Six weeks after a vicious vehicle accident left her with major spinal cord injuries, Lorrie Clifford of Eagle River in working hard in physical training to get back to life. Once an athlete, always an athlete, and her drive, discipline and desire that made her special on the athletic field is showing up when she… Read more »
A week ago, Lorrie Clifford of Eagle River needed a machine to help her breathe. Thankfully now she’s able to do that on her own. The 25-year-old Alaska athlete continues to make slow strides in her recovery after fracturing her vertebrae in a violent vehicle crash last week while on vacation in Honolulu, Hawaii. Clifford,… Read more »
With an awesome athletic resume that has stretched a decade and included a stint on this year’s Team USA women’s rugby team, Lorrie Clifford of Eagle River had an aura of invincibility. But even our strongest people are vulnerable to accidents. Clifford, 25, was involved in a violent vehicle accident over the weekend in Hawaii… Read more »
Lorrie Clifford and Alev Kelter of Eagle River helped make history today in Cary, North Carolina. And it wasn’t even close. The starting players for the USA Women’s Eagles Sevens rugby team were on the field for an 88-0 rout of Mexico in the championship game of the North America Caribbean regional tournament that secured… Read more »
The USA Women’s Eagles Sevens rugby team narrowly missed a shot at grabbing an automatic Olympic qualifying berth last time out. So they head to North Carolina this weekend in search of a second chance, and this time they will bring a second Alaskan. Eagle River’s Lorrie Clifford is back with the national team and… Read more »
Alaskans Lorrie Clifford and Alev Kelter are members of the U.S. Women’s Olympic Rugby Team with visions of the 2016 Games. But they won’t get there by sitting around. They will have to work for it by playing the sport they love, and they want Alaska schoolchildren to follow their lead. Clifford, Kelter and the… Read more »
Lorrie Clifford of Eagle River has traveled the world since November, making stops in Japan, Dubai, Brazil, China and the Netherlands. She can thank rugby for the extra frequent flyer miles. Clifford, 23, is a starting player for the U.S. Women’s Eagles Sevens rugby team that recently toured the globe for the IRB World Series…. Read more »
Lorrie Clifford of Eagle River scored for the first time in just her sixth game with the USA Women’s Eagles, a 5-point try against Spain during the IRB Sevens World Series in Amsterdam. Clifford scored the game’s first points in a 39-0 rout. She has been with the national rugby team since 2013 after playing… Read more »
After wrapping up her college basketball career at Western Oregon University last year, Lorrie Clifford of Eagle River wasn’t ready to walk away from her competitive lifestyle. She was a flag football and basketball star in high school and a four-year basketball starter in college. She wasn’t going to the WNBA, but she wasn’t ready… Read more »
The last time they were teammates, Alev Kelter and Lorrie Clifford were playing flag football at Chugiak High School in 2009. They are on the same team again, except now it’s in a different sport. Kelter and Clifford have made the USA Sevens rugby squad that will participate in the IRB Women’s Sevens World Series… Read more »
