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Alaska sports scoreboard: Oct. 12, 2024

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October 12, 2024

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TENNIS

Saturday

ASAA State Championships

Girls Singles: Jan Chongkavinit (Colony) def Lana Cebrian (West), 6-1, 6-0

Girls Singles: Alice Kim/Sarah Kim (West) def Mary Jo Landon/Timber Fleischhacker (Chugiak), 6-4, 7-6 (10-8)/ 2nd 4-0, 5-4 (7-4)

Boys Singles: Ulysses Escobar (Service) def Jude Cebrian (West), 6-1, 6-4

Boys Doubles: Jaken Reinheller/Logan Reinheller (West Valley) def Jack Debenham/Spike Clark (Dimond), 6-2, 61

Mixed Doubles: Milina Mazon/Alex Rehfeldt (Juneau-Douglas) def Jack Latteier/Meadow Lewis (Chugiak), 6-4, 2-6, 0-1(4-10)/ 2nd 4-2, 1-4, 1-0 (10-6)

• • •

RIFLERY

Thursday

East 3,042, West 2,115

Team leaders of the week:

East- Iris Hardstad-Bell 272 with 10 Bullseyes

West- Charlotte Bitten-281 with 13 Bullseyes

A-team

East (1080) Iris 272, Woolley 272, Sabado 269, Amel 267

West (1105) Bitten 281, Nilsson C. 278, Jordet 275, Cunningham 271

B-team

East (1013) Vang 263, Sobrepena 258, Barrios 250, Simeonoff 242

West (1010) Osgood 269, Cagle 249, Tesch 247, Caterinicchio 245

C-team

East (949) Yim 239, Kiunya 224, Deitz 221, Crockett 164

• • •

VOLLEYBALL

Monday

West Valley 3, Hutchison 0

Tuesday

Lathrop 3, Monroe Catholic 1

Palmer 3, Houston 0

South 3, Bartlett 0

Service 3, East 1

Dimond 3, Chugiak 0

West 3, Eagle River 2

Wednesday

Birchwood Christian 3, Sand Point 0

East 3, Colony 2

Thursday

Service 3, Lathrop 1

Mountain City 3, Mt. Edgecumbe 1

Houston 3, Redington 1

Wasilla 3, Chugiak 2

Valdez 3, Palmer 2

East 3, Eagle River 0

Dimond 3, South 1

Friday

Mt. Edgecumbe 1, West 1 (12-25, 25-22)

Sitka 2, Mountain City Christian 0 (25-16, 25-24)

West 2, Metlakatla 0 (25-16, 25-9)

Ketchikan 1, West 1 (25-21, 24-26)

Wasilla 3, Soldotna 0 (25-23, 25-17, 26-24)

Palmer 3, Kodiak 1 (25-16, 25-14, 20-25, 26-24)

West 2, Wrangell 0 (25-22, 25-19)

Saturday

Mountain City Christian 2, Wrangell 1 (25-7, 23-25, 15-11)

Palmer 3, Kodiak 0 (25-15, 25-10, 25-21)

Homer 3, Redington 0 (25-23, 25-12, 25-23)

Wasilla 3, Soldotna 0

South 3, Colony 0 (25-9, 25-12, 25-16)

Service 3, Chugiak 2 (14-25, 25-16, 25-21, 14-25, 15-13)

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FLAG FOOTBALL

Tuesday

Wasilla 20, Colony 7

West 26, Eagle River 6

South 24, Bartlett 0

Service 21 Chugiak 6

Dimond 25, East 0

Wednesday

West 19, Dimond 13

South 33, Service 12

Thursday

South 27, West 6

• • •

FOOTBALL

Friday

Seward 36, Nikiski 6

Chugiak 21, Eagle River 7

Dimond 40, Colony 23

Palmer 54, Wasilla 19

Soldotna 30, North Pole 6

Saturday

Bartlett 42, South 27

East 30, Service 0

Barrow v. Homer (Late)

West v. Juneau-Douglas (Late)

• • •

SWIMMING

Thursday

West vs. Eagle River vs. Colony

Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay

1. Eagle River (Lola Woodward, Bryn Baldwin, Reese Woodward, Keira Gust), 1:54.94; 2. Colony, 2:03.16; 3. West , 2:06.75

Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay

1. Eagle River (Andrew King, CJ Rollins, Amadrion Reynier-Wilson, Zander Walker) 1:40.35; 2. Colony, 1:43.70; 3. Colony 1:57.89.

