If the rest of the week goes as well as Monday night went, the North Pole girls basketball team should be in for a week full of success.
There’s good fourth quarter efforts, and then there’s the fourth quarter effort the North Pole boys put up against Galena on Monday night.
Since you won’t be calling me Ishmael, you should know that my name is Hart Pisani and I’m the new sports reporter for the News-Miner.
Trailing 2-0 after the first period, Fairbanks cut the deficit to 2-1 and 3-2 in the second before giving up three goals in the final 20 minutes of a 6-2 setback. The final two Minnesota goals were into an empty net.
The Alaska Nanooks Nordic ski team had a strong showing this weekend at the RMISA Championships and NCAA qualifiers in Midway, Utah.
The Ice Dogs backed a 29-save performance by goalie Kayden Hargraves with three goals in the third period to claim a 3-0 North American Hockey League Midwest Division victory over the Magicians.
Organizers are calling the approximately 860-mile route the “Gold Loop Trail.”
Mushers will travel approximately 60 miles to the first checkpoint at the Pleasant Valley Community Center off Cory Ranch Road, about Mile 23 Chena Hot Springs Road.
In the women's race, Kendall Kramer picked-up her first collegiate top 10 finish, placing ninth with a time of 29:35.0 in the women's 10k freestyle
Devred and his lead dog Spok sent the pace Saturday, completing the run in 22:36.9 under sunny skies and temperatures just below zero. That’s a record time for that loop, according to Alaska Dog Mushing Association’s Magali Philip.
A gallant third-period rally turned into a shootout loss for the Fairbanks Ice Dogs Saturday night at the Red Baron Arena in Marshall, Minnesota.
“Everyone talks about points,” Ostanik tweeted on his @thefullcurl account. “The willingness to compete in other areas of the game defines a player.”
“NCAA Qualifiers is a difficult match and the team showed today that they are well prepared to handle these high intensity type matches. We also got to celebrate our three seniors today."
“We know we’re in a shortened season and we can’t let points slip away from us like we did tonight,” Stewart said via cell phone following the game “When you outshoot a team 38-20 and score a shorthanded goal and still lose, it’s just unacceptable.”
The Alaska Dog Mushers Association held the first day of the Midnight Sun Gold Run on Saturday, under sunny, but cold skies. The first event, skijoring, started at 11 a.m. with a temperature of minus 21 degrees, but by the time the last event of the day, the 10-dog race, began at 2:40 p.m., …
After flying into Utah on Feb. 14 to acclimate to the altitude, the Nanooks skiers are ready to go at Soldier Hollow Nordic Center in Midway.
Even a pandemic couldn’t stop the world’s longest, toughest snowmachine race — but it did throw it off course.
The 10K is a one-lap race. However, the 30K race is three laps of the White Bear Trail, which takes skiers up Heartrate Hill three times.
Freshmen Jack Cater and Nolan Earnest will joining junior Zephan Ozturgut for the 8K race.
The Nanooks are ranked No. No. 5 in the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association, while UTEP is unranked.
