Anchorage’s Pauline Tufi was one of 10 players voted to the Louisiana Tech University all-decade softball team. The former West High star played four seasons from 2014 to 2017 at LaTech, where she was a three-time Conference USA all-league pick. Tufi ranks No. 1 all-time among Alaskans at the NCAA D1 level with 35 career… Read more »
Juneau Douglas High School’s Makenna Graham graduates after a stellar soccer career. The team captain and star defender played varsity all four years and helped lead the Crimson Bears to two State Championships. Makenna will be attending North Idaho College to study behavioral analysis and criminal justice while playing collegiate soccer for the Cardinals.
Even though Daishen Nix played high school basketball in Las Vegas, he considers himself an Alaskan and regularly wore Alaska gear under his high school jersey. Daishen, who grew up in Anchorage until moving to a basketball program his freshman year, is a consensus five-star high school recruit and ranked as one of the top… Read more »
West Anchorage High School’s Ivy Eski has committed to the nordic ski team for the University of Colorado Boulder this fall and plans to study pre-med/physical therapy. The Buffalos are a Division I powerhouse in NCAA skiing. Ivy skied and ran varsity cross country all four years of high school. As a senior, she was… Read more »
Samuel “Sammy”Twenhafel is a midfielder and captain for the South Anchorage High School Soccer Team. As a freshman he scored a goal in OT that led the Wolverines in winning the Alaska High School State Championship in a thrilling shootout. He was looking forward to his senior year and representing his school. Sammy was named… Read more »
Destiny Reimers started at point guard in her first game as a freshman with the Anchorage Christian School basketball game and never missed a game the rest of the way. During her four year career, the Lions were 118-5 with three State Championships. The Lions were strong contenders to win a fourth her senior year… Read more »
Juneau Douglas High School senior Kaden Harris has been doing gymnastics, cheer and dance most of his life. He has varsity lettered in both cheer and dance. He is the first boy to ever be on the Crimson Bear Dance team in the 50 plus years of existence. The team traveled to Orlando, Florida in… Read more »
Chloe White graduates from East Anchorage High School after a stellar career as catcher, outfielder and Captain of the softball team. A three-year varsity player, Chloe was a key member of the 2018 and 2019 Thunderbird State Championship squads and received numerous accolades along the way. Through her teenage years, she was also a member… Read more »
Cross-country skier Gus Schumacher of Anchorage reached rarified air after winning the Beck International Trophy. The award dates to the 1930s is given annually to the U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s top athletes – Schumacher was the men’s winner and alpine star Mikaela Shiffrin of Colorado was the women’s winner. Schumacher, of Service High fame, is… Read more »
Vincent “Vinnie” Cramer was a four-year wrestler for Colony High School. He capped off an outstanding career with the Knights by winning the 2019 Conference and State Championship. In February he signed his letter of intent to wrestle for Eastern Oregon University this fall.
