Anchorage’s Jonny Homza has hit home runs in consecutive games for the first time in his four-year pro career. The starting catcher with the Fort Wayne TinCaps hit a two-run dinger in Friday’s 8-2 loss and a solo shot in Saturday’s 4-3 win. Homza is batting third or cleanup in the lineup, so he’s a… Read more »
Soldotna’s Brenner Furlong was named North Star Athletic Association Men’s Outdoor Track Most Valuable Athlete-of-the-Meet. Furlong accumulated 23 points after winning the 400-meter title, being on two victorious relays and placing second in the 200 to help Dakota State University win the men’s team title at the NSAA Championships. Dakota State scored 250 points to… Read more »
Kenai’s Paul Steffensen knocked the door down in his first playoff game with St. Cloud State. The junior transfer crushed a fourth-inning home run, drove in another run and scored twice to highlight his team’s 6-4 win over the University of Mary in Game 1 of the best-of-3 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference first-round postseason series…. Read more »
Juneau’s Philip Wall extended to four his personal winning streak on the pitching mound for the University of Northwestern-St. Paul baseball team to help him break into the NCAA D3 school’s top-10 for wins. The senior right-hander threw eight solid innings in his team’s 5-1 triumph Augsburg in Minnesota, giving him 15 career wins to… Read more »
The four-time United Collegiate Hockey Conference champions from the Elmira College women’s ice hockey team dominated the end-of-year awards ballots. Anchorage’s Tristen Tolan and Eagle River’s Bella Hanson were part of an Elmira College record five All-UCHC First Team selections. Eight different Soaring Eagles received All-UCHC honors, as Elmira claimed four of the five major… Read more »
Anchorage cyclist Sheryl Loan was named the Alaska Athlete of the Week after she placed third in the Bike for Women to continue her astonishing streak of never finishing outside the overall top three in the race. Loan, who now races in the 60-64 age-group, clocked a time of 24:26, finishing third among the all-female… Read more »
DeMarcus Hall-Scriven of Anchorage did a little bit of everything for the Skagit Valley College in a 79-77 win over Edmonds in the NWAC. He played all 40 minutes and recorded a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds. He also handed off five dimes, with his final assist serving up the game-winning 3-pointer with… Read more »
Anchorage’s Lian Lincoln has been on a tear this season, especially over the last few weeks. A recent hot streak has elevated the Macalester College baseball player to No. 2 on his team in hitting with a career-high .342 batting average. The junior outfielder is currently riding a career-best nine-game hitting streak and has hit… Read more »
Anchorage’s Travante Williams poured in 28 points for the second time in two weeks, this time leading Sporting Lisbon to a 92-86 win in Game 1 of the best-of-5 semifinals in the Portuguese League playoffs. The 6-foot-4 swingman drained three 3-pointers and matched his career high with 11 free throws on 12 attempts. He is… Read more »
Eagle River track standout Jeremiah Wilson set a school record in the 100 meters at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships as part of an impressive showing for the Colorado Mesa University sophomore. He ran a 10:59 to set a new all-conditions standard for D2 CMU. Wilson, of Chugiak High fame, finished fourth in the… Read more »
