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...
Ketchikan High track star Jason Lorig was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after blazing to the fastest time in Alaska high school history over 100 meters at the Region V Track & Field Championships in Juneau. The sophomore recorded a time of 10.69 seconds to...
Alaska soccer wunderkind Obed Vargas notched another impressive achievement Wednesday when he was named to the United States roster for the 2023 FIFA Under-20 World Cup this summer in Argentina. He joins a small list of Alaskans who have been named to a U.S. national...
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...
About 10 minutes before Saturday morning’s opening kickoff, temperatures hovered in the mid 30s under bright sunshine at West High Alumni Stadium. The pitch was clean and clear, but for large snow walls a few feet behind each end line. An uniquely-Alaska look, only...
At 17, Obed Vargas of Anchorage has already left an indelible mark on Alaska soccer. Not only has he played in more Major League Soccer games than any other player from the state, but the third-year pro with the Seattle Sounders recently became the first Alaskan since...
A formidable order echoed from the South High boys soccer sideline in the 52nd minute of play Monday afternoon. “Keep pressing,” Brian Lux enthusiastically shouted. “Let’s go.” The Wolverines certainly answered their coach’s call – before, during and after hearing it....
The latest example of how far soccer has come in the Last Frontier occurred over the weekend at the 2023 PacNW Winter Classic Showcase in Seattle. A group of 16-years-old and younger boys from Alaska went to the event billed as "The Premier Winter Soccer Tournament in...
Five years after college, Ariela Lewis’ soccer career is still alive and kicking. Never mind adult league, this 27-year-old is getting paid to play the game she loves. Not even COVID could slow her down. After the pandemic wiped away the last two seasons, Lewis stuck...
They squared off in the Cook Inlet Conference and now Anchorage’s Samuel Twenhafel and Vasil Mladenov could face off in the NCAA Division III men’s soccer tournament. Both players are on teams that are on the same side of the 64-team bracket and could meet in the...