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.
Though Steffen Booth, the race’s youngest-ever competitor at 16 years and 6 months old, may have stand out amongst the Iron Dog field, once the helmet is on and his thumb is on the throttle, he is where he belongs.
Brooklyn Kopsack is the only Alaskan on the University of Alaska Anchorage gymnastics team, and while she is now a sophomore in school, she is just a freshman in the leotard.
Gus Schumacher is only 21 years old, but his resume is already impressive. The latest accolade is that Schumacher has been named to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics cross-country skiing team for the U.S.
The pride of Galena, Pearle Green, hopes to bring the community with her during her freshman season of college basketball at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Hanna Henrie was recently named Gatorade Player of the Year to add to her long list of high school volleyball accolades that includes two state tittles and an honorable mention all-American selection.
Prep hockey star Bradley Beals folded on playing for his Tier I comp hockey program, Team Alaska, and pushed all of his chips in on Bartlett High School.
JC Schoonmaker captured his first ever national championship and collegiate victory over the weekend at the L.L. Bean U.S. Cross Country Skiing Championships at the Soldier Hollow Nordic Center in Midway, Utah.
Many athletes have that fierce, competitive edge that puts them over the top, but Service’s standout skier Meredith Schwartz will beat you with kindness.
Tobin Karlberg has been playing basketball in Anchorage for his whole life and while he is a senior in the classroom he is just a junior on the court. This year he is looking to make a splash.
A ball, some knee pads, a net and applesauce; those are the key ingredients to success on the court for Colony High School volleyball’s Calista Ousley, who happens to have Type 1 diabetes.
Normally the “Athlete of the Week” stories are about one, single athlete, but this week it is focused on four because a person can’t talk about one without talking about the others.
Addison Anderson won her age group on her first try in the Pitch Hit and Run Regional competition that was held at T-mobile park in Seattle, Washington.
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