Connecting You with Alaska Athletes Visit us! WEEK IN REVIEW Jessica Moore, Reggie Tongue, Joe Floyd highlight Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023 by Alaska Sports Report | Dec 5, 2022 | Alaska Sports Hall of Fame, Basketball, Cover Story, Football, Nordic Skiing Two contemporary athletes who shined on every stage and a man who transformed a community through sports highlight the incoming class of Alaska Sports Hall of Fame inductees. Reggie Tongue of Fairbanks, Jessica Moore of Palmer, and Joe Floyd of Kodiak will all be....Read More   Pride of Palmer: Eve Stephens gives UAA its first NCAA D2 National Player of the Year by Van Williams | Dec 2, 2022 | Cover Story, Volleyball Already the most decorated UAA volleyball player in school history, Eve Stephens of Palmer grabbed one more award on her way out the door. And it was a doozy. Stephens became the first Seawolf to earn NCAA Division II National Player of the Year honors. This news came...Read More   Derryk Snell pushes TD streak to 5 games, helps Montana State advance in FCS playoffs by Van Williams | Dec 3, 2022 | Cover Story, Football Montana State tight end Derryk Snell of Eagle River hauled in a 28-yard touchdown catch Saturday in a 33-25 win over Weber State in the second round of the Football Championship Series playoffs. The 6-foot-2, 245-pound Alaskan finished with two catches on three...Read More   Alaska contingent kicks off Nordic World Cup in Scandinavia by Matias Saari | Dec 4, 2022 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing For a half dozen Alaska-based Nordic skiers, the new-look World Cup kicked off in Scandinavia the past two weekends with a mixed bag of results: there were top 15s, personal bests, forgettable races and the disappointment of missed events due to illness. Those highs...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.   Hockey sensation Mac Swanson named Alaska Athlete of the Week by Alaska Sports Report | Nov 29, 2022 | Athlete of the Week, Hockey Mac Swanson, the 16-year old junior hockey rookie was named Alaska Athlete of the Week for his continued torrid play. The Anchorage forward has been on a heater all season long. He owns the longest current points streak in the country’s best junior league. Swanson has...Read More   Lydia Jacoby pops blistering time in 100 breast to break national age-group record by Van Williams | Dec 3, 2022 | Cover Story, Swimming and Diving Seward’s Lydia Jacoby on Friday popped a record-breaking performance at the Minnesota Invitational in Minneapolis. The University of Texas freshman touched the wall in 57.54 seconds to place second in the women’s 100-yard breaststroke, finishing just 0.06 seconds...Read More   UAF’s Kendall Kramer rewrites history book at NCAAs, earns All-America honors with UAA’s Cole Nash by Arielle Himelbloom | Dec 2, 2022 | Cover Story, Cross Country Running, Running Whether it be on skis or the trails, Fairbanks’ Kendall Kramer has perfected her performance on the sport’s greatest stages. Ten months after earning All-American honors in cross-country skiing, the former West Valley High star today collected All-America honors as a... Read More   Masked Men: Saville continues to torment ECHL shooters, Copley is back in the NHL, baby by Doyle Woody | Dec 3, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey Anchorage’s Isaiah Saville is riding a searing heater with a stretch in which he has tormented ECHL shooters. The rookie goaltender out of West High subbed in to start the second period Friday night for the Savannah Ghost Pirates, who were trailing 3-0 in an eventual...Read More   AK Hoops Report: Moses nets 31 points; Jackson blocks 8 shots; Novelli hot from 3-point land by Van Williams | Dec 1, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story Anchorage’s Isaiah Moses carried the nation’s fifth-ranked NJCAA team to victory after spearheading College of Southern Idaho’s 103-95 OT win over visiting Laramie County. In the breakout performance of his college career, Moses pumped in 28 of his team’s 62 points... Read More   NAHL Weekend Wrap: Anchorage Wolverines pocket four road points at Kenai; Fairbanks suffers road sweep by Doyle Woody | Dec 4, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey After getting swept by the homestanding Kenai River Brown Bears in mid-November, the Anchorage Wolverines returned to Soldotna over the weekend and evened a score with a sweep of a North American Hockey League series. The Wolverines prevailed 3-2 Friday with a... Read More   Da’Zhon Wyche walks among giants, climbs to No. 8 on Alaska’s all-time college scoring list by Van Williams | Nov 30, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story Da’Zhon Wyche of Anchorage never dared to dream he’d become one of the greatest college basketball scorers from Alaska. His first instinct has always been to pass the ball. He was usually the smallest player on the court growing up, so his dribble-drive-dish game...Read More   Rosie Brennan posts two top-10 finishes in Finland to kick off World Cup season by Van Williams | Nov 29, 2022 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing APU skier Rosie Brennan of Anchorage placed seventh in both the 10k classic and 20k freestyle pursuit to lead the U.S. Ski Team in the season-opening World Cup races in Ruka, Finland. A two-time Olympian was 29 seconds back of the winner in the 10k classic, crossing...Read More   Around The Rinks: You have reached the Goaltender’s Union Support Line – press 1 for goal support (plus, college and pro notes) by Doyle Woody | Dec 5, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey You couldn’t fault Alaskans Isaiah Saville, Hannah Hogenson and Kevin Lake if they dialed the Goaltender’s Union Support Line over the weekend. What the three have in common besides their hometown – Anchorage – is that they have received scant goal support from their...Read More   Ketchikan runner Isaac Updike is making up for lost time by Doyle Woody | Dec 2, 2022 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field After two bouts of COVID wrecked his 2022 track season and caused him to miss the most important race of his campaign, Ketchikan’s Isaac Updike is making up for lost time. Winter is usually a season of base-building training for the steeplechase specialist, and while... Read More   ASAA Notebook: State’s smallest teams on verge of getting 9-person football by Matt Nevala | Nov 30, 2022 | Cover Story, Football, Prep Spotlight By this time next week, Alaska high school football should be eyeballing another makeover. Football conferences and the continued remodeling of the sport are items tucked into the agenda for the latest Alaska School Activities Association board of directors meeting...Read More   AK Hoops Report: Bailey among most versatile in BBL; Thor and Nix progress in NBA (plus, OTE and overseas notes) by Van Williams | Nov 29, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story In college, Jeremiah Bailey of Fairbanks established himself as a solid scorer and reliable rebounder. However, his assist numbers never exactly jumped off the page. That's changed since he arrived in the British Basketball League. The rookie forward is averaging 11.2... Read More   Around The Rinks: Wasilla’s Darci Matson, Kaylee Merrill continue The Snipe Show (plus, college and pro notes) by Doyle Woody | Dec 3, 2022 | Hockey Darci Matson’s prolific point production is as dependable as sunrise. The sophomore sniper from Wasilla continued her sizzling start to the NCAA Division III hockey season – she’s the leading everything on that circuit – with one goal and three assists Friday for No....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. We say "no" to paywalls and pop-up ads, "yes" to community partners. Make a tax deductible donation and we'll recognize you on our site, social media posts, and in this weekly review! 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. 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