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Ice Dogs come on strong from win over Rage
by Bob Eley / beley@newsminer.com
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FAIRBANKS—It took a while for the Fairbanks Ice Dogs to get started Friday night, but once they got going, they rolled to a 6-0 North American Hockey League victory at the Dawson Creek Rage in Brit...
Edic, Hanson nab individual titles; Wolfpack out front
FAIRBANKS—Lathrop’s Megan Edic and Kyle Hanson won the individual titles, but the West Valley Wolfpack roared into the lead in the team standings on the first day of the Region VI Cross-Country Ski...
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Fort Yukon, Tok girls to play for Anderson hoops crown
FAIRBANKS—The Fort Yukon and Tok girls basketball teams are playing this afternoon for the championship at the Anderson Sportsmanship Tournament after turning out semifinal wins Friday. Fort Yukon ...
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Dillingham boys, girls reach title contests in Delta tourney
FAIRBANKS—The Dillingham and Glennallen boys and the Dillingham and Delta Junction girls teams will play in today’s respective championship games after semifinal wins Friday at the Dean Cummings Sr...
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West Valley forward Caitlyn Brice takes a shot during second quarter action of the prep high school girls varsity basketball game between the Wolfpack and the North Pole Patriots Friday night, February 10, 2012 in the West Valley High School gymnasium. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Monroe boys beat No. 1 Wasilla on the road; other basketball results
FAIRBANKS—The Monroe Catholic Rams boys basketball team defeated the No. 1 team in the state Friday, beating the Wasilla Warriors, 52-50, on a last-second shot. “It was unbelievable,” Monroe head ...
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Alaska left wing Colton Beck, left, handles the puck against Lake Superior State forward Kyle Jean, right, during first period action of the college hockey match-up Friday night, February 10, 2012 at the Carlson Center. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Lake State sends Alaska packing for playoffs
FAIRBANKS—Kyle Jean and Nick McParland are two reasons the Alaska Nanooks will open a Central Collegiate Hockey Association playoff series on the road for the first time in Dallas Ferguson’s tenure...
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Lathrop falls in state hockey semifinals
FAIRBANKS—The Lathrop Malemutes couldn’t crack the Dimond defense in the semifinals of the Alaska state high school hockey tournament Friday evening in Wasilla. Dimond got off to a fast start and ...
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Rams, Hawks to clash for state hockey title
FAIRBANKS—The top-seeded Monroe Catholic Rams and second-seeded Hutchison Hawks will vie for the First National Greatland Cup at the state high school hockey championships today in Wasilla. The tw...
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Adams claims victory for Nanooks' swim team
FAIRBANKS—Freshman Margot Adams of Anchorage swam her way into the Alaska Nanooks record book Friday evening in La Miranda, Calif. Adams became the first Nanook to win an individual title at the P...
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Anderson tournament gets off to roaring start
FAIRBANKS—Kailey Wilson deposited a game-high 20 points Thursday for the Kenny Lake Hawks girls basketball team, who downed the host Grizzlies 32-24 in the opening round of the Anderson Sportsmansh...
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Three teams register sweeps at Delta tourney
FAIRBANKS—Dillingham, Glennallen and Delta Junction swept their games Thursday, the opening day of the 2012 Dean Cummings Sr. Memorial Basketball Tournament in Delta Junction, while Noorvik split i...
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Brinson's big night can't boost Nanooks
FAIRBANKS—Dominique Brinson delivered a game-high 30 points for the Alaska Nanooks on Thursday night in Burnaby, British Columbia. His performance, though, was overshadowed by the Nanooks’ 11th str...
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Nanooks guard Taylor Altenburg goes up for a shot during first half action in the women s college basketball game against Simon Fraser Thursday evening, February 9, 2012 at the UAF Patty Center. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Nanooks' rally comes up short
FAIRBANKS—Despite a late-game rally, the Alaska Nanooks women’s basketball team couldn’t fend off Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe and the visiting Simon Fraser Clan Thursday night at the Patty Center. Behind ...
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Alaska swimmers qualify for NCAA championship relay
FAIRBANKS—The Alaska Nanooks are in sixth place in the team standings and had a relay team qualify for next month’s NCAA Division II National Swimming and Diving Championships after two days of com...
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Lathrop advances to state hockey semifinals; West Valley falls
FAIRBANKS—The Lathrop Malemutes and West Valley Wolfpack went in opposite directions on the opening day of the state high school hockey tournament Thursday afternoon at Menard Memorial Arena in Was...
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Nanooks in do-or-die situation this weekend
FAIRBANKS—It’s a simple premise for the Alaska Nanooks if they want open the upcoming Central Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs at home for the fourth straight year. The 10th-place Nanooks ha...
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Alaska Sports Hall of Fame
Help select the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2011. Online voting will be open through Oct. 6 with inductees announced Oct. 11 .Vote at www.alaskasportshall.org.