It wasn’t a matter of whether Kenai Central High volleyball star Emma Beck would play in college, but where she’d play. She was recruited by junior colleges and Division III schools in addition to Alaska Fairbanks and Alaska Anchorage. In the end, she picked the...
Kenai Central High School volleyball player Emma Beck was voted our Alaska Athlete of the Week after racking up 23 kills in a four-set victory over Valdez in the Class 3A state tournament. The 6-foot senior southpaw recorded 24 kills in the three-set sweep of Nikiski...
Saturday night's Class 4A volleyball championship match ended just as it began – with a powerful front-row kill smashed by Wasilla senior middle Rylee Pitney. Pitney’s spikes marked the first and last points for the Warriors, and many in between, as they swept the...
For as good as outside hitter Emma Beck can be, the Kenai Central volleyball team isn’t a solo act. The Kardinals have balance and depth and flexed that versatility in a four-set victory over Valdez in Saturday’s Class 3A state tournament title match to cap a 22-1...
The Wasilla Warriors’ win streak continued in dominant fashion on Friday night with a quick sweep over the East Thunderbirds to earn their spot in Saturday’s class 4A state championship match. Wasilla’s powerful attackers led the way through the 25-14, 25-10, 25-18...
Emma Beck was cleared for takeoff Friday night at the Alaska Airlines Center. The Kenai Central high flyer slammed 24 kills to lead the defending state champion Kardinals back to the Class 3A final after sweeping Peninsula rival Nikiski 25-21, 25-20, 25-18 in the...
Both top seeds won both matches on Day 1 of the Class 4A state tournament to reach the winner’s bracket semifinal, but they took different paths to get there. Top-seeded Wasilla flattened a pair of powerhouses in Dimond and South while No. 2 East swept Soldotna before...
Under most circumstances during her lengthy coaching career, Kim Lauwers would gleefully welcome a regular-season match on a September Friday night. Having spent most of her life on or around a volleyball court, where else might she want to be? “Oh, I was completely...
For the first time since 2006, the East Thunderbirds are Cook Inlet Conference volleyball champions. The evenly matched conference didn’t disappoint during Saturday’s tournament championship match at Service High School, as it came down to the wire for the eventual...
As the Cook Inlet Conference volleyball tournament approaches, one thing remains on coaches’ minds – it’s still anybody’s game. Last weekend’s Dimond/Service Volleyball Tournament offered a chance for teams to hone lineups against both conference and non-conference...
When they were in high school, Kaydn Osborne’s Dimond teams got the better of West and Brooke Dexter. But Dexter has had the upper hand in college. Dexter and Simon Fraser won in four sets Thursday night in Anchorage over Osborne and the Seawolves at the Alaska...