Daisy Page of Anchorage dug deep to deliver her best performance in extra innings for the Mississippi Valley State University softball team. The 6-foot freshman pitcher posted season highs of 9 innings and 6 strikeouts in a 10-7 win over Jackson State in Southwestern Athletic Conference action. The former Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year… Read more »
Tony Tomsich qualified for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials on Sunday with 11 seconds to spare. “I feel pretty on top of the world. Everything I could have imagined came together yesterday,” Tomsich said by phone on Monday. “I threw my hands up like 20 meters from the line because I knew I was going… Read more »
The 4×4 relay is like a 4×4 truck because it’s rugged and requires a strong motor. Good thing Liberty University features two rough-and-tough runners from Alaska. Anchorage’s Tanner Ealum and Michael Todd have etched their names in the record book among the fastest men’s and women’s 4×400-meter relay teams for the NCAA D1 school in… Read more »
After uncharacteristically losing his previous two starts, Philip Wall of Juneau bounced back in a big way. He isn’t the active leader in wins among college pitchers from Alaska for nothing. The right-hander with the University of Northwestern-St. Paul spun a seven-hitter for his third career 9-inning complete game in a 3-2 victory over Crown… Read more »
Sitka’s Elle Gray had her best day at the plate this season for the St. Lawrence University softball team. The senior shortstop went 4-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs in a 9-1 Game 1 victory over State University of New York Canton in a NCAA D3 doubleheader. She went 1-for-3 with a double and… Read more »
When it comes to the Northern State University player who has improved the most this season, it’s tough to beat Cody Curfman’s comeback. The junior right-hander has massively improved his mount presence since early March as his ERA has dropped like a 12-to-6 curveball, falling from double digits all the way to 3.15. Whether it’s… Read more »
Anchorage softball slugger Morgan Hill of Anchorage single-handedly carried the University of Missouri-St. Louis to a doubleheader sweep of Rockhurst. The junior left fielder went 6-for-7 at the plate and drove in 5 runs, including the go-ahead base hit in each of the two games. Hill, of East High fame, raised her season batting average… Read more »
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Alev Kelter of Eagle River bulldozed her way to three conversions in the bronze-medal match on her way to leading the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series tournament in scoring and helping the U.S. women’s team secure a medal in Kitakyushu, Japan. Team USA rallied to beat France 36-12 in the third-place match to cap… Read more »
Rachel White of Anchorage enjoyed the ultimate Senior Weekend experience with the No. 17-ranked Corban University softball team. The senior pitcher threw shutouts on back-to-back days as Corban University went 4-0 against Northwest Christian in the final home series of the season in Salem, Oregon. White tossed a 3-hitter in Game 1 and then spun… Read more »
