Anchorage school sports and activities won’t begin before classes start Aug. 20
Shortened sports seasons are anticipated, the Anchorage School District said Wednesday.
High School Sports
Sports practices canceled as Anchorage School District nears ‘high-risk’ operating scenario under COVID-19
Fall sports practices that were scheduled to begin July 29 are now postponed until at least Aug. 5.
The ‘gray unknown’ of high school sports amid COVID needs flexibility and creativity, state health authorities say
The goal is to minimize the risk of infection while keeping kids physically active, officials said.
Alaska high school sports prepare for a comeback despite considerable uncertainties
“We want to do everything that we can do, safely,” ASAA executive director Billy Strickland said.
Beginning Monday, Anchorage high school football teams can gather
June 8 marks the first day sports and activities can resume in the Anchorage School District.
One of Alaska’s best-ever high school sprinters never had her biggest moment to shine. But she’s not done showing what a girl from Delta Junction can do.
Hailey Williams, who won seven individual state championships before she was even a high school senior, missed her final year of competition due to the coronavirus closures. She plans to run for Duke University next.
Fake track season produces smoking time for ACS runner Tristian Merchant
Merchant, who will be a high school senior in the fall, broke the 9-minute mark in a 3,200-meter time trial at Bartlett High.
The school gym wasn’t available, so Adrianna Proffitt has a front-yard signing ceremony
Proffitt, a Chugiak High skier, joins Prosser, a Dimond runner, and Glover, a Kodiak hockey player, in earning DI scholarships
A new heart gives ASAA administrator Isaiah Vreeman new freedom and new hope
Vreeman, who since 2014 has battled cancer and heart failure, received a new heart May 3.
Hall of Fame prep awards go to 2 wrestlers, a Delta Junction sprinter and the Houston Hawks football team
Hayden Lieb of Bethel and Aedyn Concepcion of South High shared the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s award for the top male high school athlete of the year.
Anchorage-raised basketball star Daishen Nix nixes college in favor of NBA’s G League
Nix signed a letter of intent with UCLA last year but will go pro instead of joining the Bruins.
6 in running for Pride of Alaska boys and girls youth awards
The winners will be announced May 6 by the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame.
A shooting star from King Cove brings her game to UAA
Elaina Mack, a two-time Class 1A Player of the Year, averaged 40 points a game this season for the undefeated King Cove Rookies.
Kendall Kramer decides to stay home to ski and run for the Nanooks
The Fairbanks senior won 14 individual state championships during four years at West Valley High, even though her senior season of track was canceled.
Her destiny didn’t include a 4th state basketball title, but ACS’s Destiny Reimers sweeps postseason awards
A guard headed to UAF, Reimers is Alaska’s Gatorade Player of the Year and the Class 3A Player of the Year.
Alaska School Activities Association cancels all spring competitions and practices
All events in sports, art, music and esports are canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anchorage basketball tournaments dribble fine line between public health concerns and wanting to play
With events canceled all over the globe to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, three high school tournaments were held in Anchorage, drawing hundreds of fans.
Alaska state high school basketball tournaments postponed because of coronavirus concerns
The tournaments, which draws thousands of players and spectators from all corners of Alaska, were scheduled to start next Wednesday in Anchorage.
7 students are among 11 inductees for Alaska High School Hall of Fame
An induction ceremony is scheduled for May 3 in Anchorage.
State basketball tournaments still a go, ASAA says
Last year, Alaska’s state high school basketball tournaments drew more than 32,000 spectators during two weeks of games at the Alaska Airlines Center.