2009 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
If you're down about the downsized Great Alaska Shootout, which for the first time in 32 years will feature six men's basketball teams instead of eight, cheer up.
ALASKA ACES
Condors continue to feast on Aces
The Bakersfield Condors sent Aces starting goaltender Scott Reid packing in less than three minutes, crucified Alaska with four goals inside the first 13 minutes and delivered a 7-4 thrashing of the visitors at Rabobank Arena.
Throwing their middle weights around
Despite being ranked No. 1 in Class 4A at 145 pounds, Chugiak wrestler Grant Sullivan knew he wasn't going to have an easy time against South's Luke Shelley in Saturday's finals of the Glenn Vandergaw Dimond Classic.
UAA cross-country running team boasts three All-Americans
UAA hit the finish line of the cross-country season Saturday at the national championships by producing three All-Americans and a program-best fifth-place team showing for the women, but it wasn't the outcome the Seawolves had hoped for.
COLLEGE HOCKEY
Seawolves beat Mavericks 4-1 to earn a series split
Tommy Grant figured the only way to bust out of his prolonged goal drought was to keep shooting the puck -- often, from every conceivable angle, and in every possible situation.
Night at Egan Center fights sets up rivals
Anchorage's Kilty "Krafty Kilty" Hardy has a reputation for putting on a show, and he didn't let the crowd down Thursday at the Egan Center.
Randall comes in 21st in World Cup 10-K skate-ski race
With the Winter Olympics less than three months away, Anchorage's Kikkan Randall on Saturday skied to her best World Cup finish in a distance race.
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
West High's hockey team snapped a 1-1 tie with three consecutive goals and went on to beat Lathrop 5-2 Saturday at the Big Dipper in Fairbanks, a nonconference victory that gave the Eagles a sweep of their three-game trip north.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
UAA's Jackie Matthisen garnered all-tournament honors at the NCAA Division II West Region, where the Seawolves last week recorded their first victory in postseason play.
What's happening in sports and recreation around Anchorage
HIGH SCHOOL RIFLERY
When students carry guns to school, it usually gets people's attention. Not for the members of Anchorage's high school riflery teams, whose sport flies so far below the radar that many of their classmates don't even know it exists.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
In two seasons, the Seawolves volleyball team has gone from cellar-dwellers to conference champions. On Friday, UAA saw what it will take to reach the next level.
ALASKA ACES
The Alaska Aces surrendered four power-play goals in a hostile rink Friday night, falling 6-2 to the Bakersfield Condors at Rabobank Arena in California.
COLLEGE HOCKEY
As absurd as it sounds given the 8-2 anvil Minnesota State-Mankato dropped on UAA, a feel-good story actually emerged for each side at Sullivan Arena on Friday night.
Iron Dog entries short of last year, even with prize boost
Doubling the prize money for the winners of the Iron Dog resulted in a late surge of entrants, but the size of the field still fell short of a year ago.
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
Sperry's late-game heroics net Eagle River win
Connor Sperry scored two goals in the final minute of play as the Eagle River boys hockey team rallied for a dramatic 6-5 win over Juneau at the End of The Road Shootout in Homer.
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
Service-East 5, Chugiak-Eagle River 0
Jordann Russell scored a pair of goals and Dani Shelton earned the shutout in net, lifting Service-East past Chugiak-Eagle River on Friday.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
East pinned a rare loss on Colony Friday during the duals portion of the Glenn Vandergaw tournament at Dimond.
What's happening in sports and recreation around Anchorage
Midtown skate oval almost ready for action
Crews are applying the final coats of water to the Midtown Speedskating Oval so it can open this weekend. Some skaters have already tested the 400-meter oval in the Cuddy Family Midtown Park. Despite a few cracks and bumps, it's fine for skating.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
The first NCAA tournament win in school history appeared to be slipping from the Seawolves' grasp Thursday, but the UAA volleyball team regrouped in time to salvage a dramatic five-set win over Hawaii Hilo.
ALASKA ACES
After missing the Alaska Aces' first 14 hockey games with a broken left hand suffered blocking a shot in an exhibition game six weeks ago, Jason Ryznar, the former NHLer from Anchorage tonight makes his ECHL debut on the road against Bakersfield.
