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In an angry San Francisco Bay, amidst swelling tides and wind speeds reaching 28 knots (roughly 30 miles per hour), skipper Joel Ronning not only sailed his 23-foot boat “Catapult” to a first-place finish in a world championship race but also captured moments of Zen as his boat cruised through some of the most extreme […]

Scott Yonce leads Dallas-area hockey club into world of online registration, communication Webmaster of the Week: July 17-23 Name: Scott Yonce Site: Keller High School Hockey Position: President Use of platform: Registration, Sitebuilder Background: Yonce was something of an action/adventure hero in his younger days, when skydiving, karate and scuba diving were among his activities […]

Hockey in Alaska fishing outpost wouldn’t be the same without high-energy, results-driven work of Shelly Laukitis In a stroke of fortune for the isolated Alaskan fishing outpost of Homer, Shelly Laukitis and Kevin Bell Arena arrived in town at nearly the same time, and the two quickly became inseparable. First, Laukitis set about learning to […]

Wade Minter made improbable journey from Section 328 to ice level as Carolina Hurricanes public address announcer If you had told 15-year-old H. Wade Minter that he would one day become an avid hockey fan and passionate player, his resulting facial expression may have been that of confusion. If you added that he would also […]

St. Louis area’s Angie Bigogno is do-it-all office manager with flair for registrations Webmaster of the Week: June 12-18 Name Angie Bigogno Site Affton Americans Hockey Position Office manager Use of platform Registration, Sitebuilder Background Bigogno split time between Washington D.C. and the St. Louis area growing up, when for her hockey was mostly an […]

St. Louis area’s Christine Raye pulls double duty for Kirkwood youth and high school programs Webmaster of the Week: May 22-28 Name: Christine Raye Sites: Kirkwood Pioneer Hockey, Kirkwood Youth Hockey Association Position: Communications director/Webmaster Use of platform: Dibs, Registration, Sitebuilder, PowerPay Background: It’s hard to believe given the amount of hours she devotes to […]

Houston Wild president Karen Fraser fueled by passion for the game Webmaster of the Week: March 13-19 Name: Karen Fraser Site: Houston Wild Position: President, webmaster Use of platform: Registration, Sitebuilder Background: When Fraser moved from her hometown Calgary to Houston with her family in 2010, topping the to-do list was finding a home in […]

Much confusion still swirls around eligibility and athletes when it comes to The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s stance on crowdfunding — even after the NCAA clarified its rules in 2015, giving the method of personal fundraising explicit approval under student-athlete eligibility guidelines. The NCAA’s clarification came nearly a year after it published an educational column that attempted to […]

Merger of six youth clubs has gone smoothly thanks to work of webmaster Mary Helmick Webmaster of the Week: Dec. 26-Jan. 1 Name: Mary Helmick Site: Kansas City Youth Hockey Association Position: Program director, registrar Use of platform: League, Registration, Sitebuilder Background: Helmick grew up in northwest Iowa, a farm girl whose only exposure to hockey […]

Breakdown Sports USA’s Tim Kolehmainen has climbed from freelance writer to owner Webmaster of the Week: December 12-18 NAME: Tim Kolehmainen SITE: Breakdown Sports USA POSITION: Vice President, webmaster USE OF PLATFORM: Registration, Sitebuilder BACKGROUND: Kolehmainen grew up on the scenic north shore of Lake Superior in Silver Bay, Minnesota, and attended high school 51 […]