Email from Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Updates on Alaska athletes making news around the world THE WEEK IN REVIEW South quarterback Jillian Preston named Alaska Athlete of the Week after leading Wolverines to flag football title by Alaska Sports Report | Oct 15, 2025 | Athlete of the Week, Flag Football South High senior Jillian Preston earned Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after leading the Wolverines to the flag football state championship. The prodigious signal caller threw for nine touchdowns and nearly 500 yards in three games during the state tournament,... Read More   Mariners run it back, sink Whalers 20-0 in D3 title game by Van Williams | Oct 19, 2025 | Cover Story, Football, Prep Spotlight Steven Burns threw a pair of touchdown passes and the Mariners picked off a pair of passes as the Homer football team won its second consecutive state title and third in the last four seasons. Burns shined on both sides of the ball in Saturday’s 20-0 victory over...Read More   Deal leads Alaskans with sub-2:50 performance at Chicago Marathon by Arielle Himelbloom | Oct 20, 2025 | Cover Story, Running Taylor Deal ran her way into Alaska history at the Chicago Marathon. The 31-year-old Anchorage resident covered the 26.2-mile course in a scorching time of 2 hours, 48 minutes and 42 seconds. Deal finished 95th out of 24,548 women. She also became the eighth-fastest...Read More   Stars align in 51-28 victory over Lathrop in D2 state title game by Van Williams | Oct 18, 2025 | Cover Story, Football Challenged early in the second half on Friday night, the Soldotna football team responded with three touchdowns on three offensive snaps to pull away for its third straight state title and 15th in school history. Chase Hall furnished two of his three touchdowns in the... Read More   Readers, The Alaska Sports Report would not exist without your support. Your tax-deductible sponsorship is an investment in quality sports journalism in Alaska. Donate at a level that that fits your budget and help us make sure Alaskan athletes are getting the coverage they deserve. Click "Become a Sponsor" to join our family of partners! Visit our Website Become a Sponsor   Brubaker’s big weekend gives Alaska its first national champion in nordic combined by Beth Bragg | Oct 16, 2025 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing With the Winter Olympics less than four months away, Anchorage’s Carter Brubaker continued his ground-breaking career by becoming the first Alaskan to win a national championship in nordic combined. Brubaker emerged as one of the country’s leading nordic combined... Read More   Fairbanks fires on all cylinders, hands Anchorage 6th straight loss by Matt Nevala | Oct 19, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey Gage Leonard is originally from Anchorage. For obvious reasons, the Fairbanks Ice Dogs forward isn’t all that miserable about the Anchorage Wolverines’ wobbly start to the North American Hockey League season. “While it’s always a rivalry weekend, to take a team that’s....Read More   Service Cougars claw their way to four-set victory over East by Chanda File | Oct 16, 2025 | Cover Story, Volleyball The Service Cougars clawed their way to a four-set victory over the East Thunderbirds in Cook Inlet Conference volleyball on Wednesday night. After sweeping the T-birds in the teams’ previous matchup last month, Wednesday night's 25-15, 16-25, 25-22, 25-16 win proved... Read More   Bartlett’s smashmouth defense silences Service in 9-2 playoff win by Alaska Sports Report | Oct 19, 2025 | Cover Story, Football Anchored by its historically stout defense, second-seeded Bartlett used a fourth-quarter touchdown pass and a last-second goal-line stand Saturday to earn a 9-2 victory over fourth-seeded Service in the ASAA large-schools state semifinals at Bartlett High School. The... Read More   Strong showings at Lewis Crossover catapults Seawolves onto national rankings by Arielle Himelbloom | Oct 15, 2025 | Cover Story, Cross Country Running After a pair of ninth-place finishes against a strong field at the Lewis Crossover in Romeoville, Ill., the UAA men’s and women’s cross country teams appear in the national rankings for the first time since 2019. Sophomore Alex Otto led the Seawolves, covering the... Read More   Hepa and Bailey face off in Croatia; Hebard drops 28 points in Poland; Pili debuts in Australia by Van Williams | Oct 18, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story Alaska's Kamaka Hepa and Jeremiah Bailey met for a hoops summit Thursday in Croatia in a rare head-to-head matchup between pros from The Last Frontier. This was the latest battle between two titans who grew up 500 miles apart but forged a friendship through a rivalry...Read More   South pulls away in second half for 24-10 playoff win over West by Van Williams | Oct 19, 2025 | Cover Story, Football Termination dust covering the mountain tops is a sign that the season is changing and the same could be said about the Anchorage high school football rivalry between South and West. After losing 11 of the previous 12 meetings coming into Saturday, the Wolverines... Read More   Staples, Shaha lead Alaska contingent at Hole in the Wall Invite; Mustangs, Knights score team titles by Arielle Himelbloom | Oct 20, 2025 | Cover Story, Cross Country Running More than 80 Alaskans traveled to compete at the Nike Hole in the Wall Invitational in Arlington, Wash. Leading the charge was two-time reigning state champion Katahdin Staples of East High, who turned in a 5-kilometer personal best of 15 minutes, 36 seconds to finish...Read More   UAA women tapped for playoffs, picked sixth in GNAC preseason poll by Van Williams | Oct 14, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story The UAA women’s basketball team has qualified for the GNAC Championships every year since the tournament was created in 2011, and although the Seawolves have virtually an entirely new roster this season, they are favored to run it back. Credit new bench boss Matt... Read More   GNAC coaches like the Wildcats, but aren’t sold on Alaska schools by Van Williams | Oct 17, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story One thing is clear with the GNAC men’s basketball preseason poll: coaches aren’t sold on the Alaska teams. They see the Seawolves squeaking into the playoffs and the Nanooks falling short. They also see Central Washington repeating as league champs. The Wildcats... Read More   REQUEST TO RECEIVE WEEK IN REVIEW EMAILS Join our Family of Sponsors The Alaska Sports Report is a non-profit entity owned by the 501(c)3 Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. We say "no" to paywalls and pop-up ads, "yes" to community partners. Make a tax deductible donation and we'll recognize you on our site, social media posts, and in this weekly review! Our Team Van Williams, Editor Arielle Himelbloom, Reporter Matt Nevala, Reporter Matias Saari, Reporter Beth Bragg, Reporter Chanda File, Reporter Stephanie Burgoon, Photographer Galen Hecht, Web Development Shelley Romer, Dev. 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