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College Hoops: Alissa Pili passes for career-high 6 dimes, adds 30 points as she cracks top-20 on Alaska’s all-time scoring list
Point Pili made an appearance today for the nationally ranked Utah women’s basketball team as Anchorage’s Alissa Pili dished off a career-high six assists in a 100-92 victory over Oregon in the Pac-12 Conference. The 6-foot junior forward also pumped in 30 points...
Around The Rinks (College Edition): Eagle River’s Zach Krajnik lifts Minnesota State Mankato; Anchorage’s McKenna Piekarski and Molly Millar combined for GWG
There are enough Alaskans playing college hockey – 67 by our count on the NCAA Division I and Division III men’s and women’s circuits – that someone from the 49th state is busting out a big performance basically every weekend. Saturday was Zach Krajik’s turn in the...
Prep Hockey: Chugiak remains unbeaten, celebrates with 3-0 CIC tournament championship victory over South
After the human explosion of sticks, gloves and helmets took to the air before falling to the ice, followed by a few meaningful hugs, the Chugiak Mustangs briefly turned attention to their fans on the other side of the Ben Boeke Arena plexiglass. The laughter,...
D2 State Hockey: Soldotna holds off Juneau-Douglas 2-1 in First National Cup final in Fairbanks
After getting stymied in the first period, the Soldotna Stars found their groove in the second period with two goals in a span of 3:31 to secure a 2-1 victory over Juneau-Douglas in the ASAA Division II/First National Cup final at the Patty Center in Fairbanks....
Around The Rinks (College Edition): Kaylee Merrill is magic and Darci Matson is money (plus, NCAA notes and commitments)
The SUNY-Potsdam NCAA Division III women’s hockey team trailed Morrisville 3-1 midway through the third period Friday night. That is not a prime position. Especially on home ice. Enter Wasilla’s Kaylee Merrill. Problem solved. Merrill scored two goals to force...
Around The Rinks (Pro/Junior Edition): Tanner Schachle emerges in ECHL, Alaskan-on-Alaskan crime, Alaska’s hard night in NAHL, plus notes
At the upper levels of his hockey career – UAA and Long Island University in NCAA, Rapid City and Norfolk in the ECHL – forward Tanner Schachle of Wasilla has generally racked modest numbers. But even grinders grab glory sometimes. Schachle furnished an assist for...
Prep Hockey: Webb scores in 7th OT, South goaltender Kinnear shines in riveting 4-3 tournament semifinal win over West
Those with a taste for invigorating Cook Inlet Conference tournament hockey can once again thank South and West for satiating all those interested. Wolverines junior goaltender Cooper Kinnear stopped 69 shots in an exhausting yet star-making turn, and sophomore...
Hoops Report: Nix wins back-to-back NBA starts; Pili finalist for McClain Award; Moses drops career-high 34; Jackson nets 28 on 11-of-19 shooting
Daishen Nix’s fingerprints were all over the Houston Rockets’ first two-game winning streak in nearly two months. Filling in for former No. 2 pick Jalen Green, the 20-year-old point guard from Anchorage started back-to-back games and helped the youthful Rockets...
Prep Hockey: Dimond/West girls continue undefeated season with 7-0 win over Bartlett/South in CIC title game
This time last year, the Cook Inlet Conference championships signified the conclusion of the high school girls hockey season, doubling as the unofficial state championships. A year later, the Dimond/West team topped the conference again after defeating...
Hoops Report: Williams reaches 1K; Tuisaula grabs 24 rebounds; Coleman 2nd in NJCAA in blocks; Karlberg’s historic run w/ Loma
Anchorage’s Jaron Williams became the fourth Alaskan this season to reach the 1,000-point career benchmark for a college basketball team. The UAA guard out of East High stands at 1,051 points – 132 in 17 games for the Seawolves and 919 in three seasons at Spokane...
Prep Hoops: Closer than history shows, ACS runs Alaska winning streak to 107 games with 62-49 win over Wasilla
By this time next year, Sayvia Sellers should be roaming the University of Washington campus in Seattle as a college freshman. It’s likely the Anchorage Christian School girls basketball program also looks quite different, recently announced new name and all....
Hoops star Alissa Pili continues red-hot play, named Alaska Athlete of the Week
Anchorage basketball player Alissa wrapped up a great week by making a game-tying 3-pointer and then driving through the lane for the winning layup in the final seconds as Utah outlasted UCLA 71-69 in a battle of nationally ranked Pac-12 teams. The Dimond graduate...
College Swimming: Seward’s Lydia Jacoby breaks own national age-group record, part of historic Texas relay team
Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby continues to compete against herself when it comes to the 100-yard breaststroke. The 18-year-old Olympic gold medalist broke her own 17-18 national age-group record over the weekend when the University of Texas freshman posted a winning...
College Track & Field Roundup: Earl, Aniteye & Merchant add names to Alaska history; UAA’s Nash notches school record
A quartet of track and field athletes recently cemented their names into Alaska history. Girdwood’s Ava Earl sped to a personal best in the 3,000-meter distance at the UW Invitational in Seattle, Washington. The Northwestern sophomore clocked a time of 9 minutes,...
Bethel’s Pete Kaiser claims 7th Kuskokwim 300 crown
Hometown hero Pete Kaiser held off a surging Matthew Failor by just eight minutes for his seventh Kuskokwin 300 victory on Sunday. Kaiser, of Bethel, continued to dominate his hometown event — he’s now won seven of the last nine Kusko races — and trails only Jeff...
