Alaska's biggest ski resort plans to open four of its nine lifts to skiers -- Chair 3, Chair 4 as well as both magic carpets -- at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
2009 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
Growing into green and gold: UAA 'redshirts' join the roster
By day, they were members of the Seawolves women's basketball team, expected to give the same effort at practice as anyone else. On game nights, they were the most engaged spectators at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex, their chants of "DEFENSE!" rising above any other noise.
In an effort to nurture aging cross-country skiers with a little swag, the U.S. Ski Association on Saturday will kick off a new series of races aimed at master skiers more than 40 years old.
State combines winter, spring hunting application
It's not too early to start thinking about the 2010 hunting season now that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has instituted an earlier application period for drawing Tier I and Tier II hunting permits.
Seward runner wins trail race by 45 minutes
Seward's Cedar Bourgeois brought her explosive trail running to California on Nov. 14 and dominated the competition.
North Pole wrestler injured in car crash
A head-on collision near North Pole has seriously injured high school wrestler Eric Antesberger, who won the state championship last year in the 152-pound class.
COLLEGE CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING
Dunbar 76th at NCAA championships
Former Kodiak star Trevor Dunbar finished 76th in the Division I men's cross-country championships Monday in Terre Haute, Ind.
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
Wells' 2 goals lead South over Eagle River
Tayler Wells scored a pair of goals and added an assist to lead the Wolverines over the Wolves.
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
Chugiak-Eagle River 1, Mat-Su 1
Chugiak-Eagle River's Rachel Fore answered a Mat-Su power-play goal with a power-play goal of her own as the teams skated to a 1-1 tie on Monday.
Notices and listings of upcoming outdoors events
A field of 66 runners made room for Thanksgiving dinner by running in the Go for the Gravy 5-kilometer race on Saturday at Wasilla High School.
What's happening in sports and recreation around Anchorage
2009 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
With a raw 6-foot-10 freshman and a rusty 6-foot-9 sophomore new to the team, UAA men's basketball coach Rusty Osborne can't resist thinking ahead a season or two.
HOCKEY
Condors seal Aces' slump, and road trip isn't over yet
In roughly 48 hours over the weekend, the Alaska Aces went from sharing the sixth-best winning percentage in the 20-team ECHL to sharing the 12th-best percentage.
What's happening in sports and recreation around Anchorage
2009 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
Be thankful for this year's Shootout, it could be worse
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.
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
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.
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.
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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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PHOTOS
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.
UAA's Grant hopes to get out of his goal-scoring drought
Chugiak girls rally to tie Eagle River
Seawolves prepare for Regionals
Bartlett-South tops Dimond-West in OT
Alaskans run strong in Northwest Regional
Campbell leads UAA to victory in Hawaii
Aces' loss becomes AHL affiliate's gain
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
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