COLLEGE HOCKEY
UAA's Grant hopes to get out of his goal-scoring drought
Before UAA's hockey practice began in earnest Thursday afternoon, Tommy Grant laughingly spent some time sprawled in front of one net, kicking out his legs and flailing his arms as teammates gently nudged pucks on goal.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HOCKEY
Ben Russell scored a power-play goal with 3:39 left in the third period to lift Eagle River into a 5-5 tie against Hutchison in the End of the Road Shootout in Homer.
HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING
Chugiak girls rally to tie Eagle River
After losing the first two games against Eagle River, the Chugiak girls came storming back with a huge win in Game 3 to earn a 6-6 tie at Jewel Lake Bowl.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Seven wrestlers competed in matches for South on Thursday and six pinned Bartlett wrestlers.
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
Dimond took a key early-season win Wednesday by getting out quick against its biggest rival. The Lynx scored twice in the first four minutes and got 16 saves from goalie Marcus Holzschuh.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Seawolves prepare for Regionals
The last time the UAA volleyball competed in the NCAA Division II playoffs, the seniors on the current squad -- Calli Scott, Ashley Bates and Stacie Meisner -- were 2 years old.
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
Bartlett-South tops Dimond-West in OT
Bartlett-South remained undefeated Wednesday with a wild 4-3 overtime win at Ben Boeke in girl's hockey action.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Colony head football coach Jamie Mayo, who led the Knights to a 30-17 record during five seasons, announced his resignation Tuesday. In a press release issued by the school, Mayo cited work responsibilities as the major factor in his decision.
HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY
Alaskans run strong in Northwest Regional
Grace Christian junior Jacob Kirk, the reigning Class 1-2-3A boys state cross-country champion, finished 22nd in the boys 5-K championship race at the Nike Cross Country Nationals Northwest Region Championships in Boise, Idaho on Saturday
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Service won six matches by fall and picked up six more forfeit victories in rolling past Bartlett on Wednesday.
All you have to do is drive Seward Highway south of Anchorage to see why early-season backcountry skaters need to know where they stand.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Campbell leads UAA to victory in Hawaii
UAA's Malcolm Campbell threw down a one-handed, alley-oop dunk in the final minutes of play, capping a late run that gave the Seawolves men's basketball team a hard-fought 80-66 victory at Hawaii Pacific on Tuesday.
Aces' loss becomes AHL affiliate's gain
Individual excellence in the ECHL is often double-edged for teams -- igniting excitement but also inducing angst.
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NFL
Players hide, fear concussions
Washington Redskins kick returner Rock Cartwright remembers his brain "shaking like a bell" when he was walloped in a game against the New York Giants a few years ago. What Cartwright never did when the hit happened? He never told Washington's medical staff his head ached.
COMEDY
Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen rocks a mullet and is pround of it -- all business in front, par-r-ty in the back!
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The Bartlett Golden Bears beat the Service Cougars 9-0 Aug. 26 to remain undefeated.
PHOTOS
Dimond and West square off annually in the dual meet for the coveted steel bucket prizes for the year.
PHOTOS
South High beat Fairbanks 13-3 to claim the crown, avenging a 15-5 loss to them a day earlier in the double-elimination tourney.
PHOTOS
The seven-day, eight-stage handcycle and wheelchair race was a full of long roads, harsh weather and bears.
Homer wrestlers manage to knock off Soldotna
Mustangs win while Wolves assistant Wild gets a fiancee
Wasilla-based Predators take to football field in March
Former nordic star Brady finds her niche in the steep
Seawolves own glass in 2nd win
Familiar face will lead new Valley football team
UAA setter, coach nab GNAC honors
Eagle River's Cheeseman earns national team spot
New boards will protect UAF hockey players
Seawolves smother Hilo in season opener
UAA eyes revenge in playoff opener
Randall places fourth in 5-kilometer ski race
Dillingham takes tournament team title
UAA rides raucous crowd to victory
Dimond dominates in straight sets
In like Lions: ACS beats Monroe
Aces score 6 in the first to defeat Bakersfield
4 late goals bury UAA on the road
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