Anchorage's Obed Vargas earned another cap with Mexico's national team on Tuesday, coming on to the field in the 73rd minute of his team's 2-0 victory over Ecuador at the World Cup. Playing at famed Azteca Stadium in front of 80,000 fans in Mexico City, Vargas logged...
Obed Vargas was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after becoming the first Alaskan to play in the World Cup after taking the field in the 70th minute for Mexico to close out a 1-0 win over South Korea in Guadalajara. The 20-year-old midfielder more than held his own in...
From the snow to the World Cup, Obed Vargas continues to elevate Alaska soccer to unprecedented heights. Never mind the thrill of reaching a mountain top, the 20-year-old midfielder from Anchorage on Thursday was over the moon after making his debut on the sport's...
For the second year in a row, a South Anchorage girls soccer standout has won Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year honors. Senior defender Addysen Gasser took home the 2026 award after being a key component to the Wolverines' 20-0 season that culminated with a state...
Jared Mateaki has the ability to change the outcome of a game and usually did for the Dimond boys soccer team this season. The Lynx were 13-0 when he recorded at least one point, including his assist on the only goal in a 1-0 victory over West Valley in the final of...
Typically, when a team parts with two of the state’s best players, a small drop-off is expected. Back-to-back state champion South Anchorage girls soccer is a not a typical team. Lexi Luff and Faith Hughes, who combined for over 50 goals in their final season as...
Junior Nasir Poshka fell to his knees. Senior Tai-Tai Mateaki sprinted into the arms of Dereck Ortega Mora. More than one Lynx yanked off their jersey. After eight long years, the Dimond Lynx were state soccer champions again, and were ready to celebrate immediately...
The Dimond boys soccer team is making up for lost time. Although the Lynx are regular qualifiers for the ASAA Division I state tournament, they haven't played for a title since 2021. That changed on Friday after Dimond beat defending champion West Anchorage 3-1 in the...
Chugiak’s Mary Jo Landon was in her element on that wet and cold Juneau day. Landon, the tough-minded senior midfielder known to train rain-snow-or-shine, had already scored once as the Mustangs and Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears entered second half stoppage time tied...
The 6-foot-1 West Anchorage forward calls last year’s state semifinal victory “probably the best game of my life.” It’s not hard to see why. Luca Driscoll, then a junior, buried a SportsCenter Top 10-like goal, a perfectly placed strike from over 30 yards away. After...
The Dimond boys soccer team remained unbeaten after topping East Anchorage 3-1 on Friday evening. Dimond (13-0-1) put up three goals in the first half but - somehow - could not hit the mark in the second half. “It’s frustrating, it really is,” said an upbeat Max...