A Colony ball carrier tries to escape a tackle during a first round playoff game against West on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025 at West High. (Chris Bieri / ADN)
Saturday
Barrow 28, Kenai Central 14
Soldotna 38, West Valley 14
South 38, Juneau-Douglas 17
Bartlett 34, Dimond 18
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Homer 26, Redington 6
Service vs. East (Late)
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Volleyball
Tuesday
Lathrop 3, North Pole 0 (25-7, 25-16, 25-15)
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Unalaska 3, Birchwood Christian 0 (25-9, 25-11, 25-6)
Cook Inlet Academy 3, Ninilchik 0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-15)
Kenai Central 3, Nikiski 2 (20-25, 25-20, 13-25, 25-22, 16-14)
Nenana 3, Effie Kokrine Charter 1 (20-25, 25-15, 25-15, 25-14)
Monroe Catholic 3, Delta 0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-11)
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Mountain City Christian 3, Houston 0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-16)
South 3, West 0 (25-11, 25-13, 25-16)
Service 3, Chugiak 2 (16-25, 25-20, 25-22, 19-25, 15-12)
Dimond 3, East 1 (19-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-18)
Wednesday
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Sand Point 3, Birchwood Christian 0 (25-7, 25-12, 25-14)
King Cove 3, Birchwood Christian 1 (25-27, 25-21, 25-13, 25-20)
South 3, Colony 0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-16)
Monroe Catholic 3, West Valley 1 (25-21, 20-25, 25-11, 25-20)
Lana Cebrian, West, def. Emerson Sims, Chguiak 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
West’s Lana Cebrian serves during the championship of the girls singles competition at the Alaska State Tennis Tournament on Saturday, October. 11, 2025 at Alaska Club East. (Chris Bieri / ADN)
Boys Doubles
Trevor Sabey/Bode Leonelli, Lathrop, def. Finn Albertson/Jonathan Church, East 6-1, 6-1
Girls Doubles
First Finals
Sarah Kim/ Grace Yang, West, def. Mary Jo Landon/Timber Fleischhacker, Chugiak 7-5, 2-6, 1-0
1. West ‘B’ (Richotte, Elise; Saqib, Shanza; Davis, Lilian; Furin, Giselle), 4:37.76; 2. West ‘A’, 6:05.32
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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1. West ‘B’ (Zhang, Kevin; Elerian, Al Hasan; Adkison, Thaddeus; Elerian, Al Hussain), 4:02.63. 2. East ‘A’ , 4:04.52. 3. West ‘A’, 5:18.97
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College
Volleyball
Thursday
Western Washington 3, UAA 1 (27-25, 21-25, 25-13, 28-26)
Simon Fraser 3, UAF 1 (25-21, 25-21, 16-25, 25-23)
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Saturday
UAA 3, Simon Fraser 2 (22-25, 25-22, 17-25, 28-26, 15-12)
Western Washington 3, UAF 0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-15)
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NAHL
Thursday
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Minnesota Wilderness 9, Anchorage Wolverines 2
Friday
Minnesota Wilderness 4, Anchorage Wolverines 3
Saturday
Anchorage Wolverines v. Minnesota Wilderness (Late)
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2025 Zombie Half Marathon
Women
1. Morgan Lash, Anchorage, AK 1:26:24; 2. Whitney Bennett Bouchard, Anchorage, AK 1:27:24; 3. Molly Walli, Anchorage, AK 1:31:30; 4. Ashlee Weller, Anchorage, AK 1:31:34; 5. Evelin Porras, Petersburg, VA 1:31:36; 6. Alison Matthews, Anchorage, AK 1:32:05; 7. Sam Longacre, Anchorage, AK 1:32:51; 8. Sarah Freistone, Anchorage, AK 1:33:57; 9. Bekah Sterkel, Anchorage, AK 1:34:24; 10. Karina Packer, Anchorage, AK 1:34:47; 11. Sarah Aarons, Anchorage, AK 1:36:00; 12. Mandy Vincent-Lang, Anchorage, AK 1:36:17; 13. Iris Samuels, Anchorage, AK 1:38:21; 14. Emma Korosei, Anchorage, AK 1:39:06; 15. Sofija Spaic, Palmer, AK 1:39:22; 16. Catherine Uschmann, Palmer, AK 1:39:30; 17. Jenna Walch, Anchorage, AK 1:40:05; 18. Elizabeth Aarons, Anchorage, AK 1:40:06; 19. Delainey Zock, Anchorage, AK 1:40:08; 20. Susan Bick, Anchorage, AK 1:40:17
Men
