The 17th no-hitter in Cook Inlet Conference baseball history was all about brotherly love. South High brothers David and Daniel Feigner threw a combined no-hitter in Wednesday’s 6-1 win over Eagle River in a non-league game at Bartlett High School. David, a sophomore...
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Prep Hoops: Wasilla girls snap MCCA’s 133-game winning streak against Alaska competition dating back to 2018
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...
Prep Hockey: One CIC semifinal takes wild turn to Sullivan Arena; wins by South and Chugiak set up Saturday showdown
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...
Prep Hockey: Chugiak/Eagle River and Dimond/West cruise into CIC girls championship game
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....
Prep Hockey: Dimond, South romp through CIC quarterfinals to set up semifinal showdowns for league’s Big 4
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...
Prep Hockey: Seniors help deliver Dimond a signature CIC win, 4-3 over Chugiak
As per usual when most high school sport’s regular seasons wind down, the night belonged to 13 seniors wearing Dimond hockey’s white, gold and maroon. The players and two cheerleaders were feted in a pre-game ceremony that delayed Wednesday’s Cook Inlet Conference...
Prep Hoops: MVP Tounde Yessoufou breaks all-time Alaska Airlines Classic tournament scoring record, leads St. Joseph (CA) to second title in three years
St. Joseph’s Tounde Yessoufou of Santa Maria, Calif., is the first 100-point man in Alaska Airlines Classic history. He might as well be the Six Million Dollar Man because he looked like an astronaut with another out-of-this-world performance in Saturday night’s title...
Prep Hoops: West rallies from 17 down, but East pulls out 53-52 win; California’s Yessoufou and NYC’s Rawlins put on show in Shootout-like matchup at Alaska Airlines Classic
The battle of Anchorage came down to the wire Friday night and even though the finish featured an unlikely hero, the ending continued a trend as East beat West 53-52 in the semifinals of the Alaska Airlines Classic. A crowd of 2,500 packed inside the city's oldest...
Prep Hoops: California and New York teams flex strength while Rage City originals East and West storm into semifinals after epic Day 1 of Alaska Airlines Classic
All eyes were on five-star recruit Tounde Yessoufou and it took him all of 70 seconds to wow the crowd at West High School with the first of five dunks on his way to scoring 33 points as the Knights of Santa Maria, Calif., pulled away in the second half to beat up...
Prep Hoops: California’s 10th-ranked squad and Brooklyn team from NYC’s famed Catholic League join undefeated East Anchorage, West Valley in star-studded Alaska Airlines Classic
The last time Tounde Yessoufou was at the Alaska Airlines Classic in 2022, the 6-foot-5 human highlight reel tried to break the rims at West High. The St. Joseph star threw down 12 dunks in three games and averaged 24 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots to...
Prep Hoops: New name, new coach, same Lions, who extend win streak; Wednesday Bithow leads West over Tikigaq at Alaska Airlines Classic
New name, new coach. Same girls basketball dynasty. Mountain City Christian is no longer called ACS, but the school still goes by the Lions and there was a lot of resemblance to the team that has run roughshod over Alaska competition for the last six years. MCC took...