Connecting You with Alaska Athletes Visit Us! Become a Sponsor WEEK IN REVIEW College Wrestling: Sitka’s Sydnee Kimber captures 4th national title, finishes career with 103 wins by Van Williams | Mar 7, 2023 | Cover Story, Wrestling With history on the line, Sydnee Kimber went for broke. And it paid off. Big time. The McKendree University senior wrestler from Sitka used a headlock takedown in the final 30 seconds of Saturday’s title match to pin Traeh Haynes of North Central and win the 191-pound...Read More   College Track and Field: Eagle River’s Vanessa Aniteye is a national champ by Doyle Woody | Mar 11, 2023 | Cover Story, Track and Field When Vanessa Aniteye’s indoor track season started last Dec. 10, she was a decorated 400-meter runner moving up to the 800 meters, a distance at which she was a neophyte. She had raced the 800 just three times in her life. Three months later, Aniteye’s a national... Read More   Prep Hoops: Dimond boys eat up East, West girls hold off Lynx to win titles at CIC Championships by Van Williams | Mar 11, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story The class of the Cook Inlet Conference took the T-birds to school on Saturday night. A loaded Dimond boys basketball team fired on all cylinders to easily beat East 60-39 in the title game of the CIC Championships, handing the T-birds their most lopsided loss since... Read More   Soldotna’s Galen Brantley III earns Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after All American shot put performance by Alaska Sports Report | Mar 7, 2023 | Athlete of the Week, Track and Field Soldotna High School graduate Galen Brantley III was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after a standout performance at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships. The Dickinson State junior launched the 16-pound shot put to a personal best mark of 54 feet, 9.5... Read More   Skiing: UAF’s Joe Davies becomes just third Nanooks skier ever to be crowned NCAA champion by Matias Saari | Mar 9, 2023 | Nordic Skiing, UAF Joe Davies of the Alaska Nanooks left no doubt he's an NCAA Ski Champion. Davies, earned the third NCAA championship in UAF Nordic skiing history, winning the 10-kilometer interval-start race on Thursday morning in Lake Placid, N.Y. Davies’ dominating time of 22...Read More   Prep Hoops: Sayvia Sellers nets 33 points and flirts with triple-double despite struggling in second half vs. Colony by Van Williams | Mar 12, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight It's hard to imagine someone having an off night and still scoring 33 points, but that was the case for Sayvia Sellers on Saturday. The ACS girls basketball star was floor-is-lava hot in the first half with 26 points before cooling off the rest of the way in the...Read More   Around The Rinks (College Edition): UAF’s NCAA tournament dream is teetering, and all the Nanooks can do is watch and wait (plus NCAA notes) by Doyle Woody | Mar 13, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey As an independent team outside the six conferences in NCAA Division I men’s hockey, it makes sense UAF would appreciate underdogs. But as the Nanooks teeter on the edge of snagging an at-large berth in the 16-team NCAA tournament, they’ll be fans of the powers that be...Read More   College Hoops: Tobin Karlberg nets season high 26 points, leads Point Loma into NCAA Sweet 16 by Van Williams | Mar 12, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story After riding shotgun for most of the season, Tobin Karlberg of Anchorage drove the Point Loma men's basketball team into the NCAA Sweet 16. The 6-foot senior transfer bagged a season-high 26 points to highlight an 83-70 win over Academy of Art in Saturday’s regional...Read More   Run-Bike-Ski: Iditarod Trail Invitational features tough conditions for human-powered racers by Matias Saari | Mar 9, 2023 | Adventure, Bikepacking, Cover Story, Nordic Skiing, Running Kinsey Loan struggled to stay warm as she pushed her fat bike with two flat tires on the Yentna River with the temperature around 25 below zero. Her rookie run in the Iditarod Trail Invitational, a 300-plus mile human-powered event from Knik to McGrath, had barely... .Read More   Around The Rinks (Pro Edition): Michael Bullion and Alec Butcher keep bouncing back in ECHL, Isaiah Saville getting steady AHL work (plus, NHL notes) by Doyle Woody | Mar 12, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey The late-season resurgences of a couple of Anchorage dudes, goaltender Michael Bullion and forward Alec Butcher, continued over the weekend in the ECHL. Bullion reinforced his resurgence with the Savannah Ghost Pirates by delivering his second career shutout, and...Read More   College Hoops: Mykaila Pickard hits six 3s, scores 20 points as 7th-ranked Collin wins to move to 29-1 in NJCAA by Van Williams | Mar 9, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story Anchorage’s Mykaila Pickard hit back-to-back 3-pointers to open the fourth quarter as nationally ranked Collin County