Are you ready for some playoff football? The state playoffs kick off Friday for ASAA Division I, Division II and Division III teams all over Alaska. The West Eagles won the Cook Inlet Conference title and will be the No. 1 seed for the Division I playoffs. They will...
East T-birds captain Austin Johnson injured his right foot Saturday and walked with a notable limp for most of the second half, but nothing would keep him off the field. Not in his last East Side Boot game against Bartlett. And especially not with Senior Day coming...
If there was ever a night when the Colony Knights needed their defense and special teams to do most of the heavy lifting, it was Friday. Kicker Johnny Figgins made three field goals, defensive back Willem Erickson had three interceptions and defensive linemen Reese...
Corbin Gerkin was around the football all night, so it was fitting he scored the game-winning touchdown Friday. The sophomore’s 15-yard scoring run late in the fourth quarter propelled Palmer’s 14-7 win at Wasilla in the 45th Potato Bowl. Gerkin’s go-ahead TD came...
As the regular season winds down in the Cook Inlet Conference, the arms race is heating up among quarterbacks Azariah Atonio of West and Jonathon Tautua of Service. Atonio leads Tautua by just 46 yards for the league's passing lead while Tautua holds a 23-17 advantage...
Three years ago, University of Washington linebacker Edefuan Ulofoshio of Anchorage thought he was going to score his first touchdown against Stanford. He had picked up a fumble and returned it 39 yards before the quarterback dragged him down at the 10-yard line. Oh,...
Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Brandon Pili recorded two tackles in Sunday's 70-20 win over Denver, making him the first Alaskan to record a tackle in the NFL since Zach Bowman, eight years ago. It also made him our Alaska Athlete of the Week. The 6-foot-3, 316-pound...
It took eight years, but the Miami Dolphins finally got another Alaskan and Brandon Pili on Sunday connected the dots. The rookie nose tackle out of Anchorage became the first player from The Last Frontier to register a tackle in an NFL game since defensive back Zack...
With the game on the line, the Eagle River coaching staff called on the big guns. Offensive lineman Dawson Myers followed the lead block of 240-pound center Ayden Sorenson for a 3-yard score on 4th-and-goal late in the fourth quarter to put the finishing touches on...
Johnny Figgins was already this year’s best kicker in the Cook Inlet Conference. Now he’s the greatest in Colony history. The junior kicker on Friday night booted a school-record 41-yard field goal in the final minute to put the icing on the Knights’ 17-7 victory over...
Having a versatile defense is a must in the Cook Inlet Conference. One week you could face a ground-and-pound rushing attack and the following week it might be an aerial assault. Some teams play up-tempo, others take their time. All eight teams in the league bring a...