Anchorage’s Anton Maxwell was simply sensational as a sophomore with the Oregon State University baseball team. The left-handed pitcher posted an 11-1 record in 17 appearances in 2005 as the No. 3 starter for the Pac-12 power that advanced to the College World Series....
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College Hoops: UAF to retire Brad Oleson’s No. 24 jersey Saturday at halftime of UAA game
There will never be another Brad Oleson and so it makes sense the UAF men’s basketball program will retire his No. 24 jersey. His story of rags to riches is one for the ages, going from a high school kid out of North Pole who never made the all-state team to a...
Happy anniversary to Alaska’s greatest college basketball upset: UAA over Michigan in 1988
The Seawolves made history on a Wednesday. It was Dec. 28, 1988. Just four days before ringing in the new year, the UAA men’s basketball team put No. 2-ranked Michigan through the ringer at the Utah Classic. The Seawolves executed their stall-ball strategy flawlessly...
After 2 years idle, the UAA-UAF wars between the boards are back with Governor’s Cup
When UAA-UAF hockey flits across my mind, memories drift back to the late 1980s, when Mike Peluso was the Seawolves’ cornerstone defenseman and Ricky Pitta was the Nanooks’ spark plug. Peluso was 6-foot-4 with long arms, easy-going off the ice, but 200 pounds of...
Friday Flashback: Former Chugiak High star Kelly Cobb carried Duke to 2011 College Cup final
You’d be hard pressed to start a college career any better than Eagle River’s Kelly Cobb, who took the Duke University women’s soccer team by storm in 2011. The 5-foot-10 forward scored game-winning goals in each of her first two appearances as a freshman, the second...
Friday Flashback: Eagle River’s Brian Swanson tormented goalies and defensemen across three decades
Level after level, league after league, Brian Swanson delivered points – a ton of them. The hockey center from Eagle River spearheaded Chugiak High to two state championships during a time when he also flourished on his club team. In two seasons with the Anchorage...
Friday Flashback: East’s Ra Shipps was all-state in football, hockey, baseball senior season 30 years ago
Few Alaska high school athletes have dominated three sports in the same season quite like Anchorage’s Ra Shipps did his senior year at East in 1992-93. In football, the bruising all-state running back rushed for 907 yards and nine TDs in just six games. In hockey, the...
Friday Flashback: Remembering when Scotty Gomez cashed in on NHL free-agent frenzy
This was free-agent week in the NHL, an annual rite of summer in which players cash in big-time and set themselves up for life. It comes with a catchy soundtrack – “Ka-Ching!” And that reminds us of several Alaska players who hit the July Jackpot back in the day, none...
Friday Flashback: Lillian Bullock smacked 17 home runs in 2007, most for Alaskan in D1 season
Anchorage’s Lillian Bullock came out swinging with the North Carolina A&T State University softball team. She crushed 17 home runs and knocked in 56 RBIs in 60 games as a freshman in 2007 to earn first team all-league honors in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference....
Friday Flashback: Former Dimond star Kaarin Knudson was a 2-time All-American at Oregon in 1990s
Anchorage’s Kaarin Knudson was a remarkable runner for the University of Oregon from 1994 to 1999 as she earned eight letters and competed eight times at the NCAA Championships. A two-time All-American in track and field, she was a seven-time NCAA qualifier for the...
Friday Flashback: Don Clary was Alaska’s first Olympic runner in 1984
Alaska’s first Olympic runner, Don Clary of Anchorage represented Team USA many times during his career before stepping onto track and field’s biggest stage in 1984. As a high school senior in 1975, he was part of the U.S. junior team that won the title at the IAAF...