FAIRBANKS, AK-Tonight is the start of the Midnight Sun Invitational hosted by the Midnight Sun Swim Team and that event will run through Sunday at the Hamme Pool. But on Monday and Tuesday at the Hamme there will be swimming clinics hosted by the Northern Area Aquatic Committee as a part of the Fitter and Faster Swim Tour by swimoutlet.com
FAIRBANKS, AK-The Greater Fairbanks Racing Association will have a full weekend of racing starting tonight.
The weather has finally cooperated and the dirt track is in good enough shape for racing. So far this season opening night was rescheduled due to weather and two other race nights were cancelled because of sub par track conditions.
PALMER, AK-After going unbeaten in their first four games of the season the Fairbanks Goldpanners dropped their second game in a row last night. The Mat-Su Miners denied the Panners a bounce back win with a 6-0 shutout victory.
Mat-Su's Trevor Bettencourt threw a no hitter in the first 7 frames and Fairbanks earned just two hits in the game.
The GoldPanners will play the Anchorage Bucs in a non league game tonight in Anchorage again before they finally play at Growden Memorial Park this Sunday night at 6 against the Fairbanks Brewers.
FAIRBANKS, AK-The boys under 13 Phoenix 01 squad will be traveling to Honolulu, Hawaii this week for the 2013 US Youth Soccer Far West Regional Championships for the first time. The Phoenix 01 team is coming off a championship performance in the Alaska Airlines Cup tournament in Anchorage in early June.
Now the young guns will face some great competition in Hawaii. Their first game is against Sparta 01. A team out of Utah who won their state cup championship.