The baseball field at Wasilla High School isn’t exactly known as ‘The Launching Pad.’ It’s 325 feet to the foul poles and 400 feet to center field. Those are pro-sized dimensions, so a teenager must really get a hold of one to get it out. There are no cheapies,...
Playing under the lights in Big Sky country and getting another lights-out performance from ace Jake Rafferty, the Service Cougars on Saturday night rallied in the seventh inning to beat Belgrade (MT) 2-1 at the Northwest Class A Regional Tournament. The Alaskans...
Missing three starters didn’t disrupt the rhythm of the Service Cougars on Day 1 of the Northwest Class A Regional Tournament. Neither did having to use its emergency catcher. Service leaned on its trademark pitching as Hunter Christian and Jake Rafferty combined for...
The Eagle River Wolves were eliminated from the Northwest Regional on Thursday, but at least they went out swinging. Shut out for the first 11 innings of the tournament, the Wolves finally got on the scoreboard in the top of the fifth inning only to see Bellevue (WA)...
Rocky Mountain Lobos’ pitching silenced the Eagle River bats on Day 1 of the Northwest Regional as the Colorado state champions cruised to a 6-0 victory Wednesday in Gillette, Wyoming. Starter Ross Frank and reliever Eric Berquist combined for a 3-hit shutout with 12...
Legion baseball pitcher Liam Lierman is the Alaska Athlete of the Week after throwing the first no-hitter at the state tournament in 31 years. Lierman tossed the first no-hitter since 1992 at the state American Legion baseball tournament and scored the only run as...
A third season with the Peninsula Oilers has been the charm for pitcher Mose Hayes of Homer. The right-hander capped his best season with the Alaska Baseball League team in Saturday’s 4-1 win over the Chinooks with eight shutout innings. Hayes started and carried a...
Anchorage’s Brody Jessee probably doesn’t want July to end because he’s been marvelous this month. The 22-year-old right-handed pitcher owns an outstanding 1.08 ERA in July and earned his first career win this week for the Daytona Tortugas of the Single-A Florida...
In May, during the high school season, Eagle River pitcher Liam Lierman threw a no-hitter in a 1-0 loss and it probably felt like he was under a black cloud. Fast forward 10 weeks to Tuesday night at Mulcahy Stadium, where the hard-throwing left-hander tossed another...
They’ve been on a collision course all season and now top seeds Eagle River and Service will meet in the Alaska Legion state championship game after both teams prevailed in Monday’s semifinals at Mulcahy Stadium. Top-seeded Eagle River extended its state record...
Come to the ballpark long enough and you will see just about everything. But there were a few surprises in Sunday night’s game between South and Palmer. South’s 4-3 victory at the Alaska Legion state tournament at Mulcahy Stadium saw both teams being taken off the...