The college basketball season hasn’t even started yet, but the University of Utah already got a steal with landing Devante Doutrive of Anchorage. The 6-foot-5 guard committed to Utah over other offers from Gonzaga, UTEP, Arizona State and Oregon. He is one of the very last elite players from the Class of 2017 to decide… Read more »
No matter how far he goes in the basketball world, no matter how many years go by, Louis Wilson of Anchorage will never lose sight of his hometown. He remembers the people that shaped his life, the ones that stuck by his side and the fresh faces that look his way for an assist. When… Read more »
No matter how Hollywood her life gets, Ruthy Hebard of Fairbanks remains grounded because of how she was raised. She works hard, stays positive and never assumes that just because she had success on the basketball court yesterday it’s destined to happen again. So, she keeps grinding like it never happened. “All this is making… Read more »
Kenai’s Allie Ostrander showed incredible durability, determination and downright guts on the final day of the NCAA Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The Boise State University redshirt freshman ran to a pair of NCAA All-American finishes within an hour and a half, winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase and coming back to grind out a… Read more »
After a star-studded college running career at Brigham Young University in Utah, Aaron Fletcher of Anchorage was looking for something different. The cross country and track star had dabbled in obstacle-course racing before turning back to his roots. “Growing up as a runner/skier in Alaska you can’t escape trail running, so I had some experience… Read more »
Ruthy Hebard of Fairbanks believes her best basketball is still to come at the USA Basketball’s U19 women’s team trials. Rather than rest of her laurels, look for the 6-foot-4 forward to go all out on Sunday, the final day of the junior national team tryout in Colorado Springs, Colorado. “I think I have a… Read more »
Three-time Olympic alpine skier Hilary Lindh of Juneau recently left her hometown and moved to Whitefish, Montana, where she accepted a job as an environmental specialist with a civil engineering firm. She left behind some of her things in storage, even a piece of her heart. “It will always be my home no matter where… Read more »
He lost two teeth and his team lost both games of a doubleheader, but Matthew Kley of Anchorage kept smiling – and hitting. The Wenatchee Valley College third baseman took a shot to the face from the helmet of a Yakima Valley baserunner attempting to steal a base in Game 2 of the NWAC doubleheader… Read more »
When the temperature dips below zero at Lambeau Field for a Green Bay Packers game, Charlie Sokaitis doesn’t worry because he grew up in Fairbanks so he’s used to frigid winter weather. When dozens of local sports reporters fight for position around the locker of star quarterback Aaron Rodgers for an interview, Sokaitis doesn’t sweat… Read more »
Kayla Sims of Anchorage sets up others as a setter of The Master’s University volleyball team. So it figures she would give her teammates the assist when it comes to her success. The sophomore playmaker credited her teammates for helping her win Golden State Athletic Conference Setter of the Week honors for the third time… Read more »
