Anchorage’s Athena Clendaniel felt like a big leaguer at the Girls Baseball Breakthrough Series in Dallas, Texas. She hung out with former Major League Baseball players in the morning and played games in the afternoon at Choctaw Stadium, formerly called The Ballpark...
Masen Holmes said she’ struggled with voice hoarseness during most of the volleyball season because the constant emotion and adrenaline involved doesn’t make for quiet times. “Now, I get to rest it all up,” the Valdez High junior said Saturday afternoon. She and all...
Upon returning from the Tokyo Olympics, Alaska was not on 15-year-old Jillian Crooks’ itinerary. But the standout swimmer from the Cayman Islands landed here and is relishing the opportunity. Crooks will represent Homer High at the state swimming championships in...
Of the more than 30 touchdowns East High quarterback Kyler Johnson of Anchorage accumulated during his senior season, it was a play he made on defense that he’ll remember most. Brought in as a situational safety on passing downs, Johnson flipped the state semifinal...
When he was younger, Jarren Littell of Fairbanks dreamed about beating a team like the Dallas Cowboys. Then he got to Lathrop High and learned about the Soldotna Stars. It reshaped his thinking for the next four years. “Beating them became the dream,” he said. Littell...
For the second time in three years, members of the Haines High cross-country running team earned a parade up and down the streets of their small, Southeast Alaska town. Fresh off a girls and boys team sweep of the ASAA Division III state championships days before,...
What a summer it was for South baseball star Oliver Brown, who was part of an undefeated high school state title team, announced his college commitment to a NCAA Division I school and represented Alaska at an exclusive regional tournament. A triple crown of...