Hailey Williams of Delta Junction clocked a personal-best time in the 200-meter dash on the biggest stage at the New Balance Nationals in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her time of 24.05 seconds was a full second faster than her time at the state championships three weeks ago when she won the Alaska D2 title in 25.06…. Read more »
Anchorage’s Caleb Holley hauled in five receptions for 55 yards in his first game with the Ottawa Redblacks in a 32-28 victory over the Calgary Stampede on opening weekend in the Canadian Football League. The fourth-year wide receiver surpassed the 1,500-yard mark for his career. Holley, of East High fame, now has 114 catches for… Read more »
Anchorage’s Travante Williams continued his red-hot shooting in the Portuguese League Finals as Oliveirense took a 2-1 lead to move within one victory from capturing a second straight title. He made 6-of-11 field goals and scored 16 points in an 87-82 win over Benfica in Game 3 of the best-of-5 championship series. This is a… Read more »
In search of a NCAA D1 scholarship, Alani Makihele of Anchorage will spend much of his summer out of state. With no college football team in Alaska, he doesn’t have a choice. Exposure is tough to come by for high school players from 907. If college coaches don’t see you up close and personal, they… Read more »
Colter Lasher of Anchorage had his lowest scoring output of the season but he still managed to reach double figures for the 15th straight game. The second-year pro with the Geraldton Buccaneers had 11 points on 5-of-17 shooting in an 84-75 win over Warwick in Australia’s SBL. Lasher, of Dimond High fame, is averaging 17.9… Read more »
Anchorage’s Isaiah Saville blew in and took the United States Hockey League by storm. The 18-year-old rookie with the Tri-City Storm was the only goaltender in the league this season to allow fewer than two goals a game. And now he’s been rewarded with the USHL Goaltender of the Year award. Saville, of West High… Read more »
Philip Wall of Juneau keeps pitching at a high level, regardless of the competition. Fresh off another successful college campaign, the right-hander landed a summer gig with the Southern California Shepherds of the Sunset League. Wall, of Thunder Mountain High fame, improved to 2-0 after winning his second straight start in a 6-1 victory over… Read more »
The scorching sun wasn’t the only thing to melt the track at the NCAA Championships. Kenai’s Allie Ostrander ran a blistering PR of 9:37.73 in 98-degree heat to make NCAA history by becoming the first woman to win three consecutive national championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. The Boise State University redshirt junior broke the Mike… Read more »
Anchorage’s Eddie Lewis recently made Alaska tennis history after winning his first doubles match on the International Tennis Federation World Tour at a M15 Futures event in Guam. The 24-year-old second-year pro player joined Japan’s Masayoshi Ono to defeat a Swedish duo 6-2, 7-6 (2) in the Round of 16 before dropping a 6-2, 6-3… Read more »
Camron Herron of Fairbanks has chased his father’s 800-meter time for his entire life. The West Valley High track star nearly caught him at the Brian Young Invitational. Herron ran a winning time of 1:51.64 for the second-fastest 800 time ever by an Alaska high school runner and the 14th-fastest in the country this year…. Read more »
