The lights are brighter and the stage is bigger at the 1A and 2A Alaska State Basketball Championships — but the moment wasn’t too big for Kake’s Ethan Kadake and Tikigaq’s Jennifer Nash, who led their respective programs to state titles this past weekend.
In a field of over 200 of the state’s top high school skiers, Service and West Anchorage stood atop the podiums, but they weren't the only ones shining at the state championships.
University of Alaska Anchorage Gymnastics senior Rachel Decious ended her home career in style over the weekend winning two individual events to help UAA to their first team win of the season.
The phrase, ‘Saved by Swayman’ has been echoing throughout National Hockey League rinks this season, but it was first heard ringing out in the rinks of Alaska.
Aiden Westin was born in Anchorage and has played the past two years for the Anchorage Wolverines and now he has committed to play at the University of Alaska Anchorage next season.
Alissa Pili transferred from the University of Southern California to the University of Utah and has helped the Utes women’s basketball team to their first ever top 10 ranking.
16-year old Elias made the Team USA roster and will be competing at the Youth and Junior World Championships while Reine, 13, competed against those up to 18-years old and more than held her own.
The now UAA volleyball alumna Eve Stephens added to her long list of personal accolades by becoming the first UAA Volleyball player to be named to the First Team Academic All-American team.
Deshawn won the DI 160 lb. title, Mya took the Girls 130 lb. crown, while Myles is the DII 130 lb. champion as the Campbells sweep the State Wrestling Tournament.
Maia Struble is not only one of the best bowlers in the state but one of the best bowlers in the country and has committed to Valparaiso University to bowl in college.
Amiaya Hansen helped the Craig Panthers to the ASAA 2A state championship title and Daniel Wardell helped the Tanalian Lynx to the ASAA Mix Six state title.
It took a couple heartbreaks, but the Kenai Kardinals finally won their first state volleyball championship this past weekend led by spikers Cali Holmes and Emma Beck.
The COVID-19 pandemic set a lot of athletes back, whether due to lack of facilities, practices or time training, but these two standout swimmers used it to propel them to the next level.
Homer Quarterback Carter Tennison led the Mariners to an improbable upset victory over the previously undefeated Houston Hawks in the DIII State Championship Game.
Chugiak's Campbell Peterson has entered eight races this season, winning all eight with the most important one coming up this weekend with the state championship.
Lauren Sulte is a senior captain for the undefeated Dimond volleyball team and while she can dig and spike with the best of them, her best attribute is the leadership she brings to the team.
The kicker on a high school football team can be a forgotten position at times but Marty Burton has been making a difference for the Bartlett Golden Bears.
As her classmates and friends at South Anchorage High School compete in sports against peers their age, Ante is often on the course competing against those more twice her elder in the only state in America that does not sponsor high school golf.
Anchorage’s 14-year old boxing phenom Maliyah Schmid-Carey has been collecting wins in the rings left and right, like her lethal combo, but none bigger than the gold medal she picked up at the Junior Olympic Boxing Championships in Wichita, Kansas earlier this month.
Palmer's Sarah Uschmann not only holds a youth American record, but just returned from the 2022 USA Weightlifting National Championships with hardware.
These two student-athletes shared the same hallways at Dimond High School, shared the same practice field and now share the same award as Gatorade Alaska Soccer Players of the Year.
Special Olympics Alaska spent eight days in Orlando, Florida competing at the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games, returning home with memories and medals.
Championship-level softball often comes down to timely hitting and quality pitching, and the South Anchorage Wolverines have both, which is part of the reason why they are back-to-back ASAA Alaska Softball State Champions.
The University of Alaska Anchorage Track and Field program is sending three athletes to the NCAA Division II National Championships in Allendale, Michigan, scheduled for May 26 to 28.
OlyviaJaelyn Mamae competes in four different events for the East Anchorage Thunderbird track and field team and she has sprinted to the front of each event.
While everyone is a winner at the Native Youth Olympics by helping sustain culture and tradition, Eden Hopson of the Anchorage A team and Colton Paul from Kipnuk competing for Mt. Edgecumbe High School stole the show.
Palmer’s Leif Mumma is the latest Alaskan skier to qualify for the Freeride World Tour, a yearly competition among the world’s best backcountry skiers and snowboarders.
A South Anchorage senior’s love for the sport knows no bounds, borders or boundaries, as it has traveled with him no matter where he is playing "the world’s game."
If you haven’t had the chance to watch the best girls player in the state of Alaska, you need too. Sayvia Sellers won’t blow you away in the layup lines but once the game starts you will find yourself buying Sellers game as quick as you can.
A talent that grew in Anchorage showcased itself on the national stage Sunday when Clair DeGeorge hoisted the Women’s Ice Hockey National Championship trophy.
Hanebeth and Schaeffer represent the next graduating class of talent to come out of Nome-Beltz High School, but the dynamic duo caught fire well before their final year of high school ball together.
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