Even though he had been out of baseball for several years, Johnny Meszaros of Anchorage still loved the game and badly wanted to pitch again. He set up a pitching net in his backyard and prepared mentally and physically like it was Game 7 of the World Series. That might sound funny and some people… Read more »
Arguably the greatest college pitcher to come out of Alaska, Sitka’s Matt Way carved up Pac-10 hitters when he toed the rubber for Washington State University from 2006 to 2009. A two-time All-Pac-10 performer, the sublime southpaw is the only Alaskan to throw three complete games at the NCAA D1 level and rack up more… Read more »
Boise State University’s Allie Ostrander of Kenai maintained her perfect record in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase as she racked up her second consecutive title at the NCAA Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The redshirt sophomore improved to 8-0 for her career after another awesome performance in which she dusted a field that saw… Read more »
Maine goaltender Jeremy Swayman of Anchorage continued his mastery over New Hampshire when it mattered most, backstopping a pair of wins in the Hockey East first-round playoff series to highlight a Black Bears’ sweep. The freshman netminder turned aside 53-of-56 shots as Maine won the two games by a combined 7-3 score and advanced to… Read more »
Even though he finished third in the country last season with 37 touchdown passes, Conor Feckley of Anchorage isn’t solely a pocket passer. The Dubuque University senior ran in a pair of scores in a 27-24 win over Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. “I have been able to step up in the pocket and sneak… Read more »
A phone call helped Talkeetna’s Ruby Matthews make a tough call. The high school volleyball standout was torn between similar scholarship offers from Whitman College and Seattle Pacific University. She liked both schools and was having a hard time deciding where she wanted to go to school. “It was a toss-up,” she told me. At… Read more »
The Central Methodist University women’s basketball team had already lost twice on the road and Nene Hale of Anchorage wanted things to change. By taking matters into her own hands, the NAIA All-American guard scored a career-high 37 points to carry the 15th-ranked Eagles to an 89-66 victory over Grand View University in Des Moines,… Read more »
Sitka’s Brian Way isn’t a super hero, but he plays one with the Bellingham Bells baseball team in Washington. The 20-year-old pitcher has been nearly untouchable with a 0.57 ERA this summer and apparently wears a protective shield too. “We had some skin infection going around that I luckily didn’t get,” he told me. Some… Read more »
He doesn’t get the attention like other professional athletes from Alaska, but Ramon Harris of Anchorage is the on verge of accomplishing something special. The 6-foot-7 starting forward is shooting for back-to-back NBA D-League titles with the defending champion Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Fort Wayne punched its ticket with a 103-85 win over Canton in… Read more »
University of Portland sophomore Hannah Mattson of Fairbanks put on a free-throw shooting clinic against Pepperdine. She sank a career-high seven free throws on her way to scoring a season-high 9 points in a 76-72 loss during West Coast Conference women’s basketball action in California. Mattson, of West Valley High fame, helped Portland nearly rally… Read more »
