Sports

One Little League in New Jersey is trying to curb the appetite among the crowd watching 10- and 11-year-olds play baseball who curse at the unpaid volunteers behind the plate.

After finishing the 28.5-mile 20 Bridges swim in Manhattan, Jordan Iverson next plans to swim the Catalina Channel in California and the English Channel to complete the three-swim challenge.

The junior catcher helped lead the Cougars to a state championship appearance in addition to being a stellar scholar and volunteer in his community.

With large crowds expected, organizers recommend that participants register in advance.

In his Alaska Baseball League debut, Taguchi, who was born and raised in Japan, showed no signs of rustiness after missing his entire freshman season in college this past spring due to injury.

Still to be determined is how players like Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson, who defected to LIV, can rejoin the PGA Tour after this year.

Plus, the weekly scoreboard and a look at the action in the week ahead.

Soldotna topped Kenai Central 14-3 to win the Division II title.

In Division II, Juneau-Douglas came full circle with triumph over Sitka in championship game.

The recent high school graduate earned a spot on Team USA after an outstanding performance that led to him being crowned a junior men’s trap national champion.

The Dunleavy-appointed state education board is set to decide on Thursday whether to advance new regulations that could ban transgender girls from competing in girls’ sports.

Two-time Division I state champion South begins third title defense with complete performance in win over West Valley.

June 1 is recognized as Rollerski Awareness Day in Anchorage. Thursday’s event was to educate people about the sport, and about safety on roads and trails for skiers in training.

Carbery played for the Seawolves during the 2002-03 season, scoring one goal and two assists in 26 games.

Plus, the weekly scoreboard and a look at the action in the week ahead.

It took all of regulation and then some for Wolverines and Knights to earn state titles.

What was on pace to be the fastest Indy 500 in history ended with three red flags in the final 16 laps.

The Sitka girls and Grace Christian boys earned titles at the Division II level.

In Division II boys action, Juneau-Douglas won their second straight championship in dominant fashion over Soldotna.

In Division II action, the Juneau-Douglas boys also made it back to the finals.

In the 3200, Chugiak’s Campbell Peterson repeated as champion at the DI level.

Juneau-Douglas junior midfielder Cadence Plummer is the only returning starter from last year’s state championship team, and her experience showed in the Crimson Bears’ triumph over the Mariners.

Two juniors played pivotal roles in helping their respective teams advance to the next round of the conference tourney.