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by Matias Saari | Sep 19, 2022 | Cover Story, Running, UAF
For the first time in 59 years, a skier at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has won the Equinox Marathon. The iconic race was founded by the UAF ski team but none of its current athletes had won since Nat Goodhue and Gail Bakken claimed the inaugural event in 1963....Read More
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by Van Williams | Sep 17, 2022 | Cover Story, Football, Prep Spotlight
With Juneau banged up, quarterback Jarrell Williams got down. The senior signal caller furnished five touchdowns and accounted for 199 yards of total offense to power the Huskies to a 35-13 victory over South in Anchorage. Williams rushed for four scores and ..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 | Sep 13, 2022 | Athlete of the Week, Volleyball
University of Alaska Anchorage volleyball star Eve Stephens is the Alaska Athlete of the Week after a week in which she received a national honor and then became the conference all-time kills leader. Stephens of Palmer led the Seawolves to a sweep of Western Oregon,...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Sep 17, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey
Hockey season has arrived, which means plenty of Alaskans are getting accustomed to new locations, so let’s update you on who is where and doing what. Goaltender Isaiah Saville of Anchorage, who signed with the NHL’s Vegas Knights last spring following his junior...
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by Matt Nevala | Sep 16, 2022 | Cover Story, Football, Prep Spotlight
Historically and with reason, plays in the passing game seldom make much of a memorable mark for the Bartlett High football program. Averaging nearly 7 yards per carry tends to negate most “airing it out” needs. Still, let’s give Golden Bears senior Jordan Mua a few...Read More
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by Van Williams | Sep 15, 2022 | Cover Story, Soccer
Pacific Lutheran University women's soccer goalkeeper Shaylin Cesar of Juneau hasn’t allowed a goal in 10 months. It seems unbelievable, but the senior netminder owns a 390-minute scoreless streak that stretches back to PLU’s last loss on Nov. 13, 2021 – a 1-0 setback...
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by Doyle Woody | Sep 18, 2022 | Hockey
Alaska’s three clubs in the North American Hockey League have started the season the way the schedule usually dictates for them – namely, an extended road trip that includes the junior circuit’s annual Showcase in Blaine, Minn. The Anchorage Wolverines, Kenai River...
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by Doyle Woody | Sep 17, 2022 | Poker
How was your Friday? Adam Hendrix crushed his. The Anchorage poker pro racked two final table appearances at the 2022 Stairway to Millions tournament at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas to pocket a smooth $51,390 and continue a blistering year that marks his most...Read More
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by Van Williams | Sep 14, 2022 | Cover Story, Soccer
Corina Froehle’s offensive outburst kept the Eastern Washington University women’s soccer team on the winning track as the Eagles posted a 4-1 victory over Louisiana to stay hot in September. The junior midfielder from Anchorage bagged a goal in the 44th minute and...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Sep 13, 2022 | Hockey
Nate Thompson was a sixth-round NHL draft pick – those dudes rarely become fixtures in the world’s best hockey league. Nate Thompson played more than 250 regular-season and playoff games in the American Hockey League before he became an NHL regular – so much time on...Read More
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by Matias Saari | Sep 15, 2022 | Cover Story, Running
Christy Marvin has a chance to become the winningest runner in Equinox Marathon history on Saturday — but to accomplish that feat she’ll have to overcome two of the women who broke her record last year. Marvin, 42, of Palmer sat out in 2021 with a knee injury as Anna...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Sep 13, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey
Anchorage’s Tanner Sorenson didn’t waste any time making himself at home – and stamping his name on scoresheets – in his debut weekend in the Great Britain-based Elite Ice Hockey League. Sorenson, 29, who has played most of his pro career for the ECHL’s Kalamazoo...Read More
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by Van Williams | Sep 12, 2022 | Cover Story, UAA, Volleyball
Palmer’s Eve Stephens of the UAA volleyball team didn’t just break the GNAC career kills record. She crushed it like one of her rockets from the right side. The Seawolf spiker over the weekend moved past Western Washington’s Abby Phelps for the top spot in conference...
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