrapped in front of an announced... Read More   Lawson suffers unspeakable tragedy amid Bartlett’s banner season by Van Williams | Mar 17, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight From the outside, Bartlett girls basketball coach Darian Lawson is having the kind of season you dream about. The Golden Bears stacked regular-season and tournament titles in the Cook Inlet Conference and will carry a 20-game winning streak into this week's Class 4A...Read More   Hopkins goes 1-2 at NCAAs, finishes career with 89 wins; Bockman bows out with 71 by Van Williams | Mar 21, 2025 | Cover Story, Wrestling Bloody and battered, Campbell University wrestler Levi Hopkins of Palmer left the NCAA Championships earlier than he wanted after losing in the second round of the consolation bracket at 197 pounds on Friday. But he did pick up his second career tournament victory to... Read More   3A Boys State: Sitka survives another barnburner with Mt. Edgecumbe; Gregg outduels Fruean to lift Nome over Barrow by Van Williams | Mar 21, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story The 'Battle of the Bridge' produced another barnburner, but this time the Southeast rivalry took their show on the road as the fifth meeting of the season went down in Anchortown at the Class 3A boys basketball state tournament. Sitka held off Mt. Edgecumbe 64-62 to... Read More   Lorig competes at Nike Indoor Nationals; Dittman jumps to No. 2 in AK prep history by Arielle Himelbloom | Mar 23, 2025 | Cover Story, Prep Spotlight, Running, Track and Field Ketchikan’s Jason Lorig wrapped up his indoor season at Nike Indoor Nationals, held at The Armory in New York City. Lorig, a senior, placed third in the 60-meter dash, clocking 6.94 seconds in the emerging elite section. He also ran a leg on the 4x200 relay for the....Read More   4A Boys State: Massin’s bucket with 1 second left lifts Ketchikan to OT win over Grace in semifinals by Van Williams | Mar 22, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story It wasn’t that his Ketchikan boys basketball team won in overtime, on a literal last-second shot, or that his son carried the club in the second half that made longtime coach Eric Stockhausen get emotional Friday night. It wasn’t getting the Kings back to the Class 4A...Read More   3A Girls State: Barrow and Grace run over foes in semifinals, set up rematch in Saturday’s title game by Van Williams | Mar 21, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story Let's run it back. The Barrow girls basketball team buried buzzer beaters to close out the second and third quarters to help finish off Monroe Catholic 48-33 Thursday in the semifinals of the Class 3A state tournament at the Alaska Airlines Center. With the win, the... Read More   By the numbers: A look back at Iditarod 53 by Beth Bragg | Mar 19, 2025 | Cover Story, Sled Dog Racing The 53rd edition of the Iditarod was notable for many things, from the number of miles raced to the number of teams that raced. Here's a look at some numbers to remember, plus a list of the race's special awards. 10 days, 14 hours, 55 minutes, 41 seconds — Winning...Read More   4A Roundball Roundup: Clark wins Gatorade POY; Gaines the Great; Wasilla boys play long game (plus stats leaders) by Van Williams | Mar 18, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story As an underclassman, Hallie Clark was a two-time all-state first teamer. As a junior, she was Class 4A Player of the Year. Now a senior, Clark claimed the most coveted individual award in the state – Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year. 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