Megan Youngren of Soldotna wasn’t planning to run the 16th Kenai River Marathon, considering it was scheduled just eight days after a hard effort at the Equinox Marathon. But after recovering quickly from the Equinox, Youngren jumped in and shattered the Kenai River Marathon women’s record in 2 hours, 48 minutes and 11 seconds. Christy… Read more »
Palmer’s Cianna Jorgenson had her fingerprints all over back-to-back wins by the Southwestern Oregon Community College volleyball team. She matched her season high with 11 kills in a win over Chemeketa and the next day tied her season high six blocks in a win over Clackamas. The league wins were the first and second of… Read more »
Anchorage’s Clair DeGeorge is at a new school putting up the same type of production she did at her old school. The Ohio State grad transfer from Bemidji State had a goal and an assist during her team’s four-goal outburst in the second period to highlight a 6-0 win over St. Thomas in Columbus, Ohio…. Read more »
For as good as Qyntyn Pilcher-Colbert was in the pocket for Sierra College, the quarterback from Anchorage was even better in the open field. Houdini in cleats, he proved to be quite the escape artist on his 21-yard touchdown run after staying on his feet after it looked like he was tackled. The sensational scoring… Read more »
Anchorage runner Anna Dalton was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after setting a new Equinox Marathon women’s record. Dalton’s time of 3:07:22 knocked nearly eight minutes off Christy Marvin’s mark of 3:15:06, set in 2018. She was one of four women to run faster than the previous women’s record in one of Alaska’s oldest… Read more »
Eagle River’s Lauren Murphy proved she could take a lickin’ and keep on tickin’ in her latest UFC fight. The 38-year-old pro fighter absorbed a hail of potent punches and killer kicks from champion Valentina Shevchenko during their women’s flyweight title bout at UFC266 in Las Vegas. In the end, Shevchenko (22-3) proved too much… Read more »
Brandon Joyner of Fairbanks extended his personal touchdown streak to three games after hauling in a third-quarter score that iced Elizabeth City State University’s 19-14 victory over Winston-Salem State. After making touchdown catches of 80 and 71 yards in each of the last two weeks, Joyner scored on a 4th-and-21 play to seal his team’s… Read more »
Dylan Baker of Juneau made the most out of his first Triple-A game. The 29-year-old pitched two innings of relief and drew a walk in his only plate appearance with the Louisville Bats in a 13-10 loss to Indianapolis. Baker became the ninth Alaskan to reach the Triple-A level and the second to record an… Read more »
Anchorage’s Kiara Melendez probably thought she was cursed on the soccer field. After a fabulous freshman season at West High, a series of setbacks prevented her from playing the final three seasons for the Eagles. She still dared to dream of playing in college and the Portland Panthers provided that opportunity in the NWAC. “Getting… Read more »
Anchorage’s Brooke Dexter is the most lethal offensive weapon in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. The Simon Fraser University freshman in the only volleyball player in the league this year to rank in the top 5 in both kills and hitting percentage. She also leads the GNAC in scoring at 4.9 points per set in… Read more »
