Dick Shellhorn
Dick Shellhorn is a lifelong Cordovan. He has been writing sports stories for the Cordova Times for over 50 years. In his Cordova Chronicles features, he writes about the history and characters of this Alaska town. Alaska Press Club awarded Shellhorn first place for Best Humor column in 2016 and 2020, and third place in 2017 and 2019. He also received second place for Best Editorial Commentary in 2019. Shellhorn has written two books about Alaska adventures: Time and Tide and Balls and Stripes. Reach him at dshorn44@gmail.com.
38th Cordova Tipoff awards summary
Read a complete summary of the top-performing teams and players at the Cordova Tip-Off Tournament.
Learning Curve Continues for Young Lady Wolverines
The learning curve continues for this year’s young Lady Wolverine squad, which features no seniors, two juniors, four sophomores and four freshmen.
Wolverines capture Tipoff crown
Playing before packed crowds at CHS Court, the Cordova Wolverines went undefeated to win the 38th Annual Cordova Tipoff on Jan. 16-18.
Cordova Chronicles: Salty lines mean safer travels
In this week's installment of Cordova Chronicles, Dick Shellhorn investigates a series of strange marks that have appeared along the Copper River Highway.
SuValley edges Lady Wolverines
SuValley edged Cordova in a pair of conference games at SuValley on Jan. 6-7.
Cordova boys open conference play with sweep of SuValley
The Cordova Wolverines opened conference play with a sweep of SuValley on Jan. 6-7.
Cordova Chronicles: A fan for all ages
The game of basketball binds Cordova together, writes Dick Shellhorn.
Petersburg spoils Cordova Rally the Regions repeat
Petersburg ended Cordova’s bid to repeat as Rally the Regions back-to-back champions, topping CHS 54-35 in the final game of the popular invitational tournament Jan. 1-4 in Anchorage.
Cordova Chronicles: The tide comes in and the tide goes out
Step aside, Dan Brown — Cordova's best-selling paperback is a real page-turner, writes Dick Shellhorn.
Cordova Tipoff opens home basketball season
The 38th Annual Cordova Tipoff will launch this year’s home basketball schedule, with teams from Unalaska, Wasilla and Scammon Bay joining the Wolverines for three days of round robin hoops action.
