From becoming an award-winning gymnast, a star for Palmer soccer, or just learning the best way to sleep on planes, Cole Miller has become a man of many talents.
In a celebration of years of hard work, 11 West Anchorage High School student-athletes playing nine different sports signed to the next level together at the gymnasium in front of friends and family.
Two North Pole High School Filipino football players have achieved major milestones in 2024. Long snapper AJ Melvin and running back Patrick Melvin have received first and second all-state team all-D11 honors.
A year after his brother Coen got Alaska baseball back on the map, Rilen Niclai is putting the rest of the state on notice after leading Service to back-to-back wins.
In January 2020, Ketchikan senior Chris Lee scored 47 points against Monroe Catholic High School and their then-head coach Frank Ostanik. About four years later, when Ostanik was named the head coach of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, he knew exactly who to turn to to help elevate the program.
After suffering heartbreak at the hands of their biggest rivals last year, the Colony Knights girls basketball team avenged the loss and defeated Wasilla 44-41 to win the program its first state championship since 2008, led by seniors Hallie Clark and Tonya Karpow.
Fairbanks native Brayden Deweese's interest in athletics and equipment management as a teen has now led him to the Colorado Eagles, a top-ranked squad in the 32-team professional league currently known as the American Hockey League.
After winning his first career Iditarod Sled Dog Race, Jessie Holmes was quick to credit his canine superstars. “I am really proud of these dogs, I love them, they did they, they deserve all the credit,” Holmes said in the chute moments after winning the ‘The Last Great Race on Earth’.
After missing the NCAA Division II West Regional Championships the past two seasons, the Seawolves dominated the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and earned the No. 4 seed in the regional tournament later this week.
As Fairbanks standout Kendall Kramer wraps up her collegiate career, it’s becoming clear that her decision to stay in Alaska elevated both the Nanook skiing and running programs.
Performing in front of one of the largest crowds she's seen at UAA, Seawolf Montana Fairbairn treated the crowd to another standout day in the gymnastics home opener
Tiahna Guzman and Camryn Williams were among some of the top players in the country invited to play in the inaugural NFL Flag High School Girls Showcase in Orlando, Florida on Feb. 2.
Alongside all-tournament selections Lane Schuerch and and Cohen Booth, future UAF Nanook Finn Gregg helped lead Nome to victory in the Wolverines Classic
Nearly a year to the date, Emily Robinson repeated a storybook finish to a historic race. For consecutive years, the teenage mushing phenom out-mushed a former Iditarod champion to win the Knik 200 and earn Athlete of the Week honors.
He first caught the Wolverines' attention because of his goal-scoring prowess. Now, he's one of the best players on an Anchorage team looking to get back to the Robertson Cup Playoffs.
Eagle River’s Wes Mank reset the boys 100-yard backstroke state record Saturday with a time of 48.65 seconds, breaking the previous record set by him at the 2023 state meet.
Following losses to the Lathrop Malamutes in both his freshman and sophomore years, Soldotna’s Lokeni Wong helped the Stars avenge their First National Bowl woes Saturday in the Division II state title game.
Hundreds of the Alaska’s top prep runners competed at the 2024 Cross Country State Championship Meet with these athletes outrunning expectations Saturday on the Bartlett Trails.
Katahdin Staples is one of the fastest long-distance runners in the state as a sophomore, and is looking to make history as East Anchorage's first state cross-country champion since 1974.
Over two decades ago, Tui Alailefaleula was the Defensive Player of the Year while playing for the Bartlett Golden Bears. Now, son, Deuce, and nephew, Simeon, are eager to add to the family legacy.
After trips to both Rio and Tokyo, Eagle River rugby plater Alev Kelter is off to Paris in pursuit of an Olympic medal. Team USA plays in its first game Sunday morning against Japan.
oen Niclai’s talent couldn’t be ignored any longer. His power at the plate as a hitter — and poise behind it as a catcher — had to be witnessed by MLB scouts in person. This spring, scouts from organizations like the Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres and Miami Marlins made the trip to the Last Frontier to watch the Service senior in action.
Joshua Caleb, a sprinter at the University of Alaska Anchorage, is on his way to shattering the Seawolf record books and helping his family back home in Nigeria.
