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Aniak musher Isaac Underwood is the winner of the February 50 sled dog race. Underwood mushed his team of 8 to claim the top spot in a field of 17 mushers on Saturday, February 27, […]

by Delta Discovery Staff Aniak musher Richie Diehl and his Real Diehl Racing team have made history with their first ever win of the Kuskokwim 300 sled dog race. Diehl raced his team across the […]

by Delta Discovery Staff Napaskiak musher Jackie Larson is the winner of this year’s Akiak Dash. He mushed in to the finish line on Saturday night, February 13th, 2021 at 7:28pm with seven dogs. His […]

Sixteen mushers and their teams have begun the Kuskokwim 300 sled dog race here in Bethel, the 42nd running of Alaska’s premier mid-distance mushing event. The race began with a mass start on the Kuskokwim River […]

Aniak musher Richie Diehl is the winner of this year’s Bogus Creek 150 Sled Dog Race. He crossed the finish line at 4:58am early Sunday morning with a total elapsed time of 16 hours and […]

Jason Pavila of Kwethluk, mushing with the Bad River Kennel, won the 50 mile Season Opener dog race this Saturday, January 2nd, 2021. His time was 3 hours 58 minutes. Coming in seven minutes later […]

The community of Kwethluk held a residents-only local dog race this past Sunday. There were seven teams participating in the event. The 6-dog race was 11 miles and began with a mass start. It was […]

Responding to the current lockdown recommendation from The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation and the active lockdowns in most Y-K Delta communities, the K300 Race Committee has decided to delay the start of the 2020-21 season. Originally […]

Scammon Bay’s Leah Amukon and Isaac Titus ran in the 2020 ASAA Cross Country Running State Championships 5K held at Kincaid Park in Anchorage last Saturday, October 10th, 2020. Titus came in 3rd place with […]

Last Saturday, the Nelson Island School hosted the first of two virtual cross country meets for high school and junior high runners. Two other schools, Quinhagak and Nightmute, joined the host team of Toksook Bay […]

Cross Country teams from Toksook Bay and Nightmute Schools are in full cross country mode this fall. Nelson Island School hosted the Blackberry Fun Run during Labor Day weekend. The following week Nightmute hosted their […]

by Delta Western Staff Hayden Lieb, a graduating Senior at Bethel High School, has been awarded the 2020 Delta Western Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded to a deserving student based on academic performance (minimum […]

by the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame A pair of 4-time state wrestling champions and Alaska’s fastest female today (May 6th, 2020) were selected as recipients of the 2020 Pride of Alaska Youth Awards. Anchorage’s […]

Alaska Sports Hall of Fame April 22, 2020: The Alaska Sports Hall of Fame announced the three boys finalists for the 2020 Pride of Alaska Youth Award. They are Anchorage wrestler Aedyn Concepcion, Bethel wrestler Hayden Lieb and […]

by Tommy Wells The Bethel Regional High School Warriors did what they had to do this past weekend to ensure they could advance to the Class 3A state basketball tournament. They battled their way to […]

by Tommy Wells The Bethel Regional High School Warriors, like every other team in the state, found an opponent they couldn’t get past this past weekend – the coronavirus pandemic. Only a few hours after […]

by Delta Discovery Staff The Bethel Warrior boys went all the way to the 3A Western Conference basketball finals, finishing second to the Barrow Whalers. The Lady Warriors also played the Barrow Lady Whalers, but […]

by Tommy Wells With 22 seconds left in the second overtime, the Chefornak Lady Shaman knew they needed a big shot to sneak past Toksook Bay in the championship game of the Class 1A Coastal […]

by Tommy Wells Dawson Erik and Michael Flynn formed the best duo since Batman and Robin on Saturday evening. Playing in front of a standing-room-only crowd in the Bethel Regional High School WarriorDome, Erik and […]

