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Eight-tenths of a second – and 4 Norwegians – keep Schumacher from another World Cup victory
Last February at a World Cup race in Minneapolis, Anchorage cross-country skier Gus Schumacher showed he can be the best in the world. He would’ve done it again Sunday if it hadn’t been for those pesky Norwegians. Schumacher grabbed fifth place in a 20-kilometer...
Locals living large for Seawolves as Tosi and Herrington key GNAC win over Western Oregon
Even though that five-game losing streak in early November is in their rearview mirror, the Seawolves aren't about to hit cruise control. It's best to keep both hands on the wheel because you never know when a speed bump will come along. They faced one in the first...
Chugiak bludgeons Bartlett 9-1; Service snaps 11-game losing streak against Dimond
The numbers in the Bartlett-Chugiak hockey series for almost a decade, if not more, point heavily in the Mustangs’ favor. Nothing changed in Saturday afternoon’s Cook Inlet Conference matinee at Ben Boeke Arena. Highlighted by senior Blake Yawit’s hat trick, the...
South-Bartlett girls hockey serves up 80 shots in 6-0 victory over Chugiak-Eagle River
Four goals by South-Bartlett center Emma Waldrop sealed the deal for her hockey team’s 6-0 shutout Friday over Chugiak-Eagle River at Dempsey Anderson on a night when the victors peppered a whopping 80 shots on goal. South-Bartlett dominated possession throughout...
Pili named Gatorade Alaska POY for football, first Dimond player to win honor since 1987
Cayden Pili's game on the football field is based on deception as the dual-threat quarterback runs when it looks like he'll pass and throws when it looks like he'll keep it. One thing is clear, though; Pili is the state's best player. That POV was validated Friday...
Moses reaches 1,000-point benchmark; Panoam goes off for UND; McMahon having career year at MSU
Anchorage's Isaiah Moses didn't start the game for the UC Riverside men's basketball team Thursday, but he helped finish it. The junior guard scored five straight points for the Highlanders during a 10-4 run inside the final five minutes to fuel a 68-64 road win...
Major road tests await the Anchorage Wolverines, starting at first-place Wisconsin
In a matter of hours, the Anchorage Wolverines play their first game outside the state of Alaska in 62 days. Oh, and the road test comes against the squad that’s used these last few weeks to usurp Anchorage and take over first place in the North American Hockey...
Dexter delivers double-double but can’t save SFU from loss at NCAAs; GNAC goes 0-2
Anchorage's Brooke Dexter delivered her eighth double-double of the season and scored a team-high 20 points for the Simon Fraser University volleyball team Thursday, but it wasn't enough to save the Red Leafs from a five-set loss in the first round of the NCAA...
Freshmen help UAA forge 4-1 road win at Stonehill
A few of the UAA hockey team’s freshmen continue to acclimate themselves quite well to the NCAA Division I college game. Case in point, Wednesday afternoon 4-1 win at Stonehill (Mass.) at the Bridgewater Ice Arena. Dylan Contreras (Yorba Linda, Calif.) scored the...
Anchorage’s Swayman earns Team USA nod for February’s 4 Nations Face-Off
Right near the time Anchorage’s Jeremy Swayman began guarding the net for the Boston Bruins on Wednesday afternoon, the 26-year-old goaltender was named to Team USA for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off. Swayman was one of three American goalies named to the...
UAA volleyball team reloads for 2025 with addition of five players
After losing five seniors from this year's 16-12 team, UAA volleyball coach Stacie Meisner hit the recruiting trail and signed five replacements, including four out of high school. The newcomers to the 2025 roster include rising junior Yelizaveta Ivakina along with...
Anchorage skier Zanden McMullen named Alaska Athlete of the Week after spectacular World Cup performance
Anchorage skier Zanden McMullen grabbed seventh place in Sunday’s World Cup 20-kilometer race in Ruka, Finland, an astonishing effort that vaulted the 23-year-old into the top 15 for the first time in his young career and also earned him our Alaska Athlete of the...
Hersrud, Lee and Co. help Nanooks beat NWC in college basketball matchup featuring 8 Alaskans (plus notebook)
There was an Alaska hoops hoedown over the weekend in Fairbanks. The two-game men's basketball series between UAF and Northwest Indian College featured eight homegrown players - five for the Nanooks, most notably former Class 4A all-state standouts in Ketchikan's...
North Pole’s Copley earns AHL player of the week honors
The American Hockey League’s Ontario (Calif.) Reign are enjoying quite a heater of late thanks in part to the team’s goaltender from frigid North Pole. Pheonix Copley was announced Tuesday as the AHL’s player of the week after a pair of stellar showings with the...
Breaks and all, West sits atop the Cook Inlet Conference
During the first month and change of the high school hockey season, West endured breaks between games of 12 and 10 days. The Eagles return from the Thanksgiving holiday hiatus with a single Cook Inlet Conference contest on Friday night versus Eagle River. The...
