Seward Silver Salmon Derby Update

Thursday, August 19th

Seward, Alaska, August 19th, 2010 Harold Foley of Anchorage holds the lead with an 18.89 pound Coho caught at North Hive while fishing aboard the Susan F. Sunny weather for two days running here in Seward, what a treat! Liza Kercher, a youth from Wasilla has captured the 4th place spot with a [...]

New Name, Same Results for the 12th Annual Wildlife Rescue Run/Walk.

Although Rubye now goes by her new married name, the Foldagers continue to own the title in the 5K Wildlife Rescue Run, winning six of the last eight races. This year Rubye Elhard took the title back from sister, Denali, but not without some stiff competition from Nychele Fischetti and Shoshana Keegan. Rubye finished the [...]

Seahawks Football Season Opener!

Special Season Opener – Friday, August 6th
Join the Seahawk community in honoring Roger Steinbrecher with the dedication of the refurbished high school playing fields.
Ribbon-cutting Ceremony at 4:30 with special guests Noreen and Lisa Steinbrecher; Seahawk football at 5:30, Varsity only game against [...]

Golf Tournament

Seward Seahawks Athletic Booster Club Golf Tournament
July 24th – Birch Ridge Golf Course, Soldotna

The annual Booster Club Golf Tournament will be July 24th at the Birch Ridge Golf Course in Soldotna. The tournament format is a best ball scramble with an 8am shotgun start. Cost of the tournament is $100 which includes the [...]

The Mt. Marathon Race- 1988

Thank you Debra Burdick-Hinton for sending a link to this!

MT MARATHON JUNIOR OVERALL RESULTS

Place
Bib
Name
City
Age
Gender
Time

1
1
Alexander Babos
Eagle River
17
M
27:29

2
160
John Novak
Anchorage
17
M
27:38

3
9
Peter Mamrol
Anchorage
16
M
28:36

4
10
Michael Marshall
Seward
13
M
28:48

5
16
Miles Knotek
Moose Pass
15
M
28:50

6
4
Travis Semmens
Soldotna
16
M
28:53

7
5
Lyon Kopsack
Palmer
14
M
30:03

8
19
Austin Gillespie
Seward
17
M
30:50

9
2
Brett Chase
Seward
17
M
30:51

10
157
Silas Talbot
Anchorage
17
M
31:03

11
226
Forrest Mahlen
Anchorage
17
M
31:13

12
18
Allison Ostrander
Sodotna
13
F
31:15

13
230
John Klein
Anchorage
16
M
31:49

14
23
Hugh Cosgrave
Anchorage
16
M
32:22

15
36
Keegan Crow
Eagle River
13
M
32:32

16
22
Jacob Marshall
Seward
16
M
33:04

17
6
Andrew Buchanan
Seward
17
M
33:14

18
12
Tadhg Nakada
Anchorage
16
M
33:26

19
31
Troy Walters
Anchorage
15
M
33:29

20
25
Conor Deal
Anchorage
17
M
33:48

MT MARATHON WOMENS OVERALL RESULTS

Place
Bib
Name
City
Uphill Time
Downhill Time
Finish Time

1
1
Cedar Bourgeois
Seward
39:59
11:48
51:48

2
167
Holly Brooks
Anchorage
38:06
13:52
51:58

3
2
Kikkan Randall
Anchorage
40:01
13:27
53:29

4
174
Laura Brosius
Fairbanks
42:06
13:12
55:18

5
5
Rachel Dow
Seward
43:56
14:18
58:14

6
22
Danielle Pratt
Anchorage
43:34
14:55
58:30

7
168
Gail Taylor
Wasilla
43:56
15:35
59:32

8
11
Kate Fitzgerald
Palmer
44:20
15:45
1:00:05

9
27
Kate Backstrum
Anchorage
45:47
14:47
1:00:34

10
160
Lauren Fritz
Chugiak
45:47
15:08
1:00:55

11
23
Denali Foldager
Seward
46:39
15:15
1:01:55

12
48
Allison Barnwell
Seward
48:32
13:27
1:01:59

13
9
April Juliussen
Anchorage
48:36
14:10
[...]

