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Around The Rinks: Wolverines lose regular season-ending shootout in Fairbanks, but seize 1st NAHL Midwest Division title, playoff home ice
The Anchorage Wolverines didn’t savor a great weekend in Fairbanks to close the North American Hockey League regular season, but they did just enough – the bare minimum – to seize their first Midwest Division title in their three-season existence. The Wolverines’...
Around The Rinks (Final NCAA Edition): Anchorage’s David Carle is just 34, and he’s already coaching legend after leading Denver to 2nd NCAA title in 3 years
David Carle is just 34, and already a coaching legend. The Anchorage native on Saturday guided the University of Denver to its second NCAA Division I men’s hockey championship in three years with Saturday’s 2-0 textbook victory over No. 1-ranked Boston College in...
Chugiak native Justin Nevells’ 150th career hit comes on a double as he moves closer to Alaska’s top 10
With four base knocks in Friday’s doubleheader, Doane University junior infielder Justin Nevells of Chugiak became the 13th Alaskan and fifth player from the Anchorage area to record 150 hits at the college level. The starting third baseman went 2-for-3 in Game 1...
Palmer’s Andrew Kurka picks up a North American championship in his final race of the season
Palmer's Andrew Kurka ended the season on a winning note this week when he captured the giant slalom title at the North American para-alpine championships in Winter Park, Colorado. Kurka, still one of the world's top sit-skiers at age 32, won both GS runs Wednesday...
Anchorage’s JT Thor becomes fifth Alaskan to surpass 500-point NBA benchmark
Anchorage’s JT Thor helped bring the Charlotte Hornets back from a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit Wednesday and made some personal history as well. The 6-foot-10 forward threw down a dunk and finished with six points in 18 minutes off the bench in a 115-114...
Anchorage teen Obed Vargas nets third career assist in MLS, ranks fifth on Sounders with 89.6 passing percentage
Anchorage’s Obed Vargas was a 15-year-old prodigy when he made his Major League Soccer debut for the Seattle Sounders in 2021. Three years later, the starting midfielder doesn’t come off the field, rarely makes mistakes and has a habit of frustrating opponents as...
Tales From The Track: After 3 years away from the oval, Allie Ostrander has sights set on U.S. Olympic Trials steeplechase
After strong performances in the mountains last fall and on the trails this winter and spring, Alaska’s Allie Ostrander this week announced she’s headed back to the track. The 27-year-old from Soldotna, who is based in Seattle, said on her YouTube channel of more...
Eagle River rugby star Alev Kelter tabbed Alaska Athlete of the Week after shining for Team USA
Alev Kelter is our Alaska Athlete of the Week after a standout performance for Team USA at the World Rugby Sevens Series stop in Hong Kong. The Eagle River native proved she's still one of the best players in the world over the weekend, outscoring Fiji and France...
Directors Awards: Pili, Schumacher, Foy and Robinson collect Pride of Alaska honors; Keil, Gilbert and Petersburg basketball team also honored
Five athletes, one team and a man who widened horizons for Alaskans with disabilities have been selected as the 2024 recipients of the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s Directors Awards. The Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors picked the winners from a pool of nearly five...
Around The Rinks (Anchorage Wolverines Edition): Streaking Anchorage Wolverines are out of control, and a lot of it is Liam Beerman’s fault; looking at you too, Vaughn Makar
These Anchorage Wolverines long ago passed the point of being impressive, have rounded the corner on ridiculousness and left it buried in ice shavings on the way to absurdity. C’mon, a franchise-record 19-game point streak? Wrap your melon around this: Dudes...
Around The Rinks (Pro Edition): Anchorage’s Drake Glover wears SPHL goal-scoring crown, big wins for Jeremy Swayman and Isaiah Saville, Nolan Walker still riding heater
With time winding down in regulation Saturday on the final night of the Southern Professional Hockey League regular season in Evansville, Ind., Birmingham Bulls forward Drake Glover of Anchorage was tied for the league lead in goals. The Bulls trailed 2-1 in the...
