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by Doyle Woody | Apr 16, 2022 | Track and Field
Call it a PR Party or a PB Bash. Whatever the case, personal records, also known as personal bests, were delivered in abundance by Alaska college athletes competing in two huge track meets in California the last couple days. Between the Bryan Clay Invitational in...Read More
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by Van Williams | Apr 14, 2022 | Basketball
We knew about his world-class court vision, lavish layup package and big-guard post play, but Anchorage’s Daishen Nix's desire might be his best attribute because his bounce-back skills are second to none. The prolific 20-year-old point guard scripted the ultimate...Read More
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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.
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by Alaska Sports Report | Apr 12, 2022 | Athlete of the Week, Hockey
Anchorage’s David Carle was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after guiding the Denver Pioneers to a 5-1 victory over Minnesota State-Mankato in the NCAA men’s hockey championship. It was the 32-year-old's second national title in his young coaching career. Denver...
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by Doyle Woody | Apr 16, 2022 | Hockey
Rough times lately for Boston Bruins rookie goaltender Jeremy Swayman of Anchorage, who entered Saturday having lost three straight decisions for the first time in his NHL career and having gone a dozen appearances giving up at least two, and usually more, goals. Not...Read More
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by Van Williams | Apr 13, 2022 | Football
Growing up in Alaska, Jake Foshee of Fairbanks didn’t have a favorite Canadian Football League team. He does now. Foshee has joined the Toronto Argonauts after the 17-time Grey Cup winner signed the 6-foot-4, 290-pound offensive lineman out of Oklahoma Baptist...Read More
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Class of 2022 Hall of Fame ceremony this Thursday
After a two-year pause, the 14th Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Ceremony and Reception is back on. The Class of 2022 is scheduled to be inducted into the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame (ASHOF) Thursday, April 21st from 7-9 p.m. at the Anchorage Museum atrium.
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by Doyle Woody | Apr 14, 2022 | Track and Field
Because I’m a track nerd – and here come my bona fides – I found myself perusing start lists for this week’s Bryan Clay Invitational, a huge meet in Asuza, Calif., that boasts more than 500 college teams and more than 4,500 athletes. For some reason, one of the first...
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by Van Williams | Apr 13, 2022 | Basketball
Playoff D has been activated in the NBA G League Finals. Anchorage’s Daishen Nix of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers delivered one of the greatest Alaska basketball performances of all-time with a 31-point, 12-rebound, 11-assist triple-double in Game 1 of the best-of-3...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Apr 17, 2022 | Hockey
The ECHL closed its regular season Sunday, so we can report that former UAA forward Alec Butcher of Anchorage has seized the coveted Donny, our remarkably unofficial yet surely highly-prized fictional award for most goals scored by an Alaskan on the circuit this...Read More
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by Van Williams | Apr 11, 2022 | Baseball
Chugiak's Justin Nevells had a dream day at the plate for Doane University during the second game of a NAIA doubleheader in Sioux City, Iowa. The freshman third baseman went 6-for-7 with four RBIs, including the game-winning hit on a two-out, two-run single in the...
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by Matt Nevala | Apr 15, 2022 | Hockey
More than a year ago, 389 days to be exact, the North American Hockey League approved the Anchorage Wolverines’ membership application. The team observed the first anniversary of its official launch – video announcement of name, color scheme, uniforms, coach Mike... Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Alaska Sports Hall of Fame
The finalists for the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Directors Awards set the bar incredibly high, but the winners took it to another level. They were out of this world. Swimmer Lydia Jacoby won an Olympic gold medal. Obed Vargas made his Major League Soccer debut at age...
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by Doyle Woody | Apr 11, 2022 | Hockey
Over a span of 40 years, 15 other Alaskans preceded Darci Matson as an NCAA hockey All-American, and yet the Wasilla woman still delivered a first. Matson, Aurora University’s dynamic goal scorer, last month became the first Alaskan to be named a hockey All-American...
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UP NEXT
Prep Softball: Rally In The Valley
April 28 - April 30
The Colony Knights are hosting the Rally In The Valley Softball Tournament at the Colony Middle School Fields. Fifteen schools, from Region III and Region VI, will battle for the tournament title. Colony, Delta Junction, Homer, Houston, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Lathrop, Monroe Catholic, North Pole, Palmer, Redington, Soldotna, Wasilla, and West Valley will all be in attendance.
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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