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle

1. Lelaina Trembath, Eagle River, 2:00.06; 2. Lola Woodward, Eagle River, 2:04.87; 3. Chloe Blackburn, Colony, 2:19.064

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle

1. Wes Mank, Eagle River, 1:49.47; 2. Kellan DenBleyker, Colony, 1:54.02; 3. Amadrion Reynier-Wilson, Eagle River, 1:57.94

Girls 200 Yard IM

1. Keira Gust, Eagle River, 2:19.76; 2. Hannah Cooper, Colony, 2:20.91; 3. Katie Dollick, Colony, 2:26.59

Boys 200 Yard IM

1. Reven Settle, Colony, 2:16.16; 2. Hudson Duguid, Colony, 2:21.72; 3. Al Hussain Elerian, West, 2:25.79

Girls 50 Yard Freestyle

1. Reese Woodward, Eagle River, 25.76; 2. Sophia Trembath, Eagle River, 26.32; 3. Alecia Moffat, Colony, 26.69

Boys 50 Yard Freestyle

1. Matthew Baker, Eagle River, 23.16; 2. Pierce McDonough, Colony, 23.26; 3. Iver Gates, Colony, 23.31

Girls 1 mtr Diving

1. Charlize McManus, Colony, 257.25; 2. Claire Wallstrum, Colony, 224.90; 3. Lyza Krozel, Colony, 212.50

Girls 100 Yard Butterfly

1. Katie Dollick, Colony, 1:05.57; 2. Chloe Blackburn, Colony, 1:13.53; 3. Jillian DelaCruz, Eagle River, 1:14.82

Boys 100 Yard Butterfly

1. Wes Mank, Eagle River, 55.06; 2. Thomas Smith, Colony, 55.68; 3. Nate Shockley, Eagle River, 56.81

Girls 100 Yard Freestyle

1. Sophia Trembath, Eagle River, 55.90; 2. Lelaina Trembath, Eagle River, 56.14; 3. Bryn Baldwin, Eagle River, 1:00.45

Boys 100 Yard Freestyle

1. Isaiah Hulien, Colony, 50.01; 2. Pierce McDonough, Colony, 50.58; 3. Kellan DenBleyker, Colony, 51.68

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. Eagle River (Reese Woodward, Lelaina Trembath, Sophia Trembath, Lola Woodward), 1:43.45; 2. Colony, 1:49.00; 3. Eagle River, 1:49.87

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. Colony (Pierce McDonough, Iver Gates, Beck LaBoucane, Isaiah Hulien), 1:31.91; 2. Eagle River, 1:32.13; 3. Colony, 1:36.63

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke

1. Payton Curtis, West, 1:06.02; 2. Jerzey Lane, Colony, 1:08.41; 3. Lizzie Russian, Eagle River, 1:11.77

Boys 100 Yard Backstroke

1. Isaiah Hulien, Colony, 1:00.60; 2. Iver Gates, Colony, 1:00.68; 3, Reven Settle, Colony, 1:00.69

Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke

1. Lola Woodward, Eagle River, 1:17.81; 2. Keira Gust, Eagle River, 1:18.45; 3. Maraya Dunford, Colony, 1:25.90

Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke

1. Cruz Pineda, West, 1:13.51; 2. Ronald Smith, Colony, 1:18.50; 3. Gunnar Allen, Colony, 1:22.70

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. Eagle River (Sophia Trembath, Lelaina Trembath, Keira Gust, Caitlyn Rumph), 3:50.65; 2. Colony, 4:26.21; 3. West, 4:32.09

Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. Colony (Reven Settle, Hudson Duguid, Thomas Smith, Kellan DenBleyker), 3:32.27; 2. Colony, 3:59.19; 3. Eagle River, 4:13.19

East vs. Dimond

Girls – Team Rankings

1. Dimond, 135; 2. East, 30

Boys – Team Rankings

1. Dimond, 122; 2. East, 48

Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay

1. Dimond ‘A’ (Molly McBride, Varya Bodrova, Zaylee Mullinax, Emma Clayton-Brunelle), 2:03.37; 2. Dimond ‘B’, 2:22.90; 3. East ‘A’, 2:45.32

Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay

1. Dimond ‘B’ (Dominic Brunelle , Creed Cvancara, Andy Zhang, Caeden Kullander), 1:48.45; 2. Dimond ‘A’, 1:50.92; 3. Dimond ‘C’, 2:00.58