College pulled away from Clarendon to win 80-72 in the NJCAA Region 5 Tournament quarterfinals Thursday in Wolfforth, Texas. The former ACS standout...Read More   College Baseball Report: Oliver Brown, Jaren Childs pick up first wins; Balas Buckmaster hits second career home run by Van Williams | Mar 6, 2023 | Baseball, Cover Story Summoned from the bullpen, Holy Cross relief pitcher Oliver Brown of Anchorage shut down Penn State and picked up the win as the Crusaders won 11-5 in Cary, North Carolina. Brown pitched three innings and struck out five of the 15 batters he faced, ending the fourth,...Read More   Prep Hoops: Dimond boys climb out of 13-point hole, advance to Saturday’s title games with other top seeds at CIC Championships by Van Williams | Mar 10, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story The best wide receiver in the Cook Inlet Conference proved he can handle himself on the hardwood too. Malachi Casey balled out with a team-high 15 points as he bailed out top-seeded Dimond in Friday night's 58-56 win over West in the late boys semifinal at the CIC... Read More   Tales From The Track: At NCAA D-II indoor nationals, Eagle River’s Vanessa Aniteye cruises into 800-meter final, UAA’s Cole Nash snags last All-American slot in 5,000 meters by Doyle Woody | Mar 10, 2023 | Cover Story, Track and Field Eagle River’s Vanessa Aniteye, the fastest women’s indoor 800-meter runner in NCAA Division II this season, won her heat Friday in Virginia Beach, Va., to guarantee herself a ninth All-American designation and cruise into Saturday’s final. Aniteye, a fifth-year senior...Read More   Around The Rinks (Pro Edition): Anchorage’s Alec Butcher and Michael Bullion heating up in ECHL, North Pole’s Pheonix Copley just racks NHL wins (plus SPHL note) by Doyle Woody | Mar 7, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey Alec Butcher put up nice numbers in the ECHL last season, delivering 23 goals, 30 assists and 53 points in 69 games for the Rapid City Rush. His start to this season wasn’t so savory – just 2-3—5 totals through 21 games with the league’s Reading Royals. But the former... Read More   Prep Hoops: New Service coach Jocquis Sconiers is architect behind rebuild; Cougars peaking for CIC Championships by Van Williams | Mar 6, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight His ability to flip a unit from gross to gorgeous is so good Jocquis Sconiers should have his own HGTV show. After the Service boys basketball team went 1-19 last season, the school made a coaching change and brought in Sconiers, who has the Cougars sitting pretty... Read More   Hockey: The Morris brothers play key roles in the hockey community’s healthy ecosystem by Matt Nevala | Mar 10, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey Despite the age difference, Cam, Carter and Cooper Morris chirp each other like reputable hockey players worth their stick tape should. Being brothers also helps. Cam and Cooper are the 20-year-old twins and foundational pieces in the Anchorage Wolverines’ two-season... Read More   Prep Hoops: ACS star guard Sayvia Sellers pumps in 36 points to move closer to Alaska girls scoring record by Van Williams | Mar 10, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight With the clock ticking on her high school basketball career, Anchorage’s Sayvia Sellers has limited time to chase down the state scoring record. Not even a running clock could slow down the ACS girls basketball star as she pumped in 36 points in Friday’s 96-29 win...Read More   Prep Hoops: Service rallies, West wins OT thriller on boys side; South, Chugiak girls prevail at CIC Championships by Van Williams | Mar 9, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story The Service boys basketball team's underclassmen were forced to grow up in Thursday’s playoff game against Bartlett. It was quite the experience. The Cougars clawed back from a seven-point deficit early and dug themselves out of a four-point hole late on their way to... Read More   Around The Rinks: Palmer’s Tate Senden helps Colby advance in women’s D-III tournament, Alaskan-heavy Nazareth falls in first round by Doyle Woody | Mar 10, 2023 | Hockey Tate Senden of Palmer gets props for her jersey number alone – she wears her Alaska pride on her back as No. 49 for the Colby College women’s hockey team. She’ll get to pull on that jersey at least one more time. Senden, a senior right wing, furnished an assist and a... Read More   Prep Hoops: Castillo and Weaver combine for 41 points as South boys dispatch Eagle River 58-45 at CIC Championships by Van Williams | Mar 7, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story Postseason games separate pretenders from contenders and JP Castillo stood tall for the South boys basketball team. The 6-foot-4 junior forward furnished a double-double and was fabulous from beginning to end, leading the Wolverines to a 58-45 victory Tuesday over...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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