The lefty was laser focused on Wednesday as Centralia College southpaw starter Ryan Henrickson of Anchorage pierced opposing batters in the NWAC. The freshman pitcher carried a shutout into the seventh inning before settling for a no decision in Centralia’s 7-5...
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,...
Few Alaska high school athletes have dominated three sports in the same season quite like Anchorage’s Ra Shipps did his senior year at East in 1992-93. In football, the bruising all-state running back rushed for 907 yards and nine TDs in just six games. In hockey, the...
Now that he’s in Arizona with the Cincinnati Reds rookie-ball team, Brody Jessee of Anchorage has met a ton of people. They all seem to have the same reaction when he tells them where he’s from. “They have never met a baseball player from Alaska,” he said. Jessee, 21,...
If it wasn’t the Eagle River and Service Legion teams racking up regional victories, it was Paul Steffensen breaking the state’s all-time college hits record. Or Brody Jesse getting drafted by the Reds. Or Jonny Homza coming back from a broken neck for the Padres. Or...
Ten months after breaking his neck in a mountain bike crash, Anchorage’s Jonny Homza made a valiant return to the baseball field. The fifth-year professional in the San Diego Padres organization began a rehab assignment in the rookie-level Arizona Complex League and...
When Dallin Roberts' eight-pitch at-bat resulted in the go-ahead run scoring for the Eagle River Wolves in the second inning, it was easy to get caught up in the moment. Was this the year a team from Alaska would finally advance to the final four at the Northwest...
After an ugly loss on Day 1 and getting no-hit through the first four-plus innings on Day 2, the Eagle River Legion baseball team could have folded like cheap suit. Instead, the Wolves pieced together a custom-made comeback. Eagle River scored runs in each of the...
Curtis Hebert of Anchorage put in a little yard work this summer in the British Columbia Premier Baseball League. He mowed on the mound with a 1.75 ERA in 28 innings and raked at the dish with a .375 batting average in 90 plate appearances for the Langley Blaze....
Connor Johnson felt like he had been put through the ringer by the end of the game. The Eagle River second baseman had just experienced an emotional roller-coaster after helping the Wolves slip by Service 4-3 in eight innings to win the Alaska Legion State Tournament...
Summoned from the center field to pitch, Landon Martindale stepped into a terrible situation: Two runners on base, no outs, game on the line. Here you go, kid. “I was shaking pretty bad,” he said. “It was nerve-racking.” Showing nerves of steel, the Class of 2025...