Sports

The Nome-Beltz wrestling team attended the ACS Denali Auto Glass Invite last weekend. In one of the tournaments, two Nome-Beltz girls wrestled each other for the championship in their weight class.

The Nome-Beltz wrestling team were on the road over the weekend of Oct. 29-31. The girls’ team was in Anchorage, competing in the Halloween Bash, while the boys were in Nikiski at the Top Dog Invite.

Girl high school athletes standing in a line warming up inside of gym.

The Lady Nanooks volleyball team travelled to Galena on the weekend of Oct. 22 for an away non-conference match. Both the Lady Nanook varsity teams played against Galena and Hutchison while the Nome junior varsity team matched strength against Galena’s JV team.

The Nome-Beltz Volleyball teams placed second in their first home tournament of the season. The Lady Nanooks played Barrow and Bethel at the Nome-Beltz High School in the Arctic Pinkies volleyball tournament.

The Nome-Beltz High School cross country team wrapped up the 2021 season with the state championship in Anchorage on Saturday, October 9

Three Nome girl athletes posing for a picture outside in the track uniforms.

Last weekend, the Nome-Beltz Cross Country team travelled to Kotzebue to compete in the Big West Conference Cross Country Meet.

A group of cross country boys waiting to start race outside.

The Nome-Beltz Cross Country team attended the Chugiak “Smokin’ Stampede” meet this past weekend. Although the meet was originally scheduled to be held at Chugiak High School, inclement weather caused the meet to be moved to Anchorage’s Kincaid Park.

Last weekend, the Lady Nanooks travelled to Cordova to play in the Copper River Rally Tournament. Also competing were teams from Glenallen, Palmer and Cordova. Palmer Junior Varsity place first, followed by Nome.

The Nome Cross Country team had a beautiful day for their home invitational meet Sept. 11. Dozens of Nomites took advantage of the weather and drove out to the Nome-Beltz Middle High School to cheer on the racers as they crossed the finish line.