Sports

Photos by Nils Hahn FIRST INTO NOME— Team 7, Tyler Aklestad and Nick Olstad pull into Nome on Monday afternoon as the first team in the Iron Dog pro class to reach the halfway point.

Aklestad/Olstad lead Iron Dog racers to Nome

By Megan Gannon It was just around 3 p.m. on Monday when the first headlights appeared on Front Street in Nome. The Iron Dog, the world’s longest cross-country snowmachine competition, marks its...

Nome Kennel Club hosts two-day race

By Megan Gannon With a two-day competition that covered about 50 miles in total, the Nome Kennel Club hosted its third race of the season over the weekend. Three mushers and their dog teams left from...

Nils Hahn won the second NKC race of the season, held last Saturday.

Nome Kennel Club hosts second race of season

Four mushers and their dog teams competed against each other in the Nome Kennel Club’s second race of the season on Saturday, Feb. 4. Handlers, race officials and spectators gathered at Nome’s snow...

NOME NORTHSTAR SWIMMERS— NNST swimmers competed last weekend at the Sweetheart Invite swim meet. Representing Nome were (back row) Coach Blake Bogart, Brandon Ford, Coach Lizzy Hahn, Coach Melissa Ford. Front row: Ari & Lexi Blandford, Jamie Erickson-Ford, Piper Lewis, Aliyah Hensley, Kourtney Bogart and Karmin Perkins.

Nome Northstar Swim Team lights up Fairbanks’ Hamme Pool

By Melissa Ford, NNST Head Coach The Nome Northstar Swim Team had a group of swimmers competing at the Hamme Pool in Fairbanks last weekend for the 2023 Sweetheart Invite. NNST placed fourth in...

GOLD RUSH SWIM MEET— Brandon Ford plows through the Nome Pool during last weekend’s Gold Rush Swim Meet hosted by the Nome Northstar Swim Team.

NNST swimmers surge into qualifying times

By Melissa Ford, NNST Head Coach The Nome Northstar Swim Team hosted the 2023 Gold Rush Swim Meet last weekend. The Stingray Swim Team came from North Pole to participate and left with qualifying...

MVP — The Nanooks’ Jade Green, No. 13, blocks a shot in a game against the Kotzebue Huskies. He was named MVP of the Subway Showdown Tournament held in Nome last weekend.

Nanooks win Subway Showdown, Lady Nanooks place second

By Megan Gannon From Thursday to Saturday last week, the den of the Nanooks was packed with spectators cheering on the boys and girls high school basketball teams in the annual Subway Showdown....

Nome wrestlers place at Lancer Smith

The Nome Nanook wrestlers competed at the Lancer Smith Memorial tournament in Wasilla this past weekend. The team was led by second place girls varsity finisher Natallie Tobuk, fourth place varsity...

NOME INVITE—Wrestlers from all over the region gathered last weekend in Nome to compete in the Nome Invitational wrestling meet. Here, wrestlers from Gambell and Brevig Mission start their match in front of a crowd in the den of the Nanooks.

Nome hosts Invitational Wrestling Meet

By Peter Loewi The Nome-Beltz gym was packed Friday night and Saturday morning as community members from across the region came to watch their teams compete in the Nome Wrestling Invite. Student...

BIG WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS— Nome’s Orson Hoogendorn set a personal best time, winning the boys race in last Saturday’s Big West Regional XC Championships, held in Nome.

Nome runners win Big West XC Championships

By Diana Haecker Nome Nanooks Orson Hoogendorn and Awaluk Nichols won their respective heats in last Saturday’s Big West X/C Championships, on their home trails in Nome. The Nome Nanooks competed...

NOME INVITE XC RACE—Jeremiah Aukongak, from Golovin, leads Middle School cross-country racers from Unalakleet, Kotzebue, Shaktoolik, Wales, Brevig Mission and Nome down Anvil Mountain.

Nome-Beltz hosts biggest cross-country meet in a decade

By Peter Loewi Racers flocked to the Nome Invite last weekend, with student athletes from Utqiagvik, Tikigaq, Kotzebue, Wales, Teller, Brevig Mission, White Mountain, Golovin, Koyuk, Shaktoolik,...