Alaska Dispatch News

• In a Classic finish, Trinity beats Dimond despite 42 points from Isaiah Moses January 26, 2020
  Trinity International captured the championship of the Alaska Airlines Classic on Saturday night despite a stunning performance from Dimond senior Isaiah Moses.Moses pumped in 41 points but it was Daishen Nix and the Thunder who prevailed in the championship game at West High, 70-63.Nix, a five-star senior who is headed to UCLA next school year, […]
• UAA women’s basketball team returns to win column January 26, 2020
  The UAA women’s basketball came back with a vengeance Saturday.Two days after losing for the second time this season, the Seawolves responded with an 87-66 triumph over Simon Fraser in Burnaby, British Columbia.Tennae Voliva posted her fifth double-double of the season and the Seawolves shot a season-best 55% to get back in the win column […]
• He’s on the path to big-time college basketball, but Daishen Nix and Anchorage haven’t forgotten each other January 26, 2020
  David Barney wore a UCLA sweatshirt as he sat in the West High bleachers watching basketball Thursday.The sweatshirt is fairly new, as is Barney’s interest in UCLA. He’s a new Bruins fan because he’s an old Daishen Nix fan.Barney works for the Boys & Girls Club, which is how he met Nix — the UCLA-bound […]
• UAA hockey team collects one point in 3-3 tie with Lakers January 26, 2020
  The UAA hockey team’s grip on a Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff position got a little more tenuous Saturday.Though the Seawolves earned one point in the standings by skating to a 3-3 tie with Lake Superior State in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the team chasing them earned three points.UAA is in eighth place with 19 […]
• Alaska Legislature fails to override Dunleavy vetoes January 26, 2020
  JUNEAU — A joint session of the Alaska Legislature failed Friday to muster the votes needed to override a $74 million cut from Alaska’s state budget last year by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.The money would have gone to the Alaska Marine Highway System and K-12 schools across the state, but 20 representatives and senators voted against […]