Naomi Welling knows how to make a splash. Welling won three state championships in her Thunder Mountain High School track debut five years ago. Over… Continue reading
Two sports camps are returning to the capital city next month. The Juneau Football Skills Camp and Juneau Sports Performance Camp will run for the… Continue reading
The Gastineau Channel Little League announced on Sunday and Monday the Major Baseball, Major Softball and Junior Baseball and Junior Softball all-star teams. All four… Continue reading
Stiff headwinds played a major factor in Saturday’s Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay. The winds slowed racers considerably — between one to two hours, according… Continue reading
For eight hours every weekday at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center, she’s simply known as “PO Sully.” But on the weekends, to a group of… Continue reading
Two 31-year-olds ran the entire length of Perseverance Trail in under 45 minutes on Saturday. Allan Spangler, of Juneau, and Seth Rutt, of Phoenix, Arizona,… Continue reading
The Juneau Trap Shooting Team returned home from the Alaska Education in Shooting Sports (YESS) State Championships with a number of first-place finishes. The competition… Continue reading
Cyclists weren’t scared off by the canceling of last year’s Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay. The 148-mile cycling relay from Haines Junction, Yukon to Haines… Continue reading
When Juneau’s Bryce Swofford first tore his ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) a little less than two years ago, doctors told him it should be able… Continue reading
Special Olympics Alaska bestowed 27 gold medals on the 18 Juneau athletes that participated in the 2018 Summer Games in Anchorage over the weekend. Juneau… Continue reading
Chase Foster hit a two-run single and Juneau Post 25 seized a 7-4 win in their second game of a doubleheader against Chugiak Post 33… Continue reading
The 14th annual Capital City Coed Softball Tournament kicked off on Friday night at Dimond Park. A total of 14 teams are competing in the… Continue reading
Former Thunder Mountain High School pitcher Philip Wall made the most of his first year of collegiate baseball. Wall, who was homeschooled, made the all-Upper… Continue reading
The baseball drum beats on in Juneau. Two days separated the end of the high school season and the start of American Legion baseball for… Continue reading
Eighteen Juneau athletes will be joining over 300 others at the 2018 Special Olympics Alaska Summer Games this weekend in Anchorage. Juneau will be competing… Continue reading
Thunder Mountain High School graduate Maxie Saceda-Hurt is the Juneau Empire player of the week. Saceda-Hurt churned out nine hits — including a grand slam… Continue reading
Haines’ Chilkat Challenge Triathlon is back for the second year. The July 1 race (registration closes June 15) features a 7.5-mile paddle, 22-mile bike and… Continue reading
Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified a Juneau-Douglas hitter in the fifth inning as Garrett Bryant. The hitter was Riley Griffin. The… Continue reading
When you’re a team that’s won 20 of your last 21 games, you’re not well acquainted with adversity. So when Thunder Mountain High School softball,… Continue reading
Four teams — including Thunder Mountain and Ketchikan High School — remain in contention for the ASAA Division II softball state championship after six games… Continue reading