The Lower Yukon School District 1A Yukon Delta Conference basketball champions are the Pilot Station Kings boys and the St. Mary’s Lady Eagles. Second place state qualifiers are the St. Mary’s Eagles boys team and […]

by Tommy Wells Nelson Evans, Peter Crow, Hayden Lieb and Jamin Crow all scored into double digits on Saturday and helped the Bethel Regional High School Warriors close out their regular season with a resounding […]

by Tommy Wells Agatha Andrews always knew she could be among the best wrestlers in the country. On Feb. 8, she proved it to everyone else. Andrews, who grew up in the western Alaska village […]

by Tommy Wells The Unalakleet Wolfpack knew coming into the Bethel Regional High School WarriorDome for a nonconference showdown with the Warriors wasn’t going to be easy. In fact, they knew they would have to […]

The Kwethluk Carayiit hosted the Ket’acik Aapalluk Memorial School Basketball Invitational Tournament today Valentines Day, February 14th, with boys and girls teams from Akiachak, Akiuk, Akula, Atmautluak, Napaskiak, and Nunapitchuk playing. The games were played […]

by Tommy Wells The Bethel Regional High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams claimed key conference wins this past weekend by grinding out crucial wins over Nome-Beltz. The wins helped BRHS keep their hopes for […]

by Tommy Wells The Akiachak Lady Huskies have put the Yukon-Delta on the basketball map. Well, at least on the Association of Alaska Basketball Coaches’ map. Akiachak climbed to No. 4 in the latest AABC […]

by Tommy Wells Weston Andrew scored 26 points and Dezmin Johnson and John Andrew both scored into double figures on Saturday and helped power the Napaskiak Hawks to an 82-54 victory over the Bethel Regional […]

by Tommy Wells The Bethel Lady Warriors hosted the Barrow Lady Whalers who took a huge step toward nailing down the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Western Conference basketball tournament this past weekend. Barrow […]

by Tommy Wells The Kipnuk Falcon boys ran their season record to 8-0 this past weekend by winning their first game of a weekend series in Quinhagak. The Falcons entered the weekend as one of […]

The Bethel Sprint Mushers Club Day 1 of the two-day sled dog race took place today on the Kuskokwim River. Local mushers raced in the approximately 20 mile trail up the river and back. The […]

by Tommy Wells Jamin Crow, Nelson Evans and Peter Crow all pitched in 14 points on Saturday and helped carry the Bethel Regional High School Warriors to the top spot at the 2020 Donlin Gold […]

by Tommy Wells The Galena Lady Hawks posted a 27-6 run in the first eight minutes on Saturday and then held off a furious second-half rally by the Bethel Regional High School Lady Warriors to […]

by Tommy Wells The Akiak Thunderbolts girls team might play in rural Alaska, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t turning heads on the statewide scene. Akiak made its debut in the Class 1A rankings this […]

The 2020 VFW Basketball tournament has its champions – the Dillingham Wolverines for the girls and the Lumen Christi Archangels for the boys. Teams invited to play in the tournament January 9-11 included the Toksook […]

by Tommy Wells There couldn’t have been a better ending to Hayden Lieb’s high school career. Not only did he become only the 15th male athlete to win four straight state wrestling championships, the BRHS […]

by Tommy Wells Rebecca Samuelson and Lindsey Beans-Polk both turned in stellar outing this past weekend in Anchorage and helped spur the Bethel Regional High School Lady Warriors to a fourth-place finish at the 2019 […]

Four Bethel Warriors advance to championship round by Delta Discovery Staff Wrestlers from all over the state are in Anchorage for the December 20-21, 2019 Alaska Schools Activities Association Division II State Championships to compete […]

by Tommy Wells The Bethel Regional High School Warriors went into the Great Alaska Conference Wrestling Championships this past weekend with two goals. They wanted to win the conference title and to have a bevy […]

by Tommy Wells Dellarae Charlie and the Bethel Regional High School Lady Warriors proved themselves the toast of the Great Alaska Conference this past weekend in front of their home fans. The BRHS girls, en […]

by Tommy Wells The Bethel Regional Junior High School wrestling team won seven weight classifications and breezed to the top spot in the team standings at the 2019 Tussle on the Tundra Invitational at Gladys […]

by Delta Discovery Staff The Akiuk Grizzlies are this year’s Alaska Coastal Conference Mixed 6 Champions, making this their third year of winning this tournament. Coming in as runner up are the Atmautluak Falcons. For […]

by Tommy Wells Landon Smith, Jarvis Evans, Fiona Phelan and Rebecca Samuelson all wrestled their way to top honors in their weight classifications this past weekend and helped power the Bethel Regional High School wrestlers […]