MT MARATHON MENS OVERALL RESULTS

Place
Bib
Name
City
Age
Uphill Time
Downhill Time
Finish Time

1
4
Trond Flagstad
Anchorage
40
34:06
10:34
44:40

2
2
Eric Strabel
Anchorage
28
34:55
10:47
45:42

3
1
Matias Saari
Anchorage
39
35:07
11:02
46:10

4
159
Brenton Knight
Anchorage
26
34:37
11:47
46:24

5
188
Benjamin Ward
Anchorage
35
35:23
11:05
46:29

6
162
Andrew Liebner
Anchorage
27
35:27
11:46
47:13

7
20
Darin Markwardt
Palmer
29
35:32
11:49
47:21

8
156
Jens Beck
Anchorage
40
35:33
12:18
47:52

9
186
Erik Mundahl
Anchorage
23
35:33
12:43
48:16

10
10
Matthew Novakovich
Anchorage
36
35:24
13:11
48:35

11
9
Patrick Conway
Anchorage
33
36:30
12:17
48:48

12
5
Brad Precosky
Anchorage
43
37:48
11:17
49:06

13
14
Tor Christopherson
Anchorage
28
36:33
12:37
[...]

“She soared like an eagle off that mountain”

By Heidi Zemach for Seward City News

The 83rd July Fourth Mount Marathon race brings so many emotional stories to tell, so many personal victories, and triumphs, and of course, as with any sporting event—disappointing defeats. There was immense pride streaming from the crowd when Cedar Bourgeois, 34, a Seward mother and businesswoman overtook Olympic Nordic [...]

Race for new library/museum like a Mt. Marathon climb

Important part of the trail coming up at Tuesday’s meeting…
By Mary Tougas, Co-Vice Chair of the Seward Community Library Museum (SCLM) Building Committee
Next weekend thousands of people will pour into Seward looking for a July 4 experience that they cannot find anywhere else in Alaska. In the 83 years people have been running and [...]

337 lb Halibut Takes Lead in Tournament

Standing on right with fishing rod: Aaron Buscher of Conifer, CO
It was Aaron’s first trip to Alaska, he has been planning & saving for years
to make this fishing trip. (He came in to see us at the Chamber before
leaving town) He can’t wait to return next year!
Standing on left: Capt Andy Mezirow of Crackerjack [...]

Seward Halibut Tournament Update

Gary Hillsten 1st place 110.8 lbs caught on the Crackerjack on 6-5
James Bettys 2nd place 107.4 lbs caught on the Rainisong ( Capt. Jeff Barney) on 5-27
Corine Camille 3rd place 102.2 caught on the Rogue (Capt. Randy) on 6-7
All photos courtesy of One Shot Photography Seward AK

Seward Halibut Tournament Leaders

Opening day of Seward Halibut Tournament in conjuntion with the Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament.
1st place 107.4 Caught by James Bettys on the Rainisong w/ Capt. Jeff Barney.
2nd 99.4 Caught by Kevin Winget on the Carolyn

3rd 98.2 Caught by Chaideb Bouasavanh on the Crackerjack

All photos courtesy of One [...]

This Season’s Over

“The 2010 Boys’ Soccer season was a good one,” said Dustin Phillips, the coach along with Tim Lebling. “We were able to scratch out a couple good wins this year against Skyview and Houston. In the Houston game the boys were able to overcome a 2-0 deficit to win the game 4-2 in front of [...]

Seward Little League Girls Softball

Seward Little League Softball to begin Monday!

Adult Softball Field Volunteer Day

2 pm Sunday, May 23 at Jon Perry and Citizens’ Fields. Bring your work gloves, work ethic, tools and a smile. Get your Comp Player fee waived for 2 hours of work. Waive your Rec Player fee for 1 hour of work. Sorry, no phone calls, if you have questions see Mike at 2 pm [...]

Seward Softball

Softball Enthusiasts!!! Recreation Softball League starts Tuesday June 7th and Competitive League starts Sunday June 13th. Games are in the evening, usually between 5-10pm. New to town? This is a great way to meet people. If you want to play ball, we will help find you a team! Get signed up now for the best [...]

Mile Club Kids

Twice a year the middle school kids participate in a “fun” run in PE with Physical Education teacher, Angela Hammer, where they are timed at the beginning of the year and at the end. This year had several students in the Seven Minute Mile Club as well as in the Six Minute Mile Club. Six [...]

SPRD Bulletin

“DOUBLE’s TROUBLE” Racquetball Tournament – Smash Hit!!
Apr 23 – 25th Seward Parks and Recreation hosted our 1st annual invitational Mixed Doubles Racquetball Tournament. 7 teams from Anchorage participated thanks to Tim Keaveny (Racquetball tournament director at the Alaska Club on Tudor) for spreading the word and bringing those folks down. 13 Teams competed in two [...]

Little League 2010 Season Kickoff Saturday May 15th 4 PM

It’s almost time to PLAY BALL!
Seward Little League will be starting our 2010 season this Saturday, May 15th with a kickoff celebration.
The event will start at 4 PM at the Little League Field on 4th Avenue
This year, we are sponsoring several divisions in both baseball and softball.
Divisions for this year are….
Boys/Girls T-Ball (Ages 5-7)
[...]

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