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by Van Williams | Jun 1, 2025 | Cover Story, Soccer
West Anchorage's Amine Abakar's delivered the game of his life Saturday to lift the Eagles over West Valley in a shootout for their first state title in boys soccer since 1993. After scoring just once in the regular season, the senior bagged a gorgeous goal in... Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Jun 1, 2025 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field
Chugiak’s Alliyah Fields and Dimond’s Nevaeh Watkins were unstoppable in their state title defense, with Fields completing the 400/800 double and running a leg on the winning 4x400, while Watkins went two-for-two in the high jump and 100 hurdles. The two led their...Read More
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by Van Williams | May 31, 2025 | Baseball, Cover Story
After a relatively uneventful first few days of the Cook Inlet Conference Tournament, the title game Friday night was a doozy. Eagle River's Cole Smith tripled and scored on Preston Jones' sac fly in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Wolves their first CIC... Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | May 28, 2025 | Athlete of the Week, Hockey
Anchorage hockey player Jeremy Swayman was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after his sensational performance at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships. The Boston Bruin played a starring role for Team USA, pitching a shutout in a 1-0 overtime...Read More
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by Van Williams | Jun 1, 2025 | Cover Story, Softball
Compared to most softball players in the Cook Inlet Conference, 5-foot-4 freshman Molly Stone is on the diminutive side. Overlook her at your own peril, though, because Stone is a big-time talent who stood tall Saturday at Cartee Fields to help the South softball team... Read More
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by Matt Nevala | May 31, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey
Weeks shy of embarking on his NCAA Division I career at the University of Notre Dame, Anchorage defenseman Drew Mackie padded his rink resume with more hockey hardware. Mackie, 19, and his Brooks Bandits teammates last week won the British Columbia Hockey League’s...Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Jun 1, 2025 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field
At the meet that mattered most, the West High boys 4x100 relay soared to victory, claiming their third straight title and lowering the state record. The Eagles clocked 43.14 seconds to better the record by one-tenth of a second set by Bartlett in 2018, while the...Read More
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by Van Williams | Jun 1, 2025 | Cover Story, Soccer
The South girls soccer team didn't technically have a perfect season, but it probably still felt like one for the Wolverines. They dominated Alaska in the same fashion they mastered archrival Dimond in Saturday's ASAA Division I state championship game, winning 4-0 at...Read More
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by Van Williams | May 30, 2025 | Baseball, Cover Story
As the two most crucial carryovers from last year's state championship team, Service's Rilen Niclai and Landon Martindale are a packaged deal. They hang out away from baseball and are inseparable on the field, so much so that Martindale moves from center to behind the...Read More
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by Van Williams | May 31, 2025 | Cover Story, Soccer
Something about big games at Wasilla High School brings out the best in Dimond's Parker Sullivan. Last year, she scored the OT winner to secure a state championship. Last night, she scored a second-half goal that propelled the Lynx back to the state final. Sullivan on... Read More
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by Van Williams | May 27, 2025 | Baseball, Cover Story
Two Alaskans are on the road to the College World Series and appear on opposite sides of the 64-team bracket. Anchorage's Coen Niclai and Leland Wilson are part of Division I baseball teams that will participate in the NCAA Tournament Regional starting Friday. Niclai...
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by Van Williams | May 30, 2025 | Cover Story, Softball
It was windy and cold at Albrecht Fields on Thursday, but East softball player Sela Rodriguez heated up at just the right time. The junior jumped all over a pitch in the fourth inning for a two-run home run to center field that put the finishing touches on a 9-6...Read More
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by Van Williams | May 29, 2025 | Baseball, Cover Story
Pitchers David Feigner and Jack Zuspan flirted with perfection Wednesday night. The South pitching pair carried a perfect game into the sixth inning and combined for a one-hitter in a 9-1 victory over the West Eagles in the second round of the Cook Inlet Conference....Read More
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by Van Williams | May 27, 2025 | Bowling, Cover Story
Anchorage's Maia Struble worked her way through qualifying and climbed the stepladder finals before losing in the title match of the United States Bowling Congress U22 Queens tournament in Allen Park, Michigan. The former high school All-American from Dimond now at...Read More
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by Van Williams | May 29, 2025 | Cover Story, Softball
Aubree Ogee and Kinsey MacDonald have generated most of the power for the Dimond softball team this season as they've combined for 13 of the team's 16 home runs. When they hit the ball out of the park, the Lynx are tough to beat. When both players go yard, they are... Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | May 30, 2025 | Cover Story, Soccer
Despite a 6 a.m. wake-up alarm and a commute to the Valley, the West Anchorage boys soccer team looked sharp in an opening round 4-0 victory over host Wasilla at the 2025 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Soccer State Championships in the Mat-Su Valley. The 3rd seed....Read More
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