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by Van Williams | Oct 28, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story
As the UAA women’s basketball team’s leading returning scorer, Jahnna Hajdukovich of Anchorage is poised for a big senior season. League coaches agree, picking her among the 15 players named to the GNAC Preseason All-Conference Team. Hajdukovich and teammate Vishe'...Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Oct 30, 2022 | Cover Story, Cross Country Running
Daniel Abramowicz has made the transition to the NCAA Division I running scene appear seamless. The former West Valley standout and six-time state champion out of Fairbanks wasted no time getting acclimated to the collegiate atmosphere, gaining valuable experience in...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Oct 30, 2022 | Hockey
Aiden Westin is not a high-volume shooter, but he is a high-danger one. Goaltenders in the North American Hockey League can testify. Westin, a hometown forward for the Anchorage Wolverines and a UAF commit, continued to cave in the stats of opposing masked men...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 | Oct 24, 2022 | Athlete of the Week, Cross Country Running, UAF
University of Alaska Fairbanks runner Naomi Bailey was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after winning the NCAA Division II Pre-Nationals in University Place, Washington. The UAF sophomore bested a women’s field of 224 runners after posting a sizzling 6-K time of 20...Read More
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by Van Williams | Oct 27, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story
The UAA men’s basketball team unveiled a new-look roster with a familiar twist in tonight’s season opener. Anchorage natives Da’Zhon Wyche and Jaron Williams were among seven Seawolves making their debuts in the 87-63 victory over Midway at the Alaska Airlines Center....Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Oct 30, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey
Darci Matson of Wasilla was a Division III Second-Team All-American forward as a mere freshman last season at Aurora University (Ill.), which she helped to the first NCAA tournament berth in program history. Saturday, in her season opener as a sophomore, she picked up...Read More
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by Van Williams | Oct 26, 2022 | Cover Story, Swimming and Diving
Seward’s Lydia Jacoby is already making a splash at the University of Texas. The freshman breaststroke specialist earned Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honors after posting three podium finishes in her college debut. The 2020 Olympic champion posted a NCAA-B standard...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Oct 28, 2022 | Hockey
A late-October game, just Jeremy Swayman’s third start of the NHL season, hardly seems like a turning point. But the third-year Boston Bruins goaltender from Anchorage no doubt hopes Thursday’s performance is an indicator he’s on the right track. After a mediocre...
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Alaska Sports Hall of Fame public voting is back for the month of November!
After a three year pause, the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame is again selecting a new class of people, moments, and events to be inducted and the public will play an important role. Read More
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by Van Williams | Oct 27, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story, UAA
If it seems like Anchorage’s Da’Zhon Wyche and Fairbanks’ Daniel Hornbuckle have been around forever, it’s because they have. Both were first team all-state upperclassmen in 2015 and 2016. Both have played for three college teams. And now both have been named to the...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Oct 29, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey
Presumably, the UAF hockey staff likes what it is seeing: Nanooks commits Bryce Monrean and Aiden Westin, both of Anchorage, stamping their names all over scoresheets in the North American Hockey League. Monrean has furnished at least one point in a career-best eight...Read More
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by Van Williams | Oct 25, 2022 | Cover Story, UAA, Volleyball
Palmer’s Eve Stephens was so locked in she barely remembers her record 33-kill performance for UAA. Her fourth-set takeover was a blur, but she was clearly the deciding factor for the 9th-ranked Seawolves in a 25-12, 25-16, 21-25, 25-23 win over 10th-ranked Western..Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Oct 29, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey
After coming off a six-loss stretch against NCAA Division I women’s teams ranked inside the top five, goaltender Hannah Hogenson of Anchorage and her Bemidji State crew halted that slide Friday night. Hogenson, a junior, stopped 26 shots and was named first star in a...
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by Doyle Woody | Oct 26, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey
Anchorage’s Clair DeGeorge experience at the elite level of women’s hockey received another boost this week when USA Hockey named her to the national team that will play Canada in the Rivalry Series beginning in November. DeGeorge, 23, was one of 13 forwards named to...Read More
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