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Alaskans advance to regional final

Led by Garrett Brown, Dimond-West is going where no Alaska Little League baseball team has gone. Brown, 12, pitched the game of his life Friday with 14 strikeouts to key a 1-0 victory over Washington in the semifinals of the Northwest Regional in San Bern

North Pole denies East

North Pole scored the first upset of the high school football season Friday night, knocking off last year's state runner-up East 20-14 in Fairbanks.

LITTLE LEAGUE

Alaskans advance to regional final

Led by Garrett Brown, Dimond-West is going where no Alaska Little League baseball team has gone. Brown, 12, pitched the game of his life Friday with 14 strikeouts to key a 1-0 victory over Washington in the semifinals of the Northwest Regional in San Bern

North Pole denies East

North Pole scored the first upset of the high school football season Friday night, knocking off last year's state runner-up East 20-14 in Fairbanks.

Service 8, Fairbanks 1

Ben Hand threw a complete game five-hitter with three strikeouts and three walks.

AMERICAN LEGION

Service 8, Fairbanks 1

Ben Hand threw a complete game five-hitter with three strikeouts and three walks.

South 14, West 4

Casey Castignetti tripled home two runs in the fourth inning and added two more on sacrifice flies to spearhead South's win over West at South Anchorage Sports Complex.

AMERICAN LEGION

South 14, West 4

Casey Castignetti tripled home two runs in the fourth inning and added two more on sacrifice flies to spearhead South's win over West at South Anchorage Sports Complex.

East 10, Wasilla 0

Chad Nading threw a no-hitter with nine strikeouts in five innings in East's win at McManus Fields.

AMERICAN LEGION

East 10, Wasilla 0

Chad Nading threw a no-hitter with nine strikeouts in five innings in East's win at McManus Fields.

East 14, Bartlett 6

Zach Beltz pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing two runs and striking out eight in East's win over Bartlett on Friday at Kosinski Fields

AMERICAN LEGION

East 14, Bartlett 6

Zach Beltz pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing two runs and striking out eight in East's win over Bartlett on Friday at Kosinski Fields

Dotson's single lifts Road Warriors

Wasilla manager Steve Mossburgh had to watch the end of Wednesday's American Legion baseball game against Kenai from his car after getting tossed in the sixth inning for arguing a call.

Alaska's prep athletes of the year are Ore and Hutchison

When Dimond High's football team desperately needed a touchdown, he caught the pigskin with his sticky hands. Dimond graduate Justin Ore was a busy young man this year, playing sports during all three high school seasons -- fall, winter and spring. B

Alaska's prep athletes of the year are Ore and Hutchison

When Dimond High's football team desperately needed a touchdown, he caught the pigskin with his sticky hands. Dimond graduate Justin Ore was a busy young man this year, playing sports during all three high school seasons -- fall, winter and spring. B

AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL

Dotson's single lifts Road Warriors

Wasilla manager Steve Mossburgh had to watch the end of Wednesday's American Legion baseball game against Kenai from his car after getting tossed in the sixth inning for arguing a call.

Chugiak 8, East 4

Chugiak sophomore Matt Guerts shut down the powerful East offense Thursday to keep the Mustangs undefeated with a win at Oberg Fields in Peters Creek.

PREP BASEBALL

Chugiak 8, East 4

Chugiak sophomore Matt Guerts shut down the powerful East offense Thursday to keep the Mustangs undefeated with a win at Oberg Fields in Peters Creek.

South swept in shutouts

Chad Nading pitched a two-hitter in game one and a pair of Thunderbird pitchers combined for a no-hitter in the nightcap to give East Post 34 an impressive double-header sweep of South Post 4, 13-0 and 10-0 on Saturday at Kosinski Fields.

South swept in shutouts

Chad Nading pitched a two-hitter in game one and a pair of Thunderbird pitchers combined for a no-hitter in the nightcap to give East Post 34 an impressive double-header sweep of South Post 4, 13-0 and 10-0 on Saturday at Kosinski Fields.

Chugiak 6, Service 2

Becca Curlee and Joanna Schultz each singled twice in Chugiak's win over Service at Albrecht Fields on Saturday.

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Tribute footage of Coombs

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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

Pulaski Academy High School football coach Kevin Kelley works with his team in Little Rock, Ark., on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. 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. Coach Kelley and his Bruins won the state championship in Arkansas' second-largest classification last season and did not punt.

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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Prep football

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Flag football

The Bartlett Golden Bears beat the Service Cougars 9-0 Aug. 26 to remain undefeated.

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Steel Bucket Relays

Dimond and West square off annually in the dual meet for the coveted steel bucket prizes for the year.

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Legion state championship

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.

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Sadler's Alaska Challenge

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