Connecting You with Alaska Athletes Visit us! WEEK IN REVIEW Arctic Passage: Sailing the Edge of Alaska – Part I by Ben Spiess | Nov 7, 2022 | Adventure, Cover Story, Sailing I got a call from my old friend Mark Synnott in late August. Mark was in the middle of sailing the Arctic Northwest Passage from Maine through to Nome. Could I join him in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories in a week? He needed crew for the last leg of his voyage –...Read More   Anchorage’s Sayvia Sellers ranked 28th nationally; see how that stacks up against Alaska ballers of the past by Van Williams | Nov 4, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight It’s official: Sayvia Sellers will begin the high school basketball season on the McDonald’s All-American Game watch list. The reigning Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year out of Anchorage Christian sits at No. 28 in ESPN’s most recent top 100 rankings for the Class of... Read More   Tales From The Trails: UAF’s hometown heroes Kendall Kramer and Naomi Bailey dominate GNAC cross country hand-in-hand by Doyle Woody | Nov 5, 2022 | Cover Story, Cross Country Running, UAA, UAF Gotta hand it to UAF runners Kendall Kramer and Naomi Bailey – the distance duo from Fairbanks crushed the Great Northwest Athletic Conference cross-country championships Saturday, and did it hand-in-hand. Kramer and Bailey, who finished holding hands in Monmouth,...Read More   Connecting you with Alaska Athletes 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.   Spartan champion Lars Arneson named Alaska Athlete of the Week by Alaska Sports Report | Oct 31, 2022 | Athlete of the Week, Obstacle Course Running, Running Lars Arneson of Anchorage was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after winning his firstSpartan obstacle race in Ontario, Canada. Arneson prevailed in the 21-kilometer "Beast" event that featured 30 obstacles and more than 6,000 feet of elevation gain The native of... Read More   Around The Rinks: Wolverines and Ice Dogs kick it old-school in a goal-fest (plus, USHL and NCAA Division I notes) by Doyle Woody | Nov 5, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey The Anchorage Wolverines and Fairbanks Ice Dogs kicked it old-school Friday night at Ben Boeke Arena, where the high-scoring action couldn’t have been more vintage 1980s if the skaters wielded wood sticks and the goalies sported narrow leg pads and employed a stand-up...Read More   CFB Notebook: Cummings, Snell, Henry score rushing TDs; Herman has INT and 32-yard kickoff return by Van Williams | Nov 6, 2022 | Football Josh Cummings of Fairbanks did some heavy lifting on a light day in the Western Colorado backfield Saturday. The senior running back racked up 82 rushing yards and a touchdown on a dozen carries in a 55-14 victory over Fort Lewis in the Rocky Mountain Athletic...Read More   Friday Flashback: Former Chugiak High star Kelly Cobb carried Duke to 2011 College Cup final by Van Williams | Nov 4, 2022 | Cover Story, Friday Flashback, Soccer You’d be hard pressed to start a college career any better than Eagle River’s Kelly Cobb, who took the Duke University women’s soccer team by storm in 2011. The 5-foot-10 forward scored game-winning goals in each of her first two appearances as a freshman, the second....Read More   Our Team Van Williams, Editor Arielle Himelbloom, Reporter Matt Nevala, Reporter Matias Saari, Reporter Doyle Woody, Reporter Bryan Boyett, Photographer Natalie Osborne, Web Development Shelley Romer, Dev. Director Harlow Robinson, Exec. Director Learn more about the Alaska Sports Report staff here   Daishen Nix moves into NBA’s top-25 for 3-point percentage after burying 4-of-6 against Clippers by Van Williams | Nov 3, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story Daishen Nix’s progression in the NBA took a major step forward last night. The second-year Houston Rockets point guard from Anchorage buried a career-high four 3-pointers and played big minutes off the bench in a 109-101 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers in Texas. Nix... Read More   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. Vote Here *Alaska Sports Report is a program of the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame   Around The Rinks: Alaska women are putting on a snipe show in NCAA D3 (plus, men’s notes) by Doyle Woody | Nov 6, 2022 | Hockey Alaska women are cracking goaltenders across the NCAA Division III ranks. Darci Matson of Wasilla, a sophomore sniper at Aurora University and a Second-Team All-American as a rookie, continues to torment opposing goalies. She racked the game-winning, third-period,...Read More   Lars Arneson becomes second Alaskan to win a Spartan Race by Matias Saari | Nov 3, 2022 | Cover Story, Obstacle Course Running Lars Arneson beat the best in the sport to become the third Alaskan to win a major obstacle course race on October 22. Arneson, originally from the Kenai Peninsula and now living in Anchorage, came from behind to claim his first Spartan Race in the “Beast” event at...Read More   Fairbanks beats Anchorage 5-4 in shootout as locals continue to shine for Alaska’s NAHL squads by Matt Nevala | Nov 6, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey Fresh off playing a role in another thrilling display of hockey theater, Revy Mack relished being back home and inside Ben Boeke Arena’s aging, yet historic walls. “I knew this would be a tremendous opportunity,” Mack said Saturday night after his Anchorage Wolverines...Read More   South’s Blaise Boyer and Wolverines race to victories at Mt. SAC Invitational in California by Arielle Himelbloom | Nov 2, 2022 | Cover Story, Cross Country Running, Prep Spotlight After placing both teams in the top-3 at the cross country running state championships, the South Anchorage Wolverines tested their strength against some of the best teams on the West Coast. At the 74th annual Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational in Walnut, California,...Read More   Former Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year Kadyn Osborne is coming home to finish career at UAA by Van Williams | Nov 2, 2022 | Volleyball The UAA volleyball team has set up its future nicely after getting a commitment from junior college all-conference setter Kadyn Osborne of Anchorage. The 2020 Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year out of Dimond High confirmed her decision to transfer to UAA after posting... Read More   Travante Williams sparks Sporting to 85-73 EuroCup win over team that beat them by 24 last month by Van Williams | Nov 2, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story Defense and dimes, that’s how Anchorage’s Travante Williams got his revenge today in the EuroCup. The playmaker propelled Portuguese League power Sporting over Polish League opponent Anwil 85-73 in a must-have victory in Group G of the prestigious FIBA tournament in... Read More   Ketchikan’s Isaac Updike hits the roads to kick-start his running recovery by Doyle Woody | Nov 5, 2022 | Running, Track and Field To say 2022 has been a rough go physically and emotionally for steeplechaser Isaac Updike of Ketchikan is an understatement. Two bouts of COV-19 not only caused him to scratch from his most important competition of the year – the U.S. nationals, which decided berths...Read More   Anchorage Boys Abroad: Casey Bailey, Tanner Sorenson, Christian Hausinger and Brian Cooper prospering in Euro hockey leagues by Doyle Woody | Nov 1, 2022 | Hockey In his third straight hockey season in the DEL, Germany’s top circuit, winger Casey Bailey of Anchorage continues to score at a metronomic pace – dude is reliably a point-a-game machine. Bailey, the former NHLer who turned 31 last week, owns 5-11—16 totals in 16 games...Read More   Join our Family of Sponsors The Alaska Sports Report is a non-profit entity owned by the 501(c)3 Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. 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