Sports

SKIMEISTER — Ella Hubert of Nome, right, was crowned the Middle School Girls Skimeister at the recent WISA Ski/Biathlon Championships held in Galena, on March 26-28, 2026.

Ella Hubert crowned middle school girls’ Skimeister at WISA

The Nanooks finished their ski and biathlon season last weekend with the 2026 First Tracks Ski Race & Invitational in White Mountain. The previous weekend, Nanooks competed at the Western...

Seven compete in NKC’s Nome-Golovin 200 sled dog race

The Nome Kennel Club last week hosted the inaugural Nome-Golovin 200 sled dog race, with four local teams and three teams from Two Rivers and Nenana competing. Historically, the Nome Kennel Club has...

RED LANTERN – Final musher into Nome Richie Beattie extinguishes the Red Lantern after arriving in Nome on Friday, March 20. Beattie finished with a total time of 12 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes and 46 seconds with eight dogs in harness.

Iditarod 54 comes to a close with 29 finishers reaching Nome

The 54th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race came to a conclusion on Friday evening, when Richie Beattie arrived in Nome at 7:49 p.m. Beattie, of Fairbanks, extinguished the Widow’s Lantern,...

NANOOK OFFENSE - Nanook Stanley Booth maneuvers with a Barrow defender behind him during the semi-final of the State 3A Championships Thursday at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. Barrow won 63-50 to advance to the final championship game against Mt. Edgecumbe.

Nome Nanooks place third at 3A Basketball State Championships

*/ The Nome Nanooks, winners of the last two 3A state basketball titles, began the season with hopes of making it three in a row. But the three-peat was stopped by the Barrow Whalers in the semi-...

Mike Morgan wins overall 60th Nome-Golovin 200

By Anna Lionas Bright skies and barely a lick of wind graced the 41 racers of the Nome-Golovin snowmachine race on Saturday, bringing a large crowd onto the sea ice to watch them compete in the 60th...

DRIBBLING— Nanook Levi Pederson faces down Kenneth Fox of the Bethel Warriors on Thursday, February 26, during last week’s game in Nome

Nome defeats Bethel in last two regular season basketball games

Last Thursday night, parents and fans packed the Den of the Nanooks for the boys basketball senior night and game against Bethel Regional High School. The Nanooks won against Bethel easily, 62-45....

TRAINING – Carol Seppilu spent months training for the ITI 350, pictured here on the Iditarod Trail just outside of Nome.

Carol Seppilu competes on the ITI 350 trail

Before she ever learned about the Iditarod Trail Invitational, or ITI, Carol Seppilu had a dream that she was out on the Iditarod Trail near the Happy River Steps. “When I looked around, there were...

NO MORE TRAIL— Iron Dog racers were stunned to see that the sea ice at Elim had broken off after strong winds whipped the region. With the sea ice went the trail, forcing the teams to break an unused overland trail to continue their trek to Nome.

After racing through grueling storms, Aklestad/Olstad win 2026 Iron Dog — Team Booth/Barber finish 8th

Iron Dog competitors battled deep snow and cold temperatures on the way into Fairbanks from Nome as they made their final push to the finish line from the halfway point in Nome, arriving Saturday...

HOMETOWN WELCOME – Steffen Booth and Evan Barber drive their snowmachines down front street on February 18, 2026. Booth and Barber were first to arrive in Nome on February 18, 2026.

Iron Dog riders battle storms, deep snow

Iron Dog racers battled through a series of intense winter storms on their way up the western coast, to Kotzebue and Nome. High winds and snow prompted a holdover in Kotzebue for a Wednesday morning...

Each Monday, Thursday and Friday, the Nome Winter Sports Association, NWSA for short, take elementary schoolers out skiing.

Nome Winter Sports Association open for business

Last Thursday afternoon, a circle of 16 third graders surrounded local ski “meister” Keith Conger in a back hallway of Nome Elementary School, watching as he demonstrated proper ski carrying...