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by Doyle Woody | Feb 21, 2022 | Hockey
In his small-sample-size introduction to the NHL last season – 10 games – Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman of Anchorage delivered an especially torrid late-season heater late in which he surrendered just four goals in a five-game span and just six total goals...Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 21, 2022 | Basketball
Palmer’s Alex Carlton visualized success and then made it happen. The Metro State University of Denver guard knocked down both free throws with 4 seconds left in regulation to force overtime in an 82-78 loss to UC-Colorado Springs in NCAA Division II Rocky Mountain...
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by Alaska Sports Report | Feb 15, 2022 |
Rosie Brennan of Anchorage was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after her 4th place finish in the Olympic Nordic sprint. Brennan's performance was one of the best individual finishes by an American in Olympic history, second only to USA teammate Jessica Diggins,...Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 19, 2022 | Baseball
The Kenai Peninsula is a small community with a big-time reputation for producing elite baseball players. It’s time to add Paul Steffensen to the list. The Kenai slugger this week became the fourth baseball player from Alaska – and first from the Peninsula – to bang... Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Feb 16, 2022 | Hockey
Anchorage’s Brian Cooper and former Seawolf Mat Robinson will have memories from their Beijing Olympics experience, but no medals. Cooper and Team USA, and Robinson and Team Canada, were eliminated in Wednesday’s quarterfinal round. Team USA fell 3-2 in a shootout to... Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 16, 2022 | Basketball
It was clear early on that Anchorage’s Jordan Todd was in for a big night. The Northwestern State junior center scored nine points in the first three minutes of her team’s 90-72 win over McNeese in the Southland Conference. Todd finished with a career-high 28 points...
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by Doyle Woody | Feb 20, 2022 | Track and Field
Alaskans are delivering personal-record performances at indoor track meets across America. Former ACS standout Blake Bennett of Grand Canyon University on Saturday finished third at the Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships in the men’s 3,000 meters,...
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by Matt Nevala | Feb 15, 2022 | Hockey, Prep Spotlight
A few days removed from experiencing her first high school championship, Hazel Fuhs justifiably earned a homework break to discuss the momentous occasion. “It really stays stuck in your head,” said Fuhs via telephone while studying. “We’ve definitely been spending...Read More
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by Matias Saari | Feb 19, 2022 | Alpine Skiing, Curling, Nordic Skiing, Olympics
When organizers delayed and dramatically shortened the final men’s ski race at the Beijing Olympics due to inclement weather, Scott Patterson of Anchorage took the change in stride. Then Patterson threw down for eighth place in the 30K freestyle to achieve the...Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 15, 2022 | Basketball, Prep Spotlight
Sayvia Sellers is a junior in high school and she’s never lost a basketball game in Alaska. She is 42-0 with the Anchorage Christian School Lions. That stat almost doesn’t seem real, but Sellers is the real deal. The 5-foot-7 guard is without a shadow of a doubt the...
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by Van Williams | Feb 17, 2022 | Basketball
From East High to the NWAC, Anchorage’s Jaron Williams and Kaeleb Johnson have stood side-by-side in a ton of big basketball wins. Few stack up to last night as the dynamic duo combined for 58 points to carry Spokane to a 104-99 victory over Yakima Valley in a men’s... Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Feb 19, 2022 | Hockey
Two Alaskan hockey players at opposite ends of their college careers shined on NCAA Division I ice Friday night. Notre Dame freshman center Hunter Strand of Anchorage had a hand in all the scoring in a 2-1 Big Ten victory at Michigan State and fifth-year senior... Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 17, 2022 | Basketball
A blocked shot is how the torch was passed. Or maybe Daishen Nix just took it. Either way, a changing in the guard took place at the rim between Alaska’s most prominent point guards in Tuesday's NBA G League game. The Sioux Falls Skyforce beat the Rio Grande Valley...
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by Doyle Woody | Feb 16, 2022 | Hockey
Jeremy Swayman and the Boston Bruins dropped a nine-round shootout in a 2-1 loss to the host New York Rangers on Tuesday night, but the 23-year-old goaltender from Anchorage continued his recent run of stinginess. Swayman, who was coming off a 30-save shutout of the... Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 15, 2022 | Basketball
Anchorage’s Nathan Fromm of Lewis-Clark State College scored 13 points and made his team’s final three free throws in a 68-67 win over Corbin in NAIA men’s hoops. The Alaskan netted 10 points in the second half and made 3-of-4 foul shots inside the final 24 seconds....
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by Matt Nevala | Feb 14, 2022 | Hockey
Starting goaltenders leading teams on the ice at the start of each period is one of the many hockey rituals seen at most every game. Jakob Barcelona and the entirety of the capacity crowd at Wasilla’s Menard Memorial Center hit an extreme pause on Saturday night’s...
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UP NEXT
February 24 - February 26
Birch Hills
Fairbanks, Alaska
The Nordic Ski State Championships are happening this weekend at Birch Hill Trails in Fairbanks, from February 24th-26th. In 2021, the Service Cougars topped the team charts, winning for boys and girls, while Chugiak’s Michael Earnhart and Service’s Meredith Schwartz claimed the Skimeister Awards.
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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