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Prep Baseball: Dimond slugger Shane Stephan has reached base in 12 consecutive plate appearances
It’s been a week since Dimond leadoff hitter Shane Stephan has made an out in the Cook Inlet Conference. That’s not an exaggeration. The last time he made an out was May 4 against West. Since then, the senior shortstop has reached base in 12 consecutive plate...
Nine with ties to Alaska named to US Cross Country Ski Team
JC Schoonmaker is changing ski affiliations, but two other things haven’t changed: he’s staying in Anchorage and he remains the top Nordic ski sprinter in the country. Schoonmaker was among nine racers affiliated with Alaska to be nominated to the U.S. Cross...
College Baseball: Justin Nevells helps Doane win conference title, advance to NAIA Championships
Chugiak’s Justin Nevells is headed back to the NAIA Championships. The Doane University third baseman went 1-for-4 in a 1-0 win over No. 24 Concordia in the title game of the Great Plains Athletic Conference Tournament. This was Doane’s first GPAC championship...
Wunderkind Obed Vargas named to the U20 national soccer team
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....
Prep Soccer: South boys saunter past West 3-1 for eighth straight win, set up Saturday nonconference showdown with Colony
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...
Chugiak baseball player Preston Rau named Alaska Athlete of the Week
Chugiak High School's Preston Rau earned Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after his standout performance on the mound for the Mustangs baseball team. The junior pitcher threw pitched five solid innings to help Chugiak beat South High and snap their 51-game, 4-year...
Running Roundup: Quintet of trail runners impresses at USATF Championships; Jason Parks leads Alaskan contingent at Eugene Marathon
Palmer’s Denali Strabel and Wasilla’s Josh Taylor took to the trails of Mount Sunapee in a pair of loaded races, while Anchorage’s Lars Arneson and Klaire Rhodes placed third at the Breakneck Point Marathon, and Kenai’s Jason Parks took 11th at the Eugene Marathon....
Around The Rinks: Mac Swanson, Bret Link have Fargo Force on brink of USHL Finals; Nolan Walker and Alec Butcher battle in ECHL’s North Division Finals
Mac Swanson is a playmaker more than a goal scorer. The rookie winger from Anchorage led USHL rookies in assists in the regular season – 43 helpers in 57 games – and furnished the Fargo Force six instances of assist streaks. He reeled off a six-game assist streak,...
Prep Basketball: Sayvia Sellers drops 5 dimes in 14 minutes, finishes 2nd in 3-point contest at Ballislife All-American Game
It was a play we’ve seen dozens of times in Alaska. Sayvia Sellers grabs a rebound, takes a dribble or two and throws a length-of-the-court dart to a streaking teammate for a transition layup. This was common when she played for ACS, but Saturday she did it twice...
Prep Baseball: Chugiak Mustangs snap South’s 51-game, 4-year winning streak
The Chugiak Mustangs didn’t need a miracle to end the longest winning streak in the history of Alaska high school baseball. They simply executed the ABCs of baseball – pitching, defense and timely hitting. Preston Rau threw five fabulous innings, the Mustangs...
College Softball: Alapese Matautia hits 16th home run, third most among Alaskans in single season; leads NWAC with 87 RBIs
Even when she’s not hitting home runs, Anchorage’s Alapese Matautia is still an RBI machine. The Southwestern Oregon Community College sophomore shortstop drove in 10 runs in a four-game sweep of Grays Harbor after batting 8-for-10 with a double and seven singles....
Friday Flashback: Alaskans have savored glory days in U.S. Hockey League for 40 years
Man, the 1982-83 edition of the United States Hockey League’s Dubuque Fighting Saints, who seized the Clark Cup, was loaded with Alaska firepower. Anchorage’s Steve MacSwain led the league in scoring with 60-62—122 totals in just 48 games. Yeah, the early 80s were...
College Basketball: Louis Wilson joins Utah Valley staff, bringing with him 32 years of NCAA coaching experience
You knew Louis Wilson wasn’t going to stay a free agent for long. Two months after he resigned as head coach at the University of Texas Tyler, the longtime basketball coach from Anchorage was hired as an assistant coach at Utah Valley University. He had spent the...
National champion wrestler Spencer Woods named Alaska Athlete of the Week
Spencer Woods of Shungnak won the 82kg Greco-Roman title at the US Open wrestling championships in Las Vegas. Woods, who wrestled at Kotzebue High School, defeated two-time Olympian Ben Provisor in the finals of the meet which is considered one of the most...
College Baseball: Balas Buckmaster hits 3 HRs in 4-game series, bumps batting average to .416
After the worst series of his season, the dream of batting .400 looked to be in serious jeopardy for Anchorage’s Balas Buckmaster. Then he hit paydirt in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The Dickinson State University shortstop sizzled at the plate against Presentation...
Prep Football: Alailefaleula bros doing their best to excel in father’s formidable footsteps
As Tui Alailefaleula sat in his high school’s weight room with his two sons flanking him, he reminisced like we all do as we age. No longer the youthful phenom eager to see about himself, Alailefaleula pondered life’s next chapters for his boys, Niko and Deuce....