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle

1. Varya Bodrova, Dimond, 2:22.57; 2. Elliana Stull, Dimond, 2:44.79; 3. Chelsea Kelly, Dimond, 2:47.05

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle

1. Dominic Brunelle, Dimond, 2:02.71; 2. David O’Connor, East, 2:10.34; 3. Cameron Posey, Dimond, 2:11.41

Girls 200 Yard IM

1. May Kibodeaux, Dimond, 2:46.34; 2. Emma Clayton-Brunelle, Dimond, 2:46.70; 3. Elliana Stull, Dimond, 3:10.30

Boys 200 Yard IM

1. Dominic Brunelle, Dimond, 2:19.65; 2. Drew Dittman, Dimond, 2:24.83; 3. Creed Cvancara, Dimond, 2:25.39

Girls 50 Yard Freestyle

1. Molly Wirschem, East, 26.83; 2. Tana Stierwalt, East, 31.41; 3. May Kibodeaux, Dimond, 32.38

Boys 50 Yard Freestyle

1. Roman Fosberg, Dimond, 24.39; 2. Reed Wirschem, East, 26.68; 3. Drew Dittman, Dimond, 27.37

Girls 1 mtr Diving

1. Genevieve Sperbeck, Dimond, 179.60; 2. Natalie Arima, Dimond, 157.05

Boys 1 mtr Diving

1. Roman Billings, Dimond, 257.45

Girls 100 Yard Butterfly

1. Varya Bodrova, Dimond, 1:13.42; 2. Jillian Kuipers, Dimond, 1:20.24; 3. Emma Clayton-Brunelle, Dimond, 1:32.66

Boys 100 Yard Butterfly

1. Cyrus Fosberg, Dimond, 1:11.61; 2. Creed Cvancara, Dimond, 1:13.13; 3. Jamey Algiene, East, 1:16.82

Girls 100 Yard Freestyle

1. Zaylee Mullinax, Dimond, 58.67; 2. Tana Stierwalt, East, 1:13.65; 3. Jillian Kuipers, Dimond, 1:13.77

Boys 100 Yard Freestyle

1. Caeden Kullander, Dimond, 50.10; 2. Dax O’Brien, Dimond, 53.19; 3. Roman Fosberg, Dimond, 55.89

Girls 500 Yard Freestyle

1. Molly McBride, Dimond, 6:07.78; 2. Annie Wu, Dimond, 7:11.24; 3. Sophia Stubbs, Dimond, 7:36.18

Boys 500 Yard Freestyle

1. Matthew Ray, East, 5:35.23; 2. Reed Wirschem, East, 5:35.86; 3. Clint Kopp, Dimond, 6:22.89

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. Dimond ‘A’ (Varya Bodrova, Molly McBride, Zaylee Mullinax, Emma Clayton-Brunelle), 1:49.97; 2. East ‘A’, 2:16.58; 3. Dimond ‘B’, 2:17.94

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. Dimond ‘A’ (Roman Fosberg, Dax O’Brien, Clint Kopp, Andy Zhang), 1:35.62; 2. Dimond ‘B’, 1:39.48; 3. East ‘A’, 1:59.91

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke

1. Annie Wu, Dimond, 1:21.71; 2. Anya Carpenter, Dimond, 1:30.46; 3. Sophia Stubbs, Dimond, 1:30.82

Boys 100 Yard Backstroke

1. Dax O’Brien, Dimond, 1:04.23; 2. Andy Zhang, Dimond, 1:05.89; 3. Caeden Kullander, Dimond, 1:05.90

Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke

1. Molly McBride, Dimond, 1:21.81; 2. Zaylee Mullinax, Dimond, 1:21.84; 3. Molly Wirschem, East, 1:24.44

Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke

1. Andy Zhang, Dimond, 1:11.18; 2. Jamey Algiene, East, 1:15.83; 3. Andrew Harmon, East, 1:35.82

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. Dimond ‘C’ (Jillian Kuipers, May Kibodeaux, Chelsea Kelly, Annie Wu), 4:53.01; 2. Dimond ‘B’, 5:29.07

Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. Dimond ‘A’ (Drew Dittman, Cameron Posey, Alan Wu, Cyrus Fosberg), 4:03.81; 2. East ‘A’, 4:13.50

