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Oct 13 2018

Petersburg High School junior Jack Byrer takes questions from the school board about esports at a meeting on Oct. 9, 2018.

Redefining sports: Petersburg High School supports starting a video gaming team

By Angela Denning, KFSK-Petersburg | Education, Science & Tech, Southeast, Sports

The Alaska School Activities Association may accept esports as a sanctioned sport soon. Over 30 schools in the state already have esports teams starting up this fall.

By Angela Denning, KFSK-Petersburg | October 13, 2018 8:02 am

Aug 23 2018

Anchorage school district suspends Dimond football program amid hazing allegations

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | Southcentral, Sports

Anchorage School District will suspend all “practices, team activities, and games” for Dimond football this week, and will make a decision about the remainder of the season after investigating further.

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | August 23, 2018 7:52 am

Jul 18 2018

Participant Andrea Turner practices dry firing her pistol at the women’s pistol clinic, a four-week course offered by the Sitka Sportsmen’s Association. (Photo by Katherine Rose/KCAW)

Women aim for firearm mastery at pistol clinic

By Katherine Rose, KCAW-Sitka | Southeast, Sports

At the Sitka Sportsmen’s Association indoor shooting range, the fastest-growing user demographic is female. A new pistol clinic is tailored especially for them.

By Katherine Rose, KCAW-Sitka | July 18, 2018 10:50 am

Jul 15 2018

Tip jars encourage Coppa patrons to show which team they supported in Sunday's World Cup final on July 15, 2018. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)

Soccer fans pack Coppa to cheer on teams in World Cup final

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Juneau, Sports

Soccer fans in Alaska’s capital city had few options to watch Sunday’s World Cup final. Fortunately, Coppa opened early to screen the match between France and Croatia.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | July 15, 2018 6:44 pm

Jul 11 2018

Kikkan Randall grew up in Anchorage and helped earn the first gold medal ever for the women’s cross-country ski team. (Photo by Emily Russell/Alaska Public Media)

Alaskan skier Kikkan Randall reveals breast cancer diagnosis

By Emily Russell, Alaska Public Media | Health, Southcentral, Sports

Alaskan skier and Olympic gold medalist Kikkan Randall has cancer, she said in an announcement on Instagram Wednesday morning. “The color pink has taken on a new chapter in my life,” Randall said in her post on social media.

By Emily Russell, Alaska Public Media | July 11, 2018 10:36 am

Jun 19 2018

Nome musher Aaron Burmeister at the Iditarod Ceremonial Start in downtown Anchorage, March 1, 2014. Burmeister is one of the ITC board members who may be resigning soon. (Photo by David Dodman/KNOM)

After a difficult year, scandal-plagued Iditarod seeks ‘new blood’

By Gabe Colombo, KNOM-Nome | 2 Alaska, Iditarod, Sports

Changes are coming to the Iditarod’s board of directors. According to a press release, the board of the Iditarod Trail Committee approved expanding its numbers from nine to 12 earlier this month. And several directors may step down.

By Gabe Colombo, KNOM-Nome | June 19, 2018 10:07 am

Jun 12 2018

Since 1999, Icy Waves Surf Shop has outfitted the surfers of Yakutat with wet suits and boards. The unlikely location has attracted big wave surfers and surf enthusiasts to the community of 600. Many come away with a T-shirt. (Photo by Emily Kwong/KCAW)

Tucked-away shop attracts surf enthusiasts to Yakutat

By Emily Kwong, KCAW-Sitka | Business, Oceans, Outdoors, Southeast, Sports

Summer is here and with it, the siren call of the ocean waves. That’s certainly the case in Yakutat, home of the Icy Waves Surf Shop.

By Emily Kwong, KCAW-Sitka | June 12, 2018 10:46 am

May 24 2018

Chilkat Challenge Triathlon back for second year

By Abbey Collins, KHNS-Haines | Community, Southeast, Sports

The race consists of three legs. A paddle, a bike, and a run. At 37 miles, the course is a bit longer than last year.

By Abbey Collins, KHNS-Haines | May 24, 2018 9:37 am

Apr 30 2018

Juneau's 2018 Native Youth Olympics team at the statewide competition in Anchorage. Top row, left to right: Arthur McVey, co-coach Kaytlynne Lewis, Derrick Roberts, Kyle Worl, Bryan Johnson and Joe Dundore. Bottom row, left to right: Josh Sheakley, Skylar Tuckwood, Kalila Arreola, Matthew Quinto, Trinity Jackson and Erick Whisenant. (Photo by Brian Wallace, courtesy of Sealaska Heritage Institute)

Juneau team brings home medal from Native Youth Olympics

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Juneau, Sports

Juneau athletes set new personal records and placed in one event at the Native Youth Olympics that wrapped in Anchorage. It was Juneau’s first team in almost 30 years.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | April 30, 2018 6:44 pm

Apr 11 2018

Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association, school district named in abuse suit

By Shaylon Cochran, KDLL-Kenai | Crime & Courts, Education, Southcentral, Sports

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and the Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association are facing charges related to sexual abuse committed by a former hockey coach.

By Shaylon Cochran, KDLL-Kenai | April 11, 2018 10:37 am

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Redefining sports: Petersburg High School supports starting a video gaming team

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Soccer fans pack Coppa to cheer on teams in World Cup final

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