Golf: Abigail Ante, Jack Carr earn rare college opportunities backed by support from local community
Abigail Ante and Jack Carr grew up in front of each other’s eyes as well as those of the quaint but quirky local golf community. The duo just didn’t know one another too well. “We really didn’t talk a lot until last year because we both were just too awkward,” Ante...
College Baseball: Western Oregon moves to 16-3 when Anchorage’s Ricky Gatter starts; GNAC title game up next
His name is Cedric Gatter, but he goes by Ricky. At Western Oregon University, the baseball team calls him a lucky charm. The Wolves are 16-3 when the second baseman from Anchorage starts after beating Central Washington 5-4 Thursday at the GNAC Championships in...
Prep Baseball: Dimond slugger Shane Stephan has reached base in 12 consecutive plate appearances
It’s been a week since Dimond leadoff hitter Shane Stephan has made an out in the Cook Inlet Conference. That’s not an exaggeration. The last time he made an out was May 4 against West. Since then, the senior shortstop has reached base in 12 consecutive plate...
Nine with ties to Alaska named to US Cross Country Ski Team
JC Schoonmaker is changing ski affiliations, but two other things haven’t changed: he’s staying in Anchorage and he remains the top Nordic ski sprinter in the country. Schoonmaker was among nine racers affiliated with Alaska to be nominated to the U.S. Cross...
College Baseball: Justin Nevells helps Doane win conference title, advance to NAIA Championships
Chugiak’s Justin Nevells is headed back to the NAIA Championships. The Doane University third baseman went 1-for-4 in a 1-0 win over No. 24 Concordia in the title game of the Great Plains Athletic Conference Tournament. This was Doane’s first GPAC championship...
Wunderkind Obed Vargas named to the U20 national soccer team
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....
Prep Soccer: South boys saunter past West 3-1 for eighth straight win, set up Saturday nonconference showdown with Colony
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...
Chugiak baseball player Preston Rau named Alaska Athlete of the Week
Chugiak High School's Preston Rau earned Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after his standout performance on the mound for the Mustangs baseball team. The junior pitcher threw pitched five solid innings to help Chugiak beat South High and snap their 51-game, 4-year...
Running Roundup: Quintet of trail runners impresses at USATF Championships; Jason Parks leads Alaskan contingent at Eugene Marathon
Palmer’s Denali Strabel and Wasilla’s Josh Taylor took to the trails of Mount Sunapee in a pair of loaded races, while Anchorage’s Lars Arneson and Klaire Rhodes placed third at the Breakneck Point Marathon, and Kenai’s Jason Parks took 11th at the Eugene Marathon....
Around The Rinks: Mac Swanson, Bret Link have Fargo Force on brink of USHL Finals; Nolan Walker and Alec Butcher battle in ECHL’s North Division Finals
Mac Swanson is a playmaker more than a goal scorer. The rookie winger from Anchorage led USHL rookies in assists in the regular season – 43 helpers in 57 games – and furnished the Fargo Force six instances of assist streaks. He reeled off a six-game assist streak,...
Prep Basketball: Sayvia Sellers drops 5 dimes in 14 minutes, finishes 2nd in 3-point contest at Ballislife All-American Game
It was a play we’ve seen dozens of times in Alaska. Sayvia Sellers grabs a rebound, takes a dribble or two and throws a length-of-the-court dart to a streaking teammate for a transition layup. This was common when she played for ACS, but Saturday she did it twice...
Prep Baseball: Chugiak Mustangs snap South’s 51-game, 4-year winning streak
The Chugiak Mustangs didn’t need a miracle to end the longest winning streak in the history of Alaska high school baseball. They simply executed the ABCs of baseball – pitching, defense and timely hitting. Preston Rau threw five fabulous innings, the Mustangs...
College Softball: Alapese Matautia hits 16th home run, third most among Alaskans in single season; leads NWAC with 87 RBIs
Even when she’s not hitting home runs, Anchorage’s Alapese Matautia is still an RBI machine. The Southwestern Oregon Community College sophomore shortstop drove in 10 runs in a four-game sweep of Grays Harbor after batting 8-for-10 with a double and seven singles....
Friday Flashback: Alaskans have savored glory days in U.S. Hockey League for 40 years
Man, the 1982-83 edition of the United States Hockey League’s Dubuque Fighting Saints, who seized the Clark Cup, was loaded with Alaska firepower. Anchorage’s Steve MacSwain led the league in scoring with 60-62—122 totals in just 48 games. Yeah, the early 80s were...
College Basketball: Louis Wilson joins Utah Valley staff, bringing with him 32 years of NCAA coaching experience
You knew Louis Wilson wasn’t going to stay a free agent for long. Two months after he resigned as head coach at the University of Texas Tyler, the longtime basketball coach from Anchorage was hired as an assistant coach at Utah Valley University. He had spent the...