• • •

CROSS COUNTRY

Monday

2024 Middle School Cross Country Running Championships

6th Grade Boys

1. Riley Elliott, Goldenview 12:02.2; 2. Thomas Otte, Gruening 12:12.9; 3. Max Laughlin, Rilke Schule 12:13.9; 4. Mason Baker, Gruening 12:21.8; 5. Maxwell Leguineche, Rilke Schule 12:28.5; 6. Peyton Goodman, Goldenview 12:38.8; 7. Brady Flanagan, Mirror Lake 12:49.4; 8. Mikolai Stryszak, Romig 12:51.3; 9. Tracen Ayojiak, Gruening 12:52.8; 10. Axel Udall, Gruening 12:53.6; 11. Tell Collins, Hanshew 12:53.6; 12. Reyce Lee, Goldenview 13:01.8; 13. Bryson Adkins, Mirror Lake 13:04.2; 14. Mackey Cohen, Central 13:06.1; 15. Calvin Svencer, Mirror Lake 13:06.8; 16. Gus Reimer, Romig 13:07.0; 17. Alexander Jurva, Goldenview 13:16.3; 18. Paxton Thompson, Hanshew 13:19.8; 19. Jasper Farthing, Rilke Schule 13:23.4; 20. Elias Beck, Mears 13:24.7

6th Grade Girls

1. Lacey Grandlinard, Mirror Lake 13:06.9; 2. Pascale Kirby, Mirror Lake 13:08.7; 3. Piper Miller, Goldenview 13:19.6; 4. Dakota Arellano, Gruening 13:44.4; 5. Chloe Shockley, Gruening 14:03.6; 6. Esther Angel, Goldenview 14:14.8; 7. Adeleine Chlup, Rilke Schule 14:19.3; 8. Alice Dann, Romig 14:27.6; 9. Averie Hannafious, Begich 14:28.4; 10. Reagan Martyn, Girdwood 14:35.9; 11. Kylee Dunn, Goldenview 14:42.7; 12. Juliana Schmuke, Goldenview 14:43.7; 13. McKinley Vanasse, Gruening 14:44.1; 14. Masey Muffoletto, Goldenview 14:44.5; 15. Kali Reich, Wendler 14:49.5; 16. Hailey Gard, Mirror Lake 15:06.3; 17. Sienna Glazier, Mirror Lake 15:06.5; 18. Angel Sosa-Toliver, Mears 15:06.6; 19. Berklee De Noble, Gruening 15:06.8; 20. Sofia Weingarten, Romig 15:07.2

7th Grade Boys

1. Isaac Yager, Goldenview 11:15.8; 2. Dawson Nerland**, Goldenview 11:41.0; 3. Naison Senn, Mirror Lake 11:45.5; 4. Milo Anderson, Central 11:59.8; 5. Fenn Reese, Goldenview 12:05.9; 6. Karter Marchant, Mirror Lake 12:11.2; 7. Archer Hogan, Romig 12:13.2; 8. Grayson Cook, Mirror Lake 12:13.7; 9. William Foltz, Romig 12:22.8; 10. Axel Stone, Romig 12:23.5; 11. Isaac Hughes*, Goldenview 12:32.3; 12. Liam Burkey, Gruening 12:37.6; 13. Lyle Stone, Winterberry 12:45.5; 14. Christopher Doremus, Mirror Lake 12:46.6; 15. Jack Vancil, Romig 12:58.5; 16. Bennet Gastrock, Rilke Schule 13:04.1; 17. Julien Stiassny, Girdwood 13:05.2; 18. Ellis Keck, Romig 13:06.1; 19. Atticus Watkins, Romig 13:08.9; 20. Jude Wall, Mirror Lake 13:11.4

7th Grade Girls

1. Claire Shaha, Gruening 12:01.9; 2. Claire Campion, Mears 12:09.2; 3. Naomi Smith, Goldenview 12:55.7; 4. Adelynn Hilliard, STREAM 12:57.2; 5. Brooklyn Mauger, Mirror Lake 13:03.6; 6. Riley Cook, Mirror Lake 13:04.8; 7. Liv Kullberg, Wendler 13:10.4; 8. Natalie Shaw, Mirror Lake 13:15.6; 9. Riley Vial, Romig 13:20.8; 10. Baylee Worlds, Mirror Lake 13:24.1; 11. Lillian Konrath-Bera, Mirror Lake 13:25.5; 12. Niva Flagstad, Goldenview 13:27.1; 13. Colette Levelque, Hanshew 13:30.9; 14. Peja Skinner, Mears 13:34.6; 15. Ariana Barber, Girdwood 13:36.2; 16. Samantha Sierks, Mears 13:44.1; 17. Maya Blees, Goldenview 13:48.8; 18. Hana Varnell, Central 13:50.0; 19. Paige Lojewski, STREAM 13:55.7; 20. Addison Keene, Goldenview 14:01.1