Track & Field: Chugiak’s Alliyah Fields, Eagle River’s AJ Szewczyk and West’s Leileanah Toleafoa dazzle at Big C Relays; Anchorage’s Anna Dalton makes history in the mile
More than 950 athletes from 34 teams competed at The Dome for the 13th edition of the Russ Edwards Big C Relays. Chugiak’s Alliyah Fields was unstoppable in her quest for individual and relay glory, collecting four wins, which included a personal best, a meet...
Around The Rinks (USA Youth Nationals Championship Games Edition): Hockey Club Fairbanks 19U girls win Tier II title; Anchorage North Stars 18U boys finish runner-up (plus, notes on Alaskans)
The usual suspects – forwards Galilee Murray and Clara Creviston, and goaltender Gennesaret Halbert – spearheaded Hockey Club Fairbanks to the first national championship in program history on Sunday. HC Fairbanks’ 19U girls used a goal and an assist from...
Rugby: Alev Kelter helps Team USA win silver in Hong Kong as she inches closer to 1,000 career points
After 10 years on the rugby field, Eagle River’s Alev Kelter is still one of the best players in the world. Just ask Fiji and France, two teams Kelter outscored by herself in the medal round over the weekend to help Team USA advance to the finals and take home a...
Around The Rinks (USA Youth Nationals Playoff Edition): Anchorage North Stars 18U boys, Hockey Club Fairbanks 19U girls march into Tier II championship games
Two Alaska teams, the Anchorage North Stars 18U boys and Hockey Club Fairbanks 19U girls, advanced to Tier II championship games Sunday on the strength of quarterfinal and semifinal wins Saturday at the USA Hockey National Championships. The North Stars (5-0-0)...
Around The Rinks (USA Youth Nationals Edition): Karissa Haimes and Alaska All Stars Tier II 19U girls pull off last-minute miracle, 5 of 7 Alaska teams advance to playoffs
The Alaska All Stars Tier II 19U girls found themselves in a tough spot midway through the third period of their final pool-play game in the 2A division Friday at the USA Hockey National Championships in East Lansing, Mich. The All Stars trailed the Mid Fairfield...
Anchorage’s JT Thor delivers NBA highs of 20 points, 9 boards, 3 blocks in breakthrough performance
Let him cook. It took until the final game of the 82-game regular season, but the Charlotte Hornets finally fit 21-year-old JT Thor of Anchorage with a chef’s hat. Given space to operate on Sunday, he used that leeway to leverage his breakthrough NBA performance...
Around The Rinks: Wolverines lose regular season-ending shootout in Fairbanks, but seize 1st NAHL Midwest Division title, playoff home ice
The Anchorage Wolverines didn’t savor a great weekend in Fairbanks to close the North American Hockey League regular season, but they did just enough – the bare minimum – to seize their first Midwest Division title in their three-season existence. The Wolverines’...
Around The Rinks (Final NCAA Edition): Anchorage’s David Carle is just 34, and he’s already coaching legend after leading Denver to 2nd NCAA title in 3 years
David Carle is just 34, and already a coaching legend. The Anchorage native on Saturday guided the University of Denver to its second NCAA Division I men’s hockey championship in three years with Saturday’s 2-0 textbook victory over No. 1-ranked Boston College in...
Chugiak native Justin Nevells’ 150th career hit comes on a double as he moves closer to Alaska’s top 10
With four base knocks in Friday’s doubleheader, Doane University junior infielder Justin Nevells of Chugiak became the 13th Alaskan and fifth player from the Anchorage area to record 150 hits at the college level. The starting third baseman went 2-for-3 in Game 1...
Palmer’s Andrew Kurka picks up a North American championship in his final race of the season
Palmer's Andrew Kurka ended the season on a winning note this week when he captured the giant slalom title at the North American para-alpine championships in Winter Park, Colorado. Kurka, still one of the world's top sit-skiers at age 32, won both GS runs Wednesday...
