Anchorage native Edefuan Ulofoshio was front and center alongside Heisman Trophy finalist Michael Penix Jr. for the awards ceremony Monday night after No. 2 Washington held off No. 3 Texas 37-31 at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. His performance on the defensive side...
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Prep Football: Race for player of the year up for grabs between frontrunners Atonio, Faircloth and Wade
And down the stretch they come. The race for the state’s player-of-the-year award has tightened between the three frontrunners with two weeks left in the high school football season. West's Azariah Atonio, Soldotna's Wyatt Faircloth and Lathrop's Solomon Wade will all...
Prep Football: Buoyed by kickoff return and late defensive stop, South stuns East 14-12 in D1 state playoffs
As the clock winded down at the end of Saturday’s game, South coach John Lewis was pumped up and raised both arms in celebration as he walked over to the Wolverines’ fan base. He should have taken a bow. The South coach recorded one of the best wins in his 16 years at...
Prep Football: Makisi Poleo punishes Colony with 4 TDs as Bartlett prevails 35-28 in D1 state playoffs
It's a good thing the 5-foot-9, 220-pound Makisi Poleo has broad shoulders because had had to carry the Bartlett Golden Bears on Friday night. The big man had a big game on both sides of the ball, piling up 215 rushing yards and three touchdowns on offense and...
Prep Football: Three defensive TDs power Service’s 30-6 win over Dimond in D1 state playoffs
As a junior varsity call up, Service sophomore Cassidy Phillip might have figured he wouldn’t play much of a role Friday in his first playoff game. He started the night as a boy and finished it as the man as his 100-yard interception return put the finishing touches...
Prep Football: Explosive 2nd quarter lifts West to 49-7 win over Juneau in first round of D1 state playoffs
Normally, it’s the West offense that beats opponents into the ground. But on Friday night, defense and special teams took care of business. Trailing early in the second quarter, the top-seeded Eagles used three explosive scoring plays in the second quarter to fuel a...
Prep Football: Reigning player of the year Jack Nash returns for playoffs; plus team capsules for all 8 Division I teams
Jack’s back, just in time for the playoffs. Reigning Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year Jack Nash of Colony will return to the field Friday night when he leads the Knights against Bartlett in the first round of the ASAA Division I state playoffs. Nash has been out...
Colony star kicker Johnny Figgins named Alaska Athlete of the Week
Colony High School football player Johnny Figgins was already the best boot man in the Cook Inlet Conference, but he took it to another level in the Knight's 25-14 win over Dimond. The junior logged a kicking and punting performance for the ages, garnering him our...
College Football: Derryk Snell supplants Homer’s Scott Harry as most prolific MSU receiver from Alaska
With Montana State University senior Derryk Snell having just four catches in the first four games of the season, you knew it was only a matter of time before he went off. It finally happened for the former Chugiak High star Saturday against Portland State. Snell...
Prep Football: State playoffs kick off Friday for ASAA Division I, Division II and Division III
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...
Prep Football: T-birds make goal-line stand on final play to beat Bartlett 20-18 and regain East Side Boot
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...