Sitka High volleyball team started daily practices a few weeks ago, with scores of freshmen joining skilled veterans preparing for their season opener against Juneau on Friday in Juneau. Fall is a busy time for student athletes for both the...

Basking in the Sitka sun after completing ocean swim races on Saturday, athletes from across Alaska and the U.S. spoke of getting hooked on open-water swimming thanks to the annual Change Your Latitude event. The annual gathering, considered the...

The Junior Wolves Basketball Camp runs September 4-6 in the Sitka High School gym, open to boys and girls grades six through nine. Sitka High head boys basketball coach Syd Eubanks is the camp director. Clinic instructors include other members of...

A total of 89 swimmers participated in the annual Baranof Barracudas Change Your Latitude open water swim race on Sunday. Swimmers came from as far away as Hawaii for the annual fundraiser for the local swim club, with about half from Alaska and...

On Wednesday, some 50 people jumped from the back decks of four boats moored at Aleutkina Bay. Once they hit the 55-degree water, the swimmers sliced into the shallows, and slipped through a narrow passage. Many continued along a 3-kilometer loop...

A record-setting 86 swimmers are gathering in Sitka this week for “Change Your Latitude," the premiere open-water swimming event held here each year as a fundraiser for the Baranof Barracudas Swim Club.  On Saturday morning, the registered...

The 2026 Alaska District 2 Majors Baseball Tournament in Ketchikan kept fans excited over the weekend, and Sitka's 5-4 defeat of Petersburg on Friday was a highlight. The No. 3-seeded Petersburg and No. 5-seeded Sitka met in the opening round of...

A photo caption on the Sentinel Sports page on the Thursday misidentified the Sitka Little League player who was pictured. Garrett Hagerman appeared in the photo, not Kalvyn Polasky. The Sentinel regrets the error.

Syd Eubanks, an experienced coach and 1997 graduate of Sitka High School, has been named the head boys basketball coach at Sitka High. “Basketball is a classroom for life," said Eubanks, whose past roles include being JV coach at SHS and...

Following four days of pool play in Ketchikan, Sitka Little League Majors All-Star players are warmed up for the District 2 Major Baseball tournament's double-elimination bracket that begins at 4 p.m. today and continues through Saturday. Sitka...

Sitka baseball players ages 10 to 12 lifted off this morning for a ten-day trip to Ketchikan where the young athletes will compete in the Little League All-Stars District 2 tournament against teams from Ketchikan, Juneau, Petersburg and Prince of...

A squad of St. Olaf Oli’s (oh-lees) have descended upon Sitka today with only one purpose: to beat each other up Gavin Hill in the Alpine Adventure Race this Saturday. The group of friends are alumni of St. Olaf’s Cross Country Team and/or the...

First runners climb more than 2,500 feet of elevation. Then the race really begins. That's the route that awaits 125 registered runners participating in this weekend's 33nd annual Alpine Adventure Run, as described by Vice Deputy Mayor and...

Karen Krupa returns as the Girls’ Basketball Head Coach at Sitka High After a thirty-year hiatus, Karen Krupa returns to Sitka High School as the head girls’ basketball coach. She previously held the position for three years from...

Summer league is in full swing, with the Sitka Softball Association (SSA) holding games four nights a week at the Kimsham Field Sports Complex. Under green mountains and gray fog, more than 90 registered players across 21 teams play ball, while...

Eight to 10-year-old baseball players from Juneau and Ketchikan will be in Sitka from Monday through Saturday for an All-Star tournament that Sitka Little League is hosting on its home turf at Moller Field. Sitka is hosting the Little League...

With 33 years in education and after multiple positions with the Sitka School District, Rich Krupa retired recently from his position as activity director at Sitka High School. Wearing multiple hats in the school district, Krupa worked for 2 years...

Liam Laybourn holds a certificate after he was awarded his black belt at the Kenwa Karate of Sitka studio on Smith Street. Liam performed a bo staff kata for guests, then receive his belt from the studio's Sensei Laurinda Marcello. Liam is a 2026...

SMASH - Blaine Weiss returns the pickleball in a game on the Crescent Harbor courts Saturday. One of the tennis courts was turned into two pickleball courts for part of the day. Sitka Recreation Foundation along with Sitka Parks and Recreation...

Below are the official times for the 5K, 10K and half-marathon in Saturday's Medvejie Race. The annual event along the Green Lake Road is a fundraiser for the Sitka High School cross country and track and field teams. Half-Marathon 10K 5K