Connecting You with Alaska Athletes WEEK IN REVIEW Share This Email Share This Email St. Joseph rallies to beat East Anchorage in terrific title game at Alaska Airlines Classic by Van Williams | Jan 22, 2022 | Basketball, Prep Spotlight The St. Joseph Knights used a suffocating defense down the stretch to suck all the life out of the East T-birds’ offense – and an upset-hungry crowd of 2,500 at West High – in a 46-36 come-from-behind victory in the championship game of the Alaska Airlines Classic.... Read More BECOME A BOOSTER! For $250 you can become an Alaska Sports Report​ Booster and support our mission of connecting you to Alaska's athletes! Being a Booster means: Pick an Alaska high school (your alma mater, your kid's school, etc) and your name will appear at the bottom of every article on any Alaska athlete from or currently at your school of choice! The Alaska Sports Report is a non-profit model, owned by the 501(c)3 Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. We are saying "no" to paywalls and annoying ads. We are saying "yes" to partners - from Denali sponsors to Boosters! Contact us with inquiries. Young and Brash: Eight Alaskans Make Olympic Nordic Ski Team by Matias Saari | Jan 20, 2022 | Nordic Skiing They are young and they are brash — and they’re going to the Olympics for the first time. Anchorage’s Gus Schumacher and Luke Jager, along with UAA’s JC Schoonmaker and APU’s Hailey Swirbul and Hannah Halvorsen, are among eight Alaska-affiliated athletes. . . Read More Connecting you with Alaska Athletes The Alaska Sports Report tells stories about Alaska athletes achieving great things around the world. Alaska’s sports culture is woven through the fabric of life in The Last Frontier. We provide a unifying voice for our state’s vast and diverse sports community.  Visit our Website Eric Flanders claims winter triathlon in spring-like conditions by Matias Saari | Jan 23, 2022 | Triathlon Despite a last-minute course change and tough spring-like conditions, Eric Flanders was not to be denied. His reward on Saturday was a first victory at the Tri-Flake Winter Triathlon — along with a national championship. On a 40-plus degree day at Kincaid Park that... Read More Da’Zhon Wyche bags 28, moves up to No. 18 on Alaska’s all-time college scoring list by Van Williams | Jan 24, 2022 | Basketball Back in the starting lineup, Da’Zhon Wyche of Anchorage was back to scoring big numbers for the University of Texas Tyler. The 5-foot-9 guard pumped in a season-high 28 points and went 10-for-10 from the free-throw line to highlight the team’s 63-52 win over host. . . Read More Around the rinks: Alaska’s goalies shined Saturday by Doyle Woody | Jan 23, 2022 | Hockey Omaha junior Isaiah Saville of Anchorage snapped his personal three-game losing streak in backstopping the Mavericks to a 5-1 National Collegiate Hockey Conference win over Minnesota-Duluth. Saville stopped 27 shots to improve to 11-8-0 with a 2.36 goals-against. . . Read More PREP GAME OF THE WEEK: Prep Game of the Week: Thunderbirds soar to 35th straight win, advance to Classic final by Matt Nevala | Jan 21, 2022 | Basketball The often-seen, often-duplicated furious start from the East High boys basketball team made certain of a 35th consecutive victory Friday evening. Stretching the sustained success another game figures to test the Thunderbirds more than just about anything has these... Read More East T-birds push win streak to 34 games after Day 1 win at Alaska Airlines Classic by Van Williams | Jan 20, 2022 | Basketball, Prep Spotlight The East T-birds unleashed relentless pressure and lights-out 3-point shooting on their way to a 70-34 victory over Juneau-Douglas on Day 1 of the Alaska Airlines Classic at West High. East’s hallmark defense put Juneau ballhandlers in a mixer from the jump, causing. . . Read More Around the rinks: McKinley Hoff is ridiculous, plus the Matson twins, ECHL snipers and more by Doyle Woody | Jan 22, 2022 | Hockey McKinley Hoff of Anchorage and the Nazareth women’s hockey team are doing things so ridiculous they seem made up. The sophomore goaltender from Anchorage recently racked four wins, three of them shutouts, in a five-day span for the undefeated Golden Flyers. What is so...Read More Heavy lifting aside, Matt Shasby remains eager to see a new UAA hockey program flourish by Matt Nevala | Jan 21, 2022 | Hockey In the years after his stellar playing career, Matt Shasby enjoyed the morning commute to Anchorage’s Northern Lights ABC for his job as a middle school Social Studies teacher. These days, he still makes the trip with young daughter Taves in tow, and with a welcome... Read More Ski report: From the Super Tour to the Besh Cup to the Lynx Loppet by Matias Saari | Jan 19, 2022 | Nordic Skiing Rosie Brennan is proving to be unbeatable in the U.S. as she prepares for next month’s Winter Olympics. At the SuperTour, the highest level of domestic cross country skiing, Brennan of APU swept a pair of races this past weekend in Sun Valley, Idaho. Brennan altered. . . Read More Around the rinks: These are lean times for Alaskans in the NHL by Doyle Woody | Jan 20, 2022 | Hockey These are lean, and rare, times for Alaska when it comes to the world’s best hockey league – there are no Alaskans currently active in the National Hockey League, and this is the first time that has been the case in more than two decades. With rookie goaltender Jeremy. . . Read More Sean Rash earns No. 1 seed in Midwest Region at PBA Tour Players Championship by Van Williams | Jan 18, 2022 | Bowling Sean Rash of Anchorage closed strong to wrap up the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region of the PBA Tour Players Championship. The 17-time tour champion held off AJ Johnson of Illinois by a mere 15 pins after 28 grueling games of qualifying, with the final game. . . Read More ThunderRidge’s Wake Forest signee, St. Joseph’s frosh phenom, East’s 33-game win streak headline Alaska Airlines Classic by Van Williams | Jan 19, 2022 | Basketball, Prep Spotlight A couple of high flyers from the Lower 48 have been cleared for takeoff in the Alaska Airlines Classic. Wake Forest-bound banger Zach Keller of ThunderRidge from Denver, Colorado joins the mayor of Dunk City Tounde Yessoufou of St. Joseph from Santa Maria, California. . . Read More Brandon Huffman’s .599 career FG% has him in rarified air among Alaskans by Van Williams | Jan 13, 2022 | Basketball Anchorage’s Brandon Huffman was a walking bucket in high school and it’s pretty much been the same thing in college. At the NCAA Division I level, no less. The Jacksonville State University center is shooting a career-high .637 percent from the floor in 15 games this... Read More ThunderRidge’s Wake Forest signee, St. Joseph’s frosh phenom, East’s 33-game win streak headline Alaska Airlines Classic by Van Williams | Jan 19, 2022 | Basketball, Prep Spotlight A couple of high flyers from the Lower 48 have been cleared for takeoff in the Alaska Airlines Classic. Wake Forest-bound banger Zach Keller of ThunderRidge from Denver, Colorado joins the mayor of Dunk City Tounde Yessoufou of St. Joseph from Santa Maria, California... Read More UP NEXT College Swimming: Loyola Marymount University vs. UAF January 28 4:00 pm - 7:00 In the last meet of the regular season, UAF will face-off against Loyola Marymount University on January 28th-29th at the Patty Center Pool. The Nanooks will use this meet as a final tuneup for the PCSC Championships, happening in mid-February. Visit Up Next for a preview of some of the big sport tickets happening around the state over the next week. Contact Up Next manager Arielle Himelbloom with event info. 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