8th Grade Boys

1. Elijah Lang, Mirror Lake 11:07.5; 2. Owen Morrow, Gruening 11:14.1; 3. Ethan Elliott, Goldenview 11:16.3; 4. Ryker Edwards, Mirror Lake 11:16.8; 5. Jude Miller, Mirror Lake 11:20.7; 6. Clayton White, Mears 11:25.1; 7. Frank Gregersen, Romig 11:26.9; 8. Owen Tracy, Gruening 11:31.9; 9. Alexander Johnson, Goldenview 11:43.1; 10. Denis Prosser, Mears 11:45.6; 11. Collin Russian, Gruening 11:46.8; 12. Maxin Macy, Mirror Lake 11:48.8; 13. Henry Ivary, Mirror Lake 11:54.6; 14. Diego Marquez, Begich 11:55.2; 15. Matteo Besh-Halsey, Mears 11:55.9; 16. Jack Weiss, Mears 11:59.3; 17. Lewis Knier, Rilke Schule 12:04.4; 18. Mason Scow, Mirror Lake 12:05.5; 19. Dalton Bohne, Mears 12:07.3; 20. Logan Breeding, Girdwood 12:17.4

8th Grade Girls

1. Calista Zuber, Goldenview 11:41.3; 2. Maddison Kukuk, Mirror Lake 11:41.7; 3. Rylee Ruggles, Mirror Lake 12:13.2; 4. Brooklynne Haigh, Gruening 12:38.6; 5. Nina Varnell, Central 12:48.3; 6. Solvej Lunoe, Goldenview 12:51.3; 7. Payton Nelson, Gruening 12:54.6; 8. Cameron Miller, Girdwood 13:00.4; 9. Hannah Veltkamp, Mears 13:00.9; 10. Hailee Stepetin, Mirror Lake 13:01.1; 11. Sophie Kimball, Romig 13:13.1; 12. Grace Clark-Pederson, Mears 13:14.1; 13. Chloe Hayner, Romig 13:26.8; 14. Sienna Johnson, Gruening 13:30.9; 15. Ruby Conklin, Mears 13:44.5; 16. Nicole Booher, Mirror Lake 13:45.3; 17. Manu David, Rilke Schule 13:46.7; 18. Naomi Hopkins, Gruening 13:50.5; 19. Audrey Townley, Mirror Lake 13:56.3; 20. Sophia Bender, Mirror Lake 13:56.4

• • •

College

VOLLEYBALL

Thursday

UAA 3, Northwest Nazarene 1 (20-25, 25-20, 25-15, 25-23)

Central Washington 3, UAF 0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-19)

Saturday

Northwest Nazarene 3, UAF 2 (20-25, 25-23, 26-24, 16-25, 15-11)

UAA v. Central Washington (Late)

• • •

HOCKEY

Friday

Miami (OH) 3, UAA 2

Saturday

Miami (OH) 4, UAA 1

• • •

NAHL

Friday

Anchorage Wolverines 3, Kenai River Brown Bears 2

Saturday

Anchorage Wolverines v. Kenai River Brown Bears (Late)

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2024 Zombie Half Marathon Results

Women

1. Mandy Vincent-Lang, Anchorage, AK 1:30:05; 2. Molly Walli, Anchorage, AK 1:30:26; 3. Mariah Graham, Anchorage, AK 1:32:31; 4. Tamara Brabson, Anchorage, AK 1:35:22; 5. Rya Berrigan, Anchorage, AK 1:35:38; 6. Lucy Swygman, Girdwood, AK 1:36:26; 7. Kelsey Ripp, Philadelphia, PA 1:36:46; 8. Shauna Severson, Eagle River, AK 1:39:53; 9. Payton Osiensky, Anchorage, AK 1:40:00; 10. Kayla Nowak, Anchorage, AK 1:40:12; 11. Elizabeth Aarons, Anchorage, AK 1:41:21; 12. Mandy Casurella, Anchorage, AK 1:41:32; 13. Catherine Uschmann, Palmer, AK 1:42:03; 14. Haley Gilman, Whitefish, MT 1:42:39; 15. Sofija Spaic, Palmer, AK 1:43:02; 16. Tori Fishburn, Anchorage, AK 1:43:26; 17. Emily Schmieg, Anchorage, AK 1:45:07; 18. Olivia Pfeifer, Anchorage, AK 1:46:38; 19. Nicole Kimball, Anchorage, AK 1:46:43; 20. Camilla Brinchmann-Prosser, Anchorage, AK 1:46:43

