Seth Downs of Anchorage earned a bronze medal in the men’s 45-49 age group at the Masters World Cup 30K in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He finished third among 30 men as was the top finishing American with a time of 1 hour, 08 minutes, 26 seconds. He was the lone U.S. skier among the top seven…. Read more »
Emmie Jennings of Eagle River scored 19 points and competed in four events as the Boise State swim team beat Wyoming 187-112 in NCAA D1 action in Idaho. The sophomore swimmer was part of the first event, helping the Broncos win the 200-yard medley relay. She swam the third leg as the team had a… Read more »
Oregon Ducks sophomore sensation Ruthy Hebard of Fairbanks scored 24 points and played a career-high 40 minutes in an 85-79 loss to arch rival Oregon State in the annual Civil War series. She sank 10-of-16 field goals to improve her season shooting percentage to .680 – which ranks 3rd in the NCAA. The 6-foot-4 forward… Read more »
Boise State sophomore Ty Jordan of Eagle River posted a personal record in the indoor mile on the final day of the Ed Jacoby Invitational in Nampa, Idaho. He finished fourth out of 17 men with a time of 4:10.34, beating fifth place by more than two full seconds. Jordan, of Chugiak High fame, now… Read more »
When it comes to efficiency on the basketball court, nobody in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference is better than Travon Brackett of Anchorage. The Holy Cross College senior is the only player in the NAIA league that ranks in the top 10 in total rebounds, assists and free-throw percentage. He ranks 11th in turnover-to-assist ratio…. Read more »
Northway’s Cathryn Papasodora was on target for the third-ranked Kentucky rifle team in the first meet of 2018. The junior shooter fired a career-high score in air rifle and her second-best smallbore score in a victory over Army and the Coast Guard in West Point, New York. Papasodora, of Eagle River High fame, finished with… Read more »
UMass Lowell forward Kenny Hausinger of Anchorage buried two goals in the third period to put the finishing touches on a 4-0 win over Arizona State in Tempe, Arizona. His first goal was unassisted and his second goal came on his fifth shot of the game. He also hit the pipe. Hausinger, of Dimond High… Read more »
Three-point specialist Alec Calloway of Juneau joined the 500-point club in just his second season at Walla Walla University. The senior guard is averaging 8.9 points in 20 games for the NAIA school in Washington. He enjoyed a big weekend against Evergreen State College when he pumped in 29 points in the two-game series, including… Read more »
Nene Hale of Anchorage scored five points in the final seven seconds, including a 15-foot jumper at the buzzer, to give Central Methodist an 82-81 win over NAIA nationally ranked MidAmerican Nazarene. With 7.1 seconds left and her team down one point, the All-American guard took the inbounds pass and drove the length of the… Read more »
Just days after joining the Aquinas College hockey team, Mike Curran of Anchorage scored the winning goal in his first game with the NAIA squad. The freshman forward delivered the go-ahead score on a power-play goal in the third period to highlight a 3-1 victory over arch rival Calvin in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Curran, of… Read more »
