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Football

Few good days for teen after concussion

Lisa Stewart took a year off from work to care for a new baby and her 17-year-old daughter Lexi, who was injured in an October 2010 flag football practice and is still suffering affects of traumatic brain injury.

It has been more than 18 months since Lexi Stewart ran face-first into a pillar during a flag football practice indoors, and the 17-year-old Service High junior looks great. No scars on her face. No clue that she all but lost her two front teeth. You would never guess that every single day since, she has struggled.

Death of former East football player jolts family, friends

The death of former East High School football player Frank Tanuvasa, who was shot by a police officer in California, has left a large circle of Anchorage family and friends wondering how the life of a boy who seemed destined for great things could end this way.

Former East High football star killed by police in California

Frank Tanuvasa, a 2009 East High graduate and 370-pound football player, was shot and killed by police Thursday morning in Palm Desert, Calif. Officers said he fought them after being caught fleeing a burglary.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

New coaches raring to go at Bartlett and Eagle River

The start of the high school football season may seem a long way off, but Jason Brewer and Daniel Esparza are have already started preparing for next fall. Both men will become coaches in the Cook Inlet Conference, with Brewer replacing Kenny Ray at Eagle River and Esparza replacing John Jessen at Bartlett.

Service football coach retires after 19 years, championship

Jason Caldarera says it's just coincidence that he is retiring as Service High's football coach on such a good note, just months after guiding the Cougars to their second state championship in four years.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Top Alaska players will play in Tanoa Bowl

Some of Alaska's top high school football players will visit Auburn, Wash., this weekend to play in the Tanoa Bowl Classic at Auburn Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

Alaskan's audition didn't go as hoped

Zack Bowman of Anchorage had a chance to solidify himself as one of the Bears' starting cornerbacks of the future. Instead, he might have to prove himself again in the regular-season finale at Minnesota.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Kenai's Hull honored

A.J. Hull, who was dominant on both sides of the ball while sparking Kenai to the state's first medium-schools football championship in October, has been named Gatorade's Alaska Football Player of the Year.

West quarterback tops ASBN all-state football team

West quarterback Conor Feckley, who set a state passing record with 2,559 yards this season, highlights the list of players on the Alaska Sports Broadcasting Network all-state team.

Aukusitino, Feckley top all-state football team

Service's Amu Aukusitino and West's Conor Feckley each broke the state passing record this season, so it's no surprise both were named first-team quarterbacks on the all state large-school football team.

Service wins state football championship

The Service Cougars capped an undefeated season with a 37-23 win over South in the First National Bowl large-school state championship at Chugiak's Tom Huffer Sr. Stadium. The win gave Service (10-0-1) its sixth championship and its second undefeated season, the first coming in 1999.

Service player makes good on second chance

Large schools state champions

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

South's multi-position system working well

When South High senior Michael Wilson was a sophomore, he kept noticing an impressive group of freshman football players on a nearby practice field and began to look forward to a day he could join forces with them.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Service's fiery leader inspired by his brother

Service High football player Stephen Ellis was smiling when he walked off a muddy practice field Wednesday, even though he isn't thrilled about the impending finish of his high school football career.

Mustangs rally around ousted kicker

Chugiak High football coach Duncan Shackelford didn't know what to make of the skinny little kid with the big, shy smile and confident brown eyes, but he was intrigued when Craig Lowe introduced himself with a brash proclamation in November.

Chugiak administrator blamed for football error transferred

Chugiak football season ends on ASAA, ASD rulings

Chugiak High to plead case on football ineligibility today

Kardinals claim mid-sized schools football title

New division, familiar champion. The Kenai Kardinals, winners of five small-school state football championships since 2002, won the inaugural medium-school title Saturday by defeating Homer 26-14 at Tom Huffer Sr. Stadium in Chugiak.

T-birds claim flag football crown

Defense came through on the final play Saturday for the East Thunderbirds, who sacked West's quarterback on a point-after conversion run in overtime to captured the Cook Inlet Conference championship with a 13-12 overtime victory at Dimond Alumni Field.

Service overwhelms Juneau 64-12

The undefeated Service Cougars performed like a wrecking crew Saturday afternoon in a 64-12 demolition of Juneau, a victory that sends Service to next week's state championship football game.

