Figure skating and gymnastics joined the competition on Day 4 of the 2024 Arctic Winter Games in Mat-Su Valley, Alaska. The Games go until Saturday.

According to a Team Yukon press release, the girls’ hockey team netted seven goals to defeat Nunavut 7-2. Cassandra Cebuliak scored twice, and Maya Bulmer, Callie Quaile, Danica Johnson, Kasey McKenna, and Makena Johnson had singles. The girls then fell 5-1 to Alberta North.

The U15 boys played to a 4-4 tie against Alaska. Elliott Whalen, Ronin Teramura, Nicolas Fecteau and Colton Coates got the goals.

The U18 boys suffered a 2-0 defeat at the hands of N.W.T. in an evening game. They'll play Nunavut for the bronze ulu this afternoon.

On the futsal court, the 16U boys downed Nunavut 5-1. Cameron Bringsli and Noah Lapierre netted two goals each and Everett Pooley scored one.

The U16 girls beat Nunavut 10-0 with Linnea Roberts scoring four. Juno Hanatani netted two, and Mischa Ng-Schmidt, Corbin Minifie, Mary London, and Ella Lawrence added singles.

The U18 boys downed N.W.T. 4-1. Leo Whittaker potted a hat trick and Evan Howells added the other. The U18 girls dropped their game, 3-0 to Alaska.

Team Yukon’s boys’ volleyball team went the distance against Nunavut and prevailed 3-2. They picked up their second win of the day against Alaska 2-0 and defeated the N.W.T. 2-0.

The girls opened the day with a 3-2 win over Nunavut before falling to Alaska 2-0. They had a hard-fought game against the N.W.T. and came out on top 2-0.

The gymnastics team of Arielle Bergeron, Lucy Miller, Mya Breckenridge, and Emma Duncan took bronze in the team event where they competed in bars, beam, floor and vault.

On the archery range, the individual competitions began. Delia Therriault shot a 555 to put her atop the female compound division. Dom Watt sits at the top of the boys’ bracket after shooting 565. Kael Epp sat third after shooting 554 in the opening round.

In barebow, Mya Wilson finished with 419 to lead after day one. Mikayla Therriault sits third in the group. Dawson Widney, 341, and Everett Stuart, 315, finished one-two. The compound and barebow archers will shoot their second rounds today.

The figure skaters began their Arctic Winter Games on Day 4, performing in the short program. Laura Ruiz placed fifth in the Level 1 competition. In Level 2, Leah Lariviere placed sixth and Madisyn Millar was right behind in seventh.

The snowboarder’s success continued into Day 4 as the Yukoners swept the gold in each category. Aven Sutton, Eva Benkert, Stian Langbakk and Seamus MacDonald were the top podium finishers. Ginger MacDonald and Will Stenzig earned silver while Leo Spiers-Leung took bronze.

The girls’ basketball team picked up a huge win against Nunavut, 61-57. Mya Warren hit back-to-back threes to give the Yukon the lead and then widen it. Warren led Yukon with 24 points. Zoe Benitah and Sarah Svoboda chipped in eight points each.

The boys’ team triumphed over the N.W.T. 87-75 in the evening affair. Pier De Leon led the way with 19 points. Isiah Cabiso netted 16. Miguel Portea scored 14, and Britt Pagabo added 13.

The open female Dene Games team earned the gold ulu in hand games while their teammates loudly played their new drums.

Yukon Dene Games females continued their success with bronze in the junior female hand games.

The alpine skiers had another day of podium finishes. In banked slalom, Josephine de Jager, Zach Ball, Ellyann Dinn and Thomas Vollmer won gold ulus. Kade Hunter and Grace Allaway earned bronze.

The U19 mixed snowshoe team of Kate Tobler, Jacqueline de Jager, Taiga Buurman, and Mathias Frostad earned bronze in the 4x400 relay. When the team was not relaying together, they were competing in the short distance combined event.

In singles badminton, Sawyer Tessier, Kara McLean and Maceo Grottoli picked up wins.

In mixed doubles, Tessier and Winnie Zhang, two, Lia Hale and Myles Terry, McLean and Grottoli and Riley Cyre and Johna Irving-Staley all picked up wins.

It was mixed doubles Wednesday at table tennis. Matthew Fournier and Charlotte Smith defeated the N.W.T. 3-0 before falling to Nunavut. Marit Beneke and Jack Nguyen fell to Nunavut but rebounded against Nunavik.

The Team event also started on Day 4. Victor Li and Melody Qiu split their two matches and Bradi Magnuson and Elden Wickham picked up a win against Nunavik.

The Arctic Sports Day 4 events included Arm Pull, One Foot High Kick, Alaskan High Kick, and Knuckle Hop.

In junior female Arm Pull, Brooke Stephen earned a bronze medal. Right behind Stephen was teammate Amélie Guilbeault.

The medal count as of this morning stood at Alaska in first with an impressive 105 medals (30 gold, 40 silver and 35 bronze).

Yukon continues their strong performance with 70 ulus (28 gold, 16 silver and 26 bronze).

Of note is Yukon has won only two less gold medals than Alaska.

Alberta North has moved into third place in the medal standings with 46 ulus (14 gold, 18 silver and 14 bronze). N.W.T. is in fourth with 39 medals (11 gold, 15 silver and 13 bronze).

– With files from Team Yukon