As a first-year transfer, Tyler Wells of Fairbanks has spent most of his junior year adjusting to his new team at Concordia in Portland, Oregon. The 6-foot guard finally found his comfort zone in the final game of the season. Wells, of Monroe Catholic High fame, pumped in double figures for the first time in… Read more »
A group of Anchorage middle schoolers earned Alaska some major regional respectability after winning the platinum bracket at the Presidents’ Day Tournament of Champions in Portland, Oregon. The Alaska Grizzlies posted a 7-1 record, including a 5-0 mark in the single-elimination bracket play to claim first place in the 40-team division. This is the largest… Read more »
A perfect night at the free-throw line sparked Anchorage’s Devon Bookert to his highest scoring game in his first year as a professional player in the Czech Republic. The former Florida State star scored 31 points and went 12-for-12 from the foul line for USK Praha in an 83-81 loss to BK Decin in Game… Read more »
Whitney Williams of Anchorage enjoyed a perfect performance on the court as she swept both her singles and doubles matches for Abilene Christian in Texas. The senior outscored opponents from New Mexico and Midwestern State by a combined 42-22. Williams, of South High fame, increased her career win total to 174, which is 49 victories… Read more »
Bemidji State senior Bailey Wright of Anchorage put the finishing touches on a 3-0 win over Minnesota Duluth in the final game of the WCHA playoff three-game series to propel the Beavers to the league’s Final Faceoff. The senior forward scored an empty-net goal in the final seconds of Game 3 and finished with two… Read more »
He was already the top playmaker on the Aquinas College hockey team, now Steven Gustafson of Anchorage has been recognized on a national level. The freshman defenseman and team’s leading scorer was named NAIA Hockey Coaches Association Defenseman of the Week. He dished out four assists and helped the Saints to a 2-0-1 record last… Read more »
It took Louisiana Tech softball player Taria Page of Anchorage one game to erase an early season slump. The junior cleanup hitter enjoyed a historic day at the plate when she crushed her first career grand slam and added a two-run single in a 9-1 win over South Dakota in Ruston, Louisiana. The six RBIs… Read more »
The distance medley relay at this year’s Mountain West Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, must have felt like deja vu for Boise State runner Allie Ostrander of Kenai. Two years ago, she anchored the winning relay team that won a conference title with the fastest time in school history. It happened again. Except this time… Read more »
Anchorage’s Reece Robinson reached double digits for the third straight game, but it could not save Northwest Christian from a season-ending loss. Warner Pacific beat the Beacons 95-81 in the first round of the NAIA Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament in Portland, Oregon. Robinson, of Service High fame, scored 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the… Read more »
Alaska Sports Hall of Famer Kikkan Randall of Anchorage helped Team USA break a decades-long drought in nordic skiing at the Olympics as she and teammate Jessie Diggins of Minnesota won the team sprint relay at the Pyeongchang Games in South Korea. Randall started and Diggins finished, a devastating 1-2 combo that beat perennial power… Read more »
