by Doyle Woody | Sep 25, 2022 | Cover Story, Cross Country Running
Gonzaga University’s burgeoning cross-country program is getting big help from Juneau’s Sadie Tuckwood, a former state champion and Gatorade Alaska Runner of the Year. Tuckwood (Juneau-Douglas High), a sophomore, on Friday finished 19th in a loaded field at the...
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by Van Williams | Sep 24, 2022 | Cover Story, Football
Juneau got rushing touchdowns from four different players and the Huskies racked up 494 yards on the ground to run over Service 49-32 in the capital city. Jarrell Williams, Lucas White, Jayden Johnson and Payton Grant each found the end zone as Juneau scored a season... Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Sep 21, 2022 | Athlete of the Week, Running
Meg Inokuma was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after claiming the 59th Equinox Marathon on Saturday in Fairbanks. It was the biggest win of her career for the 42-year-old from Palmer. Her time of 3 hours, 15 minutes, and 29 seconds, the sixth fastest time in race...
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by Doyle Woody | Sep 24, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey
Coming off a strong sophomore season, goaltender Hannah Hogenson of Anchorage got her junior season with the Bemidji State (Minn.) women’s hockey team off to sterling start Friday. Hogenson stopped 25 of 27 shots (.926 save percentage) in a 3-2 overtime nonconference...Read More
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by Van Williams | Sep 23, 2022 | Cover Story, Football
After watching his team get pushed around last week and seeing some guys give up, Colony coach Robbie Nash fired his captains. He started at the top and worked his way down the line, even clipping the wings of his junior son, Jack, who is the star of the team. Nobody...
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by Doyle Woody | Sep 24, 2022 | Cover Story, Running
The 90 minutes Anchorage’s Anna Dalton spent racing on the American Birkebeiner trails in Cable, Wis., on Saturday made her feel like she was home. Punchy hills, muddy sections, some single-track terrain. “It really felt just like running at Kincaid Park,” Dalton...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Sep 22, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey
Lest you forget that some of Alaska’s best active hockey players earn their paychecks abroad, we’re here to fill you in on some dynamite debuts across the pond. U.S. Olympic defenseman Brian Cooper of Anchorage – and that’s @CoopDaddy907 to you – marked his debut with...Read More
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by Van Williams | Sep 21, 2022 | Cover Story, Flag Football, Prep Spotlight
You don’t throw for 1,000 yards in a season without spreading the ball around and Greta Helgeson has become a master delegator. The Service quarterback has a bevy of playmakers in Zoe Witter, Lily Rygh and Nora Simmons to chose from and together they make up one of...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Sep 23, 2022 | Hockey
After enduring misery last season, the Kenai River Brown Bears are off to a promising start this go-round, which continued Thursday with an overtime road win and a goaltender pledging his commitment to UAA. Center and assistant captain Bryce Monrean of Anchorage, who...Read More
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by Van Williams | Sep 20, 2022 | Cover Story, UAA, UAF, Volleyball
If you have a volleyball record at UAA or in the GNAC, Eve Stephens is coming for you. The senior spiker from Palmer broke her second record in as many weeks as she powered the 14th-ranked Seawolves to a league series sweep of Montana State Billings and Seattle...Read More
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by Van Williams | Sep 19, 2022 | Cover Story, Football
After being oh-so-close in the second quarter, Jace Henry of Fairbanks hit pay dirt in the fourth. The Dartmouth College dual threat scored a 1-yard touchdown to cap his team's 35-13 victory over Valparaiso in Hanover, New Hampshire. This was the first TD in eight...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Sep 20, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey
Second-year pro winger Cam Hausinger of Anchorage, one of three brothers who play professional hockey, on Monday wrapped rookie training camp with the NHL’s Nashville Predators, who have also listed the right winger on their roster for the main training camp that...
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by Van Williams | Sep 22, 2022 | Cover Story, Football
For as much that has gone wrong this season for the East T-birds, they can make it all good in the final two weeks of the high school football season. Even at 2-3 in the Cook Inlet Conference, East controls its own destiny when it comes to postseason positioning. All...Read More
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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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