Zack Rall and Trace Strahle of Anchorage are two of the seven defensemen named Wednesday to USA Hockey's Under-17 Select Team, which will play in the Five Nations Tournament next month in Slovakia.
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Dimond 6, Bartlett 5, 11 innings
Nolan Olson went 4 for 5 with two doubles, two runs scored and the game-winning RBI single with bases loaded in the 11th inning to lead Dimond past Bartlett at Kosinski Fields Wednesday.
TENNIS
South's Archuleta nets a scholarship
South High School's Alex Archuleta will be attending Florida's Northwood University in the fall to play tennis for the Seahawks. Archuleta, a 2008 South graduate and three-sport athlete for the Wolverines, plans to major in sports management. He lettered in tennis, wrestling and baseball while at South. Northwood is an NAIA school located in Palm Beach that competes in the Florida Sun Conference.
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Rick Santos slapped a pair of doubles and scored three times Monday as East cruised by Bartlett at Kosinski Fields.
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Matt Sullivan's hit-and-run double down the right-field line scored lead-off hitter Jessie Oaks in the top of the 10th inning to help Chugiak beat South on Monday at South Anchorage Ballfields.
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Colton Lauwers pitched a complete game shorted to eight innings by the mercy rule and stuck out 11 to lead Dimond to a road victory.
East wrestler earns spot on US squad
East High's Kyle Hoffer has earned a berth at 145 pounds on the U.S. Deaf National Wrestling Team after trials last weekend in Pocatello, Idaho. The freestyle wrestler is also an alternate for the Greco Roman team.
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Paul Grotelueschen pitched all 10 innings, went 3 for 4 at the plate and scored the winning run as Eagle River edged East on Tuesday.
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Evan Nerland went 3 for 4 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored as Service won Monday night at South Anchorage Ballfields.
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Service took two one-run victories from Kenai on Sunday at Oiler Park in Kenai.
VOLLEYBALL
Alaskans head to Reno for tournament
Eleven Alaska volleyball teams will play in Nevada at the Reno Volleyball Festival, the largest girl's volleyball tournament in the nation, beginning Saturday.
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
South splits final games in tourney
Four players collected two hits each as South defeated Kansas City 9-6 Saturday at the Battle of Omaha tournament in Nebraska.
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Late implosion strikes Road Warriors
A tight game with one of the best American Legion baseball teams in the state turned ugly in the late innings Saturday for the Alaska Road Warriors Post 35 baseball team.
PREP SPORTS
Clarke wins Gatorade track award again
Bartlett shot-putter and discus thrower Jordan Clarke added another award to his growing pile on Friday -- a second consecutive Gatorade Alaska Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year honor.
Gearing up for football season
For the 17th straight year, hundreds of football players from across Alaska gave up a bit of their summer vacation this week to tackle, block and fire a football under a hot June sun.
14 seasons are enough for East's Bingham
Dorena Bingham, Alaska's winningest and most influential girls high school basketball coach, has resigned after 14 seasons at East High.
Juneau's Francis named track and field athlete of the year
Young Juneau-Douglas distance runner Leah Francis was named the Gatorade Alaska Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year on Tuesday morning.
Smith's blast completes late rally
With one swing of the bat in the bottom of the ninth inning on Saturday, Wesley Smith erased what would have been a terrible defeat for the Alaska Road Warriors Post 35 American Legion baseball team.
Chugiak's Kelter named female athlete of the year
It's the go-hard, play-harder mentality in girls soccer, boys hockey, girls flag football, and competing nationally on two different U.S. national teams -- soccer and hockey -- that led Anchorage Daily News sports writers to select Alev Kelter as the 2008 Daily News Girls Athlete of the Year.
Bartlett's Clarke named male athlete of the year
A variety of gushing, mannish and mighty words have rolled off the tongues of coaches, media and fans the last four years of Jordan Clarke's spectacular high school career.
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Four South pitchers combined on a seven-inning no-hitter Saturday, shutting out Eagle River at Oberg Field.
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Alaskan Carlos Boozer goes for 27 and 20 in this playoff game versus the Lakers, showing off the skills that got him on the Olympic team.
VIDEO
Both ESPN and Fox Sports are assessing former Bartlett guard Mario Chalmers' prospects in the NBA draft.
Juneau's Laliberte named state's best
Time runs out for Colony at softball tournament
Kodiak runs away with small-school title
Bartlett's Clarke wins twice at Outside track meet
Juneau defends state softball title
Conway finishes what Way starts
Perfect game 'jinxed' but Juneau still rolls
Sitka stuns Chugiak in 10 innings
Mustangs pace CIC all-conference team
Chugiak's Brogdon is softball player of the year
Chugiak's Griffith is part Peavy, part Pujols
Cougars clinch softball tournament berth
Bartlett secures third place in CIC softball standings
4th place slips away from Colony boys
West Valley girls edge Knights
Palmer setter signs to play with NAIA school
Former Warriors coach takes up with the Moose
Juneau girls going Division 1 colleges
Chugiak is 10-0 going into state baseball tourney
South girls avenge defeat to Mustangs