2022 ADN sports photos of the year

From high kicks to late kicks, celebrations and sorrow, the year in sports had it all.

There were dozens of events and competitions that the Anchorage Daily News photography staff covered in 2022. From the Alaska’s mats, arenas and fields to trails, mountains and tracks, we captured all of the action and emotion. Here are some of our favorites photos of the year in sports and outdoors.

Keegan Messing, figure skating, Olympics
Vicky Persinger, curling, Fairbanks Curling Club, Olympics, Olympian
ben boeke, girls hockey, high school sports, hockey, prep hockey
ben boeke, girls hockey, high school sports, hockey, prep hockey
East High School boys basketball
Julie Athans and MariaElena Medlock, Cross Country Ski, Cross Country Ski Race, Tour of Anchorage, Ski Race
2022 Iditarod, Iditarod, Iditarod 2022, Iditarod Restart, Willow
March Madness Alaska Basketball State Championships
Shishmaref, Tri-Valley, 1A basketball, state tournament
basektball, high school sports, wrangell, point hope
basketball, high school sports, grace christian, nome-beltz
basketball, high school sports, cheerleading
basketball, high school sports, east anchorage, south anchorage
Cross Country Ski, Nordic-Cross, NordicX, Hilltop Ski Area, Ski, Jack Klayum
Cross Country Ski, Nordic-Cross, NordicX, Hilltop Ski Area, Ski, Ari Endestad
snowmachine, race, gunner 120, arctic, spring
snowmachine, race, gunner 120, arctic, spring
Liam Albertson, prep soccer, prep sports, service, service high, service high school, soccer
Native Youth Olympics
Native Youth Olympics
South Wolverines and Service Cougars Soccer
Anchorage Invitational, track meet, prep sports
Emily Moore, dimond high, dimond high school, track, track and field
Campbell Peterson, dimond high, dimond high school, track, track and field
Track and Field State Championships
AHNC, Alaska Native Heritage Center, Jim Zorn, Orlando Huff, Seahawks, Seattle Seahawks, Steve Largent
Dempsey-Anderson, hockey, youth hockey
ABL Baseball
ABL Baseball
 Alaska Legion State Tournament
East High, football
Cross Country Running, Cross Country, Elite 8, Running, Runners, Kincaid Park
 Kenai Peninsula Racing Pigs at State Fair
Bettye Davis East High, Football, North Creek Wa,
Jack Nash, Zuriel Guzman, football
october, high school sports, cross country, alaska school activities association, ASAA
october, high school sports, cross country, alaska school activities association, ASAA
october, high school sports, cross country, alaska school activities association, ASAA
Flag football
Flag football
Football, Lathrop, Soldotna, State Champinoship, DII, Luke Balash
Football, Homer, Houston, State Champinoship, DIII, Owen Storm
october, basketball, college sports, UAA, University of Alaska Anchorage
Kenai River Brown Bears, Chippewa Steel, junior hockey
Region IV volleyball tournament
november, hockey, Anchorage Wolverines, Ben Boeke
november, hockey, Anchorage Wolverines, Ben Boeke
november, ASAA, state championships, swimming, high school sports
november, ASAA, state championships, swimming, high school sports
november, ASAA, state championships, swimming, high school sports
state championship volleyball, Sitka v. Nikiski
state championship volleyball, Barrow v. Monroe Catholic
Arctic Valley, Peter Przybyski
Alaska Airlines Center, Great Alaska Shootout, Jazzpher Evans, Shootout, UAA, basketball
UAA, La Salle, Great Alaska Shootout, Basketball, Shootout, Ryan McCarthy, Seawolves, Jahanna Hajdukoviich
Kincaid Park snow making
UAA women's basketball
snow, winter
winter, snow, storm, weather
december, high school sports, wrestling, state finals
december, high school sports, wrestling, state finals
december, high school sports, wrestling, state finals
Kincaid, Kincaid Park, Saylor Landrum, biathlon
U.S. Biathlon, Youth and Junior World Championship Trials, Kincaid Park
U.S. Biathlon, Youth and Junior World Championship Trials, Kincaid Park

Emily Mesner

Emily Mesner is a multimedia journalist for the Anchorage Daily News. She previously worked for the National Park Service at Denali National Park and Preserve and the Western Arctic National Parklands in Kotzebue, at the Cordova Times and at the Jackson Citizen Patriot in Jackson, Michigan.

Marc Lester

Marc Lester is a multimedia journalist for Anchorage Daily News. Contact him at mlester@adn.com.

Loren Holmes

Loren Holmes is a staff photojournalist at the Anchorage Daily News. Contact him at loren@adn.com.

Bill Roth

Bill Roth is a staff photojournalist at the Anchorage Daily News.

Bob Hallinen

Bob Hallinen has been a photojournalist in Alaska since the 1980s and has traveled extensively all over the state. He retired from the ADN in November 2018 after 33 years at the newspaper.