Email from Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Updates on Alaska athletes making news around the world THE WEEK IN REVIEW Girdwood runner Ava Earl named Alaska Athlete of the Week after impressive collegiate win by Alaska Sports Report | Sep 16, 2025 | Athlete of the Week, Cross Country Running, Running Ava Earl of Girdwood outpaced a strong field at the Spartan Invitational at Michigan State to win Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The Northwestern runner won the 6-kilometer race in 20 minutes, 14.5 seconds, averaging a blistering pace of 5:25 per mile to collect... Read More   UAA and UAF are first GNAC teams to reach 10 wins after both are victorious on the road by Van Williams | Sep 19, 2025 | Cover Story, Volleyball Bella Burney returned to her old stomping grounds and helped the Seawolves run over Seattle Pacific in four sets Thursday in Emerald City. The junior hitter out of Tumwater, Wash., recorded a season-high 13 kills on a season-best .542 attack percentage to lead the... Read More   Miami beats Seattle 3-1 in rematch of Leagues Cup final; Vargas and Messi both score by Van Williams | Sep 17, 2025 | Cover Story, Soccer It’s wild that a 20-year-old from Anchorage could ruffle feathers of some of the greatest soccer players in the world, but Obed Vargas has evolved from prodigy to playmaker, and opponents now view him as a threat. The Seattle Sounders starting midfielder showed why on... Read More   Wolverines’ open NAHL season with shootout loss, followed by shootout win by Matt Nevala | Sep 22, 2025 | Cover Story, Hockey Extra time was needed throughout the first official North American Hockey League weekend of the Anchorage Wolverines’ fifth season of existence. Anchorage dropped a 5-4 overtime shootout loss to the Minnesota Wilderness on Friday night in Cloquet, Minn. Returner... Read More   Sandberg’s field goal makes the difference for West in 17-16 win by Van Williams | Sep 20, 2025 | Cover Story, Football For the first five weeks of the high school football season, West kicker Elias Sandberg did more cheering from the sideline than contributing on the field. It wasn’t his fault. The Eagles have been so effective in the red zone this season that Sandberg’s services... Read More   A game-changing career lands Kikkan Randall in U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame by Beth Bragg | Sep 16, 2025 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing Kikkan Randall, a game-changer for American cross-country ski racing, has been selected for induction in the U.S. National Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame. The Olympic gold medalist from Anchorage is part of the Class of 2025 announced Monday. The induction ceremony is... Read More   Loucks, Meissner notch wins at Kayhi Invitational; Kings, Wolves take team titles by Arielle Himelbloom | Sep 18, 2025 | Cover Story, Cross Country Running, Running Wrangell’s Boomchain Loucks has been a force since he first debuted for the Wolves, helping them to back-to-back team state titles as an underclassman. Now a senior, the 2023 Division III cross country state champion is showing no signs of slowing down, winning the... Read More   Learn more and Purchase Tickets here   Cougars come back from 13-point deficit to beat Chugiak by Alaska Sports Report | Sep 18, 2025 | Cover Story, Flag Football, Prep Spotlight A rocky start and a 13-point halftime deficit were not about to shake the Service flag football team Wednesday. Sparked by huge fourth quarters from quarterback Rachel Utic and two-way standout Alissa Coles – along with a gutsy coaching decision – the Cougars stormed... Read More   Rhodes wins The Rut 28K, Houser takes 11K outright; Alaskan contingent collects age group medals by Arielle Himelbloom | Sep 19, 2025 | Cover Story, Mountain Running, Running With the world championships fast approaching, Klaire Rhodes initially treated the 28K race at The Rut as a long run. But for an athlete of Rhodes’ caliber, she came away with the win in Big Sky, Mont., crossing the finish line in 3 hours, 53 minutes and 6 seconds.... Read More   Make it six straight for Lynx, who sweep South to take sole possession of first place in CIC by Van Williams | Sep 19, 2025 | Cover Story, Prep Spotlight, Volleyball The Dimond volleyball team didn’t travel to Texas to do the two step, but opponents from the Lone Star State did dance all over the Alaskans during their road trip last month to start the high school season. The Lynx finished 1-7 in best-of-three matches against Class... Read More   T-birds win first game, retain East Side Boot after white-knuckle ride finish by Van Williams | Sep 21, 2025 | Cover Story, Football A bunch of sophomores took over Senior Day for the East football team and gave star running back Prince Siliato some much-needed help as the T-birds won their first game in Week 6 of the high school football season. The all-hands-on-deck effort was something East had... Read More   Duke, Delaney grab wins on home course, Seawolves sweep team titles in Fairbanks by Arielle Himelbloom | Sep 16, 2025 | Cover Story, Cross Country Running, Running In a rematch between Alaska’s two collegiate cross country running teams, a pair of Nanooks sped to victories at the Blue & Gold Race on a new home course in Fairbanks, while the Seawolves swept the team titles. UAF’s Lucca Duke was the top collegian, winning in... Read More   Service Cougars in rhythm entering busy week in CIC volleyball by Van Williams | Sep 15, 2025 | Cover Story, Volleyball Sometimes a team will reveal more about itself after a tough loss than in victory and Service volleyball coach Austin Osborne was pleased with how his team responded after dropping a five-set heartbreaker to Palmer at the beginning of the month. The Cougars bounced... Read More   Kickers are X factors; French Connection premiers in Juneau; Van Kirk takes CIC rushing lead by Van Williams | Sep 18, 2025 | Cover Story, Football Nine out of 10 times during the Cook Inlet Conference football season, when a team commits an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after scoring a touchdown, the opposing coach will take the 15 yards on the kickoff with hopes of getting his offense better field position.... 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