Kennedi Gaines is a blur on the basketball court. Quicker than quick, she blows by defenders like they were standing still or zigzags around them like a slalom skier. The Bartlett scoring machine has piled up as many as 52 points in a game and totaled 1,409 in her...
Since 1963, Mulcahy Stadium has hosted the biggest baseball games in Alaska and been the spot for some of the most memorable moments. Walking on the field, you can almost feel the history. There's an if-these-outfield-walls-could-talk element to the ballpark. On...
South Anchorage senior Brianna Bailey and the game she loves — soccer — go way back. “My dad kind of got all of us into it at a young age, like, I've played literally since I could walk, since I could kick a ball,” Bailey said after a recent Wolverines victory. Early...
Dimond’s dynamic senior class - and a second-half substitute - proved too much for West Anchorage in a match-up of Cook Inlet Conference boys soccer powers Saturday afternoon. Seniors Dereck Ortega, Tai-Tai Mateaki and Luis Lopez Rodriguez all recorded points, and...
Just a freshman, Taylor Passard is already a big deal for the Colony Knights. Volleyball, basketball, softball - it doesn't matter, she's her team's best player. Her nickname should be La Franchise. The 5-7 playmaker from Palmer is great at spiking the ball and even...
Junior Brooklyn Shankar scored early and the South Anchorage girls soccer team rolled to a 5-0 victory over Dimond on Tuesday night. After Shankar's tally South up 1-0, Ali Boshell, Kinsey Dufour and sisters Alivia and Addison Bailey all added second-half goals. South...
After six years away, Team Knik junior Mia Bukala returned to the Native Youth Olympics this year to jump alongside her friends, Daisy Vanblarcom and CC Carter, for one last time — and ended with first-place honors after kicking a height of 90 inches in the girls’...
As an Arizona State University signee and potential MLB draft pick, Rilen Niclai didn't figure he'd see many pitches to hit this year. Instead, the Service slugger is seeing them leave the ballpark. The 6-foot-2 shortstop clubbed a pair of home runs on Saturday in a...
The high school baseball season has just arrived, but Rilen Niclai is already going, going, gone. The reigning Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year homered in his second at-bat in Tuesday's season opener for the Service Cougars, who won 14-2 in five innings over Eagle...
Keelie Kronberger's progression in high school has been steady as she goes for the Mountain City girls basketball standout, but this season she sailed through the competition to win player-of-the-year honors in a boat race. The 6-foot scoring machine swept all three...
Before many Alaskans likely woke up Sunday morning, the Anchorage North Stars’ title dream ended in hockey heartbreak. New Hampshire Avalanche skater Elijah Bledsoe scored 13 minutes, 5 seconds into overtime of the USA Hockey Tier II 14U boys 2A division national...