Connecting You with Alaska Athletes Visit us! WEEK IN REVIEW Pili Power: Anchorage siblings Alissa and Brandon Pili elevate Alaska by doing big things on big stage by Van Williams | Jan 2, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story, Football If 2022 was the Year of the Tiger, 2023 is shaping up to be the Year of the Pili. On New Year’s Day, Alissa Pili scored 17 points to lead the eighth-ranked Utah women’s basketball team to its 14th straight victory. Today, Jan. 2, her brother Brandon Pili recorded a...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. Alaska Sports Report is donor-driven. Support us with a tax deductible contribution or sponsorship here.   Ski Tracks: APU’s Hailey Swirbul claims national championship in Michigan (plus notes on Tour de Ski & Tuscobia 160) by Matias Saari | Jan 2, 2023 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing Hailey Swirbul’s decision to race at the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships instead of the Tour de Ski in Europe is paying off. Swirbul, a native of Aspen, Colo., who lives in Anchorage and represents the Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center, cruised to a...Read More   College Pucks Potpourri: Break up the Seawolves (plus notes) by Doyle Woody | Jan 1, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey Break up the Seawolves, eh? The reconstituted UAA hockey team, assembled after a two-season absence, has endured some predictably tough times, but the Seawolves engineered some rink remedies on the road this weekend. UAA beat No. 13-ranked UMass-Lowell, 3-2, on...Read More   AK Hoops Report: Lee nets 30; Bailey unloads on UK; Hepa helps UH make history; Thor gets defensive in NBA by Van Williams | Dec 30, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story The holiday season is a time for giving, but for Chris Lee of Ketchikan it's a time for scoring. The freshman guard shot 59% and averaged 21.6 points in three games for Edmonds at the Clackamas Community College Holiday Tournament in Oregon City, Oregon. The former...Read More   Cancer survivor Hunter Fejes shines on rink, earns Alaska Athlete of the Week honors by Alaska Sports Report | Dec 28, 2022 | Athlete of the Week, Hockey Hunter Fejes's inspiring comeback from cancer earned him Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The eighth-year pro hockey player for ECHL’s Orlando Solar Bears played his first two games since being declared cancer-free following months of chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s...Read More   Happy anniversary to Alaska’s greatest college basketball upset: UAA over Michigan in 1988 by Van Williams | Dec 28, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story, Friday Flashback The Seawolves made history on a Wednesday. It was Dec. 28, 1988. Just four days before ringing in the new year, the UAA men’s basketball team put No. 2-ranked Michigan through the ringer at the Utah Classic. The Seawolves executed their stall-ball strategy flawlessly...Read More   What the puck? Alaska’s NAHL clubs are tough to figure heading into season’s second half by Doyle Woody | Dec 29, 2022 | Cover Story, Hockey Today’s head-scratcher: All three Alaska clubs in the North American Hockey League own mediocre-to-lousy records on home ice and good-to-exceptional records in road rinks. The Kenai River Brown Bears are just 6-10-1 at home, but 12-2-0 on the road (caveat: Each NAHL...Read More   Seawolves win 81-59 as Alaskans take center stage in 110th meeting between UAA and UAF by Van Williams | Dec 31, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story Seven years ago, Jaron Williams and DeMarcus Hall-Scriven played one-on-one games as eighth graders at Clark Middle School in Anchorage. They took their childhood rivalry to a whole new level Saturday night in the 110th meeting between UAA and UAF. Williams and...Read More   Around The Rinks: Pheonix Copley, Jeremy Swayman and Hunter Fejes have their games in gear (plus, pro notes) by Doyle Woody | Dec 29, 2022 | Hockey Pheonix Copley wasn’t exactly buried in the American Hockey League, but it surely wasn’t the circuit he most wanted to inhabit. Jeremy Swayman found himself momentarily mired in the worst stretch of his pro career. Hunter Fejes confronted life-threatening cancer. Each...Read More   Prep Hoops: Dimond stakes claim to No. 1 after beating Oregon’s top-ranked 4A team by Van Williams | Dec 31, 2022 | Basketball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight The Dimond boys basketball team on Friday night staked its claim as the No. 1 4A team in Alaska by beating the No. 1 4A team from Oregon. Led by their fabulous frontcourt of Maguire Hamey and Xzavier Baker, the Lynx held off previously undefeated Philomath 56-52 in...Read More   Around The Rinks: Drake Glover, Shootout Lover (plus, ECHL, NAHL and USHL notes) by Doyle Woody | Jan 1, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey Drake Glover, shootout lover. The former Dimond High and UAA forward got his game on in the post-overtime skills competition Saturday, when he scored twice on three shootout attempts to earn the Fayetteville Marksmen a 3-2 win over the Quad City Storm in a seven-round...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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