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Bradley George and Robby Schachle fistbump under the Iron Dog arch in Nome, as they were the first team to reach the halfway point.

Team 20 George/Schachle first to Nome

Cars lined up near the Swanberg Dredge around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, as people braved the blustery weather to see the first of the Iron Dog racers come into Nome. Team 20 Bradley George and Robby...

Mike Morgan on a recent training run on the Yentna River en route to Skwentna.

Mike Morgan preps for his 16th Iron Dog

Mike Morgan has competed in every Iron Dog since 2009 except for one. He has finished twelve times, ended in the top three eight times, and won the race twice. Now, he’s going for his sixteenth Iron...

HAVING FUN—Mushers pose before the start of the kick sledding fun run. From left, they are: Danielle Sem, Emilie Loran, Sam Pollee, Alicia Reitz, Garrick Fuller, Cassie Fuller, Valerie Fuller, Max Fuller and Tami Seward Thompson.

Nome Kennel Club kicks off Serum Run week of events

On a cold but sunny Saturday afternoon, the Nome Kennel Club and friends gathered at the snow dump to run dogs and commemorate 100 years since the Serum Run to Nome. The 1925 Serum Run made national...

DOWN TO THE WIRE— With 2.8 seconds left in the last game of the Subway Showdown tournament on Saturday, January 11, and the teams neck and neck, Nome Nanook Levi Pederson shoots a penalty shot.

Nome boys, Unalakleet girls win Subway Showdown

Bleachers were packed at the Subway Showdown in the den of the Nome Nanooks last weekend. The walls were covered in homemade posters welcoming the other teams, and one which recreated the Subway logo...

ELL DONE— Wyatt Ahmasuk is the 2024 ASAA/First National Bank state champion in the 189 lbs division.

Wyatt Ahmasuk wins at state wrestling championships

When Wyatt Ahmasuk was in elementary school, he watched his brother Oliver Hoogendorn wrestle for a championship win at states. His brother came second that year, but Ahmasuk was enthralled. He...

CHAMPIONS— Brant Bradley, Nome, and Dane Johnson, Unalakleet, wrestle for first place in their weight class, during the Dudley Homelvig Scramble, held last weekend in Nome.

Nome hosts 18 teams for Dudley Homelvig Scramble

Last week, 18 wrestling teams descended on Nome for the Dudley Homelvig Scramble wrestling tournament. The teams mostly came from the Nome Census Region and the Northwest Arctic Borough, but there...

SHOOT IN— Izabella Martin of Savoonga “shoots in” on Layton James of Gambell in the Junior High “otter” division during their semifinal match on Friday night. James went on to win the division and Martin earned second.

Miscalculation puts damper on BSSD Annual Wrestling and Cheerleading tournament outcome for cheerleaders

By Anna Lionas A counting error during last week’s Bering Strait School District Wrestling and Cheerleading Competition left Gambell Cheerleaders in tears when their first-place trophy was rescinded...

LEADING THE PACK— Unalakleet’s Ourea Busk leads the pack at the start of the cross country state championship race in Anchorage, with teammate Isabella Eller at her shoulder. Busk went on to win her second consecutive state title in the Division III

Ourea Busk wins Division III at XC championships

This past weekend cross country state championships were held in Anchorage at Bartlett High School and Western Alaska showed up and showed out, with four students placing in the top ten for their...

WINNER — Nome-Golovin snowmachine race champion Wilson Hoogendorn celebrates his win with Cherish Engebretsen.

Rookie Wilson Hoogendorn wins Nome-Golovin race

Going into the Nome-Golovin snowmachine race on Sunday, Wilson Hoogendorn said he was just hoping to finish because he hadn’t practiced the trail in a while. He not only completed the race for the...

READY TO RACE — Nome snowmachine racer Mike Morgan, right, and his new Iron Dog teammate Bradley Kishbaugh are getting ready for the 2,500-mile trek that begins later this month.

Mike Morgan and new team mate to race in Iron Dog

Snowmachine racer Mike Morgan was in a garage in Nome last Thursday afternoon prepping for a training run up to Kotzebue and down to Unalakleet. “We got stiffer springs up front, we redesigned the...