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by Van Williams | Dec 24, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story
There were few layups when picking Alaska’s greatest women’s basketball player of all-time. However, there were definitely some slam dunks. In the 1970s, it was Debbie Benson. In the 1980s, Jeannie Hebert and Andrea Lloyd. The 1990s had Molly Tuter and Brit Jacobson....Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Dec 23, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey
You’d be hard-pressed to find a better feel-good holiday hockey highlight than Hunter Fejes’ return to the rink Thursday night in Orlando, Fla. Fejes, the 28-year-old winger from Anchorage, played his first game for the ECHL’s Orlando Solar Bears after undergoing...
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by Matias Saari | Dec 21, 2022 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing
After a successful start to the season, it’s time for Alaskan skiers to take a holiday break from competition. The top World Cup skiers will still be preparing for the Tour de Ski while others will get ready for U.S. Nationals. Meanwhile, juniors have prep racing and...Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Dec 24, 2022 | Alpine Skiing, Cover Story
UAA’s Hunter Eid of Anchorage has been selected to represent Team USA on one of the sport’s highest stages. The lifelong alpine skier and South High grad is slated to compete next month at the Winter World University Games, held in Lake Placid, New York. Eid will be...
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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.
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by Alaska Sports Report | Dec 20, 2022 | Athlete of the Week, Basketball
Jakob Kvasnikoff's heroics on the basketball court earned him Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The Kenai Central High School basketball player scored 25 points and nailed a buzzer-beater with .5 seconds remaining to lead the Kardinals to a miraculous 70-69 victory...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Dec 26, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey
In hockey, as in life, there is always something to overcome: Injuries and illnesses, slumps and circumstances, lousy luck and the laments of losing. Several Alaskans in the ECHL, the pro circuit two rungs below the NHL on North America’s hockey ladder, are...
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by Van Williams | Dec 21, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story
Daishen Nix of Anchorage was money Monday night for the Houston Rockets as he racked up as many dimes to nearly make a dollar. The second-year point guard dished off a career-high nine assists and flashed a plus/minus of +11 for his best rating in five weeks in a...
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by Doyle Woody | Dec 27, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey
When North Pole’s Pheonix Copley made his NHL season debut Dec. 6 with 33 saves for the Los Angeles Kings in a 5-2 win at Ottawa, it marked the goaltender’s fifth season playing at least one game in the world’s best hockey league. Among the 17 Alaskans who have played...Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Dec 22, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight
‘Twas three nights before Christmas, and the original plan called for quite the Cook Inlet Conference hockey showcase before the long-ish winter’s break. At a packed Ben Boeke Arena that resembled a class reunion, Dimond and South delivered on their rivalry with the...
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by Van Williams | Dec 19, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story
Anchorage’s Isaiah Moses helped College of Southern Idaho stake its claim as the best men’s basketball team in the NJCAA. The 6-goot-1 freshman pumped in 26 points as the fourth-ranked Golden Eagles improved to 16-0 on the junior college season after beating...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Dec 23, 2022 | Hockey
Pretty sweet Thursday night of net-minding from Alaska’s masked men. Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman of Anchorage got things started with a 25-save performance that helped lift his club to a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets that extended the Bruins’...Read More
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