HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Rosters are often so small in Alaska high school football that one injury can throw off the offense, defense or both for the entire season.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Senior outside hitter Rhea Cardwell registered a match-high 20 kills against nationally ranked Western Washington University at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex on Thursday.
ALASKA ACES
Injury bug hits Aces in final exhibition
Two exhibition hockey games provided Alaska Aces coach Keith McCambridge the opportunity to evaluate players before he makes his training-camp cuts this morning and settles on his roster to open the ECHL season.
COLLEGE HOCKEY
Seawolves' goalies key to success
At nearly 6-foot-4, Jon Olthuis covers a lot of net. Ditto for Bryce Christianson, who checks in at 6-2.
ORIENTEERING
Andrew Lee found all 24 controls within the one-hour time limit and answered his political bonus question correctly for a total of 460 points to win Jill and Leslie's Politico Night O on Wednesday at the Alaska Pacific University.
What's happening in sports and recreation around Anchorage
ALASKA ACES
By the time Erik Felde hit his teenage years, Anchorage's hockey community already was abuzz with word of his speed. Wednesday night, he showed that his gift remains now that he's all grown up.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
Football fever is sweeping through Barrow
Barrow has always been defined by two distinctive pursuits -- whaling and high school basketball.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
Patriots are bracing for Cougars offense
After not allowing more than 20 points in any game this season, it's hard to imagine any team putting up big numbers on North Pole's defense.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
All-Railbelt team loaded with North Pole players
North Pole's Steve Wright was voted defensive player of the year and teammate Jackson Collins was named lineman of the year as voting for the all-Railbelt Conference football team took on a decidedly Patriot flavor.
New location, new team, new number -- center Nate Thompson of Anchorage has a new start on his hockey career, and it has landed him back in the NHL.
Mackey will be a guest on 'Conan O'Brien'
Step aside Scott Gomez. Another Alaskan who makes his living on frozen water has invaded the Big Apple.
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
Pacolt, Fulton each post double-doubles for Lynx spikers
Kelsay Pacolt and Lauren Fulton each posted double-doubles to spur Dimond to a 3-1 victory over Chugiak on Tuesday.
HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS
South tops Service, Bartlett in tri-meet
South's Haleigh Leitch captured the all-around title and won all the individual-event titles in Saturday's tri-meet to lead the undefeated Wolverines over Service and Bartlett.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
Planes and buses deliver state football semifinalists
A variety of football convoys is coming to Anchorage Football Stadium this weekend from the far-flung corners of the state for Alaska's large- and small-schools state semifinal playoffs.
Exhibitions are the last chance Aces prospects have to impress
Entering the Alaska Aces' mid-week exhibition games, the boys on the bubble for making the ECHL club's season-opening roster don't have much margin for mistakes.
Anchorage-area pair heads for Ironman World Championships
Will 141 miles of swimming, biking and running prove any easier the second time around? Eagle River triathlete Katy Rosane, 45, sure hopes so. On Saturday , Rosane and Dale Haines, 49, will represent Alaska in the world's best-known triathlon, the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.
HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL
Warren leads Golden Bears into CIC flag football finals
Bartlett’s Monterika Warren racked up more than 200 yards Saturday as the Golden Bears earned a 26-7 Cook Inlet Conference tournament semifinal win over Eagle River.
HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING
Service wins swimming invitational
Service boys and girls swim teams combined efforts to win the Bartlett-Chugiak Invitational on Saturday.
Campbell, 51, leads all 10-K runners
Fifty-one year old Vernon Campbell, the former UAA runner and Crow Pass champion, edged Mark Brady by a second to win Saturday's Octoberfest Run for Bean's 10-kilometer run in downtown Anchorage.
Race sends $9,000 to Special Olympics
The organizers of the Alaska 10-K Classic this week handed Special Olympics Alaska a $9,000 check.
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
South soundly routed Service in three sets on Saturday, 25-11, 25-13, 25-23.
CYCLOCROSS
Novakoviches win the season finale
Matt Novakovich won the final race in the Cyclocross series on Saturday, beating runner-up Carey Grumalot.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Alaska girls team loses in Phoenix tourney
The Alaska Lady Hoops Elite Team I lost to California team Cal Swish 39-38 in the first round of the 2008 California Storm Fall Invitational in Phoenix, Ariz., on Friday.
FLAG FOOTBALL
Eagle River flag football edges Dimond
Eagle River's Myka Hiura scrambled for a 35-yard touchdown in Friday's 14-13 win over Dimond in conference quarterfinals.
PREP GYMNASTICS
East and Eagle River both recorded season-high team totals during Friday's dual meet at Chugiak High.
PREP RIFLERY
Chugiak's Matt Martin shot a meet-high 292 to lead the Mustangs to a decisive 6-1 win over Eagle River on Friday.
BOXING
Taunton wins season-opening main event
Johnny Taunton earned a three-round decision over his heavier challenger at the first Thursday Night at the Fights of the season at Egan Center. The 155-pound Taunton outpointed the 178-pound Ethan O'Jala.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Dimond gets second chance at South
Dimond seniors Ryan Holta and Nolan Olson walked off the football field at Chugiak Stadium last weekend and turned in their gear along with the rest of their teammates.
HIGH SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING
Kenny Lake's Wilson isn't sneaking up on anybody
FAIRBANKS -- Kailey Wilson is a freshman at tiny Kenny Lake High School with no teammates and no prior experience competing as a runner.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
The UAA volleyball team extended its early-season success under new head coach Chris Green on Thursday night by rolling St. Martin's 25-18, 25-18, 25-13 in Lacey, Wash.
BASKETBALL
Arts joins Alaska Dream pro team
Former UAA All-American and Valdez High all-star Carl Arts has joined two former teammates with the new Alaska Dream professional basketball team.
Hockey polls pick UAA to finish last
As predictable as the reek of sweat-drenched, post-game gear, both Western Collegiate Hockey Association coaches and media have picked UAA, which has finished last in the league three straight seasons, to four-peat.
Four mushers bail on Iditarod before it starts
Two promising young woman mushers have pulled out of the 2009 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Homer halibut earns Californian $45,000
The richest Alaska fishing derby in three years has made Jeff Pardi of San Rafael, Calif., a successful and wealthy angler. Pardi on Wednesday was officially declared winner of the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby for the 348-pound monster he landed July 9.
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Prep Football Pick 'ems: The playoffs, pt. 2
Kevin surprised even himself with a 7-1 performance last weekend, while Bill finished 4-4 going into the second round of the playoffs.
VIDEO HIT
Clay Dyer was born with no limbs except a partial right arm, but still became a pro bass fisherman.
PHOTOS
Images from the boys and girls 1, 2 and 3A cross-country running state championships.
STORY
A Chugiak hockey player suffered from the same injury that affected NFL star Jason Taylor.
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VIDEO HIT
Iditarod musher Lance Mackey was voted the toughest athlete in a recent poll.
VIDEO HIT
Check out the classic Saturday Night Live skit that spoofs synchronized swimming.
PHOTOS
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Updated stories, photos, video and blogs from Beijing, China.
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Bartlett earns top seed in tournament
Boys cross-country winner puts on sportsmanship display
Thunderbirds get it all going in win
Who's in football playoffs? Everyone is clueless
South survives scare to save perfect season
Police called in when brawl breaks out
Seawolves volleyball team falls to Nanooks in five
Moose are Potato Bowl rulers again
Top-ranked North Pole romps 43-6
Service swimmers splash past West
Engle, Jackson go off for Lynx
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