by Matt Nevala | Dec 2, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
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...
by Matt Nevala | Dec 2, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
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...
by Beth Bragg | Dec 1, 2024 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing
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...
by Van Williams | Dec 1, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
Never mind the game, Tyler Burraston saved the Seawolves’ season. Yes, it’s still early, but if there was ever a group in need of a quality win Saturday it was the UAA men’s basketball team. On the heels of losing a close one Friday and then coughing...
by Matt Nevala | Nov 30, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
In only his fifth collegiate appearance and third game start, UAA freshman goaltender Tyler Krivtsov really made his mark Saturday night in Madison, Wisc. Krivtsov of Santa Clarita, Calif., stopped an astounding 44 shots in regulation and overtime to assist UAA in...
by Van Williams | Nov 30, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
Anchorage basketball players and best friends Kaeleb Johnson and Jaron Williams came up through East High and junior college in the NWAC before going their separate ways. Williams transferred to UAA and wrapped up his career last season at the NCAA Tournament while...