1. Zach Grams, Anchorage, AK 1:13:29; 2. Chris Osiensky, Anchorage, AK 1:13:36; 3. Sigurd Roenning, Anchorage, AK 1:17:07; 4. Sebastian Reed, Anchorage, AK 1:17:29; 5. Everett Cason, Anchorage, AK 1:20:23; 6. Tian Sandvik, Anchorage, AK 1:20:27; 7. Dylan Prosser, Anchorage, AK 1:20:33; 8. Andy Peters, Anchorage, AK 1:20:50; 9. Jean Paquet, Anchorage, AK 1:21:10; 10. James Miller, Anchorage, AK 1:21:32; 11. Dash Dicang, Anchorage, AK 1:24:00; 12. Alexander Woody, Anchorage, AK 1:25:19; 13. Gordon Piltz, Anchorage, AK 1:25:47; 14. Amadeus Semo, Anchorage, AK 1:27:10; 15. Derek Nottingham, Eagle River, AK 1:27:17; 16. Brenton Savikko, Anchorage, AK 1:27:30; 17. Mason Baker, Eagle River, AK 1:27:34; 18. Leland Heinicke, Anchorage, AK 1:27:43; 19. Brett Evans, Anchorage, AK 1:28:27; 20. Matt Dearborn, Eagle River, AK 1:28:47
JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) – The Supreme Court of Alaska will be taking up the case of the State of Alaska, Division of Elections v. Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr.
The oral arguments will be held Monday at 10 a.m. via Zoom, according to an order and opening notice.
The document also specifies that a decision is expected to be made before noon on Tuesday.
According to documents from the Division of Elections, the state must start printing ballots at noon on the same day.
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This comes after an Anchorage Superior Court Judge ordered Dan J. Sullivan on to the ballot Friday.
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A new home under construction in Potter Valley in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
This June, two very different offers reach Alaska families, and both amount to the same thing: $10,000. The difference is everything.
Bill Walker, running for governor, would hand every eligible Alaskan a one-time $10,000 check and then end the Permanent Fund dividend for good. Ask one question: Where does his $10,000 come from?
It comes from the Permanent Fund, the people’s own money and the savings Alaskans built for their children. Walker would spend that endowment once to pay Alaskans to give up the yearly dividend forever.
Think about what that does. It cancels the annual check that gives a family a reason to keep an Alaska address and replaces it with a single payout. You hand people their own savings, call it a gift and cut the tie that held them here in the same motion. It is the oldest mistake in governing money: raid what you have saved to buy a moment’s applause and call the spending generosity.
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A plan that spends the people’s savings to send the people away is not bold. It is foolish.
Now consider the other $10,000. Through Alaska Housing Finance Corp., the state offers families up to $10,000 to build a new, energy-efficient home. AHFC raids nothing. It earns its own way. Over the years, it has returned more than $2 billion to the state treasury, and it spends some of that income the way any good business does: to win a customer.
Here, the customer is an Alaskan who wants to own a home, put down roots and stay.
That is the oldest sound move in business: Invest a little of what you earn to bring in someone who stays. The homeowner remains, the community gains a family and the corporation keeps earning. The money spent comes back. A plan that puts earnings to work to bring people home is not charity. It is clever.
Same amount. Opposite source. Opposite wisdom. One spends savings; the other spends earnings. One pays Alaskans to leave; the other pays them to stay. One empties the state; the other fills it.
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This Homeownership Month, the choice is the size of a single check, and the whole question is where the check comes from and what it asks of you. Ten thousand dollars of your own fund, to wave you goodbye. Or $10,000, earned and reinvested, to help you stay and build.
Evan Swensen is the publisher of Publication Consultants in Anchorage and the author of “What’s the Money For: A Permanent Fund Mortgage Proposal.”
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