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THIRD PLACE— Jon Smith won third place in the 500-yard freestyle race in last week's Regional's in Fairbanks.

Nanook swimmers compete in Region VI Championships

By Kirsten Bey, NBHS Swim Coach Two Nanook swimmers competed in the Region VI Championships in Fairbanks last weekend: Sophomore Jon Smith, first year on the high school swim team but a longtime...

NANOOK FACEOFF— Nanook wrestlers Duke McGuffy and Paris Hebel face off for a match during last weekend’s Nome Invitational wrestling tournament held in the den of the mighty Nanooks.

Nome Wrestling Invitational, a tourney out of the ordinary

By Colin McFarland Last weekend, the Nome Nanooks hosted a wrestling invitational tournament. Wrestlers came from Galena, Teller, Shaktoolik, Savoonga and Gambell to compete in what was a slightly...

WINNER—Son Erikson on his way to win Kotzebue XC event held last weekend, with Orson Hoogendorn in pursuit.

Nome runners score big win in Kotzebue

By Jeff Collins/Nanook XC Coach The pursuit of perfection. The definition of perfection is subjective but when it is coupled with a desired outcome, the definition of perfection becomes clear. In...

CHEER —Varsity Nanooks cheer in between the three sets of their Friday game against the Kotzebue Huskies

Nanooks beat Kotzebue Huskies in volleyball games

By Lizzy Hahn Last Friday, September 17 and Saturday, September 18, the Nome-Beltz High School hosted the Kotzebue volleyball team for two days of games. Kotzebue brought their junior varsity and...

Even though Carol Seppilu couldn't compete due to injuries sustained in the Mt. Marathon Run a week prior, she was there to cheer on runners.

First annual Nasqaghmii Run held in sunny Teller

By Diana Haecker About 30 runners from Teller and Nome took to the Bob Blodgett Nome-Teller highway on Sunday, for the first annual Nasqaghmii Run, named after Carol “Nasqaghmii” Seppilu of Nome....

CHAMPIONS—The Nanooks competed in the Northern Conference Wrestling Tournament in Kotzebue. Both the girls team and boys team won first place. Front (left to right): Natallie Tobuk, Claire Fry, Michael Marvin, Katie Smith, Georgie Ustaszewski, Della Medlin. Middle (left to right): Son Erikson, Tobin Hobbs, Karlin Ahwinona- Smith, Hayden Leeper. Back (left to right): Noah Hobbs, Stephan Anderson, Tristen Hobbs, Colin McFarland, Paris Hebel, Lucas Marvin.

Nome wrestling teams win Northern Conference tournament

By Lizzy Hahn On May 12, 2021, the Nome-Beltz High School Wrestling team consisting of 16 Nanook wrestlers traveled to Kotzebue to compete in the Northern Conference Wrestling Tournament. Both the...

OFF AND RUNNING—Nome Nordic elementary ski coach Leonard Lastine helps fourth-grade skier Jamison Erickson-Ford start her skijor run with Chena. The fourth and fifth grade skiers enjoyed nice end of the season weather as they wrapped up the season.

Nome Nordic concludes 17th ski season

By Keith Conger Nome’s student skiers took full advantage of the warm end of April temperatures as they concluded Nome Nordic’s 17th year of skiing. The program experienced an abundance of success...

OFF THEY GO – Riders accelerate off the line at the beginning of the race.

Cannonball 150 returns to Nome

The Cannonball 150 snow machine race returned to Nome after a long hiatus and the weather cooperated by delivering an almost perfect day.There was plenty of snow thanks to the series of blizzards...

EXTENDED – Paris Hebel stretches to make contact during the Zoom competition on Friday.

NYO Zooms to new heights

The internet became the venue for 2021 NYO competition with young athletes from around the state competing via Zoom. On Thursday and Friday, April 15 and 16, the event was the Alaska high kick and...

FIVE-TIME WINNER— Nome’s Mike Morgan won the Archie Ferguson/Willie Goodwin Sr. Memorial snowmachine Race in Kotzebue on Saturday, April 3.

Mike Morgan notches fifth win in Kotzebue

The Arctic Circle Racing Association got lucky in squeezing Kotzebue’s annual Archie Ferguson – Willie Goodwin Sr. snow machine race in between two nasty storms last weekend. Race Director Claude...