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