Ten-part series from Tour of Anchorage champion Holly Brooks.
UAA senior center Rebecca Kielpinski, fresh off her third straight Most Outstanding Player award in the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, on Sunday was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference's Player of the Week for women's basketball.
COLLEGE HOCKEY
Chad Johnson stopped 35 shots in regulation and overtime Saturday night, then stymied three shootout bids to propel UAF to a 2-1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association shootout win over visiting Lake Superior (Mich.) State in Fairbanks.
SHOOTOUT NOTEBOOK
No trespassing on Mailman's private fishing hole
Louisiana Tech senior James Loe fished along the Kenai River so much when he was younger it actually got him into trouble at basketball practice earlier this season.
Mutombo leads Western Carolina to 71-67 victory
Harouna Mutombo scored a double-double and Jake Robinson hit five of six free throws in the final 18 seconds Saturday to lift Western Carolina to a thrilling 71-67 victory over Northern Illinois in the Shootout's fourth-place game.
Portland State runs away with third place
Portland State won a Pacific Northwest showdown with Seattle University to capture third place Saturday at the Great Alaska Shootout.
Seawolves finish on a positive note
For a basketball game that started out so ugly, it sure turned into a thing of beauty for the Seawolves.
Photos: Seawolves take seventh
2008 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
Western Carolina downs Louisiana Tech
Freshman guard Greg Avery scored 17 points and six rebounds off the bench as Western Carolina rolled past Louisiana Tech 76-62 in Friday's consolation semifinals of the Great Alaska Shootout. Western Carolina (2-2) also got 15 points and four rebounds from swingman Brandon Giles and 11 points from forward Jake Robinson.
2008 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
Coach harbors tales from Alaska fishing gig brought
Ken Bone's visit to Alaska this week is the latest of many for the veteran men's basketball coach.
2008 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
Mojo Man has $100 for you if you're clever
If you want to rattle the big man with the familiar name on the Seattle University basketball team, you'll have to do better than "Yeah, Baby!"
2008 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
'Ugly' looks real good to Hampton in OT win
A semifinal game that had the look of a Shootout classic ended with a thud Friday night.
2008 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
Seawolves taken out by Huskies
Seawolf slayers seem to be coming out of the woodwork at the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout.
2008 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
San Diego State cruises into Shootout final
Ryan Amoroso hopes to become the answer to a Great Alaska Shootout trivia question after tonight's championship game.
2008 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
Like a jilted bride-to-be who keeps her engagement ring, UAA is keeping a little something to remember its two-decades-long relationship with ESPN.
2008 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
San Diego State star wins it at the line
Asked for three words to describe himself for the San Diego State basketball media guide, senior Kyle Spain came up with this: Outgoing, cool and laid back.
2008 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
Seattle University's debut in the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout marked the Redhawks' official goodbye to the UAA Seawolves, their former Division II conference rivals.
2008 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
UAA athletic director 'surprised and dismayed'
An outburst by the Syracuse women's basketball coach -- who in postgame comments Wednesday said UAA's Great Alaska Shootout championship had been tainted by cheating -- was answered Thursday by an angry UAA athletic director Steve Cobb.
2008 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
Seattle takes it to Louisiana Tech
This week is the unofficial coming-out party for Seattle University, a former conference rival of UAA that's making the jump to NCAA Division I athletics this season.
2008 GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
Short bench does Seawolves no favors
By all indications -- both in their past performances and their ranking in UAA's pecking order -- junior transfers Casey Robinson and Chris Neal figured to be pivotal players for the men's basketball team.
UAA can't complete comback vs. Hampton
Just when it looked like UAA might win its game of catchup Wednesday night, the smallest guy on the court came up huge and sent the Seawolves reeling.
Talking a good game
Jackson State knocks off Cal State Northridge
Reserve forward Tiffany Haggen poured in 16 points, including the game-winning shot with just over a minute remaining, to lift Jackson State to a 73-65 victory over Cal State Northridge in Wednesday's third place women's game at the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout at Sullivan Arena.
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The Service Cougars defeated Juneau 22-14 in the 2008 large schools state championship game on October 18.
SECTION
Everything you need to know about this year's Great Alaska Shootout; schedules, photos, rosters and bios.
PHOTO BLOG
Get an up-close look at the action from photographer Marc Lester's angles throughout the tournament.
VIDEO HIT
Kentucky's Ramon Harris, a West High grad, was involved in a play that injured North Carolina's Tyler Zeller.
VIDEO
Daniel Hardy, a West High grad who plays for the University of Idaho, was tackled after a short pass, but rolled on top of a defender and went on to score.
STORY
A match that seemed like it would never end finished with the Dimond Lynx running wildly through a human tunnel.
PHOTOS
Decked out in orange and black for Halloween, the Aces faced off against the Fresno Falcons in front of a costumed home crowd.
VIDEO
Service defeated Juneau-Douglas 22-14 in the 2008 large schools championship game.
VIDEO HIT
Official Wilbur Hackett Jr. became an Internet sensation with a knock back of quarterback Stephen Garcia.
POLL
Service and Soldonta won the state championship in their divisions, but who do you think would win against each other? Vote for the final #1 in Alaska.
Moser leads UAA with zen-like calm
UAA women take third straight Shootout
UAA's Grant is WCHA hockey player of week again
UAA women could get even deeper
UAA hammers Cal State Northridge in opener
If practice makes perfect, Barker's primed
UAA enters national hockey poll at No. 19
UAA's Cardwell earns volleyball honor
Last Frontier has basketball walk-on flying high
UAF skiers beat out UAA for Nordic Cup
2008 Shootout men's team profiles
2008 Shootout women's team profiles
Shootout's TV coverage on the lean side
Seawolves lose 4-3 to Tigers in overtime
Three UAA runners are All-Americans
Ten amens for the Great Alaska Shootout
UAA skiers lead UAF in Alaska Nordic Cup
Scary film gets UAA right back on track
Walsky thriving for No. 3 Tigers
Blueliners show their scoring touch
Seawolves slip past the Cougars
UAA spikers pick up all-conference honors
UAA hockey gains some notice in national poll
UAA pushes nation's No. 18 volleyball team to 5 sets
UAA women's coach steamed despite big win
Seawolves post 3-2 road win over Sioux
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