Hopkins bros join Jeremy Bockert on podium at US Open Championships; Spencer Woods set for Sunday’s finals

by Van Williams | Apr 30, 2022 | Wrestling

Three Alaska wrestlers have already bagged podium finishes at the US Open Championships in Las Vegas while another is set to go for gold. Caleb Hopkins of Palmer placed sixth his weight class and Levi Hopkins of Palmer joined Jeremy Bockert of Fairbanks as...Read More

Prep Soccer: East girls soccer player Zyiah Mikes’ character helps create opportunity

by Matt Nevala | Apr 27, 2022 | Prep Spotlight, Soccer

Like so many high school athletes, Zyiah Mikes built a recruitment video showcasing various skills. Hers featured soccer specifics such as disrupting attacking offensive players and ball distribution through the air and along the ground. Mikes closed out the YouTube...Read More

Prep Baseball: Colavecchio walks if off for Bartlett; Service defeats Dimond for first time since 2018

by Van Williams | Apr 25, 2022 | Baseball, Prep Spotlight

The Bartlett baseball team had the right guy at the plate with the game on the line. Cook Inlet Conference player-of-the-year candidate Carl Colavecchio ripped a run-scoring single in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Golden Bears to a 4-3 win over the...Read More

Fast Tracks: Tristian Merchant drops No. 7 all-time Alaska 5,000-meter time; plus notes on 1,500-meter run, hurdles and steeplechase

by Doyle Woody | May 1, 2022 | Track and Field

In just the second 5,000-meter track race of his career, former Anchorage Christian star Tristian Merchant on Friday clocked the seventh-fastest time posted by an Alaskan. The Northern Arizona University freshman finished 14th of 20 runners in his heat with a time of...Read More

College Baseball: Barajas fires 8 shutout frames, scores winning run; plus more on Lincoln, Nevells, Fredricks and Buckmaster

by Van Williams | May 1, 2022 | Baseball

Ketchikan’s Wyatt Barajas pulled double duty for Clackamas Community College in a 3-1 victory in the NWAC. The sophomore standout pitched eight shutout innings, hit an RBI double and scored the winning run to carry his team over Chemeketa and snap its 13-game losing... See More

The pain of the playoffs is something the Fairbanks Ice Dogs can tell you all about

by Doyle Woody | May 1, 2022 | Hockey

Well, one way of looking at the No. 4-seeded Minnesota Wildnerness’ roaring comeback from a 2-0 first-round deficit to win the best-of-5 Midwest Division semifinal series over the No. 1-seeded Fairbanks Ice Dogs is to remember – seedings aside – how close the two...Read More

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College Baseball: Johnson leads GNAC in wins; Childs earns 1st save; Sugita goes big fly; Gatter on 11-game hit streak

by Van Williams | Apr 28, 2022 | Baseball

Parker Johnson has worked his way into the starting rotation for Western Oregon University, where he has emerged as one of the best pitchers in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. The junior right-hander from Anchorage leads the league in wins with a 7-3 record...

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Lydia Jacoby takes 3rd, 4th, 5th at USA Swimming International Team Trials, edged out for Worlds berth

by Van Williams | Apr 30, 2022 | Swimming and Diving

Seward’s Lydia Jacoby turned in two personal-best performances at the USA Swimming International Team Trials but was turned away for a Worlds berth by nine-tenths of a second. The high school senior placed third, fourth and fifth in three breaststroke races in...Read More

The Fast Track: Ketchikan’s Isaac Updike rocks the Penn Relays with steeplechase record, Girdwood’s Ava Earl rocks the Drake Relays

by Doyle Woody | Apr 29, 2022 | Track and Field

Despite nine months off since his last race, Ketchikan’s Isaac Updike did not ease into his 2022 track season when he debuted Friday night. Runners often refer to their first race of the season as a rust-buster. Updike showed not even the faintest hint of rust at the...Read More

Prep Softball: Eagle River looks well-seasoned in 23-10 slugfest victory

by Matt Nevala | Apr 29, 2022 | Prep Spotlight, Softball

Every sports season is a journey in some form or fashion. On a picturesque Friday evening in Anchorage, Eagle River added more mileage to its travels by closing strong. In comparison, its opponent has barely moved at this point. The trio of Emily Larson, Emma Lento...Read More

Around The Rinks: Hausingers on Heaters and regular-season finales for Jeremy Swayman and Nate Thompson

by Doyle Woody | Apr 30, 2022 | Hockey

Around The Rinks: Hausingers on Heaters and regular-season finales for Jeremy Swayman and Nate Thompson Four games into the ECHL’s Kelly Cup playoffs, two of the Hausinger brothers from Anchorage aren’t playing like the rink rookies they are in their first postseason...Read More

Track and field roundup: Soldotna’s Cody Nye delivers a Minnesota-Morris school-record fling in the (shot put) ring

by Doyle Woody | Apr 25, 2022 | Track and Field

Scores of big men in the Minnesota-Morris track and field program over the past four decades have eyed Chris Hill’s school record in the outdoor shot put and used it as the carrot to motivate them. What they got in return was the sharp end of the metaphorical stick . . . Read More