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Celebrity games launch Hockey Week
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Celebrity games have become one of the showcases of Hockey Week in Fairbanks, and five games will be part of Saturday’s Hockey Extravaganza at the Big Dipper Ice Arena kicking off the week-long cel...
Interior Alaska skiers capture spots on Team Alaska
FAIRBANKS – A total of 19 cross-country skiers from the Interior will be representing Alaska next month at either the Junior Olympic National Championships in Presque Isle, Maine or the Ar...
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Fairbanks triathlete shoots for top 10 finish at World Championships
Heather Best had never attempted a winter triathlon before a friend of her husband’s in Colorado suggested she give it a try. “I just wanted to go and see what it was all about,” Best said of the ...
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Cizmowski sparks Tri-Valley to small schools hockey tournament
FAIRBANKS — Led by Greatland Conference Most Valuable Player Kaz Cizmowski, the Tri-Valley Viking Warriors advanced to the small schools state hockey tournament with a 9-0 win against the Su-Val...
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Tri-Valley boys, Seldovia girls garner Nenana Invitational crowns
FAIRBANKS — The Tri-Valley boys and Seldovia girls came away with the Nenana Invitational Tournament high school basketball championship trophies on Saturday night. Tri-Valley pulled ahead in th...
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Fairbanks Ice Dogs end Texas trip with loss
FAIRBANKS — James Saintey put the Fairbanks Ice Dogs ahead 2-1 in the second period with his second goal of Saturday night’s North American Hockey League game against the Texas Tornado. Unfortu...
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Alaska s Andy Taranto, right, attempts to recover the puck after Michigan State goaltender Drew Palmisano blocked his diving shot during the second period of Saturday evening s, February 6, 2010, Central Collegiate Hockey Association game at the Carlson Center. John Wagner/News-Miner Alaska hockey drives Michigan State to a shootout but can't seal the deal
FAIRBANKS — A 1-1 overtime tie and ensuing shootout loss on Saturday night against the 12th-ranked Michigan State Spartans gave the Alaska Nanooks only one point in the Central Collegiate Hockey...
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No. 5 Besh Cup race is snowy fun for cross-country skiers
FAIRBANKS — Alaska Nanooks senior Julia Pierson and Team FAST’s Tyson Flaharty led a field of Alaska’s elite skiers Saturday for the fifth Besh Cup race of the season at the Birch Hill Recreatio...
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Alaska Anchorage s Brandon Walker passes off the ball during Saturday afternoon s, February 6, 2010, Great Northwest Athletic Conference game against the Alaska Nanooks at the Patty Center. The Seawolves topped the Nanooks 56-42. John Wagner/News-Miner Alaska Nanooks men's basketball team can’t muster offense against UAA
FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Nanooks on Saturday gave up the fewest points they have all season. However, that meant little because they also scored an all-time low when playing arch-rival Alaska Anch...
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Alaska Nanooks women’s hoops team loses to Montana State on last-second shot
FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Nanooks came within a second of pulling off their first win of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference women’s basketball season on Saturday night in Billings, Mont. Monta...
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Lathrop s Colton Wolter, left, dislodges the puck from the control of West Valley s Dylan Blankenship, center, during the second period of Saturday evening s, February 6, 2010, Railbelt Conference Championship game at the Patty Ice Arena. At right is Lathrop goaltender Stephon Williams. John Wagner/News-Miner Lathrop upsets West Valley in conference hockey final
FAIRBANKS — The Lathrop Malemutes had scored only two goals combined in a pair of losses to crosstown rival West Valley during the Railbelt Hockey Conference regular season. The defending state...
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Fairbanks Arctic Bears end season with win
FAIRBANKS — The Arctic Bears of Fairbanks concluded the girls high school hockey season on a winning note Saturday afternoon, defeating the Mat-Su Ravens, 4-1. The Mat-Su Ravens won the first tw...
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West Valley girls win basketball championship
FAIRBANKS — The West Valley Wolfpack earned the Maroon division championship trophy by rolling to a 62-41 victory against the Anchorage Christian School Lions at the Dimond Lady Lynx Tournament ...
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Northway cagers sweep past Minto
FAIRBANKS — The Northway boys and girls high school basketball teams swept two-game series from the Minto Lakers on Thursday and Friday in Northway. The Warriors opened the girls series with a 6...
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Wolfpack girls notch win
FAIRBANKS — The West Valley girls earned a spot in the Maroon division championship game of the Dimond Tournament by posting a 64-34 victory against the South Anchorage Wolverines on Friday nigh...
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Michigan State goaltender Bobby Jarosz, left, gloves a shot by Alaska s Andy Taranto during the first period of Friday evening s, February 5, 2010, Central Collegiate Hockey Association game at the Carlson Center. John Wagner/News-Miner Alaska Nanooks top Michigan State in hockey, 2-0
FAIRBANKS — Dion Knelsen took to heart head coach Dallas Ferguson’s emphasis that the Alaska Nanooks needed to get to the front of the net. The senior center did it twice Friday night against Mi...
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Up to five people, two moments and one event will be named to represent the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2009 on November 10th, 2008. Voting is open to the public until November 6th at www.alaskasportshall.org.