Connecting You with Alaska Athletes Visit us! WEEK IN REVIEW Prep Skiing: West Eagles soar to boys and girls state titles, Service’s Olivia Soderstrom and Aaron Power named Skimeisters by Harlow Robinson | Feb 27, 2023 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing, Prep Spotlight West vs. Service: heading into the ASAA/First National Bank State Ski Championships over the weekend there was an air of anticipation for a showdown between the two powerhouse ski programs. The hundreds of fans lining the trails at Kincaid Park witnessed standout... Read More   Become a Sponsor or Booster Win an Alaska Airlines Trip! Support us and earn a chance to win a round trip ticket anywhere Alaska Airlines flies! Become a booster or sponsor ($250 and up) by April 1 to be eligible. You'll also receive an "I support the Report" T-shirt! You can complete a tax deductible business or individual donation or sponsorship that fits your budget here. See all our sponsors and donors here.   Swimming: Seward’s Lydia Jacoby wins first Big 12 title and breaks own national age-group record by Van Williams | Feb 25, 2023 | Cover Story, Swimming and Diving As she settled into her stance on the starting block, University of Texas swimmer Lydia Jacoby of Seward clapped her hands like she knew something special was coming. What followed was another extraordinary effort. The Longhorns’ freshman on Friday popped a blistering...Read More   College Hoops: Alissa Pili exorcizes demon by beating Stanford for first time, helps Utah claim share of Pac-12 title by Van Williams | Feb 25, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story After taking a beating in her five previous meetings with Stanford, Alissa Pili of Anchorage finally chopped down the Cardinal. The Pac-12 Conference player-of-the-year candidate with the Utah Utes scored 14 points, unleashed a pro-level post move and hit a...Read More   ACS hooper Sayvia Sellers named Alaska Athlete of the Week after monster game by Alaska Sports Report | Feb 22, 2023 | Athlete of the Week, Basketball Anchorage Christian School basketball standout Sayvia Sellers went off for 47 points in their game against the Colony Knights to earn her Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The senior guard pumped in a career-high 47 points and outscored the Knights by herself in an... Read More   Around The Rinks (College Edition): Nanooks have legit shot at NCAA Tournament, plus Alaskans help seize conference titles by Doyle Woody | Feb 27, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey Man, do not sleep on the UAF Nanooks, who despite lacking a conference affiliation, are on the brink of qualifying for the NCAA Division I men’s hockey tournament. The Nanooks (20-10-2) delivered a pair of 4-2 victories at Arizona State over the weekend to run their... Read More   Buddy Streeper wins Rondy Sled Dog Race, ties mushing icon George Attla with 10 World Championship titles by Harlow Robinson | Feb 27, 2023 | Cover Story, Sled Dog Racing Buddy Streeper built up such a time advantage over the first two days of the 2023 Fur Rendezvous Championship Sled Dog Race that he could allow himself to soak up the moment during the third and final leg on Sunday. The Fort Nelson, British Columbia musher departed... Read More   Pro Hoops: Daishen Nix nets career-high 16 points, most for an Alaska player in NBA since 2018 by Van Williams | Feb 27, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story The progression of 20-year-old point guard Daishen Nix of Anchorage took another step forward on Sunday night. The second-year NBA player poured in a career-high 16 points off the bench for the Houston Rockets in a 131-114 loss at Portland. This was the most points...Read More   NAHL Weekend Wrap: Kenai River surging, Fairbanks surging, Anchorage not surging by Doyle Woody | Feb 27, 2023 | Hockey The Kenai River Brown Bears, whose mojo disappeared with four straight losses in the middle of January, continued recapturing good vibes with a three-game, weekend sweep of the Janesville Jets that propelled the Soldotna-based team back into the North American Hockey...Read More   Prep Hoops: Reigning player of the year Stewart Erhart determined to reverse West Valley’s past postseason misfortunes by Van Williams | Feb 22, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight The Stewart Erhart era for the West Valley boys basketball team has reaped many rewards as the Wolfpack have posted a 62-6 record over the last three years and qualified for the ASAA Class 4A state tournament in each of the last two years. He won the program's first... Read More   NAHL Weekend Wrap: Kenai River surging, Fairbanks surging, Anchorage not surging by Doyle Woody | Feb 27, 2023 | Hockey The Kenai River Brown Bears, whose mojo disappeared with four straight losses in the middle of January, continued recapturing good vibes with a three-game, weekend sweep of the Janesville Jets that propelled the Soldotna-based team back into the North American Hockey...Read More   Tales From The Trail: Alaska women contend at FOURmidable 50K – Klaire Rhodes 3rd, Ruby Lindquist 7th; plus Allie O signs a new pro contract with Nnormal by Doyle Woody | Feb 24, 2023 | Cover Story, Running Klaire Rhodes and Ruby Lindquist, a pair of Alaska’s emerging mountain- and trail-running stars, delivered strong results last weekend in the FOURmidable 50-K race in Auburn, Calif. Rhodes, the 24-year-old from Anchorage who attends graduate school in Reno, Nev.,...Read More   College Hoops: UAA women knock off No. 23 Billings, enter GNAC Championships riding 4-game heater by Van Williams | Feb 26, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story Two weeks ago, the UAA women’s basketball team was in jeopardy of missing the postseason for the first time in coach Ryan McCarthy’s 10 years on the bench. After closing out the regular season with a four-game win streak, the Seawolves are now the hottest team...Read More   Goalies Galore: Things are looking up for Anchorage’s Michael Bullion, plus updates on Isaiah Saville, Hannah Hogenson, McKinley Hoff, Jeremy Swayman and Pheonix Copley by Doyle Woody | Feb 25, 2023 | Hockey This hockey season has been a tough one for rookie pro goaltender Michael Bullion of Anchorage. He spent most of the season with the ECHL’s Norfolk Admirals, who are exceptionally bad – last among the circuit’s 28 teams, and that humble designation is not particularly... Read More   College Hoops: Fairbanks’ Tyriq Luke and Ketchikan’s Chris Lee take turns playing hero in final seconds of NWAC game; Luke wins it at buzzer by Van Williams | Feb 23, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story Fairbanks’ Tyriq Luke and Ketchikan’s Chris Lee played their own game of ‘Whatever you can do, I can do better’ in the closing seconds of Wednesday’s NWAC men’s basketball matchup between Everett and Edmonds in Seattle. Two seconds after Lee drained a 15-foot jumper...Read More   GNAC Indoor Track Championships: Vanessa Aniteye is awesome, Cole Nash is nails and Olivia Manley makes mad progress by Doyle Woody | Feb 21, 2023 | Cover Story, Track and Field Former Chugiak High and UAA runner Vanessa Aniteye of Eagle River was the prohibitive favorite to win the women’s 800 meters at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s Indoor Track and Field Championships on Tuesday, when she raced according to form. Aniteye, who...Read More   Around The Rinks (Euro Pro Edition): Hunter Fejes sizzles in Slovakia, plus updates on Casey Bailey, Brian Cooper, Tanner Sorenson and Christian Hausinger by Doyle Woody | Feb 23, 2023 | Hockey Winger Hunter Fejes of Anchorage moved across the pond recently, leaving the ECHL’s Orlando Solar Bears for HC Bosice in the Slovakia Extraliga, and he quickly made an impact with his new club. Fejes, a 28-year-old who earlier this season was declared cancer-free... 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