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,...
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Baseball: Hometown product Curtis Hebert leads ABL with .433 batting average for Anchorage Bucs
As a pitcher in college, Curtis Hebert got fewer plate appearances during his freshman season than he used to get in one game in high school. But the Anchorage Bucs are letting him swing the bat, and he hasn’t skipped a beat. Two weeks into the summer season, Hebert...
Baseball: Legion Camp All-Stars score historic 6-5 win over Anchorage Bucs
Wasilla’s Pedro Camacho set the tone by lacing the first pitch of the game down the left-field line for a standup double to kickstart a three-run first inning rally. Chugiak’s Landon Luebke had three RBIs, including that all-important insurance run in the seventh...
Pro Baseball: Brody Jessee back on bump after DL stint, strikes out first batter he sees for Reds’ minor-league team
Anchorage’s Brody Jessee returned to the field Wednesday, and it didn’t take him long to ring up something. The 22-year-old rocket right-handed pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds’ farm system was back on the mound after a two-month DL stint and struck out the first batter...
Prep Baseball: South scores three runs in 7th, rallies for 3-2 walk-off win over Service in Division I state title game
Ben Neuberger got the party started Saturday and Luke Beard made sure the celebration would never end. Neuberger’s leadoff home run and Beard’s walk-off single provided bookends in a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning that carried South to a stunning...
Prep Baseball: Service smokes Chugiak 14-0 in most lopsided state semifinal since 2014; Partch pitches South past Colony 5-1
It was a day to remember for the Niclai brothers in Sitka. Earlier on Friday junior catcher Coen Niclai was named Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year. That night he drove in his 30th RBI of the season and freshman third baseman Rilen Niclai had three hits, two doubles...
Prep Baseball: Gabe Gruszynski saves Chugiak; Service wins in extras while South and Colony prevail on wild Day 1 of state tournament
Chugiak senior Gabe Gruszynski had a lot on his mind when he came to the plate in the sixth inning. It was Day 1 of the state tournament, and his team was down 3-0. Even worse, the Mustangs had no hits. West Valley pitcher Olav Moeller was locked in and stood on the...
Prep Baseball: Ben Neuberger throws 4-hit shutout to key South’s 5-0 win over Chugiak in CIC Tournament final
'The streak' is gone but the South baseball team’s stranglehold on the Cook Inlet Conference remains strong. The Wolverines were successful on their revenge tour in the CIC Tournament as they avenged both regular-season losses, beating Service in the semifinals and...
Prep Baseball: South pulls rabbit from hat, wins 1-0 despite getting no-hit by Eagle River pitcher Liam Lierman
So charmed is the South baseball team that the Wolverines don’t even need a base hit to win a game. That’s what happened Wednesday night at Mulcahy Stadium, where Eagle River’s Liam Lierman threw a no-hitter and lost 1-0 as South pulled another rabbit from its hat....
College Baseball: Western Oregon moves to 16-3 when Anchorage’s Ricky Gatter starts; GNAC title game up next
His name is Cedric Gatter, but he goes by Ricky. At Western Oregon University, the baseball team calls him a lucky charm. The Wolves are 16-3 when the second baseman from Anchorage starts after beating Central Washington 5-4 Thursday at the GNAC Championships in...
Prep Baseball: Dimond slugger Shane Stephan has reached base in 12 consecutive plate appearances
It’s been a week since Dimond leadoff hitter Shane Stephan has made an out in the Cook Inlet Conference. That’s not an exaggeration. The last time he made an out was May 4 against West. Since then, the senior shortstop has reached base in 12 consecutive plate...