Ruthy Hebard of Fairbanks continues to cross off major milestones as a rookie in the WNBA. First game. Check. First points. Check. First double-figure scoring performance. Check. Hebard, of West Valley High fame, amassed double digits for the first time after scoring a season-high 11 points for the Chicago Sky in an 89-71 loss to… Read more »
Ketchikan’s Ashley Huffine scored four straight points at the end of the second quarter to give Centralia College some breathing room before the Blazers suffocated Tacoma in a 71-46 win. Huffine carried that momentum into the second half with eight of her 15 points as she reached double figures for the fourth time in 23… Read more »
Lyndon Prayer of Anchorage tied his season high with five 3-pointers on his way to scoring 20 points for Imperial Valley College men’s basketball in an 89-65 loss to Southwestern in California. This was the second time in 22 games this season that the sophomore guard has reached the 20-point plateau. His season his is… Read more »
Anchorage’s Danielle VanOrd led the Western Oregon University women’s soccer team to a historic victory. The junior forward bagged her first goal of the season to provide a 1-0 win over Concordia, snapping the team’s four-game winless streak at Tuominen Yard in Portland, Oregon. VanOrd, of Bartlett High fame, buried a shot in the top… Read more »
Casey Bailey of Anchorage has set the ECHL ablaze with six goals in his first six games to lead the league in scoring. The 28-year-old forward with the South Carolina Stingrays ranks second in the league with seven points. The Alaskan’s hot start has helped the Stingrays post a 5-1 record for 10 points, good… Read more »
Anchorage’s Kendal Brown is scoring at a ridiculous rate for Canada’s Crandall University. The 6-foot-5 junior forward is averaging 26.6 points per game in 18 appearances and has put up season high scoring performances of 39, 46 and 50. He has racked up a total of 478 points, with 60 percent of his output coming… Read more »
Anchorage’s Alissa Pili has already achieved so much in her high school hoops career, but there is one major milestone she still covets. The Alaska Class 4A girls career scoring record. The Dimond High senior currently stands No. 3 on the all-time list with 2,220 points, needing just seven more to catch No. 2 Ruthy… Read more »
Former Alaska Class 4A player of the year Reece Robinson of Anchorage earned his fourth double-double of the season and surpassed the 500-point milestone for his career at Northwest Christian University in Eugene, Oregon. The 6-foot-4 senior forward tallied 41 points in a two-game home split with Northwest University and Evergreen State College. Robinson, of… Read more »
A couple of Alaskans powered the Peninsula College women’s basketball team to a come-from-behind victory over Portland. Barrow’s Kuutuuq Danner pumped in a season-high 21 points and Anchorage’s Kameron Brown pulled down a season-high eight rebounds in a 69-57 win in the NWAC. Danner had a hand in 10 of her team’s 16 points in… Read more »
Anchorage’s Kendal Brown pumped in a career-high 46 points and drained the go-ahead 3-pointer with 38 seconds left in overtime to lead Crandall University to a 102-99 win over St. Thomas in New Brunswick, Canada. The 6-foot-5 forward finished 17-of-30 from the field, setting season highs for field goals and attempts. He was 9-of-18 on… Read more »
