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by Beth Bragg | Apr 8, 2025 | Alaska Sports Hall of Fame, Cover Story, Directors' Award
Six teenagers representing seven sports are vying for the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s athlete of the year honors, all of them state champions and some of them national champions. One of them — Dimond quarterback Cayden Pili — resurrected a nearly dormant football...Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Apr 7, 2025 | Cover Story, Track and Field
Soldotna’s Adarra Hagelund had a show-stopping performance at the Al Bortke Open, becoming the top high jumper in Alaska history. The Dickinson State junior cleared an incredible 5 feet, 10.75 inches in Bismarck, N.D. to set a personal best by two inches, resetting...Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Apr 1, 2025 | Athlete of the Week, Baseball
Anchorage baseball player Curtis Hebert was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after shining for the University of Portland on the mound and at the plate. Hebert recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts in Game 1 and hit a solo home run in Game 3 to help the Pilots win a...Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Apr 6, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey
One weekend remains in the North American Hockey League regular season, and the Anchorage Wolverines and Fairbanks Ice Dogs will stay physically separated by the distance between the cities, about 360 miles. But as sure as Zambonis resurface the ice between periods,...Read More
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by Van Williams | Mar 31, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story
Brooklynn Haywood is coming home. It might be for only two games, but the high school basketball star from Anchorage will return to her hometown as a senior with the Union Titans of Vancouver, Wash. A two-game series is scheduled for December, pending approval by the... Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Apr 6, 2025 | Cover Story, Prep Spotlight, Running, Track and Field
Six meet records fell at the 14th annual Russ Edwards Big C Relays, which included nearly 1,000 athletes from 32 teams competing in The Dome. Soldotna’s Tyce Escott, Dimond’s Sarah Dittman and Sitka's Clare Mullin were among some of the top performers, each collecting... Read More
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by Beth Bragg | Apr 7, 2025 | Alaska Sports Hall of Fame, Cover Story, Directors' Award
Nine Alaskans — ranging from an 80-year-old runner from Anchorage to teenagers from Wrangell, Homer and Nome — are the finalists for three of the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s prestigious Directors Awards. Three youths and three adults are in the running for the Trajan... Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Apr 8, 2025 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field
Anchorage’s Santiago Prosser opened his outdoor season at the Stanford Invitational in the best way possible — with a personal best and No. 2 mark in Alaska history. The Northern Arizona senior completed the 25-lap race in a sizzling 28 minutes, 22.14 seconds in Palo...Read More
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by Van Williams | Apr 3, 2025 | Cover Story, Softball
Known as a slapper, Karsyn Decker of Anchorage is a speedy left-handed contact hitter who doesn't necessarily try to drive the ball. During a recent trip to Billings, Mont., though, the Central Washington University senior softball player unleashed her power by... Read More
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by Van Williams | Apr 4, 2025 | Cover Story, Volleyball
For the second year in a row, UAA volleyball coach Stacie Meisner has kept the Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year home. The 2024 winner Eleasha Sapon of Anchorage will join 2023 winner Emma Beck of Kenai on the Seawolf roster after the local standout was added to the...Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Apr 3, 2025 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field
Fairbanks’ Eliyah Dominique continues to be a force to be reckoned with. The Lane Community College sophomore collected his second hat trick of the season, winning the 200 and 400 and running a leg on the 4x100 relay at the Willamette T&F Invitational. Dominique...
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by Van Williams | Apr 3, 2025 | Baseball, Cover Story
Two Anchorage players got at-bats Wednesday and one of them got a base hit in Portland's 7-6 victory over Oregon in the Rose City. Curtis Hebert started in center field and went 1-for-3 for the Pilots while Coen Niclai was 0-for-1 after being called on as a pinch...Read More
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