This morning at 10, the UAA women's basketball team will suit up for a game at one of the country's most storied and hostile basketball arenas, against one of the sport's giants: Duke University. If they win, it could qualify as one of the biggest upsets in Alaska sports history. Maybe.
COLLEGE HOCKEY
UAA rolls nationally ranked Denver
The Seawolves didn't just shift their idling offense into gear Saturday night, they floored it into overdrive and left nationally ranked Denver in the rear-view mirror.
HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING
Early jump gives Dimond boys crown
Cody Brunette sat with his feet dangling in the Bartlett High pool Saturday, his face blank as he stared across the shallow warm-up pool into nothingness.
ALASKA ACES
Aces top Stockton Thunder 5-4 in a shootout
Thanks to goaltender Scott Reid's shootout heroics and the winning shootout goal from rookie center Nick Mazzolini, the Aces persevered Saturday night after twice coughing up three-goal leads and won 5-4 at Stockton.
COLLEGE CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING
Seawolves show their depth at regionals
On what could go down as the greatest single day in the history of UAA cross country, the Seawolves all but ran away with the show Saturday at the NCAA Division II West Region championships in San Francisco
Dimond punches its ticket to state
After a disheartening loss in the Cook Inlet Conference semifinals, the Dimond volleyball team didn't have long to regroup.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Colony wrestlers claim tourney title
Three-time defending ASAA state champion Colony added a third consecutive unofficial title to its impressive resume by crushing Service 57-14 in the finals of the Alaska Dual Meet Championships at South High on Saturday.
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
Service defeated Lathrop 2-1 Saturday to win the Peninsula Ice Challenge in Kenai.
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
Service-East 2, Chugiak-Eagle River 2
Kelsey Watson scored with 17 seconds left in the second period for Chugiak-Eagle River to forge a 2-2 tie with Service-East.
TENNIS
Aaron Haines and Paul Hemry will square off twice for state tennis championships after each won a pair of semifinal matches Saturday at The Alaska Club North.
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COLLEGE HOCKEY
The problem with making just a couple of blunders against a dynamic, nationally ranked hockey team is that it's usually the equivalent of dragging a skate blade across your throat.
HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING
East's Wicks nabs state mark in 100 backstroke
For many at the state swimming and diving championships, reaching the finals is good enough to make a meet.
ALASKA ACES
Stefanishion lifts Aces to overtime win
Matt Stefanishion, the hulking winger with the wicked hard shot but a propensity for taking bad penalties, racked two goals and an assist to help the Aces to their dramatic 4-3 overtime ECHL road victory against the Stockton Thunder.
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
South and Chugiak are in final
South High's youngest player was its biggest leader Friday night as the Wolverines pulled off a deceptively lopsided sweep of defending state champion Dimond in the semifinals of the Cook Inlet Conference volleyball tournament at Service High.
Alaska extreme-skiing pioneer enters U.S. Ski Hall of Fame
Extreme skier Doug Coombs, founder of Valdez Heli-Ski Guides, was among eight pioneers of the sport inducted into the U.S. Ski Hall of Fame on Friday, three years after he died in France.
HIGH SCHOOL RIFLERY
Matt Martin continued his stellar shooting with a 291 to lead the Chugiak A team to a 1,141 to 1,119 win over West in Cook Inlet Conference riflery competition Friday.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Knights wrestlers flex their muscles at duals
Colony was the most impressive team during the first day of the Alaska Dual Meet Championships, handily winning both of its duals.
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
Kyle Head and Tayler Wells scored goals less than a minute apart in the second period to lift South to a 3-2 win over Wasilla.
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
South-Bartlett 7, Dimond-West 3
Jamie Rall scored four goals and added an assist to lead South-Bartlett to a 7-3 win over Dimond-West.
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
Service peppered a pair of Soldotna goalies with 47 shots - five of which found the net - to cruise to a 5-0 nonconference win Friday in Soldotna.
BOXING
Johnny "The Cobra" Taunton, a 27-year-old with a 6-1-1 professional record, earned a three-round decision over Jessie "A.K. Bomber" Fleming in the main event during Thursday Night at the Fights.
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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
Dimond's route to a Cook Inlet Conference volleyball title defense began with a rout.
ALASKA ACES
Aces hope Fraser can regain puck productivity
Alaska Aces newcomer Curtis Fraser cemented his scoring credentials in juniors and college, and again in brief ECHL stints, but spent most of his first two professional seasons doing dirty work in the American Hockey League.
COLLEGE HOCKEY
Trio returns home with the Pioneers
Homecomings are nothing new for David Carle, William Wrenn and Adam Murray, not after years of periodic returns to their hometown from the distant outposts where they pursued their hockey dreams.
HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING
Service girls eye 10th state title
It's not easy to waltz in a pool, but the Service girls will be looking to do just that this weekend at the state swimming and diving championships at Bartlett's 50 meter pool.
HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING
Bartlett's Lauren Eggleton started the high school bowling season in impressive fashion Thursday at Lucky Strike Lanes, rolling a 279 in her first game and finishing with a 705 series.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
The Nanooks handed UAA a pair of excruciating five-set losses last year. This year there was no slowing down the Seawolf express.
What's happening in sports and recreation around Anchorage
Mustangs and Lynx tie in their hockey opener
Everyone went home happy Wednesday after the Dimond and Chugiak hockey teams skated to a 3-3 tie that left Ben Boeke buzzing.
Aces' roster continues to be fluid
Between injuries, call-ups, suspensions and, well, life, the ever-evolving Alaska Aces roster rarely stays static these days. Wednesday was no exception.
UAA women hoops team ranked No. 8
The UAA women's basketball team, which ended its last two seasons with trips to the NCAA Division II Final Four, is ranked eighth in the nation heading into the new season.
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
Chugiak and South made quick work of their opponents Wednesday to score sweeps on the first day of the Cook Inlet Conference volleyball tournament at Service High.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Six South High wrestlers pinned their opponents, including two who needed less than a minute to prevail, to carry the Wolverines to a 65-16 win over Eagle River in Cook Inlet Conference wrestling Wednesday.
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VIDEO
Take a look at some of the extreme skiing that earned Doug Coombs a place in the U.S. Ski Hall of Fame.
VIDEO
Women's soccer match turns violent
A BYU and New Mexico women's soccer match gets ugly when a New Mexico player begins taking out her frustration on her opponents.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Four downs: A case against punting
Virtually every time the Pulaski Academy Bruins face fourth down, the prep school team from Little Rock, Ark., goes for it. No matter the distance. And here's the thing — the strategy works.
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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.
PHOTOS
The seven-day, eight-stage handcycle and wheelchair race was a full of long roads, harsh weather and bears.
Sheep Mountain 150 field filling up fast
Online voting opens for the class of 2010
Pool isn't always kind to state champ with asthma
West's Mendenhall holds East to one goal in hockey opener
CIC volleyball tourney is 3-team showcase
Redick's four goals power Dimond-West girls
Palmer's Weiland has assist in US victory over Finland
Two-wheeled light for days of darkness
Cyclists take a star turn at film fest
Fairbanks marathoner tops among Alaskans in New York
Kiskaddon not scared off by 13.1-mile run
Aces rally to force overtime but fall short, losing 3-2
Seawolves lose bite in series sweeper
Service girls, Lynx boys swim to titles
Green is gold for UAA volleyball coach
Consistency vaults South gymnasts to top
Aces beat Idaho Steelheads 3-2 in overtime
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