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Nanooks rifle, basketball ink more athletes
by Danny Martin/dmartin@newsminer.com
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FAIRBANKS—The Alaska Nanooks rifle team added one of the nation’s top junior shooters to its roster for the 2012-13 season, as Tim Sherry of Highlands Ranch, Colo., signed a National Letter of Inte...
Grizzlies basketball team wins state title
FAIRBANKS—Mason Campbell has been with his group of junior high basketball players since they were in fourth grade, and this past weekend, Campbell and his Grizzlies 8 comp team won the First Annua...
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Registration open for Senior Games
FAIRBANKS—Registration for the 10th annual Alaska International Senior Games is now uder way. The games are scheduled for Aug. 10-18 and will feature 21 different sports for athletes age 50 and ol...
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Malemutes, Ravens have most Interior athletes for state track
FAIRBANKS—The Lathrop Malemutes and Eielson Ravens lead Interior Alaska high schools in representation for the respective meets of the Alaska School Activities Association/First National Bank Alask...
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Rollergirls prepare for final bout; registration open for Alaska Statehood race
FAIRBANKS—Fairbanks roller derby fans are in for a treat Saturday night in the final competition of the season at the Carlson Center. The Fairbanks Rollergirls will host a doubleheader with the Fa...
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Lathrop’s Edic will run and ski at Northern Michigan
FAIRBANKS — Lathrop activities coordinator Steve Zanazzo called Megan Edic one of the best athletes to ever come through Lathrop High School, and she’s got the resume to prove it. She’s been part ...
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Monroe, Lathrop notch prep baseball victories
FAIRBANKS — The Monroe Catholic Rams and the Lathrop Malemutes won high school baseball games in dramatically different fashion Monday night. The Rams rolled to a 15-2 Mid Alaska Conference victor...
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Nelson, McWayne post victories in Murphy Dome Roam
FAIRBANKS — Ben Nelson and Dorli McWayne took top honors in Sunday’s 16th annual Murphy Dome Roam on a perfect Sunday morning for a run in the hills. Nelson, 27, was the overall winner of the extr...
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West Valley soccer teams clinch berths to state tournament
FAIRBANKS — The West Valley boys and girls high school soccer teams clinched berths in the Alaska School Activities Association state tournaments later this month by winning and tying Saturday’s ga...
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Murphy Dome Roam is today
FAIRBANKS — The 16th annual Murphy Dome Roam is scheduled for 9 a.m. today at the gravel pit at 8 Mile Murphy Dome Road, just beyond Richard Berry Drive. The race is an 11-mile loop course on most...
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Softballs fly in Interior, Palmer
FAIRBANKS — There were some wild times on the softball diamonds Saturday in Fairbanks, Palmer and Delta Junction. In a battle of the top two teams in the Railbelt Conference the West Valley Wolfpa...
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Malemutes’ bats bark at Ravens
FAIRBANKS — The Lathrop Malemutes continued rolling along in the Mid Alaska Conference baseball season, cruising to a 16-2 victory against the Eielson Ravens Saturday evening at Wright Field in New...
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Midnight Sun swimmers capture titles at the Junior Olympic State Championships
FAIRBANKS — Seven Midnight Sun Swim Team members captured titles recently at the Junior Olympic State Championships at the Bartlett High School pool in Anchorage. Elcee Evershed captured six indiv...
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Ravens too much for Fifield, Rams
FAIRBANKS — Micala Fifield won all four of the events she entered for the Monroe Catholic Rams Saturday at the Region VI Track and Field Championships at Lathrop High School and even set a personal...
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Delta Junction boys edge Eielson
FAIRBANKS — This year, it took fewer points to determine the Class 3A boys champion in the Region VI Track and Field Championships. Exactly 3.5 points made the difference between the Delta Junctio...
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Malemute boys top Wolfpack
FAIRBANKS — Lathrop High School senior Kyle Hanson broke David Dyer’s 20-year-old region record in the boys 1,600-meter run on Saturday during the Class 4A competition of the Region VI Track and Fi...
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