Josh Reed

The latest news and notes from across the sports landscape involving teams and athletes from the 49th state.

Before officially turning the page to 2025, Anchorage Daily News sports staff look back on the year that was.

The Thunderbirds were back in the gym grinding just two weeks after hoisting their second-straight 4A state championship trophy this past spring and kept it up throughout the summer and fall.

The Anchorage hockey legend has won a championship at every level of the sport she has played, including in the Professional Women’s Hockey League.

Plus, the weekly scoreboard and a look at the action in the week ahead.

The Student Wrestling Development Program and Mt. Edgecumbe had the Division I and II boys titles wrapped up before the finals, and the Stars aligned for the second year in a row in the girls division.

The original eight state champions from the inaugural girls wrestling state tournament were honored at this year’s event.

Also, a heavyweight from Dimond is taking a more technically refined approach to the sport and it’s paying off.

The 2024 ASAA state tournament starts Friday at the Alaska Airlines Center and wraps up Saturday night,

Plus, the weekly scoreboard and a look at the action in the week ahead.

After 16 years at the helm of one of Alaska’s most successful programs, the winningest coach in Cook Inlet Conference history decided to step away to focus on family.

A decade after making an initial $200,000 donation, the company’s foundation returned to make another to help keep the program alive.

Mack, a junior from King Cove, is the lone Alaskan on the Seawolves roster.

Plus, the weekly scoreboard and a look at the action in the week ahead.

Junior Cayden Pili this week became the second member of his family and second player in Dimond High history to be named Gatorade Alaska Football Player of the Year.