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by Van Williams | Jun 2, 2024 | Baseball, Cover Story
Cancer didn’t kill him, but winning a state title nearly did. After losing all five state championship game appearances in high school and American Legion dating back to 2016, including both last year, Service baseball coach Willie Paul was finally on the winning...Read More
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by Chanda File | Jun 2, 2024 | Cover Story, Prep Spotlight, Softball
Consistent bats, stout defense and pitching prowess carried the East Anchorage Thunderbirds to a state championship Saturday with a 7-5 win over the Chugiak Mustangs in Fairbanks. The T-birds (24-2) are a formidable opponent on an average day, but when all their...Read More
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by Alaska Sports Report | May 29, 2024 | Athlete of the Week, Track and Field
Bartlett High School track star A'Lante Owens-Player was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after leading the Golden Bears to their first boys team title in twelve years at the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Track & Field State Championships. Owens-Players, who...Read More
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by Van Williams | Jun 1, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story
Rookie Alissa Pili of Anchorage is still finding her way in the WNBA, but Friday night she found her way into the Alaska basketball record book. A 3-point barrage in the fourth quarter keyed her first 20-point game for the Minnesota Lynx in a 95-71 victory over...Read More
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by Matias Saari | Jun 3, 2024 | Cover Story, Mountain Running, Running
Josh Taylor of Wasilla earned the biggest win of his mountain running career by holding off defending champion Coby Marvin on Saturday at the Government Peak Climb. Taylor, 24, led by more than two minutes after climbing 3,800 vertical feet to the summit of the peak...
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by Doyle Woody | May 30, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
Anchorage’s Clair DeGeorge lifted her second trophy in three years Wednesday night after she helped Minnesota win the inaugural Professional Women’s Hockey League Walter Cup with a 3-0 victory over Boston in the decisive Game 5 in Lowell, Mass. DeGeorge, who turns 25...Read More
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by Van Williams | Jun 1, 2024 | Baseball, Cover Story
A two-man band took center stage at Mulcahy Stadium on Friday night as brothers Ryan and Jack Mullen tuned up South to snap the Wolverines’ three-year reign at the ASAA Division I state baseball tournament. The Mullen bros’ fingerprints were all over Eagle River’s 6-1...Read More
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by Chanda File | Jun 2, 2024 | Cover Story, Prep Spotlight, Softball
Consistent bats, stout defense and pitching prowess carried the East Anchorage Thunderbirds to a state championship Saturday with a 7-5 win over the Chugiak Mustangs in Fairbanks. The T-birds (24-2) are a formidable opponent on an average day, but when all their...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | Jun 3, 2024 | Cover Story, Poker
With the 55th annual World Series of Poker kicking off this week in Las Vegas, Anchorage pro Adam Hendrix made a quick side trip to Durant, Oklahoma. It was a lucrative detour. Hendrix, 31, finished third in the World Poker Tour’s Choctaw Championship, a No-Limit Hold...Read More
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by Doyle Woody | May 30, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey
Another week, another award for Mac Swanson of Anchorage. The Fargo Force left wing, who led the U.S. Hockey League in playoff scoring and earned a hat trick of regular-season honors on the country’s top junior circuit, on Wednesday was named USA Hockey’s David Tyler...Read More
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by Van Williams | May 31, 2024 | Baseball, Cover Story
After running through the regular season unbeaten and winning the Cook Inlet Conference Tournament title, the Service High baseball team was rewarded with the toughest first-round matchup in Thursday’s ASAA Division I state tournament. An at-large team in name only,...Read More
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