Email from Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Updates on Alaska athletes making news around the world THE WEEK IN REVIEW Visit our Website Become a Sponsor   Schumacher grabs silver medal in final race before World Championships by Beth Bragg | Feb 16, 2025 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing Gus Schumacher earned the second World Cup medal of his career Sunday — and with it, a new level of success for American skiing. Schumacher, the 24-year-old from Anchorage, placed second in a fierce fight for the finish line in a 20-kilometer mass-start freestyle race...Read More   West Anchorage rolls to second straight DI state title with 3-0 shutout of West Valley by Matt Nevala | Feb 16, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey The allotment of the West High hockey players and their coaches gathered near the boards closest to their fans and poised for pictures. After a few minutes, the Eagles invited their cheerleaders, other students and dignitaries to join in the photo opp. In the joyous...Read More   Ostrander debuts with fastest half marathon in Alaska history by Arielle Himelbloom | Feb 10, 2025 | Cover Story, Running Allie Ostrander made her half marathon debut one for the record books. The Oiselle-sponsored athlete placed fourth in the Mesa Half Marathon, clocking 1 hour, 11 minutes and 10 seconds — a sizzling pace of 5:25 per mile. The time is the fastest half marathon by an... Read More   Bethel musher Pete Kaiser named Alaska Athlete of the Week after historic Kusko 300 win by Harlow Robinson | Feb 11, 2025 | Athlete of the Week, Sled Dog Racing Pete Kaiser of Bethel was selected as our Alaska Athlete of the Week after winning the 46th annual Kuskokwim 300 early Sunday morning. By claiming his 9th championship, Kaiser is now tied with Jeff King for most all-time wins in the prestigious middle-distance event....Read More   Hays nets 33 as No. 1 Wasilla girls post team’s highest scoring game since 2017 by Van Williams | Feb 14, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story At 6-foot-5, Layla Hays of Wasilla is too big for opponents in Alaska. When she gets to her spot in the post, it's curtains for the defense. Hang it up. Quite frankly, she is unguardable; so much so that the only person capable of stopping Hays is Hays herself. The... Read More   Coaching and teaching for more than 30 years, Sorenson takes Dimond to state once more by Matt Nevala | Feb 12, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight When he was 32, Dennis Sorenson sensed the path he was on when Dimond High officially named him head hockey coach. Liken it to the once UAA playmaker seeing the passing lane transform seconds before delivering the puck tape to tape. “I think being a high school coach...Read More   Nationally ranked Seawolf women beat SFU to stay hot going into Thursday’s home game against Billings by Van Williams | Feb 15, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story With a highly anticipated rematch with Montana State-Billings on tap for next week, there was a chance the UAA women's basketball might peek ahead and overlook Simon Fraser on Saturday afternoon. It didn't happen. The 20th-ranked Seawolves seized control in the second...Read More   Hopkins seeks NCAA All-American finish to cement all-time status among Alaskans by Van Williams | Feb 13, 2025 | Cover Story, Wrestling Despite climbing to sixth place on Alaska's all-time wins list among Division I wrestlers and winning 71% of his 118 career matches, Levi Hopkins of Palmer doesn't consider himself to be an all-timer. To achieve that status, he said, means he'll have to become an... Read More   Yates, West Valley erupt for five unanswered goals in 6-2 semifinal win over Colony by Matt Nevala | Feb 15, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey Before the rest of his West Valley teammates brought the Friday night flash, Adam Yates offered up some functionality. Now, the Wolfpack get another shot to make history at the First National Cup Division I state hockey championships. A junior forward, Yates scored... Read More   Big weekend for Alaska skiers includes Germain’s career-best at the world biathlon championships by Beth Bragg | Feb 17, 2025 | Biathlon, Cover Story, Nordic Skiing Gus Schumacher grabbed the weekend’s big headlines for his medal-winning performance in a World Cup race Sunday. But other skiers from Alaska also turned in newsworthy efforts in international competitions. Tops among them was 23-year-old Maxime Germain, a West High...Read More   Alaska hoopers King, Maldonado, Moses, ‘Uhila and Gatkuoth go off (plus 98-player active scoring list) by Van Williams | Feb 11, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story There are heaters and then there's Rashad King's lava-hot scoring spree last week when the Northeastern University men's basketball player from Anchorage poured in a combined 60 points in two games in one of the most prolific scoring performances by a Division I... Read More   Caleb lowers GNAC record, Heite secures program record; Tuckwood impresses in Spokane by Arielle Himelbloom | Feb 14, 2025 | Cover Story, Running, Track and Field UAA’s Joshua Caleb continued his record-breaking ways while maintaining his Division II leads. The sophomore clocked a scorching 20.82 seconds in the 200-meter dash at the Riverfront Invitational, lowering his indoor GNAC and program records by 0.04 seconds. The only... Read More   Colony holds off No. 5 Palmer; Hardman catches fire for Eagles; East back to full strength; West girls have 30-point quarter; Gaines nets 31 by Van Williams | Feb 12, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story The Colony Knights are still the team to beat in Palmer, although the Moose closed the gap Tuesday night. In a highly anticipated matchup between longtime rivals located just three miles apart on Bogard Road, Colony did just enough to win 43-40 at Palmer High School.... Read More   Anchorage’s Brubaker soars to new heights in World Cup nordic combined by Beth Bragg | Feb 13, 2025 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing Anchorage nordic combined athlete Carter Brubaker made history again last weekend by scoring World Cup points in Otepaa, Estonia. Brubaker, 21, became the first Alaskan to tally World Cup points in the sport that combines ski jumping and cross-country skiing. He...Read More   Down 15 at half, top-ranked East rallies to defeat Dimond; West snaps Nome’s 26-game heater; Hays helps No. 1 Wasilla girls run win streak to 23 by Van Williams | Feb 15, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story No matter how many times East boys basketball coach Chuck Martin warns his team about objects in the mirror being closer than they appear, the T-birds don't always listen. That too-cool-for-school mentality comes with the territory for a group that hasn't lost a game... Read More   Fangmann, Colony complete state quarterfinal Thursday with 2-1 win over Wasilla (plus, West Valley, Chugiak and West win) by Matt Nevala | Feb 14, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey With one snap of the wrists and a solid follow-through, Austin Fangmann punctuated the truth. A sub-.500 record doesn’t mean a thing at hockey tournament time. A Colony High sophomore, Fangmann cashed in on a last-second turnover he forced to complete a full Thursday...Read More   Nome holds off West in rematch; Wasilla sweeps SoHi; Edwards bags 61 and Homekingkeo nets 57 in small schools by Van Williams | Feb 16, 2025 | Basketball, Cover Story Despite sharing the court with college signees, all-state stars and a sea of 6-footers, Nome-Beltz sophomore Levi Pederson stole the show Saturday. The 5-foot-9 guard scored 11 of his team’s final 16 points as the Nanooks’ boys basketball team held off West Anchorage...Read More   SUBSCRIBE TO RECEIVE WEEK IN REVIEW EMAILS     Join our Family of Sponsors The Alaska Sports Report is a non-profit entity owned by the 501(c)3 Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. We say "no" to paywalls and pop-up ads, "yes" to community partners. Make a tax deductible donation and we'll recognize you on our site, social media posts, and in this weekly review! 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