Nikiski beats Barrow to win championship

Nikiski beats Barrow to win championship

Buoyed by an offense that was especially deadly in the first half, sparked by memories of a loss at Barrow earlier this season and reminded of the reward at stake by a bejeweled assistant coach, Nikiski again lords over the state's smallest football-playing schools.

Service overwhelms Juneau 64-12

HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL

Trio honored as CIC's best

The Dimond duo of Tara Thompson and Colleen Fairchild shared offensive player-of-the-year honors and East's Anna Woern was named the defensive player of the year by flag football coaches in the Cook Inlet Conference, which announced its all-conference selections Friday.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Wolverines block Eagles

With 26 seconds left and a trip to the state championship on the line, West High's Tom Troxel kicked the football into a leaping mob of South players. It all happened so quickly it was difficult to tell which of the Wolverines blocked the 37-yard field goal attempt to preserve a 30-28 win over the defending state champion Eagles in a First National Bowl semifinal game Friday night.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Big games fill weekend with excitement

Stadium lights will be shining tonight when a busy weekend of playoff football kicks off in Chugiak with a large-school semifinal game between South and West.

Motocross at Kincaid Park

Racers competed in wet and muddy conditions during State Race #2 of Alaska Racing Lions State Motocross Series on Sunday, May 27, 2012, at Jodhpur Track in Kincaid Park.

Racers competed in wet and muddy conditions during State Race #2 of Alaska Racing Lions State Motocross Series on Sunday, May 27, 2012, at Jodhpur Track in Kincaid Park.

State Soccer

West Valley Vs. South High in the State Championship soccer game on Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Dimond High. The South High girls won the state championship with a score of 4 to 0.

State soccer championships at Chugiak High on Thursday, May 24, 2012.

Bike Hill Climb

The Arctic Bicycle Club's Clark's Road Hill Climb on Friday, May 25, 2012. Racers started at Potter Marsh and the new riders finished at the fire station and experienced riders continued up Clark's Road.

The Arctic Bicycle Club's Clark's Road Hill Climb.

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Plenty of overtime for the crew

Los Angeles' Staples Center conversion video time-lapse taken during the arena's 6 Playoff Games in 4 Days, May 17th - May 20th, 2012

ULTRAMARATHONING

Caballo Blanco's last run: The Micah True story

Micah True was an almost mythical ultramarathoner. He was a lone wanderer of the High Sierras. To many, the 58-year-old who died while out on a run represented the road not taken, a purer path, away from career, away from capitalism, away from the clock.

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PHOTOS

Aces vs Thunder

The 2nd game of the Western Conference semifinals hockey series on Friday, April 13, 2012 at the Sullivan Arena.

Far-flung high school football teams beat geographic odds

Defenses score 3 shutouts in flag football championships

Chugiak administrator blamed for football error transferred

Eagles put away Warriors in 4th quarter

Freshman quarterback helps Juneau get by East

South comes out strong, blanks West Valley

Kardinals stun Stars, end champs' streak

Service squeaks past Palmer in football tournament

Weekend Alaska high school football scores

High school football statistics

High school football standings

With improvements needed, AFS won't host playoff games

Talented but humble Laws leads Thunderbirds

Thompson-to-Fairchild connection strikes twice

Cook Inlet conference names football all-conference picks

Alaska's best hit the gridiron this weekend

Bartlett bagels South 19-0 in flag football

Dimond 26, Service 6 in flag football

Cougars, Stars No. 1 heading into football playoffs

Chugiak football season ends on ASAA, ASD rulings

Chugiak High to plead case on football ineligibility today

Service throttles West to remain unbeaten

Lynx cruise; Bartlett coach to step down

Mustangs refuse to let forfeits affect play

South rolls Eagle River in football

Bartlett ends Dimond undefeated run in flag football

This week's Alaska high school football scores

High School football standings

Football statistics

Wasilla nips Palmer

Weekend high school football scores

Meeting could determine playoff berths

Lynx take down T-birds 26-19

Chugiak High football team wants forfeited victories back

Rankings up ante in showdown at Wasilla

South secures its postseason berth with two late TDs to beat Dimond.

Homer bests Kenai 21-14 for its first win over the Kardinals since '92.

East football team outlasts Bartlett

Fairchild leads Dimond in blowout win over South



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