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.
Lady Wolverines shock Nenana, win conference playoffs
Decimated by injuries and illness, Cordova’s seven-player Lady Wolverine squad pulled off the biggest upset of the 2A Interior Conference Playoffs here last weekend,...
Cordova boys finish second in conference playoffs
The Cordova boys finished second in tense 2A Interior Conference playoffs at home on March 7-9.After cruising past SuValley 63-40 in the first round...
New scoreboards arrive just in time for playoffs
Shiny new scoreboards, purchased by Copper River Management Services of the Native Village of Eyak, arrived just in time for the 2A Interior Conference...
Shoot! The air’s full of widgeons!
Back in the days of my youth, when the Copper River Delta was overwhelmed with migrating waterfowl every fall, Dad mentored me in the...
Cordova hosts conference basketball tournament
Cordova High School will host the much-anticipated 2A Interior Conference playoffs beginning Thursday, March 7.Girls and boys basketball teams from Glennallen, Effie Kokrine, Nenana,...
Wayward Wolverines take a conference tour
Cordova’s basketball squads have been on the road so long local fans may have forgotten the names of their players.Faced with the high costs...
Lady Wolverines top Tok, stumble in Valdez
Cordova’s Lady Wolverines topped Tok in a make-up conference game at Tok on Feb. 13, but then lost all three games in the highly...
Shellhorn: I have seen the enemy, and he is us
Life is full of paradoxes. As you grow older, one anticipates wisdom and tranquility; yet I feel growing befuddlement; and know, like many others...
Road not kind to Wolverines
Forced to fly to Anchorage and then drive to Tok and Valdez because of ferry cancellations, the Cordova Wolverines struggled in a recent lengthy...
A flashback to tragedy
A casual encounter with Cordovan Rob Eckley outside Laura’s Liquor Shoppe over the Christmas holidays triggered a flashback to tragedy. Eckley, who enjoys cooking...
