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White caps flew into the air after five innings as South celebrated its second American Legion state championship Thursday at Mulcahy Stadium, taking the title by forcing the mercy rule in a 13-3 win over Fairbanks.

The last thing Keene State volleyball player Brittany O'Bryant thought she'd do in the Last Frontier was put on shorts and dive around in some sand.

Hockey players are picking up a different kind of stick and heading to the field this summer, thanks to Anchorage's fledgling lacrosse league.

David "Hillbilly" Edmonds of Anchorage has been declared the winner in the Ship Creek Slam'n Salm'n Derby. His 48.37-pound king salmon caught Tuesday was the biggest fish weighed in by the Sunday deadline in the 10-day derby.

The cracked, uneven gray face on the Delaney Park Strip just got a makeover. In its place is a smooth, bright blue, eight-court tennis complex that has veteran players and newbies waiting for court time.

A Canadian man was left speechless aboard the "Jackpot" on Kachemak Bay on Thursday morning, after learning the halibut he hooked was worth $10,000 -- if he had purchased a $10 Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby ticket.

East faced off with Chugiak three times in the state softball tournament Saturday, finally putting an end to the tug-of-war for the state title with a 13-3 victory over the Mustangs in the afternoon finale.

Juneau Douglas -- the defending state softball champion -- came into Friday's state tournament quarterfinal play with one loss and left with two more to have its season abruptly ended.

This fall the UAA volleyball team will follow the trend of the other Seawolves teams and add an international athlete to the roster.

Given the kind of season they've had, it was no shock the Service Cougars ended things by winning the Alaska School Activities Association state championship and claiming their second straight title.

Defense proved to be the best offense for the Service girls Friday, when they defeated South 1-0 in the semifinals of the Alaska School Activities Association state soccer tournament semifinal match.

A little arithmetic paid off for the South girls Thursday when they beat West Valley in a shootout after a scoreless double overtime, winning 1-0 in a Alaska School Activities Association's state tournament quarterfinal.

In the view of Service soccer coach Mark Cascolan, his girls went for style points Wednesday, when substance would have served them better in a 0-0 tie with South at The Dome.

Nathan Hoffer and 29 other Alaska wrestlers almost didn't make it to the high school wrestling national tournament in Virginia Beach, thanks to last week's ash fall from Mount Redoubt.