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by Matias Saari | Jan 31, 2022 | Sled Dog Racing
Pete Kaiser of Bethel is a hard guy to beat on his home trails — but Matt Failor, Richie Diehl and several local mushers sure made Kaiser earned his sixth Kuskokwim 300 title on Sunday morning. Kaiser arrived at the Bethel finish line with 11 of his 12 starting dogs... Read More
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by Van Williams | Jan 30, 2022 | Basketball
Gambell’s Wallace Ungwiluk was a stone-cold scorer in January. The junior guard at Multnomah University averaged a career-best 14.1 points in 10 games this month and twice scored 22 points - this after coming into January with a 2.6-point season scoring average. He...
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by Matt Nevala | Jan 31, 2022 | Hockey
Hardly a day goes by without a 'Seinfeld' reference, joke, meme or gif creeping its way into a personal discussion or text thread. So, on the eve of the 53rd Cook Inlet Conference hockey tournament, let us venture back to when Mr. Mandelbaum gleefully showed off his...
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by Matias Saari | Jan 26, 2022 | Nordic Skiing
The Winter Olympics isn’t the only major upcoming series of ski races, as junior championships are slated for Norway — and plenty of Alaskans will be racing there, too. The U18 Nordic Nation’s Cup is January 28-30 in Steinkejer, Norway, and Marit Flora and Meredith...
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by Doyle Woody | Jan 30, 2022 | Hockey
Jeremy Swayman’s circumstantial demotion to the American Hockey League didn’t last two weeks. He’s back in the NHL. The Boston Bruins this weekend recalled the 23-year-old goaltender from Anchorage after veteran Tuukka Rask, recently back from offseason hip surgery,... Read More
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by Van Williams | Jan 28, 2022 | Track and Field
The college indoor track and field season just began, but Soldotna’s Galen Brantley III already looks to be in midseason form. The sophomore shot putter at Dickinson State University crushed the competition and flirted with the NAIA B standard at the Dave Little Open... Read More
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by Van Williams | Jan 27, 2022 | Basketball
Sporting activated Takeover Travante for the fourth quarter of its 76-63 victory over Trefl Sopot at the FIBA Europe Cup. Anchorage’s Travante Williams dominated the final frame with 10 points, five rebounds and five steals to highlight the Portugal team's...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Jan 30, 2022 | Track and Field
Soldotna’s Cody Nye pushed his name higher on the Minnesota Morris all-time performance list with his meet-winning shot put Saturday at the St. John’s Triangular Meet in Collegeville, Minn. Nye, a junior, heaved the shot 47 feet, 1.75 inches to win the event and move... Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Jan 27, 2022 | Basketball
Given all the success of his 21 years coaching high school basketball, Jim Young could’ve quietly ridden off into the retirement sunset. Young’s Dimond teams won 76 percent of their games and captured five Class 4A state championships with him on the staff. The Lynx...
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by Doyle Woody | Jan 29, 2022 | Hockey
Any hat trick is sweet, of course. But a hat trick against your rival to spur a come-from-behind victory on the road? That’s chef’s kiss material. Welcome to Daniel Haider’s world. The senior forward from Anchorage spearheaded Army’s 8-3 victory at Air Force on Friday...
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by Matias Saari | Jan 25, 2022 | Nordic Skiing, Olympics
More than 20 athletes and staff affiliated with Alaska will attend the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics with the addition of Jessica Yeaton and Casey Wright. On Sunday, Yeaton and Wright were announced as members of the Nordic ski team representing Australia for a...
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by Matt Nevala | Jan 25, 2022 | Basketball
A power outage shortly before the end of the school day Tuesday called into question whether Cook Inlet Conference girls basketball would be played at South High. “It happened at 1:50-ish, we were in our last class,” Isabela Costa da Silva said. “All the lights went...
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by Van Williams | Jan 26, 2022 | Hockey, Prep Spotlight
Thursday night’s high school hockey game between West and Dimond will have major implications in the Cook Inlet Conference standings. The outcome will also influence the MaxPreps national top-25 poll. No. 7 West and No. 23 Dimond are both nationally ranked and will... Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Jan 27, 2022 | Hockey
Most young people like Kaden Stillwell and his Dimond High hockey teammates don’t often contemplate the passage of time. While we all age by the day, Stillwell and the Lynx can mature knowing they dominated Thursday night and claimed the 61st Cook Inlet Conference...
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by Doyle Woody | Jan 25, 2022 | Track and Field
Former Delta Junction sprint star Hailey Williams kicked off her indoor track campaign strongly over the weekend for Duke University. Williams posted personal-best times in both the 400 meters and the 300 meters. Competing at Virginia Tech’s Hokie Invitational in...
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by Van Williams | Jan 29, 2022 | Football
Anchorage’s Niko Alailefaleula has accepted an invitation to attend the Polynesian Bowl National Combine and Showcase in March in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Class of 2023 all-conference playmaker out of Bartlett High will participate in a scouting combine and 7-on-7...
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UP NEXT
Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center 1001 S Clapp St, Wasilla, Alaska
The Division II Hockey State Championship is happening this weekend, from February 3rd-5th, at the Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Complex in Wasilla. The Homer Mariners topped the state bracket
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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