Yukon takes the lead in medal standings
Yukon took the extended medal lead on Day 4 of the Arctic Winter Games in Wood Buffalo, Alta.
Yukon took the extended medal lead on Day 4 of the Arctic Winter Games in Wood Buffalo, Alta.
Tori Vollmer added to her gold medal haul by finishing first in the 2006-08 women’s parallel slalom. Annie Heffner took bronze.
Mack Jenner won bronze in men’s parallel slalom 2006-08.
Ellyann Dinn won gold in the women’s parallel slalom in 2008-2010. Grace Allaway took bronze.
Tom Vollmer topped the podium again with a win in the 2008-2010 men’s parallel slalom.
The strong Yukon Alpine contingent also took the team title to end their outstanding Arctic.
According to a Team Yukon press release, chilly temperatures almost stunned snowboarding, but the team really got going in the banked slalom. Isabelle Paquette won gold, Stian Langbakk silver and Seamus MacDonald took home bronze.
The U19 boys ice hockey team fought hard but lost 4-2 against the NWT. Goals fell from the sticks of Tanner Gorrell and Beau Yuchak-Lovelace. The loss marked the end of games for the team.
Taylor Bierlmeier and Jordan MacDonald scored two goals while Zoe Leas, Cassie Cebuliak, Alia Drummond and Sophie Drummond each scored a goal to give the girls hockey team an 8-1 win over Alaska and a place in the semifinals.
The U16 boys’ hockey team achieved their first win of the Games, 7-2 over Alaska. Threes were wild for #3 Jamie King, who scored a hatty. Foster Brassard, Riley Bulmer, Brayden Baldwin and Channon Fumerton added singles.
John Chisholm, Noah Lapierre (2) and Micah Oslund scored for the boys’ futsal youth team, which defeated NWT 4-3.
The girls’ youth futsal team lost their first game of games against the NWT 4-1, with Camille Cashaback St-Laurent scoring the only goal for the Yukon.
The junior futsal team narrowly lost 2-1 to Sápmi, with Breanna Brown scoring the only Yukon goal.
The boys’ basketball team suffered its first loss at the Games, a 97-76 setback against Alberta North. Gage Sweeney scored 18 points in a losing affair, with Arlow James-Walker scoring 15 and Miguel Portea adding 13 points.
The girls basketball team dropped their first contest of games in Northern Alberta 85-56. It was much closer at halftime, with Alberta only leading 44-37. A 16-2 run in Alberta in the third quarter proved crucial to the game.
Yukon was called to travel several times during the competition.
The gymnastics team of Aubree Hombert, Alayna Mortimer, Genevieve Lefebvre and Chloe Tatsumi started the games strong and took bronze in the team competition.
According to Team Yukon’s press release, it was an exciting day for Dene Games as the contingents competed in handheld games. The drums and cheers were loud and could be heard throughout the building. The junior men took home the gold Ulu and the youth women’s team earned a bronze. The Open Male team also won bronze.
All members of the table tennis team were active in doubles. The teams played hard but didn’t make it to the final. All players will be back at the tables for the start of the singles event tomorrow.
The boys’ curling team placed third after a round robin game. The team had to get past the NWT to progress last night and did just that in a narrow 6-5, scoring twice in each of the second and fifth ends and adding singles in the sixth and seventh ends. NWT scored one in the eighth end to make it close at the end of the game. The boys team plays Alaska this afternoon for a spot in tonight’s gold medal game.
Earlier in the day, the girls’ curling team defeated Nunavut 10-2 in the first playoff game, but lost 8-2 in the second playoff game to Alaska. The girls arctic is over.
In the individual archery competition after the first round, in Barebow 2004 or later, Juliette Greetham was third and Pheonix Widney was fifth.
In the male barebow, Mitchell Rudolph was first, Harrison Dolding third.
At the 2004 compound or later women’s, Delia Therriault was second, just four points off the leader. Riley Cyre was fifth.
In the men’s compound bow, Emmet Kapaniuk held a slim 567-560 lead over Hayden Wallace after struggling a bit with a loose sight late in the round.
In badminton, Winnie Zhang clinched her ticket to the semifinals, as did the male and female junior doubles teams.
The girls volleyball team defeated Nunavut 3-0 in straight sets. They lost 3-1 to Greenland today in a hard-fought quarter-final game.
The boys’ volleyball team had three games on Day 4. They defeated Alaska 2-0 before winning a close bout with the NWT 2-1. Yukon won the first game 25-13, but NWT bounced back with a 25-17 win in the second game, forcing the tiebreak. The third game went to the end, with Yukon drilling a few precise spikes to secure a decisive 15-13 win.
The boys defeated Nunavut 2-0 in their third game of the day. They lost 2-0 to Alberta North this morning. They will play a semi-final match against NWT this afternoon.
The Level 1 and Level 2 skaters performed their lengthy program on Day 4 and presented solid routines.
According to Team Yukon’s press release, it’s been an electric day for Arctic Sports. Sascha Nelson took silver in the junior arm pull and many athletes achieved personal bests in the one foot high kick. The day culminated in knuckle hop in front of a roaring crowd, echoed by the beat of drums.
The cool temperatures put the snowshoe competitions of the days on hold. The 400 and 100 meter races have been contested but the results will not be official until February 3.
As of the reporting date, the Yukon continues to lead the medal standings with 82 medals (31 gold, 26 silver and 25 bronze). Alaska is second with 75 ulus (24 gold, 24 silver and 27 bronze). Alberta North is third with 61 medals (15 gold, 27 silver and 19 bronze).