Ketchikan pro runner Isaac Updike wins his indoor track season debut and savors a fleet finish
SEATTLE – Isaac Updike’s prospects for posting a fast time in Saturday’s 3,000 meters at the University of Washington Invitational were diminished one-quarter of the way through the race – uneven pacing by the rabbit squelched that possibility – so the 30-year-old...
College Hoops: Alissa Pili passes for career-high 6 dimes, adds 30 points as she cracks top-20 on Alaska’s all-time scoring list
Point Pili made an appearance today for the nationally ranked Utah women’s basketball team as Anchorage’s Alissa Pili dished off a career-high six assists in a 100-92 victory over Oregon in the Pac-12 Conference. The 6-foot junior forward also pumped in 30 points...
Around The Rinks (College Edition): Eagle River’s Zach Krajnik lifts Minnesota State Mankato; Anchorage’s McKenna Piekarski and Molly Millar combined for GWG
There are enough Alaskans playing college hockey – 67 by our count on the NCAA Division I and Division III men’s and women’s circuits – that someone from the 49th state is busting out a big performance basically every weekend. Saturday was Zach Krajik’s turn in the...
Prep Hockey: Chugiak remains unbeaten, celebrates with 3-0 CIC tournament championship victory over South
After the human explosion of sticks, gloves and helmets took to the air before falling to the ice, followed by a few meaningful hugs, the Chugiak Mustangs briefly turned attention to their fans on the other side of the Ben Boeke Arena plexiglass. The laughter,...
D2 State Hockey: Soldotna holds off Juneau-Douglas 2-1 in First National Cup final in Fairbanks
After getting stymied in the first period, the Soldotna Stars found their groove in the second period with two goals in a span of 3:31 to secure a 2-1 victory over Juneau-Douglas in the ASAA Division II/First National Cup final at the Patty Center in Fairbanks....
Around The Rinks (College Edition): Kaylee Merrill is magic and Darci Matson is money (plus, NCAA notes and commitments)
The SUNY-Potsdam NCAA Division III women’s hockey team trailed Morrisville 3-1 midway through the third period Friday night. That is not a prime position. Especially on home ice. Enter Wasilla’s Kaylee Merrill. Problem solved. Merrill scored two goals to force...
Around The Rinks (Pro/Junior Edition): Tanner Schachle emerges in ECHL, Alaskan-on-Alaskan crime, Alaska’s hard night in NAHL, plus notes
At the upper levels of his hockey career – UAA and Long Island University in NCAA, Rapid City and Norfolk in the ECHL – forward Tanner Schachle of Wasilla has generally racked modest numbers. But even grinders grab glory sometimes. Schachle furnished an assist for...
Prep Hockey: Webb scores in 7th OT, South goaltender Kinnear shines in riveting 4-3 tournament semifinal win over West
Those with a taste for invigorating Cook Inlet Conference tournament hockey can once again thank South and West for satiating all those interested. Wolverines junior goaltender Cooper Kinnear stopped 69 shots in an exhausting yet star-making turn, and sophomore...
Hoops Report: Nix wins back-to-back NBA starts; Pili finalist for McClain Award; Moses drops career-high 34; Jackson nets 28 on 11-of-19 shooting
Daishen Nix’s fingerprints were all over the Houston Rockets’ first two-game winning streak in nearly two months. Filling in for former No. 2 pick Jalen Green, the 20-year-old point guard from Anchorage started back-to-back games and helped the youthful Rockets...
Prep Hockey: Dimond/West girls continue undefeated season with 7-0 win over Bartlett/South in CIC title game
This time last year, the Cook Inlet Conference championships signified the conclusion of the high school girls hockey season, doubling as the unofficial state championships. A year later, the Dimond/West team topped the conference again after defeating...
Hoops Report: Williams reaches 1K; Tuisaula grabs 24 rebounds; Coleman 2nd in NJCAA in blocks; Karlberg’s historic run w/ Loma
Anchorage’s Jaron Williams became the fourth Alaskan this season to reach the 1,000-point career benchmark for a college basketball team. The UAA guard out of East High stands at 1,051 points – 132 in 17 games for the Seawolves and 919 in three seasons at Spokane...
Prep Hoops: Closer than history shows, ACS runs Alaska winning streak to 107 games with 62-49 win over Wasilla
By this time next year, Sayvia Sellers should be roaming the University of Washington campus in Seattle as a college freshman. It’s likely the Anchorage Christian School girls basketball program also looks quite different, recently announced new name and all....
Hoops star Alissa Pili continues red-hot play, named Alaska Athlete of the Week
Anchorage basketball player Alissa wrapped up a great week by making a game-tying 3-pointer and then driving through the lane for the winning layup in the final seconds as Utah outlasted UCLA 71-69 in a battle of nationally ranked Pac-12 teams. The Dimond graduate...
College Swimming: Seward’s Lydia Jacoby breaks own national age-group record, part of historic Texas relay team
Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby continues to compete against herself when it comes to the 100-yard breaststroke. The 18-year-old Olympic gold medalist broke her own 17-18 national age-group record over the weekend when the University of Texas freshman posted a winning...
College Track & Field Roundup: Earl, Aniteye & Merchant add names to Alaska history; UAA’s Nash notches school record
A quartet of track and field athletes recently cemented their names into Alaska history. Girdwood’s Ava Earl sped to a personal best in the 3,000-meter distance at the UW Invitational in Seattle, Washington. The Northwestern sophomore clocked a time of 9 minutes,...
Bethel’s Pete Kaiser claims 7th Kuskokwim 300 crown
Hometown hero Pete Kaiser held off a surging Matthew Failor by just eight minutes for his seventh Kuskokwin 300 victory on Sunday. Kaiser, of Bethel, continued to dominate his hometown event — he’s now won seven of the last nine Kusko races — and trails only Jeff...