by Tommy Wells Hayden Lieb of Bethel is a five-time All-American wrestler, he has won more than 80 career matches over the last three seasons and, if all goes as planned, he will have an […]

by Tommy Wells Bethel’s connection to the college wrestling ranks will grow by one this year – former Bethel Wrestling Club and Bethel Regional Junior High School standout Kaden Westlake inked a deal to continue […]

by Tommy Wells Heading into the final matches of the 2019 Lancer Smith Memorial Invitational Wrestling Tournament, the Bethel Regional High School Warriors needed wins from Landon Smith and Hayden Lieb to capture the small-school […]

by Tommy Wells Hayden Lieb and Landon Smith powered their way to first-place marks on Saturday and helped the Bethel Regional High School Warriors put a positive end to a tough weekend. A day after […]

by Tommy Wells The Bethel Regional High School Lady Warriors can now turn their attention to the season that matters the most: The postseason. Bethel closed out its 2019 regular season this past weekend with […]

by Tommy Wells Prior to the start of the 2019 ASAA/First National Bank Division III (1A/2A) State Cross Country meet, Scammon Bay coach Harley Sundown said he felt good about Isaac Titus’ chances at competing […]

by Tommy Wells Landon Smith and Jamin Crow powered their way over the hilly Bartlett Trails course in fine fashion on Saturday and helped spurt the Bethel Regional High School Warriors to an eighth-place finish […]

The Lower Kuskokwim Conference Regional Cross Country Championships were held on September 28, 2019 in Bethel. Teams from Akiuk, Kipnuk, Kongiganak, Quinhagak, Toksook Bay, and Tuntutuliak participated in the meet. Sadly, inclement weather in other […]

by Tommy Wells The Bethel Regional High School cross country teams pulled off a sweep of the top spots in the final team standings at the Bethel Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. The BRHS runners […]

The Lower Yukon School District held its cross country meet in Alakanuk last Saturday, September 21st, 2019. Teams from Emmonak, Hooper Bay, Kotlik, Mountain Village, Nunam Iqua, Pilot Station, Russian Mission, Scammon Bay, and St. […]

The Hooper Bay Warriors hosted their cross country invitational race even on September 14th, 2019. Participating teams included Chevak, Hooper Bay, and Scammon Bay. There were races for 4th-6th grade, middle school, and high school […]

Cross country teams in Bethel in grades 4th through 8th raced in the Kasayuli Trail Run last Friday. Runners from Bethel Regional High School Jr. High, Ayaprun Elitnaurvik, and Gladys Jung Elementary participated. Below are […]

by Tommy Wells photos by Diana Haecker/The Nome Nugget. Jamin Crow and Lindsey Beans-Polk both turned in dynamic efforts this past weekend at the Nome Invitational Cross Country Meet. The two might have led the […]

by Tommy Wells The Bethel Regional High School Lady Warriors got more than a little experience this past weekend in front of the home fans by playing four games in the 2019 BRHS Volleyball Invitational […]

The 2019 Mamerilleq Mile Cross Country race was held this past Friday in Bethel at the, Ayaprun, School. Runners in grades 4th through 8th from the Bethel Regional High School, Gladys Jung Elementary, and the […]

by Delta Discovery Staff The Bethel Mud Volleyball tournament fundraiser had another good turnout this year, this is the second annual event. Holding on to their championship status was Kiss My Ace. Coming in second […]

by Delta Discovery Staff The 2019 World Eskimo Indian Olympics is in the books! This annual event held in Fairbanks, Alaska in July is an event that showcases the different cultures, song and dance, and […]

by Tommy Wells Bethel Regional High School assistant wrestling coach Raymond “Thor” Williams received one of the nation’s top honors this past week when he was selected the recipient of the 2019 Scholastic Girls Assistant […]

by Tommy Wells Landon Smith finished off the 2019 wrestling season in style this past weekend at the Menard Sports Center in Wasilla. He helped power the Bethel Wrestling Club to top 10 finishes at […]

by K.J. Lincoln Tristan Anaver of the Lower Kuskokwim All Stars helped his team to win the silver trophy at the State Native Youth Olympics tournament held in Anchorage last weekend. He also tied the […]