Daishen Nix of Anchorage looked pretty sweet in his first taste of professional basketball. The 18-year-old rookie with the NBA G League Ignite showcased his shiftiness and stick-to-itiveness in two scrimmages against G League alums in Walnut Creek, California. Nix just missed a double-double in the first game with nine points and nine assists in… Read more »
No matter how far hockey takes Anchorage’s Hunter Strand he never strays from his rink roots. His background drives him and defines him. “I don’t know if I’d be the person and player I am today if I didn’t grow up in Alaska,” he said. “Everyone is so dedicated to helping you get better. All… Read more »
Anchorage hoops standout DaJonee Hale was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after bagging a double-double with 12 points and a career-high 11 rebounds for Bamberg in a 55-52 in the Geman professional basketball league. The 5-foot-8 playmaker from Anchorage leads her team in scoring at 13 points per game and ranks second in rebounds at… Read more »
Only two U.S. cross-country skiers have won back-to-back World Cup races – and both of them are from Alaska. Alaska Pacific University skier Rosie Brennan this weekend joined Anchorage icon Kikkan Randall as the lone Americans to accomplish the feat. Randall, an Alaska Sports Hall of Famer, was the first to do it during the… Read more »
In 110 career games with the Bemidji State University women’s hockey team, Clair DeGeorge of Anchorage had never scored an overtime goal. Until now. The senior forward redirected a shot from the point that beat the goaltender through the five-hole 50 seconds into OT to lift Bemidji State to a 3-2 win over St. Cloud… Read more »
Anchorage’s Nino Delgado extended his unbeaten streak to eight fights after he scored a first-round knockout in Tijuana, Mexico. Delgado, 25, finished off Ricardo Coronado with a series of body shots for his fifth lightweight division win by KO. “Once I hit him with the first clean shot to the body, I knew he didn’t… Read more »
Do-it-all point guard Laura Ingham of Anchorage put it all together on Jan. 4, 2003 to make history. The University of Nevada basketball star became the first Western Athletic Conference player to post a triple-double with 18 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds against Rice. Ingham, of East High fame, played for the Wolf Pack… Read more »
Isiah Brown of Anchorage keeps improving his career high each time he laces ‘em up for Weber State University. The senior guard pumped in 26 points in the season opener against Adams State. Then in the second game he poured in 29 points against Westminster. His career high was 21 through his first 90 college… Read more »
Juneau’s Kendyl Carson gave the Pepperdine University women’s basketball team a nice lift off the bench. In just the second game of her college career, Carson scored a career-high seven points and made her first 3-pointer as the Waves beat Cal State Bakersfield 69-58 in Malibu, California. The 6-foot freshman played 12 minutes and added… Read more »
When Long Island University decided to create a men’s swim team, the coaches put out a nationwide search for people interested in helping the program get off the ground. Kenai High senior Sorin Sorensen eagerly answered the call, hoping the NCAA Division I Sharks would give him a chance to compete at the highest level…. Read more »
