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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...
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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
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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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