Men

1. Grant Bell, Aurora, IL 1:11:40; 2. Chris Osiensky, Anchorage, AK 1:11:50; 3. Owen Marcotte, Anchorage, AK 1:14:44; 4. Cody Priest, Anchorage, AK 1:15:45; 5. Andy Peters, Anchorage, AK 1:16:20; 6. Michael Oltman, Anchorage, AK 1:22:13; 7. Micah Templin, Anchorage, AK 1:22:45; 8. Jean Paquet, Anchorage, AK 1:22:5; 9. Sebastian Reed, Anchorage, AK 1:23:44; 10. Tian Sandvik, Anchorage, AK 1:23:52; 11. James Miller, Anchorage, AK 1:23:54; 12. Mark Iverson, Anchorage, AK 1:24:07; 13. Everett Scott, Anchorage, AK 1:26:34; 14. Christopher Benshoof, Fairbanks, AK 1:26:57; 15. Ryan Olberding, Anchorage, AK 1:27:43; 16. Matt Dearborn, Eagle River, AK 1:28:17; 17. Allan Spangler, Anchorage, AK 1:28:26; 18. Jonathan Casurella, Anchorage, AK 1:28:32; 19. Ole Reese, Anchorage, AK 1:32:10; 20. Elliot Jennings, Anchorage, AK 1:32:30

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Man with same name as Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan can appear on GOP primary ballot, state’s Supreme Court rules

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June 30, 2026

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Man with same name as Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan can appear on GOP primary ballot, state’s Supreme Court rules

The battle of the Dan Sullivans is on.

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Monday that a man with the same name as Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan can challenge the sitting lawmaker in the state’s GOP Senate primary in August. The high court upheld a ruling from a lower court judge that cleared the way for Daniel J. Sullivan to appear on the primary ballot, reversing a decision by state officials earlier this month that he was ineligible because he was allegedly trying to confuse voters.

The state Supreme Court directed Alaska’s Division of Elections to decide how Daniel J. Sullivan should be listed on the ballot “within the confines of existing Alaska ballot design law.”

The conflict is taking place in one of the country’s most closely watched Senate elections. The sitting Sen. Sullivan is running for a third term, but former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola is vying to challenge him, setting up what could be an unusually competitive race in a deep-red state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate in almost 20 years.

The senator has called his same-name competitor a “sham candidate” and accused him of trying to trick voters and help Democrats flip the seat. Daniel J. Sullivan — a retired teacher and former U.S. Forest Service employee from Petersburg, Alaska — has denied those allegations and insisted he is both qualified and genuinely interested in running for Senate.

Daniel J. Sullivan and sitting Sen. Dan Sullivan, both of whom are running in Alaska’s GOP Senate primary.

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About two weeks ago, the Alaska Division of Elections determined that the challenger Sullivan could not appear on the ballot, arguing his paperwork “was not filed in order to declare an actual good-faith candidacy, but was instead filed with a purpose to confuse or mislead.”

In a letter to the candidate, Director Carol Beecher pointed to the fact that Daniel J. Sullivan had initially requested to appear on the ballot as “Dan Sullivan,” the same name format as the senator. She also wrote that he hadn’t previously been affiliated with the state Republican Party, had a website design that “appears to be deliberate[ly]” similar to the senator’s campaign site and had worked with a political consultant with links to Democratic candidates.

Daniel J. Sullivan asked a state court to reverse the decision. On Friday, Judge Thomas Matthews ruled in his favor, finding the non-senator Sullivan met the requirements to run for U.S. Senate and the state didn’t have the authority to exclude him based on “good faith.”

“The court does not minimize the Division’s concern that voters should not be misled,” the judge wrote. But he added that “Alaska election law gives the Division tools to address that concern,” including regulating how candidates appear on the ballot.

