Sports

TWO MORE – Lady Nanook Brooke Anungazuk, center, gets two against Unalakleet Thursday in the Subway Showdown tournament.

Soldotna dominates Subway Showdown

Despite the raging snowstorm that hit Nome, a packed gym saw some great basketball at the 2020 Subway Showdown. Soldotna High boys and girls teams put on a show of talent and well-coached basketball...

MIX SIX— Ed Kokeok of Shishmaref goes up for a hit against Unalakleet in the second state qualifying match of the Mix Six Volleyball tournament held in Golovin.

Golovin Lynx claim Western Conference Mix Six volleyball crown

The regional Western Conference Mix Six volleyball tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Savoonga, but due to a forecasted high wind warning on the day of travel, the tournament was moved...

The Nome Wrestling Invite showcases young talent

Eleven schools from around Alaska brought their wrestling teams to Nome last weekend for the Nome Wrestling Invite, an annual tournament, which is an important date on the sport’s calendar. Action...

CHAMPIONS—The Nanook girl wrestlers took first place as a team. They are Kellie Miller, Della Medlin, Katie Smith, Georgia Ustaszewski,, Ava Earthman and Karis Evans.

Nome Elementary, HS girls wrestlers dominate Bush Brawl

Nome’s elementary school wrestlers traveled to Kotzebue for the annual Bush Brawl wrestling tournament and returned basking in glory. Last year they took top honors in the meet with 30 wrestlers,...

STATE XC CHAMPIONSHIPS— Nome Nanook Ava Earthman finished last Saturday’s State XC Championships in 45th place with a time of 24:20.2, at Bartlett High School in Anchorage.

2019 State XC Championships

BSSD runners beat personal records at State XC Championships By Brendan Ellis, BSSD Student Activities Director Strong winds from a fall storm blew through the region over the weekend, but the...

OPEN RACE—Nome hosted this year’s Regional XC Championships, held at Nome-Beltz on Saturday, Sept. 28. Here, Junior high runners, coaches and community members run in the open race which took place after the varsity teams finished the 5-kilometer course.

Bethel boys, Kotzebue girls take regional titles

The Bethel boys and the Kotzebue girls will be representing Region 1 Western at next week’s Alaska State Cross Country Championships after taking the titles Saturday on the Nome-Beltz High School...

FAN CLUB— Fans of the Nanook Volleyball squad, lead by Andrew Hafner carrying the Nome-Beltz flag, cheer on the players during last weekend’s matches that pitched the Nanooks against the visiting Kotzebue Huskies.

Nanooks look good against Huskies

The young Nanook volleyball team met the Kotzebue Huskies in the Nome-Beltz gym Friday and Saturday and although the Huskies walked away victorious the less experienced Nanooks battled them all the...

Kotzebue XC ResultsLady Nanooks take cross country title in Kotzebue

The Nome Nanooks travelled to Kotzebue for a cross country meet on Saturday. The Lady Nanooks took the team title with Mallory Conger in fourth place. The Nanook boys were third in the team standings...

NOME XC INVITATIONAL— Boys Varsity race winner Tobin Hobbs, center, plots his move while running with the front pack of Kotzebue and Bethel runners in last Saturday’s Nome Invitational cross-country race held at Nome-Beltz.

Hobbs wins boys varsity in Nome XC Invitational

Blue skies, calm winds and balmy temperatures welcomed 98 runners from Nome, Kotzebue, Bethel, Teller, Elim, Koyuk, Golovin, Unalakleet, Stebbins, Savoonga and Brevig Mission to the Nome-Beltz XC...

NANOOKS – The Nanook varsity volleyball squad squared off against a talented group of alumnae Thursday and Friday to launch the Nanook 2019 season. After the games they paused for a photo.

Nanook Volleyball season opens

Two days of hot volleyball action in the Nanook gym launched the 2019 season with the Varsity and the JV squads facing off against a group of wily veteran players. The alumnae team showed flashes of...