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Nome-Beltz E-Sports Team Competes in Final Match, Varsity Undefeated in Fall Season

By Sophia Desalvo | December 9, 2020 | 2
Student in blue hoody sitting at desk with a video game controller playing a game.

The Nome-Beltz E-sports team competed in their season’s final match last month. Despite having their state championship cancelled by the Alaska School Activities Association (ASAA), the Nanooks, composed of both varsity and junior varsity squads, may have been one of the few sports teams still allowed to compete in the state of Alaska.

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ASAA Says High School Basketball and Cheerleading Will Begin in January 2021

By Sophia Desalvo | November 13, 2020
The Nome Nanooks, in white, take on the Barrow Whalers, in purple, on the basketball court at Nome-Beltz Junior-Senior High School

Wrestling’s season, however, is still to be determined. ASAA’s Executive Director, Billy Strickland, is confident those dates will be decided by the next board meeting.

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ASAA Cancels All Fall 2020 State Championship Events, Postpones Basketball & Cheer Seasons

By Sophia Desalvo | October 15, 2020
The Nome-Beltz Nanooks cheer teem at a basketball game (Photo: Janeen Sullivan, used with permission)

According to ASAA, this decision applies to football, swimming and diving, gymnastics, rifle, music, E-Sports, Drama/Debate/Forensics, and volleyball. This news comes just a few days after the organization hosted the high school Cross-Country State Championships.

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Top Ten Finishes for Regional Runners at State Championship Meet in Anchorage

By Sophia Desalvo | October 13, 2020

The 2020 Alaska State Cross Country Championship results are in: Nome-Beltz runner Tobin Hobbs and Unalakleet runner Kanayaq Ivanoff both finished in the top 10 in their respective divisions.

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Virtual Cross Country Races Winding Down, BSSD & Nome-Beltz Sending Four to States

By Sophia Desalvo | October 5, 2020

The Bering Strait School District will be sending two male and two female high school runners to the state competition in Anchorage this coming Saturday, October 10th.

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Nanook Volleyball Back in the Gym, Future of Season Up in the Air

By Sophia Desalvo | September 25, 2020

The Nome-Beltz High School volleyball team resumed practice nearly two weeks ago after an athlete tested positive for the disease caused by the coronavirus. As it stands, the Nanooks may be the only team in the region currently holding practices.

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Nome’s Cross Country 2020 Season with COVID-19 Means ‘Running Against Each Other A lot’

By Davis Hovey | August 19, 2020

Nome-Beltz Jr/Sr High School won’t begin classes until later this month [August 25th or 26th], but students are already back on campus for other activities and sports – like cross country.

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Fall Sports Under COVID-19 Restrictions Begin in Nome and the Bering Strait Region

By Emily Hofstaedter | July 30, 2020
Nome's Jamie Yi crosses the finish line in White Mountain, 2017

Both NPS and BSSD will be following recommendations from the Alaska School Activities Association. That includes adhering to social distancing, and asking students and coaches to wear masks when they can’t stay six feet apart.

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2020 All-State Basketball Players Named, Several BSSD Athletes Included On List

By Joe Coleman | April 10, 2020

Shishmaref’s Ed Kokeok was named 1A boys’ player of the year by the Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches (AABC) last Wednesday. He was one of 11 total athletes from Western Alaska who were awarded all-state honors this season. The Northern Lights’ star athlete ended his truncated senior season on a high note, following his team’s…

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Nome Spring Sport Seasons Abruptly Come to an End, NYO Could Host One More Event

By Joe Coleman | April 1, 2020
Aucha Johnson of Unalakleet two-foot high-kicking at BSSD's NYO tournament in Gambell. Photo Credit: KNOM (2014)

While Nome School District staff went back to work on Monday, students and athletes won’t be able to access the building, as all after school activities have been cancelled until at least May

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“Happy Birthday”, Western Alaska-Style

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