Friday night football, other outdoor high school activities called off in Anchorage, Mat-Su
Three football games involving Anchorage schools — Service-Bartlett, Dimond-Palmer, Eagle River-Houston — will be played Saturday if air quality improves.
High School Sports
Wildfire smoke cancels 3 football games and a big cross-country meet
Helping to fill the void left by the Tsalteshi Invitational is Chugiak High, which will host a cross-country meet on Saturday morning.
Smoke sends high school athletes indoors and postpones some events
A Friday night football game may need to be relocated, and the season-opening flag football games could be delayed or moved to The Dome.
Dimond gets back in the win column by shutting out Kodiak
The victory was the first in more than a year for the Lynx, who are coming off a season spoiled by an alleged sexual assault scandal.
By beating West Eagles in season opener, Stars realign in Alaska football
All of the state’s reigning champions — East, Soldotna and Eielson — opened with wins, with Soldotna retaliating against the team that ended its epic winning streak a year ago
Cross-country season opens with tight race between ACS’s Merchant and Dimond’s Prosser
Anchorage high school runners returned to action with three meets Friday.
Alaska football begins with Monroe’s team of 12 at Seward, West-Soldotna IV and a pair of polls
When Seward hosts Monroe Catholic on Friday afternoon, the Seahawks expect to have 13 players and the Rams expect to have 12 — and not all of the Monroe players are from Fairbanks.
West Valley football coach resigns; Fairbanks school board to meet Monday
Roy Hessner, hired late last year as the Wolfpack coach, resigned in the aftermath of an incident that sent three students to the hospital last week.
Alaska’s high school football teams get ready to rumble
Wednesday marked the first official day of practice throughout the state.
New coach in place, last student out of hospital after Fairbanks high school football swim incident
Witnesses say students were treading water in the deep end of the pool when “at least one of them” sank to the bottom, according to a UAF spokeswoman.
3 students hospitalized and West Valley football activities canceled after incident at UAF pool
By noon Saturday, one student had been released and the other two remained hospitalized.
Alaska teens set state bests in track and swimming
In North Carolina, Hailey Williams of Delta Junction ran the fastest 200-meter time by an Alaska high school girl; in Indiana, Lydia Jacoby of Seward swam the fastest 100-meter breaststroke
Alaska’s Alissa Pili repeats as MaxPreps national high school athlete of the year
During her four years at Dimond High, she claimed 13 state championships.
‘He’s got this magical thing’: Track program gives special-needs student a sense of belonging
Chugiak High School freshman Oz Sparks found a connection with his fellow students through sports.
East Thunderbirds beat Dimond twice to repeat as Division I state softball champs
In Division II play, the Sitka Wolves won their seventh state title.
Warriors rally past Ketchikan to claim their first high school baseball championship
Wasilla used a big fourth inning to claim an 8-6 victory.
At season’s final track meet, Colton Herman bows out with PRs and Camron Herron makes his dad proud
The two-day Brian Young Invitational at West High produced some great performances.
Familiar foes South, Dimond to square off in state softball semifinal game
The Wolverines and Lynx will play at 12:15 p.m. Saturday, and the winner will advance to the 5 p.m. championship game.
Ketchikan rallies, Wasilla romps to grab spots in state baseball championship game
The teams will meet at 3 p.m. Saturday at Mulcahy Stadium.