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by Van Williams | Mar 25, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story, Prep Spotlight
This wasn’t supposed to be East’s year. After losing five all-state senior starters, the T-birds should have been forced to rebuild. Not reload. Then again, this is East, a legacy school with a tradition unlike any other. Buoyed by sophomore Muhammad Sabally’s...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Mar 27, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey
The team of Anchorage girls came up just short of becoming rink royalty Monday at the USA Hockey National Championships in Plymouth, Minn. Anchorage fell 2-0 to powerhouse Shattuck-St. Mary’s of Minnesota in the girls high school championship game in the Minneapolis...Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | Mar 22, 2023 | Athlete of the Week, Sled Dog Racing
Ryan Redington earned Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after an inspiring victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The grandson of Iditarod founder Joe Redington Sr., Redington held on to earn his family’s first victory in the 51-year-old race. Redington is one...Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Mar 25, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story
At the end of its run as Anchorage Christian, a key member of the supporting cast lifted up the lead star one more time. “It think it was very significant, and she’s my best friend,” Maliyah Alex said of the postgame celebration on Alaska Airlines Center hardwood. “I...Read More
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by Van Williams | Mar 25, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story
The Grace Christian boys basketball team is considered one of the best in all of Alaska. It’s a good argument. When it comes to Class 3A, though, there is no doubt who is No. 1. The Grizzlies capped an undefeated season against in-state 3A competition this year after...
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by Doyle Woody | Mar 27, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey
Yeah, Pheonix Copley’s save percentage -- .899 – is meh. The NHL league average this season is .904. Granted, his goals-against average of 2.72 is better than the league average of 2.98, but not ridiculously so. Yet all the 31-year-old from North Pole does is win...
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by Doyle Woody | Mar 23, 2023 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field
Isaac Updike approached Thursday’s steeplechase at the Raleigh Relays in North Carolina as a “soft opener’’ to his 2023 outdoor season. There was nothing soft about his performance. The 31-year-old pro from Ketchikan seized the lead from the gun, paced his heat...
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by Matt Nevala | Mar 25, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story
The Grace Christian girls basketball roster lists Kristi and Chris Waythomas as assistant coaches, and daughter Kailee Waythomas is a sophomore guard. No wonder the Grizzlies were finally able to break the tape on a first March Madness Alaska state championship...
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by Doyle Woody | Mar 27, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey
After a strong start followed by a midseason swoon, the Kenai River Brown Bears are streaking again and controlling their playoff destiny in the North American Hockey League. Meanwhile, the Anchorage Wolverines are just sort of muddling along, and currently out of...Read More
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by Van Williams | Mar 24, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story
Unsung heroes always seem to play a role in big games and you can add Kobe Amio’s name to that list. The West Valley forward came off the bench Friday to step in for foul-ridden, injury-plagued superstar Malachi Bradley and provided a boost in a 44-41 victory over...Read More
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by Matt Nevala | Mar 24, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story
In a stretch of about 6.5 minutes of first-half game time Friday night, Mylee Anderson failed to sink seven free-throw attempts. Six of those tries came after getting fouled while firing off a three-pointer. Not exactly fodder for the basketball sizzle reel or...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Mar 24, 2023 | Cover Story, Hockey
Jeremy Swayman’s shutout and save streaks were snapped Thursday night, but the Boston Bruins goaltender from Anchorage extended his most important streak – winning – to three games. The goals the third-year pro surrendered Thursday in a 4-2 win over Montreal both came...Read More
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by Van Williams | Mar 19, 2023 | Cover Story, Swimming and Diving
Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby admitted her life got a little dull after winning a gold medal in 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics the summer before her senior year of high school. She graduated a semester early and sort of checked out of swimming, experiencing burnout and...Read More
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by Van Williams | Mar 23, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story
Mt. Edgecumbe's Carliese O'Brien was the difference for Mt. Edgecumbe on Thursday as the Braves advanced to the state title game for the first time since 2014. O'Brien produced a 16-point, 13-rebound double-double as Mt. Edgecumbe won 40-35 over Monroe Catholic in the...Read More
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by Arielle Himelbloom | Mar 23, 2023 | Cover Story, Track and Field
While Seward’s Lydia Jacoby was winning a national title in the pool, another Texas Longhorn was busy making history on the track the same day. Fairbanks’ Camron Herron zoomed to a personal-best time of 1 minute, 48.26 seconds at the USF Invitational, held in Tampa,...
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by Doyle Woody | Mar 26, 2023 | Hockey
For nearly two months early this season, Alec Butcher of Anchorage couldn’t buy puck luck. The Reading Royals forward started the ECHL season with a goal and assist on opening night. But that promising debut for his new club quickly gave way to the scoring funk from...
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by Van Williams | Mar 23, 2023 | Basketball, Cover Story
It may have taken a little longer, but the Nome-Beltz Nanooks are headed back to the Class 3A boys state title game. Finn Gregg and Jade Greene on Thursday combined for 47 points to lift Nome to a thrilling 68-63 double overtime victory over Houston in the ASAA/First...Read More
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