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by Van Williams | Feb 26, 2022 | Basketball, Prep Spotlight
Riding a 46-game winning streak against Alaska competition hasn’t overwhelmed the East High boys basketball team. The exact opposite, actually. “The funny thing is we didn’t really know we were on that high of a streak until the article came out before the Alaska...
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by Lew Freedman | Feb 25, 2022 | Sled Dog Racing
Martin Buser is signed up for his 39th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which at 1,000 miles and perhaps an average of 10 days at a time, means he has invested more than a year of his life standing on the back of sled runners mushing across the historic trail. This is...
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Feb 22, 2022 | Athlete of the Week, Hockey
Jeremy Swayman is our Alaska Athlete of the Week after his red-hot play since being called back up from the minor leagues by the Boston Bruins. The Anchorage goaltender has surrendered just four goals in his last four starts for the Bruins, going 3-0-1 in that...
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by Van Williams | Feb 24, 2022 | Basketball
Destiny Reimers of Anchorage knew the UAF women’s basketball team was better than its conference record. But seeing is believing. The Nanooks showed Simon Fraser after rallying inside the final two minutes to post an 80-78 GNAC victory over the same team that had just... Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Feb 27, 2022 | Hockey
Jeremy Swayman’s bid to become the Boston Bruins’ clear No. 1 goaltender in the wake of Tuukka Rask’s recent retirement gained momentum Saturday night. The kid from Anchorage – he’s just 23, though seemingly mature beyond his years – killed it again. Granted, Swayman...Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 24, 2022 | Basketball
Never mind the game, Jahnna Hajdukovich of Anchorage may have saved the Seawolves’ season. The junior guard tonight made two terrific plays in the final 18 seconds, capped by her game-winning 3-point bomb at the buzzer that provided a 66-65 victory for the UAA women’s... Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Feb 27, 2022 | Track and Field
Former Soldotna High thrower Cody Nye of Minnesota-Morris finished second Saturday in the shot put at the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference meet in Superior, Wis., with an effort that wasn’t just a personal record indoors, but an overall PR as well. Nye’s heave of 49... Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 26, 2022 | Basketball
Mareng Gatkuoth and the South Sudan Basketball Federation keep soaring to new heights. The Anchorage native scored 12 points in 13 minutes off the bench as the Sudanese shocked reigning Africa champion Tunisia 72-64 in Group B of the FIBA U23 World Cup African....Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Feb 26, 2022 | Hockey
Stick salute to Anchorage’s Kenny Hausinger – his massive flexing on family this week ruled the rink. The eldest of the three hockey Hausinger boys playing pro in the ECHL truly went big brother on a sibling. All Kenny, who plays for the Reading Royals, managed to do...
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by Matt Nevala | Feb 24, 2022 | Basketball, Prep Spotlight
In a Cook Inlet Conference girls basketball regular season lacking loads of competitiveness between all eight programs, the top teams turned in a thriller Thursday night. Well, sort of. The final seconds kind of fizzled despite a one-point margin of victory. “Chaos,...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Feb 22, 2022 | Track and Field
Jacob Moos delivered a pair of third-place finishes in distance events Monday and Tuesday to spearhead Alaska-raised athletes on the UAA men’s team that finished fourth among nine teams at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships....Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Feb 22, 2022 | Prep Spotlight, Track and Field
Rightly or wrongly, major life events these days only seem to become official once social media has its say. So, track back to early January when Payton Smith scrolled upon the Oregon State University Track and Field program’s Instagram and the potential promise of... Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 23, 2022 | Basketball
Growing up, Tobin Karlberg of Anchorage wanted to be just like his big brother, Leif. It was an uphill battle for a kid nine years younger, but Karlberg tried to mirror Leif’s every move on the basketball court. “I remember one time, I think I was in the fourth or... Read More
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by Van Williams | Feb 22, 2022 | Basketball
Three weeks ago, the UAA women’s basketball team was teetering on the edge. The Seawolves had lost three games in a row for the first time since 2013 and needed a spark. Enter Tennae Voliva. The Anchorage native has caught fire to ignite the Seawolves' scorching 8-1... Read More
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UP NEXT
2022 Iditarod Sled Dog Race: Ceremonial Start
March 5
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is one of Alaska’s iconic winter events, and the excitement traditionally starts in Anchorage on the first Saturday of March each year. The ceremonial race start is set for Anchorage on March 5, 2022 — marking the 50th anniversary of the “Last Great Race.” The Iditarod simulates the 1925 Serum Run, where the quickest way from Nenana to Nome was by dogsled. The modern race was first held in March of 1973, saving the sled dog culture and preserving the historical Iditarod Trail.
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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