Prior to each of what eventually became the two biggest games of their season, members of the Chugiak softball squad joyfully enjoyed themselves a sing-along inside the dugout. Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off” and a few other teenage girl faves echoed out for everyone at...
It was a day to remember for the Niclai brothers in Sitka. Earlier on Friday junior catcher Coen Niclai was named Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year. That night he drove in his 30th RBI of the season and freshman third baseman Rilen Niclai had three hits, two doubles...
Chugiak senior Gabe Gruszynski had a lot on his mind when he came to the plate in the sixth inning. It was Day 1 of the state tournament, and his team was down 3-0. Even worse, the Mustangs had no hits. West Valley pitcher Olav Moeller was locked in and stood on the...
Valdez’s Izzy Kizer saved her best performance for when it mattered most, producing personal bests and collecting medals in all three events she competed in at the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska State Track & Field Championships in Palmer. The sophomore leaped to...
East Anchorage’s Olyvia Mamae defended not one, not two, but all three of her state titles, doubling her gold medal tally and helping the T-birds to runner-up finishes in the 4x100-meter relay and team standings at the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Track & Field...
When you’ve watched your nemesis capture the biggest prize in each of the last three seasons, it’s fair to wonder what kind of patience remains. On a far-from-summerlike Saturday at West High Alumni Stadium, the South High girls soccer team kept focus into the frantic...
In the seconds after his final in-match action as a high school soccer player, Zachary Cheyette emerged from the chaos, whipped off then whirled his captain armband and sprinted towards the middle of the pitch in pure exaltation. “Last touch, final touch, you’re going...
'The streak' is gone but the South baseball team’s stranglehold on the Cook Inlet Conference remains strong. The Wolverines were successful on their revenge tour in the CIC Tournament as they avenged both regular-season losses, beating Service in the semifinals and...
10.69 seconds. That’s what it took to win the Region V Track and Field Championships. Meet record, school record, personal record, and the fastest time by an Alaskan high school boy, ever, regardless of conditions. Ketchikan sophomore Jason Lorig blazed to the...
So charmed is the South baseball team that the Wolverines don’t even need a base hit to win a game. That’s what happened Wednesday night at Mulcahy Stadium, where Eagle River’s Liam Lierman threw a no-hitter and lost 1-0 as South pulled another rabbit from its hat....
Days removed from the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race, Cook Inlet Conference soccer squads continued jockeying for postseason position. Consider the South boys the field’s class thoroughbreds slightly more than two weeks before the state tournament...