Whitehorse Daily Star: Sports Archive

Sports Archive

Rec hockey league finishes up first half of season The Whitehorse Recreational Hockey League finished up the first half of the regular season last week with a few last-minute games before Christmas.

Tryouts for Arctic Winter Games hockey team begin The Yukon Amateur Hockey Association held its first round of tryouts for the Arctic Winter Games bantam hockey team on Monday night.

Goal Chance Madison Pearson, a member of the Yukon 2009 Canada Summer Games girl's team
Nishikawa hits podium in Olympic qualifier Graham Nishikawa hit the Noram podium on Sunday with a solid third place finish in a tough Noram sprint race in Canmore.
Glacier Bear Haley Braga makes B.C. swim team Whitehorse Glacier Bear Haley Braga followed in the footsteps of Alexandra Gabor and Bronwyn Pasloski last week

High Flying Judd Dealing goes up for a basket over Aurthur Mauro
12-km Winter Solstice run this weekend Athletics Yukon is hosting the annual Grey Mountain Winter Solstice Run/Walk on Saturday to celebrate the shortest day of the year.
December squash league round up The first half of squash action at Better Bodies Cross Training Centre is coming to a close after two months of play.
Oldtimers Hockey League standings stay even at half point The Whitehorse Oldtimers Hockey League has a few more games before Christmas, when they will break for the holidays.

Northwestel announces $50,000 sponsorship of Mt. Sima Northwestel and Latitude wireless announced a five-year partnership with Mt. Sima worth $50,000 earlier this morning.
Team Yukon has strong showing at Road to Gold tournament The team that will represent the Yukon in mens basketball at the Arctic Winter Games in March went 3-1 at this past weekend's Road to the Gold Tournament,

Animal abuse would not allow for race performance, mushers say Last Friday, some of the Yukon Quest's top mushers addressed the concerns of animal activists that running a dog in a 1,000-mile sled dog race is abuse.
Training heats up as Yukon Quest creeps closer You'd think as the Yukon Quest got closer, the anticipation would turn to nervousness, but for most of the mushers tackling the trail again in February, it's just another day.

Broomball season kicks off with multiple shutouts The Whitehorse broomball league kicked off the season Nov. 30 at their outdoor arena following the first ever Northern Broomball Cup.
Christmas Cheer Santa mushes his team
Pasloski ties in U.S., Glacier Bears reach finals in Victoria Fifteen swimmers from the Whitehorse Glacier Bears spent the weekend in Victoria at the Christmas Cracker swim meet, and many managed a trip to the finals and personal best times.

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