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Weekend preview: Hometown softball clash and JDHS baseball home opener

The dugouts of Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park and Dimond Park will finally see some use this weekend. The Thunder Mountain High School softball team hosts Juneau-Douglas… Continue reading

The Juneau Parks & Recreation Coed Division 1 volleyball champions “Bak Bro Cleaning Services” pose after winning the title last Wednesday at Floyd Dryden Middle School. The team finished the regular season at 3-11 but pulled off an epic season turnaround by winning three of its four postseason matches. (Courtesy Photo | Parks & Rec)

Juneau Parks & Recreation coed volleyball champions

The two-month-long Juneau Parks &Recreation coed volleyball season wrapped up last week, when close to 60 teams in six divisions played in a postseason tournament.… Continue reading

  • Apr 24, 2018
  • By Juneau Empire
The Juneau Parks & Recreation Coed Division 1 volleyball champions “Bak Bro Cleaning Services” pose after winning the title last Wednesday at Floyd Dryden Middle School. The team finished the regular season at 3-11 but pulled off an epic season turnaround by winning three of its four postseason matches. (Courtesy Photo | Parks & Rec)

Athletes of the Week: Audrey Welling & Arne Ellefson-Carnes

Audrey Welling and Arne Ellefson-Carnes are the Juneau Empire Athletes of the Week. Welling, of Thunder Mountain High School, won both the 100 and 300-meter… Continue reading

  • Apr 25, 2018

Ketchikan Invitational Results

Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the order of boys 300-meter hurdles finishers, due to an error by the track meet staff.… Continue reading

JDHS boys drop second game to West

The Juneau-Douglas High School boys soccer team was unable to recover from a 2-1 first-half deficit Saturday morning at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Field, losing 3-1 to… Continue reading

Thunder Mountain’s Macey Fuette, right, takes the ball from West’s Julia Johnson at TMHS on Friday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Rivest scores in Thunder Mountain loss

A rarely-seen soccer throw-in by Thunder Mountain High School sophomore Emily Heaton late in the first half Friday night was not the underclassmen showing off.… Continue reading

Thunder Mountain’s Macey Fuette, right, takes the ball from West’s Julia Johnson at TMHS on Friday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Juneau-Douglas’ Jackson Norberg punches the ball between West Anchorage’s Dominic Owen, left, and Jack Nelson, right, at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park on Friday, April 20, 2018. West won 3-1. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Lights go out on possible JDHS comeback

With 16 minutes to go in Friday night’s game against West Anchorage, the Juneau-Douglas High School Crimson Bears were trying to fight their way back… Continue reading

Juneau-Douglas’ Jackson Norberg punches the ball between West Anchorage’s Dominic Owen, left, and Jack Nelson, right, at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park on Friday, April 20, 2018. West won 3-1. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

JDHS girls split series with West

Playing without their leading goal scorer, the JDHS girls soccer team dropped a 1-0 nonconference contest to West Anchorage High School on Saturday morning at… Continue reading

Juneau-Douglas’ Michaela Bentley, left, celebrates the team’s first goal against West with teammates Mariena Romanoff, center, and Eva Gorering at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Field on Thursday, April 19, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

JDHS girls topple West Anchorage

West Anchorage High School brings out the best in Juneau-Douglas High School junior Michaela Bentley. At the state tournament last season, the forward scored one… Continue reading

Juneau-Douglas’ Michaela Bentley, left, celebrates the team’s first goal against West with teammates Mariena Romanoff, center, and Eva Gorering at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Field on Thursday, April 19, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Thunder Mountain’s goalkeeper Alan Plosay, left, and teammate Kieran Kollar, center, knock the ball away from Kenai’s Nathaniel Beiser at THMS on Friday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Tuttle dashes Thunder Mountain upset hopes

It was hard to reconcile the Thunder Mountain High School boys soccer team’s first game of the season with its second. Playing against Kenai Central… Continue reading

