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Tanner, Callahan ramble to Golden Mile victories
Photo by John Wagner
July 20, 2008
Teenagers led the way as more than 140 runners competed in Saturday's Golden Mile, to kick off the Golden Days Parade.
National Sports
Eclipse 92 girls complete USA Cup sweep
Published July 20, 2008
The Eclipse 92 completed a most amazing sweep at the USA Cup youth soccer tournaments on Saturday.
It's all about family at WEIO
Published July 20, 2008
Athletes often refer to each other as "family," and with the amount of hugs and other displays of affection, the event is more like a reunion than a competition.
Teacher tops student to snare high kick title at WEIO
Published July 20, 2008
Manuel Tumulak showed his student Andrew Walker he still had a thing or two to learn about the one-foot high kick.
Eclipse 97 girls claim tourney crown
Published July 19, 2008
The Eclipse 97 girls soccer captured the championship of the Far North Soccer Tournament held last weekend in Anchorage with a hard-fought 1-0 win over the Cook Inlet White Velocity.
Eclipse 92 girls advance to USA Cup semfinals
Published July 19, 2008
The Eclipse 92 girls continued to roll on Friday at the USA Cup youth soccer tournament in Blaine, Minn.
Meckel kicks up a storm in WEIO two-foot event
Published July 19, 2008
But Meckel didn’t need any help to fly earlier, when she won gold in the women’s two-foot kick at the World Eskimo Indian Olympics at the Carlson Center.
Ear pull is as tough as it gets during WEIO
Published July 19, 2008
The game pits two athletes face-to-face with about a foot between them with twine looped around each’s ear. They lean backward until the loop falls off one’s ear or someone gives in.
Oatley shatters record in posting 200-mile win at Fireweed
Published July 18, 2008
After coming close in 2007, Jeff Oatley had to wait a full year for another shot at breaking the 200-mile record in the Fireweed 400 cycling race.
Cabinboy equals Alaskan high kick record at WEIO
Published July 18, 2008
Elijah Cabinboy matched the Alaskan high kick world record of 94 inches, shared by Jesse Frankson and Manuel Tumulak, Thurdsay night at the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics in the Carlson Center.
Eclipse 92, Phoenix 96 to play in A brackets
Published July 18, 2008
A pair of Fairbanks teams advanced to the A bracket, while the other will play in the B bracket of the USA Cup Youth Soccer Tournament as the round-robin portion of the tournament wrapped up on Thursday in stormy Blaine, Minn.
Fast start lifts Alaska Goldpanners past Pilots
Published July 18, 2008
The Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks got a brilliant pitching performance from Andrew Clauson in posting a 6-1 win over the Anchorage Glacier Pilots in Alaska Baseball League action Thursday night at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage.
WEIO athletes walk a very different line
Published July 18, 2008
Any event with a designated Crisco spreader is definitely a spectator sport.
Questions raised about University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey coach's resignation
Published July 17, 2008
The University of Alaska Fairbanks' documents relating to the departure of former head hockey coach Doc DelCastillo include written, e-mail and telephone correspondence between DelCastillo, an unnamed student or students and university administrators.
Marks, Pitka capture Race of the Torch
Published July 17, 2008
FAIRBANKS — Andrew Marks was well-prepared to set the seal oil lamps afire in Wednesday night’s World Eskimo-Indian Olympics opening ceremonies.