There were lots of games this season when the East boys basketball team was carried by Muhammed Sabally and plenty more when Akeem Sulaiman did the heavy lifting. Saturday night, they shared the workload and helped the T-birds hoist another trophy. Sabally produced 23...
As the clock ticked down to secure Dimond/West’s third girls hockey state championship in three years, senior Sasha Kleckner had a lot on her mind. “Last three minutes of the third period, I thought I was gonna cry,” she said. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, my high school...
When all was said and done Friday, everything timed out tremendously for senior defenseman Joseph Hampton and the rest of the Dimond Lynx. To be honest, the night’s Division I First National Cup state hockey semifinal doubleheader didn’t need more spine-tingling...
West High senior Malachi Lachance is in his hockey happy place whenever and wherever opponents dislike him most. At the 1 minute, 37 mark of Friday’s third period, Lachance took ownership of precious ice directly atop South senior goaltender Cole Schmidt’s crease....
Even if you don’t know a lot about hockey, it’s clear Joe Christiansen is good. A sharp skater with quick hands, the Dimond senior is slick with his stick. He showed it Thursday in the first round of the ASAA Division I First National Cup state hockey tournament in...
Chugiak/Eagle River sailed through the first game of the girls high school state hockey tournament Thursday, racking up a 12-3 win against Service/East at Ben Boeke Arena. With nine different skaters contributing to the scoresheet in either goals or assists, it was...
Despite the annual critiques espoused right about now towards the Division I First National Cup state hockey tournament bracket, one fact can’t be questioned. In the days leading up to games being played at Wasilla’s Menard Center, nobody should have a higher opinion...
Alaska high school basketball’s historic winning streak came to a crashing halt Friday night in Wasilla, where the Warriors posted a 47-32 wire-to-wire win over Mountain City Christian Academy. Wasilla scored 14 of the game’s first 15 points and maintained a...
For the first time in three seasons, South and West didn’t need extra time to deliver a Cook Inlet Conference tournament classic. Thursday night, they needed a different building. In one of the Anchorage sports community’s more stupefying ordeals, the 55th conference...
Willow Bailey Brunello bagged four points and goaltender Maddy Derleth delivered 37 saves to highlight the Chugiak/Eagle River girls hockey team's 8-3 victory Wednesday over South/Bartlett in the semifinals of the Cook Inlet Conference Tournament at Ben Boeke Arena....
The smallest sliver of doubt, likely surprise more than anything, briefly crept into the minds of Dimond High’s hockey players in the latter stages of Tuesday’s first period. After scoring once 25 seconds into play and again about 10 minutes later, the Lynx appeared...