With ballots set to be printed this week, the issue was appealed to the Alaska Supreme Court on an expedited basis, with both sides filing court papers over the weekend.

The state Division of Elections asked the high court to overturn Matthews’ ruling, arguing it would “leave Alaska constitutionally required to permit bad-faith ballot access.” The agency said it reached its conclusion about Daniel J. Sullivan after it received a complaint from the National Republican Senatorial Committee “credibly alleging” he was seeking to “cause voter confusion” and made a “bewildering” request to appear on the ballot with the senator’s middle initial.

If Daniel J. Sullivan is permitted to remain on the ballot, the state asked the Alaska Supreme Court to allow it to print his full name and list his party affiliation as “nonpartisan” to “ensure voters are not forced to guess between two nearly identical names.”

The Alaska Republican Party and several GOP-led states filed amicus briefs siding with Alaska.

Daniel J. Sullivan’s lawyers, meanwhile, argued the state “lacked any basis in Alaska law to exclude Mr. Sullivan from the ballot” and didn’t have the power to look into his “private motivations.” They wrote that state law doesn’t give officials the power to keep qualified candidates off the ballot due to potential confusion.

“[All] that Mr. Sullivan asks here is to be listed on the ballot, and the Division is obviously empowered to do so in a non-confusing manner,” his lawyers wrote.

Following oral arguments, the high court sided with Daniel J. Sullivan in a two-page order late Monday, and said it would issue a fuller opinion at a later date.

Jeffrey Robinson, an attorney for Daniel J. Sullivan, told CBS News his legal team is “grateful” for the Alaska Supreme Court’s decision to “affirm Judge Matthews’ well-reasoned, thorough order vacating the Division’s unlawful decision to exclude Mr. Sullivan as a candidate.”

“We expect that the Division will act in full compliance with existing Alaska ballot design law in its preparation of the ballots,” Robinson said in an email.

The senator’s campaign spokesperson, Nate Adams, said: “We’re disappointed in the court’s decision because as the sham candidate Dan J. Sullivan’s lawyers made clear in their legal arguments, the only reason he is running is to deceive voters and manipulate Alaska’s election system.”

“However, we are encouraged by the fact that the Director of the Division of Elections will be able to use her expertise to differentiate between the Petersburg fraud and the incumbent — Senator Dan Sullivan — to the benefit of Alaska voters,” Adams said.

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Jesuits say goodbye to Alaska at Bethel ceremony

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June 29, 2026

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Jesuits say goodbye to Alaska at Bethel ceremony

The first Jesuit missionaries in Alaska sailed up the Yukon River in 1887. By the turn of the 20th century, the religious order of the Catholic Church had as many as 50 Jesuits in the state.

Now, only two remain. And by the end of June, there will be none.

The Jesuits’ nearly 140 years in the state was honored at an event at Bethel’s Immaculate Conception Church on June 16. A procession of priests wearing long white gowns with red hems walked down the aisle to open the event. The Bishop of the Diocese of Fairbanks, Stephen Maekawa, thumped the ground with a shimmering silver staff known as a clozier as he approached the altar.

Bishop of the Diocese of Fairbanks, Steven Maekawa, walks toward the altar at the Immaculate Conception Church in Bethel.

“My brothers and sisters, we gather together to celebrate this wonderful and blessed occasion to acknowledge the love of God and the work of God through the 139 year mission of the Society of Jesus of the Jesuit fathers,” Maekawa said to open the event.

A traditional Catholic mass followed, with readings in both English and Yup’ik. During the sermon, Maekawa acknowledged the vastness of the Fairbanks diocese, and the tremendous amount of work done by the Jesuits to establish it.

“All of the 46 churches of the Diocese of Fairbanks that we currently have were established by either the Jesuit fathers or by direction of a Jesuit bishop,” Maekawa said. “We have a long history of the Society of Jesus’ presence and ministry here in all of Alaska.”

The Jesuits are an order within the Catholic Church, akin to the Dominicans or Franciscans. They have a reputation for taking on some of the Catholic Church’s most remote assignments.

That missionary spirit brought the Jesuits to the Yukon River in 1887, where they built churches, schools, and ministries. Without their work, Catholicism may not have taken root in huge swaths of Alaska, particularly among Alaska Native communities.

The Immaculate Conception Church in Bethel.

But the Jesuits leave a complicated legacy. Their methods of converting Native people to the religion, particularly in the first half of the 20th century, created generational traumas still felt to this day.

