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Daniel Hornbuckle is 49th men’s basketball player from 49th state to reach 1,000 points
It may have taken six years for Daniel Hornbuckle of Fairbanks to score 1,000 career points, but that only speaks to his stick-to-itiveness to play college basketball. It's even more impressive when you remember the 2016 West Valley graduate scored a total of 27...
North Pole’s Pheonix Copley rises in his return to NHL crease
Pheonix Copley’s return to the NHL crease proved prosperous Tuesday night. The 30-year-old goaltender from North Pole stopped 31 shots for the Los Angeles Kings in a 5-2 road victory over the Ottawa Senators in what marked his first NHL game in 10 months and his...
National volleyball player Eve Stephens named Alaska Athlete of the Week
Eve Stephens has earned one more accolade. After being named the NCAA Division II National Player, the volleyball player from Palmer is our Alaska Athlete of the Week. The University of Alaska Anchorage senior is already the most decorated volleyball player in...
Jessica Moore, Reggie Tongue, Joe Floyd highlight Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023
Two contemporary athletes who shined on every stage and a man who transformed a community through sports highlight the incoming class of Alaska Sports Hall of Fame inductees. Reggie Tongue of Fairbanks, Jessica Moore (now Waldrop) of Palmer, and Joe Floyd of Kodiak...
Around The Rinks: You have reached the Goaltender’s Union Support Line – press 1 for goal support (plus, college and pro notes)
You couldn’t fault Alaskans Isaiah Saville, Hannah Hogenson and Kevin Lake if they dialed the Goaltender’s Union Support Line over the weekend. What the three have in common besides their hometown – Anchorage – is that they have received scant goal support from...
Alaska contingent kicks off Nordic World Cup in Scandinavia
For a half dozen Alaska-based Nordic skiers, the new-look World Cup kicked off in Scandinavia the past two weekends with a mixed bag of results: there were top 15s, personal bests, forgettable races and the disappointment of missed events due to illness. Those...
NAHL Weekend Wrap: Anchorage Wolverines pocket four road points at Kenai; Fairbanks suffers road sweep
After getting swept by the homestanding Kenai River Brown Bears in mid-November, the Anchorage Wolverines returned to Soldotna over the weekend and evened a score with a sweep of a North American Hockey League series. The Wolverines prevailed 3-2 Friday with a...
Derryk Snell pushes TD streak to 5 games, helps Montana State advance in FCS playoffs
Montana State tight end Derryk Snell of Eagle River hauled in a 28-yard touchdown catch Saturday in a 33-25 win over Weber State in the second round of the Football Championship Series playoffs. The 6-foot-2, 245-pound Alaskan finished with two catches on three...
Around The Rinks: Wasilla’s Darci Matson, Kaylee Merrill continue The Snipe Show (plus, college and pro notes)
Darci Matson’s prolific point production is as dependable as sunrise. The sophomore sniper from Wasilla continued her sizzling start to the NCAA Division III hockey season – she’s the leading everything on that circuit – with one goal and three assists Friday for...
Lydia Jacoby pops blistering time in 100 breast to break national age-group record
Seward’s Lydia Jacoby on Friday popped a record-breaking performance at the Minnesota Invitational in Minneapolis. The University of Texas freshman touched the wall in 57.54 seconds to place second in the women’s 100-yard breaststroke, finishing just 0.06 seconds...
Masked Men: Saville continues to torment ECHL shooters, Copley is back in the NHL, baby
Anchorage’s Isaiah Saville is riding a searing heater with a stretch in which he has tormented ECHL shooters. The rookie goaltender out of West High subbed in to start the second period Friday night for the Savannah Ghost Pirates, who were trailing 3-0 in an...
UAF’s Kendall Kramer rewrites history book at NCAAs, earns All-America honors with UAA’s Cole Nash
Whether it be on skis or the trails, Fairbanks’ Kendall Kramer has perfected her performance on the sport’s greatest stages. Ten months after earning All-American honors in cross-country skiing, the former West Valley High star today collected All-America honors as...
Pride of Palmer: Eve Stephens gives UAA its first NCAA D2 National Player of the Year
Already the most decorated UAA volleyball player in school history, Eve Stephens of Palmer grabbed one more award on her way out the door. And it was a doozy. Stephens became the first Seawolf to earn NCAA Division II National Player of the Year honors. This news...
Ketchikan runner Isaac Updike is making up for lost time
After two bouts of COVID wrecked his 2022 track season and caused him to miss the most important race of his campaign, Ketchikan’s Isaac Updike is making up for lost time. Winter is usually a season of base-building training for the steeplechase specialist, and...
AK Hoops Report: Moses nets 31 points; Jackson blocks 8 shots; Novelli hot from 3-point land
Anchorage’s Isaiah Moses carried the nation’s fifth-ranked NJCAA team to victory after spearheading College of Southern Idaho’s 103-95 OT win over visiting Laramie County. In the breakout performance of his college career, Moses pumped in 28 of his team’s 62 points...
