by Van Williams | Nov 26, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story
Anchorage’s Da’Zhon Wyche had the book on Texas A&M International and used it to help the UAA men’s basketball team author a statement win over a previously undefeated opponent. Armed with his own scouting report having faced the Dustdevils last season when he played...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Nov 28, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey
The Anchorage Wolverines and Fairbanks Ice Dogs played leapfrog over the weekend in a North American Hockey League series in Fairbanks that doubled as Club 49 Cup matches. The Ice Dogs earned the upper hand Friday, when they stormed back from a 2-0 deficit to snatch a...Read More
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by Van Williams | Nov 22, 2022 | Cover Story, Football
It’s hard enough to score one way on a NCAA football field, let alone two or three, but Derryk Snell of Eagle River has turned into a triple threat for the Montana State offense. The Bobcats found a creative way to get the junior tight end involved in Saturday’s 55-21...Read More
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by Van Williams | Nov 24, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story
If one thing jumps out about the college basketball season, it’s this: Alissa Pili is back. Back to being a centerpiece for a Pac-12 team. The Utah junior from Anchorage has averaged 18.5 points on 68% shooting to power her new team’s 6-0 start as she’s looked a lot...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Nov 24, 2022 | Hockey
Anchorage’s Mac Swanson, crushing his first year of juniors for the Fargo (N.D.) Force of the U.S. Hockey League, won’t have to go far to play college hockey – just 80 miles up I-29 to Grand Forks. Swanson, 16, recently confirmed his oral commitment to the University...Read More
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by Van Williams | Nov 25, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story
Nine years after watching his older brother reach the 1,000-point benchmark, Anchorage’s Tobin Karlberg has joined the elite club. And he did it 89 games, six fewer than Leif to give little bro ultimate bragging rights. Karlberg, a 6-foot senior guard for Point Loma,...Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Nov 23, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight
Of the Cook Inlet Conference season’s first nine league games, teams finished in a tie once while the other contests were decided by an average of almost 10 goals. So, credit West and Dimond for bringing some much-needed competitive sanity back to the fold Tuesday....Read More
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by Matias Saari | Nov 21, 2022 | Adventure, Bikepacking, Cover Story, Mountain Biking
Anchorage's Ana Jager is doing a fine job of following in the bike tracks of her “hometown hero” Lael Wilcox. Earlier this month, Jager capped her first full season of bikepacking by winning the 800-mile Arizona Trail Race after more than 12 days on the trail....Read More
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by Van Williams | Nov 25, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story
The UAA women’s basketball team shook off a Shootout hangover and used a strong second-half effort Friday to fight off Biola 77-68 at the Alaska Airlines Center. Senior Jahanna Hajdukovich of Anchorage and freshman Elaina Mack of King Cove combined to score 10...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Nov 22, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey
Clair DeGeorge is crushing 2022. All the 23-year-old from Anchorage has accomplished in the year is win an NCAA Division I women’s national hockey championship, earn her master’s degree, land a nursing job at a prestigious hospital (hello, Mayo Clinic), make her pro...Read More
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by Van Williams | Nov 27, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story
If you looked up the word clutch in the dictionary, you would find a photo of Daniel Hornbuckle. The sharpshooter from Fairbanks continues to be the definition of Mr. Big Shot after the Western Washington senior buried a 3-pointer at the buzzer to force OT on the road...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Nov 26, 2022 | Hockey
Look, we can understand you might think this landing spot is starting to look as if it’s stalking Anchorage’s Mac Swanson, but the kid’s exploits – and he is a kid, doesn’t turn 17 until Jan. 10 – cannot be ignored. Swanson on Friday night extended his point streak to...Read More
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