Thunder Mountain’s goalkeeper Alan Plosay, left, and teammate Kieran Kollar, center, knock the ball away from Kenai’s Nathaniel Beiser at THMS on Friday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Thunder Mountain’s Erick Whisenant, center, pushes ahead of Juneau-Douglas’ Ulyx Bohulano, left, and Lance Fenumiai in a preliminary 100-meter dash at the Region V Track and Field meet at Thunder Mountain High School on May 19, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Weekend preview: Track gets rolling and plenty of home soccer games

The Juneau-Douglas and Thunder Mountain High School track and field teams will compete in the first official meet of the season on Friday and Saturday:… Continue reading

Thunder Mountain’s Erick Whisenant, center, pushes ahead of Juneau-Douglas’ Ulyx Bohulano, left, and Lance Fenumiai in a preliminary 100-meter dash at the Region V Track and Field meet at Thunder Mountain High School on May 19, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
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Kenai blanks JDHS boys soccer

The Juneau-Douglas High School boys soccer team lost its first game of the season Thursday night at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Field. Kenai Central High School junior… Continue reading

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Icy Adair-Kennedy not ready for baseball

City and Borough of Juneau Parks & Recreation deemed Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park unfit for baseball games this weekend. Thunder Mountain and Juneau-Douglas High School were… Continue reading

JDHS senior Elisa Fabrello.

Player of the Week: Elisa Fabrello

Juneau-Douglas High School softball senior Elisa Fabrello is the Juneau Empire Player of the Week. The right-handed batter hit a three-run home run in Thursday’s… Continue reading

  • Apr 18, 2018
JDHS senior Elisa Fabrello.

Prep softball begins conference play on the road

The Thunder Mountain High School girls softball team begins its defense of the Region V and small schools state titles this weekend. TMHS travels to… Continue reading

Softball sees tough competition in Washington

The Thunder Mountain and Juneau-Douglas High School softball teams opened the 2018 season in the greater Seattle area Thursday. The Juneau teams were winless through… Continue reading

L to R: Bergen Davis, Andyn Mulgrew-Truitt, Casey Hamilton.

These three Juneau high school swimmers just signed letters of intent

Three Juneau prep swimmers signed national letters of intents on Wednesday. Bergen Davis, 17, and Casey Hamilton, 18, are off to Oklahoma Christian University and… Continue reading

L to R: Bergen Davis, Andyn Mulgrew-Truitt, Casey Hamilton.
Keegan Messing gestures toward the audience while performing in men’s figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics, February 17, 2018. (Courtesy Photo | Greg Kolz/Keegan Messing)

Olympic figure skater coming to Juneau Saturday

Alaskan figure skater Keegan Messing, fresh off his first Olympics in PyeongChang, is hitting the ice this weekend in Juneau. The 26-year-old will be performing… Continue reading

Keegan Messing gestures toward the audience while performing in men’s figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics, February 17, 2018. (Courtesy Photo | Greg Kolz/Keegan Messing)
Juneau-Douglas’ Malia Miller controls the ball against Ketchikan’s Sydney Nichols at Thunder Mountain High School on Friday, April 6, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Player of the week: Malia Miller

Juneau-Douglas High School junior soccer player Malia Miller is the Juneau Empire’s player of the week. Miller scored five goals over the weekend in 8-0… Continue reading

  • Apr 12, 2018
  • By Juneau Empire
Juneau-Douglas’ Malia Miller controls the ball against Ketchikan’s Sydney Nichols at Thunder Mountain High School on Friday, April 6, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Co-coach John Newell leads his team through drills during Thunder Mountain High School girls varsity soccer practice at TMHS on Monday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Here’s a look at the TMHS boys and girls soccer teams’ 2018 season

Girls soccer It’s a good thing the Thunder Mountain High School girls soccer team is deep in seniors. That makes coach John Newell’s job of… Continue reading

Co-coach John Newell leads his team through drills during Thunder Mountain High School girls varsity soccer practice at TMHS on Monday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)