Former Duke University star Trajan Langdon of Anchorage today was among the people named to the 2013 ACC Men’s Basketball Legends Class. The 6-foot-3 shooting guard was a cog in the Blue Devils 1999 team that advanced to the NCAA national championship game. Langdon, of East High fame, was one of the most accurate long-range… Read more »
Eastern Washington senior Kevin Winford of Anchorage continued his late-season surge, pumping in a season-high 13 points in a 72-68 win over Montana State in Big Sky action. The 5-foot-11 guard also grabbed a season-high seven rebounds to go with four assists. Winford, of Bartlett High fame, is averaging 11 points over his last five… Read more »
The Alaska Sports Hall of Fame today announced the winners of the annual Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Director’s Award. The individuals or groups were named based on consideration for their contributions, actions and achievements in sports over the past year or recent years. The Director’s Awards recipients were selected by the Alaska Sports Hall… Read more »
Wasilla’s Morgan Dampier made quite an impression with the Sacramento State track team, winning the women’s 800 meters in her first collegiate competition. The former Alaska state champion crossed the line in 2:14.37 – a second faster than the rest of the field. It was also the sixth-fastest time in Sacramento State school history.
North Pole’s Brad Oleson is on the move. The all-star shooting guard today was aquired by European power Barcelona in a trade with Caja Laboral in a blockbuster deal in the Spanish League. Playing for Barcelona is like suiting up for the Yankees, Lakers or Cowboys. His new deal is reported to be for three… Read more »
They called the play especially for him, so the least Tyler Adams of Barrow could do was make the jumper. He did that and more. The Blue Mountain sophomore guard converted a rare four-point play en route to scoring 20 points in a 75-67 win over Wenatchee Valley in NWAACC action in Washington. “At the… Read more »
There are more than 150 women’s basketball players in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, yet none of them can rebound like Palmer’s Allie Grazulis. The 5-foot-11 junior for Colorado School of Mines leads the conference at 9.9 rebounds per game, a career best. Grazulis, of Colony High fame, snared 10 boards to go along with… Read more »
What started as a disaster has turned into a season of destiny for Utah State. Yet none of it would be possible without Wasilla’s Jenna Johnson. The senior guard kept her dream season going tonight in Rustin, La., where her layup off an in-bounds play with just five seconds left in overtime supplied Utah State… Read more »
Hydaburg’s Damen Bell-Holter ended the month of January the same way he started – scoring, rebounding and leading Oral Roberts to victory. The 6-foot-9 center scored 22 points on 9-of-15 shooting and added eight rebounds in a 75-54 win over McNeese State in Tulsa, Okla. Bell-Holter will surely be named Southland Conference Player of the… Read more »