7th place in a World Cup race? “Music to my ears,” says Anchorage skier Zanden McMullen
It was a day for career-bests for the top American skiers at a World Cup race Sunday in Finland. Minnesota’s Jessie Diggins racked up her 22nd World Cup victory — which is to say, her 22nd career-best on cross-country skiing’s biggest race circuit — with a...
Eight-tenths of a second – and 4 Norwegians – keep Schumacher from another World Cup victory
Last February at a World Cup race in Minneapolis, Anchorage cross-country skier Gus Schumacher showed he can be the best in the world. He would’ve done it again Sunday if it hadn’t been for those pesky Norwegians. Schumacher grabbed fifth place in a 20-kilometer...
Locals living large for Seawolves as Tosi and Herrington key GNAC win over Western Oregon
Even though that five-game losing streak in early November is in their rearview mirror, the Seawolves aren't about to hit cruise control. It's best to keep both hands on the wheel because you never know when a speed bump will come along. They faced one in the first...
Chugiak bludgeons Bartlett 9-1; Service snaps 11-game losing streak against Dimond
The numbers in the Bartlett-Chugiak hockey series for almost a decade, if not more, point heavily in the Mustangs’ favor. Nothing changed in Saturday afternoon’s Cook Inlet Conference matinee at Ben Boeke Arena. Highlighted by senior Blake Yawit’s hat trick, the...
South-Bartlett girls hockey serves up 80 shots in 6-0 victory over Chugiak-Eagle River
Four goals by South-Bartlett center Emma Waldrop sealed the deal for her hockey team’s 6-0 shutout Friday over Chugiak-Eagle River at Dempsey Anderson on a night when the victors peppered a whopping 80 shots on goal. South-Bartlett dominated possession throughout...
Pili named Gatorade Alaska POY for football, first Dimond player to win honor since 1987
Cayden Pili's game on the football field is based on deception as the dual-threat quarterback runs when it looks like he'll pass and throws when it looks like he'll keep it. One thing is clear, though; Pili is the state's best player. That POV was validated Friday...
Moses reaches 1,000-point benchmark; Panoam goes off for UND; McMahon having career year at MSU
Anchorage's Isaiah Moses didn't start the game for the UC Riverside men's basketball team Thursday, but he helped finish it. The junior guard scored five straight points for the Highlanders during a 10-4 run inside the final five minutes to fuel a 68-64 road win...
Major road tests await the Anchorage Wolverines, starting at first-place Wisconsin
In a matter of hours, the Anchorage Wolverines play their first game outside the state of Alaska in 62 days. Oh, and the road test comes against the squad that’s used these last few weeks to usurp Anchorage and take over first place in the North American Hockey...
Dexter delivers double-double but can’t save SFU from loss at NCAAs; GNAC goes 0-2
Anchorage's Brooke Dexter delivered her eighth double-double of the season and scored a team-high 20 points for the Simon Fraser University volleyball team Thursday, but it wasn't enough to save the Red Leafs from a five-set loss in the first round of the NCAA...
Freshmen help UAA forge 4-1 road win at Stonehill
A few of the UAA hockey team’s freshmen continue to acclimate themselves quite well to the NCAA Division I college game. Case in point, Wednesday afternoon 4-1 win at Stonehill (Mass.) at the Bridgewater Ice Arena. Dylan Contreras (Yorba Linda, Calif.) scored the...
Anchorage’s Swayman earns Team USA nod for February’s 4 Nations Face-Off
Right near the time Anchorage’s Jeremy Swayman began guarding the net for the Boston Bruins on Wednesday afternoon, the 26-year-old goaltender was named to Team USA for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off. Swayman was one of three American goalies named to the...
UAA volleyball team reloads for 2025 with addition of five players
After losing five seniors from this year's 16-12 team, UAA volleyball coach Stacie Meisner hit the recruiting trail and signed five replacements, including four out of high school. The newcomers to the 2025 roster include rising junior Yelizaveta Ivakina along with...
Anchorage skier Zanden McMullen named Alaska Athlete of the Week after spectacular World Cup performance
Anchorage skier Zanden McMullen grabbed seventh place in Sunday’s World Cup 20-kilometer race in Ruka, Finland, an astonishing effort that vaulted the 23-year-old into the top 15 for the first time in his young career and also earned him our Alaska Athlete of the...
Hersrud, Lee and Co. help Nanooks beat NWC in college basketball matchup featuring 8 Alaskans (plus notebook)
There was an Alaska hoops hoedown over the weekend in Fairbanks. The two-game men's basketball series between UAF and Northwest Indian College featured eight homegrown players - five for the Nanooks, most notably former Class 4A all-state standouts in Ketchikan's...
North Pole’s Copley earns AHL player of the week honors
The American Hockey League’s Ontario (Calif.) Reign are enjoying quite a heater of late thanks in part to the team’s goaltender from frigid North Pole. Pheonix Copley was announced Tuesday as the AHL’s player of the week after a pair of stellar showings with the...
Breaks and all, West sits atop the Cook Inlet Conference
During the first month and change of the high school hockey season, West endured breaks between games of 12 and 10 days. The Eagles return from the Thanksgiving holiday hiatus with a single Cook Inlet Conference contest on Friday night versus Eagle River. The...