Fr. Sean Carroll is the provincial of the Jesuits West Province, which oversees Alaska and nine other states.

Father Sean Carroll, provincial of the Jesuits West Province, speaks at an event recognizing nearly 140 years of Jesuit service in Alaska. — Fr. Sean Carroll, provincial of the Jesuits West Province, speaks at an event recognizing nearly 140 years of Jesuit service in Alaska.

“Thank you for all that you have taught us about who Jesus is and how to love and serve Him wholeheartedly,” Carroll said. “I also thank you for your patience with us. For there have been times when we have sinned and when we have hurt you.”

Missionaries, including the Jesuits, forcefully converted and assimilated Alaska Native people into Western culture and religion. Students at Jesuit-run boarding schools were forced to abandon their Native languages and physically punished when caught speaking languages other than English. Native dancing and drumming were also banned.

The Jesuits West Province maintains a list of 150 Jesuits with credible claims of sexual abuse against minors or vulnerable adults. A quarter of the accused Jesuits served in Alaska at some point in time.

“I ask for your forgiveness for all that we have done that was not rooted in Christ and love for Him, and for when we did not value your culture nor recognize the presence of God in you,” Carroll said.

Carroll gave the order to withdraw from the state last spring. A big issue was the recruitment of Jesuits willing to travel and serve in remote villages. He told the congregation that the Jesuits’ work would continue, just without a permanent presence.

Father Rich Magner, one of the two remaining Jesuit priests in Alaska, attends a ceremony in Bethel. — Fr. Rich Magner, one of the two remaining Jesuit priests in Alaska, attends a ceremony in Bethel.

Fr. Rich Magner is one of the two remaining Jesuit priests in Alaska. His last day serving Chevak, Hooper Bay, and Scammon Bay is June 30.

“We all always knew coming in, or should have known, that we’re not going to be here forever. It’s going to be mission accomplished at some point,” Magner said. “And then we hand it off to the diocese that we’ve helped create, and so that’s a good feeling.”

Magner’s next stop is a Clinical Pastoral Education residency in Tacoma, Washington.

The other remaining priest, Fr. Tom Provinsal, first came to Alaska in 1968 to teach. A fond memory, he said, was meeting Elders that practiced traditional subsistence lifestyles.

“Some of the grandmothers, their fingers were just all bent with arthritis and stuff like that, you know, their whole lives they’ve been working out in the cold and the wet, doing food, sewing, all that kind of stuff,” Provinsal said. “I’d say I just feel very privileged to have come when I did come and to see that.”

Provinsal returned in 1975 as a priest and has served in the region ever since. After moving away, he plans to take a five month sabbatical. What happens next, he said, is in God’s hands.

Two lines formed in the aisle for communion at the end of the mass. After taking communion, Bethel’s Parish Administrator Susan Murphy gave a final thank you.

“It’s difficult to say goodbye to people who have been a part of our lives for so long,” Murphy said. “We know that you have done what was yours to do, and have taught us to do what is ours to do. We are grateful.”

Jesuit priests form a row along the altar of Bethel's Immaculate Conception Church as members of the congregation lift their arms and pray. — Jesuit priests form a row along the altar of Bethel’s Immaculate Conception Church as members of the congregation lift their arms and pray.

Dominic Hunt, a Yup’ik deacon that flew in from Emmonak for the event, led the congregation through a final prayer.

“Bless them with your wisdom, that they may be a word of hope, a world in need. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen,” Hunt said.

About 70 people posed for a photo on the altar – priests, deacons, parishioners, Elders and children — many of them smiling, some standing quietly.

The photo doesn’t tell the whole story. But it’s a moment when gratitude, grief, and memory all shared the same room.

Bishop of the Diocese of Fairbanks, Steven Maekawa, stands in the middle of a crowd waiting to take a photo at Bethel's Immaculate Conception Church. — Bishop of the Diocese of Fairbanks, Steven Maekawa, stands in the middle of a crowd waiting to take a photo at Bethel’s Immaculate Conception Church.

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Alaska Supreme Court to take up case on Dan J. Sullivan, decision expected by Tuesday

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June 29, 2026

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Alaska Supreme Court to take up case on Dan J. Sullivan, decision expected by Tuesday

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.

This comes after an Anchorage Superior Court Judge ordered Dan J. Sullivan on to the ballot Friday.

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