Doubling the prize money for the winners of the Iron Dog snowmachine race resulted in a late surge of entrants, but size of the field still fell short of a year ago.
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.
Homer wrestlers manage to knock off Soldotna
Homer's Travis Catron won by technical fall, defeating his opponent 15-0, to lead the Mariners wrestlers past the Stars 41-34. Catron's 145-pound match against Soldotna's Dallin Carlson was the final match of the meet. The Mariners held a 36-34 lead entering the match.
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
Mustangs win while Wolves assistant Wild gets a fiancee
Love and hate went hand in hand Tuesday as the Chugiak Mustangs took a tense 2-1 win over Eagle River in front of a packed house at the McDonald Center in Eagle River.
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
Mat-Su Ravens head coach Dudley Boehm doesn't measure his team's success in wins and losses, but he might want to start.
Wasilla-based Predators take to football field in March
From coaching pre-teens playing their first game to running professional-level players through drills, coach Hans Deemer lives and breathes football. Now the lifelong football fanatic is leading a professional indoor football team whose home is the Menard Sports Center in Wasilla.
For several days earlier this month, Wasilla hunters Lisa and Tom Pelfrey had traipsed the woods of Fort Richardson, desperately seeking a moose but not seeing a single animal.
SKIING
Former nordic star Brady finds her niche in the steep
For capturing the World Telemarking Freeskiing Championships at Alyeska Resort this spring, Anchorage skier Paige Brady earned fame, a few sponsorship goodies and a redoubtable label.
Seawolves own glass in 2nd win
As a redshirt freshman who played high school basketball in Kodiak, Alysa Horn doesn't have much experience with 100-point games, much less been the one to lift a team into triple figures.
Familiar face will lead new Valley football team
Former Alaska Wild coach Hans Deemer on Monday said he left the Wild so he could focus on a dream -- starting an Indoor Football League franchise closer to his home in the Valley.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
UAA setter, coach nab GNAC honors
The resurgent and red-hot UAA volleyball team on Monday collected some of the glory that goes with its first Great Northwest Athletic Conference title, as senior setter Calli Scott was named league player of the year and Chris Green nailed down coach of the year.
KARATE
Eagle River's Cheeseman earns national team spot
Ben Cheeseman of Eagle River earned a spot on the men's national team after the International Shotokan Karate Federation's national tournament ended Sunday in Cherry Hill, N.J.
New boards will protect UAF hockey players
The home of the University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey team is getting new dasher boards, the impact-absorbing plastic walls that surround an ice rink.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Seawolves smother Hilo in season opener
With eight new players logging minutes and with Rebecca Kielpinski's retired jersey hanging on the wall, the UAA women's basketball team opened the season in familiar fashion Sunday, pummeling Hawaii-Hilo 100-48.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
UAA eyes revenge in playoff opener
The UAA volleyball team is getting what it wants from its first trip to the playoffs in 19 years -- a rematch with a team that handed the Seawolves one of their worst losses of the season.
Randall places fourth in 5-kilometer ski race
Anchorage's Kikkan Randall continued to impress in the first big international races of the Olympic season, placing fourth in a 5-kilometer classic race Sunday at an International Ski Federation race series in Beitostoelen, Norway.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Dillingham takes tournament team title
Dillingham placed six wrestlers into the championship finals and three of them won titles Saturday, powering the Wolverines to the team title at the ACS Invitational.
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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!
COLLEGE FOOTBALL COLUMN
Weight issues are behind Mark Mangino's problems at Kansas
It’s the weight. That’s why Mark Mangino’s job is in jeopardy. That’s why Lew Perkins held a paper-trail meeting with Kansas football players Monday night. If this is the end for Mark Mangino’s head-coaching career at Kansas — and it should be — his inability to deal with his weight problem is the cause.
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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.
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
21-point loss ends see-saw preseason
Seawolves shake the new-look label
Olympic skier Randall advances to semis
Condors knock off Aces in overtime
Badgers score early and often in 5-1 win over Seawolves
Chugiak's tight group posts riflery record
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