If 2022 was the Year of the Tiger, 2023 is shaping up to be the Year of the Pili. On New Year’s Day, Alissa Pili scored 17 points to lead the eighth-ranked Utah women’s basketball team to its 14th straight victory. Today, Jan. 2, her brother Brandon Pili recorded a...
Two contemporary athletes who shined on every stage and a man who transformed a community through sports highlight the incoming class of Alaska Sports Hall of Fame inductees. Reggie Tongue of Fairbanks, Jessica Moore (now Waldrop) of Palmer, and Joe Floyd of Kodiak...
Montana State tight end Derryk Snell of Eagle River hauled in a 28-yard touchdown catch Saturday in a 33-25 win over Weber State in the second round of the Football Championship Series playoffs. The 6-foot-2, 245-pound Alaskan finished with two catches on three...
By this time next week, Alaska high school football should be eyeballing another makeover. Football conferences and the continued remodeling of the sport are items tucked into the agenda for the latest Alaska School Activities Association board of directors meeting...
It’s hard enough to score one way on a NCAA football field, let alone two or three, but Derryk Snell of Eagle River has turned into a triple threat for the Montana State offense. The Bobcats found a creative way to get the junior tight end involved in Saturday’s 55-21...
Western Colorado running back Josh Cummings of Fairbanks finished his football career in style Saturday, rushing for 124 yards and a touchdown in a 52-10 win over Adams State. The senior carried the ball 22 times, found the end zone on a 2-yard plunge early in the...
Josh Cummings of Fairbanks did some heavy lifting on a light day in the Western Colorado backfield Saturday. The senior running back racked up 82 rushing yards and a touchdown on a dozen carries in a 55-14 victory over Fort Lewis in the Rocky Mountain Athletic...
Held in check by Juneau’s defense for most of the game, Colony quarterback Jack Nash’s final move was check mate. The junior signal caller Friday night ended a dream season with a storybook ending, scoring the game-winning touchdown on a 10-yard run with 17 seconds...
As night descended on the chilled Anchorage hillside Friday, the breathtaking view of the snow-capped Chugach Mountains in the distance slowly vanished. At the same time, a defensive thriller ensued when the statistically high-powered offenses of the teams in the ASAA...
Juneau’s defense is top notch from top to bottom, especially up front. The linemen are physical and the linebackers are fast, often times stopping a rushing attack in its tracks. The Huskies feature a ferocious front seven that can chew up an offense and spit it out....
When the big game kicks off Friday night there will be a game within the game between dueling playmakers Jack Nash of Colony and Jarrell Williams of Juneau. Both quarterbacks have eclipsed 2,000 total yards and 25 touchdowns. Both have rushed for 200 yards in a game....