Anchorage’s JT Thor becomes fifth Alaskan to surpass 500-point NBA benchmark
Anchorage’s JT Thor helped bring the Charlotte Hornets back from a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit Wednesday and made some personal history as well. The 6-foot-10 forward threw down a dunk and finished with six points in 18 minutes off the bench in a 115-114...
Anchorage teen Obed Vargas nets third career assist in MLS, ranks fifth on Sounders with 89.6 passing percentage
Anchorage’s Obed Vargas was a 15-year-old prodigy when he made his Major League Soccer debut for the Seattle Sounders in 2021. Three years later, the starting midfielder doesn’t come off the field, rarely makes mistakes and has a habit of frustrating opponents as...
Tales From The Track: After 3 years away from the oval, Allie Ostrander has sights set on U.S. Olympic Trials steeplechase
After strong performances in the mountains last fall and on the trails this winter and spring, Alaska’s Allie Ostrander this week announced she’s headed back to the track. The 27-year-old from Soldotna, who is based in Seattle, said on her YouTube channel of more...
Eagle River rugby star Alev Kelter tabbed Alaska Athlete of the Week after shining for Team USA
Alev Kelter is our Alaska Athlete of the Week after a standout performance for Team USA at the World Rugby Sevens Series stop in Hong Kong. The Eagle River native proved she's still one of the best players in the world over the weekend, outscoring Fiji and France...
Directors Awards: Pili, Schumacher, Foy and Robinson collect Pride of Alaska honors; Keil, Gilbert and Petersburg basketball team also honored
Five athletes, one team and a man who widened horizons for Alaskans with disabilities have been selected as the 2024 recipients of the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s Directors Awards. The Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors picked the winners from a pool of nearly five...
Around The Rinks (Anchorage Wolverines Edition): Streaking Anchorage Wolverines are out of control, and a lot of it is Liam Beerman’s fault; looking at you too, Vaughn Makar
These Anchorage Wolverines long ago passed the point of being impressive, have rounded the corner on ridiculousness and left it buried in ice shavings on the way to absurdity. C’mon, a franchise-record 19-game point streak? Wrap your melon around this: Dudes...
Around The Rinks (Pro Edition): Anchorage’s Drake Glover wears SPHL goal-scoring crown, big wins for Jeremy Swayman and Isaiah Saville, Nolan Walker still riding heater
With time winding down in regulation Saturday on the final night of the Southern Professional Hockey League regular season in Evansville, Ind., Birmingham Bulls forward Drake Glover of Anchorage was tied for the league lead in goals. The Bulls trailed 2-1 in the...
Track & Field: Chugiak’s Alliyah Fields, Eagle River’s AJ Szewczyk and West’s Leileanah Toleafoa dazzle at Big C Relays; Anchorage’s Anna Dalton makes history in the mile
More than 950 athletes from 34 teams competed at The Dome for the 13th edition of the Russ Edwards Big C Relays. Chugiak’s Alliyah Fields was unstoppable in her quest for individual and relay glory, collecting four wins, which included a personal best, a meet...
Around The Rinks (USA Youth Nationals Championship Games Edition): Hockey Club Fairbanks 19U girls win Tier II title; Anchorage North Stars 18U boys finish runner-up (plus, notes on Alaskans)
The usual suspects – forwards Galilee Murray and Clara Creviston, and goaltender Gennesaret Halbert – spearheaded Hockey Club Fairbanks to the first national championship in program history on Sunday. HC Fairbanks’ 19U girls used a goal and an assist from...
Rugby: Alev Kelter helps Team USA win silver in Hong Kong as she inches closer to 1,000 career points
After 10 years on the rugby field, Eagle River’s Alev Kelter is still one of the best players in the world. Just ask Fiji and France, two teams Kelter outscored by herself in the medal round over the weekend to help Team USA advance to the finals and take home a...
