Down 1-0 in the final 10 minutes on Friday to the most successful North American Hockey League team in the playoffs the past three years, a Brown Bears victory was going to take something special - with maybe a fortunate bounce tossed in.

PALMER - The 2013 season has already been tough on the Palmer Moose for a few reasons. Like basically everyone outside of the Anchorage area, opportunities to play in official matches have been scarce.

Cook Inlet Academy continued its roll through the Alaska School Activities Association Class 1A state girls tournament by defeating Klawock 46-37 on Monday at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage.

There aren't many places like Alaska, but three Soldotna High School football players recently signed letters of intent to play somewhere that is pretty close.

The Kenai River Brown Bears defeated the Wenatchee (Wash.) Wild 4-2 on Saturday at the Soldotna Sports Center to complete a three-game sweep of the Wild. Wenatchee lost its seventh straight to complete a winless six-game trip in Alaska.

...but Cook Inlet responded by outscoring the Malamutes 14-6 to close out the period.Junior Nicole Moffis won player of the game honors with her 21 points and seven rebounds. Teammate Madison Orth followed with seven points, and surprisingly...

The Kenai River Brown Bears topped the host Fresno (Calif.) Monsters 6-1 on Friday to pick up their eighth point in their last five games. Matt Seidel and Brad LeLievre led the effort with two goals apiece. Kenai River is 17-19-6, 10 points ahead of last-place Fresno in the North American Hockey League West Division, but 19 points behind second-place Fairbanks.

The Juneau-Douglas High School hockey team received little holiday cheer from the visiting Homer Mariners over the weekend at Treadwell Arena in nonconference action in Juneau.

The Soldotna boys took a convincing 51-28 win over Grace Christian on Friday at the Dimond Boys Alaska Prep Shootout in Anchorage, while the SoHi girls didn't fare so well at home.

...had 14 points for the Wolverines, while Samantha Reynolds had 15 points for the Panthers. Hayley Ramsell shared player of the game honors given out at Cordova with Reynolds due to blocks, hustle plays and four points.Nome boys 62, Kenai 34The...