Da’Zhon Wyche walks among giants, climbs to No. 8 on Alaska’s all-time college scoring list
Da’Zhon Wyche of Anchorage never dared to dream he’d become one of the greatest college basketball scorers from Alaska. His first instinct has always been to pass the ball. He was usually the smallest player on the court growing up, so his dribble-drive-dish game...
Daniel Hornbuckle is 49th men’s basketball player from 49th state to reach 1,000 points
It may have taken six years for Daniel Hornbuckle of Fairbanks to score 1,000 career points, but that only speaks to his stick-to-itiveness to play college basketball. It's even more impressive when you remember the 2016 West Valley graduate scored a total of 27...
North Pole’s Pheonix Copley rises in his return to NHL crease
Pheonix Copley’s return to the NHL crease proved prosperous Tuesday night. The 30-year-old goaltender from North Pole stopped 31 shots for the Los Angeles Kings in a 5-2 road victory over the Ottawa Senators in what marked his first NHL game in 10 months and his...
National volleyball player Eve Stephens named Alaska Athlete of the Week
Eve Stephens has earned one more accolade. After being named the NCAA Division II National Player, the volleyball player from Palmer is our Alaska Athlete of the Week. The University of Alaska Anchorage senior is already the most decorated volleyball player in...
Jessica Moore, Reggie Tongue, Joe Floyd highlight Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023
Two contemporary athletes who shined on every stage and a man who transformed a community through sports highlight the incoming class of Alaska Sports Hall of Fame inductees. Reggie Tongue of Fairbanks, Jessica Moore (now Waldrop) of Palmer, and Joe Floyd of Kodiak...
Around The Rinks: You have reached the Goaltender’s Union Support Line – press 1 for goal support (plus, college and pro notes)
You couldn’t fault Alaskans Isaiah Saville, Hannah Hogenson and Kevin Lake if they dialed the Goaltender’s Union Support Line over the weekend. What the three have in common besides their hometown – Anchorage – is that they have received scant goal support from...
Alaska contingent kicks off Nordic World Cup in Scandinavia
For a half dozen Alaska-based Nordic skiers, the new-look World Cup kicked off in Scandinavia the past two weekends with a mixed bag of results: there were top 15s, personal bests, forgettable races and the disappointment of missed events due to illness. Those...
NAHL Weekend Wrap: Anchorage Wolverines pocket four road points at Kenai; Fairbanks suffers road sweep
After getting swept by the homestanding Kenai River Brown Bears in mid-November, the Anchorage Wolverines returned to Soldotna over the weekend and evened a score with a sweep of a North American Hockey League series. The Wolverines prevailed 3-2 Friday with a...
Derryk Snell pushes TD streak to 5 games, helps Montana State advance in FCS playoffs
Montana State tight end Derryk Snell of Eagle River hauled in a 28-yard touchdown catch Saturday in a 33-25 win over Weber State in the second round of the Football Championship Series playoffs. The 6-foot-2, 245-pound Alaskan finished with two catches on three...
Around The Rinks: Wasilla’s Darci Matson, Kaylee Merrill continue The Snipe Show (plus, college and pro notes)
Darci Matson’s prolific point production is as dependable as sunrise. The sophomore sniper from Wasilla continued her sizzling start to the NCAA Division III hockey season – she’s the leading everything on that circuit – with one goal and three assists Friday for...
Lydia Jacoby pops blistering time in 100 breast to break national age-group record
Seward’s Lydia Jacoby on Friday popped a record-breaking performance at the Minnesota Invitational in Minneapolis. The University of Texas freshman touched the wall in 57.54 seconds to place second in the women’s 100-yard breaststroke, finishing just 0.06 seconds...
Masked Men: Saville continues to torment ECHL shooters, Copley is back in the NHL, baby
Anchorage’s Isaiah Saville is riding a searing heater with a stretch in which he has tormented ECHL shooters. The rookie goaltender out of West High subbed in to start the second period Friday night for the Savannah Ghost Pirates, who were trailing 3-0 in an...
UAF’s Kendall Kramer rewrites history book at NCAAs, earns All-America honors with UAA’s Cole Nash
Whether it be on skis or the trails, Fairbanks’ Kendall Kramer has perfected her performance on the sport’s greatest stages. Ten months after earning All-American honors in cross-country skiing, the former West Valley High star today collected All-America honors as...
Pride of Palmer: Eve Stephens gives UAA its first NCAA D2 National Player of the Year
Already the most decorated UAA volleyball player in school history, Eve Stephens of Palmer grabbed one more award on her way out the door. And it was a doozy. Stephens became the first Seawolf to earn NCAA Division II National Player of the Year honors. This news...
Ketchikan runner Isaac Updike is making up for lost time
After two bouts of COVID wrecked his 2022 track season and caused him to miss the most important race of his campaign, Ketchikan’s Isaac Updike is making up for lost time. Winter is usually a season of base-building training for the steeplechase specialist, and...
AK Hoops Report: Moses nets 31 points; Jackson blocks 8 shots; Novelli hot from 3-point land
Anchorage’s Isaiah Moses carried the nation’s fifth-ranked NJCAA team to victory after spearheading College of Southern Idaho’s 103-95 OT win over visiting Laramie County. In the breakout performance of his college career, Moses pumped in 28 of his team’s 62 points...
