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Thursday, March 8, 2012 C Y K M Thursday, March 8, 2012 Things get tense as two athletes face-off in the Head Pull event, part of Arctic Sports at Vanier Catholic Secondary School Photo credit: MARK KELLY published by Alaska Volleyball Girls’ Secret to Success... 2 Your Photos From the Games... 7 Big Games Gear: Basketball Shorts...10 C Y K M 2 ULU News Thursday, March 8, 2012 • Whitehorse 2012 Arctic Winter Games THE DAILY HYPE AWG NEWS AND UP & COMINGS BY THE NUMBERS NEXT ONE, PLEASE Strong, stronger, Alaska’s Junior Female Volleyball Team: Coach DOG MUSHING Judy Knecht’s girls are unstoppable. But what’s their secret? Dog mushing is more by INDRA KLEY than paws and barks. Whenever they convert a match bus was late,” libero Lindsey Logan Here are some numbers point, Alaska’s volleyball girls get says. “But with the raw talent of ev- that define the sport at ready to celebrate. “Yes!” they shout eryone, when you just throw it all to- the Whitehorse 2012 while jumping up and down and hug- gether, it’s pretty easy,” Allison adds. ging each other. “We did it.” Yes, they Rule #3: Let the music play! Arctic Winter Games. did it again. Another team has just Before the match the girls get been swiped off the floor. The losing ready in their own way. “We just re- squad’s consolation: It’s happened to lax and listen to music. Pump-up mu- 13 – distance in kilome- many that have come before. sic! And we like to sing with it – not tres of the longest dog Since the 2002 Arctic Winter good singing but still we sing in the mushing race at the 2012 Games, Alaska’s female volleyball changing rooms,” Allison says. Cur- AWG. The other race players have won nothing but gold. distances are 7.5 and 10 rent number 1 on Team Alaska’s hit And there is no doubt the team is once kilometres. list: We are Young by Fun. again the red-hot favourite for the top Rule #4: Keep it real 7 – maximum number of podium finish in Whitehorse. The Team Alaska might be the best in dogs on an AWG dog difference being, that now their key the circumpolar world but it’s a steep mushing team. Seven rules for success will be revealed: climb to get to the top level in US dogs are used in the 13 Rule #1: Create a good volleyball. “Several of my girls will kilometre race. The atmosphere play College, Division One,” Knecht shorter races have teams “We are really comfortable with says. “But even if we are looking re- of four, five or six dogs. each other,” 16-year-old Allison ally good here, believe me: When we 5 – length of the time Leigh says. “We cheer for our boys, go to the States and play, we get ham- penalty in minutes a make signs for them – and they do mered just like we are hammering musher receives if he the same for us. That’s probably the people here.” loses his team and coolest part of the whole trip: meet- Rule #5: Stay positive accepts a ride with ing so many new people and making “Don’t think about losing, think another musher to so many new friends.” Coach Judy about winning,” Allison says. Even if recover his dogs. Knecht agrees, “My personal aim is the girls don’t win gold, they would 4 – number of gold that they come away with memories ‘use the defeat as a motivation for medals Team Yukon won they will carry for a lifetime.” the next Games.’ For their coach, at the 2010 AWG, Rule #2: Believe in talent, the biggest goal is first to avoid in- making Yukon the most not in training juries, then to do well. “Though I’m successful contingent in Each player has been playing vol- sure amongst my coaching comrades this sport two years ago. leyball for many years. But would you who have watched the Games for years, I would be ripped quite a bit (if 1 – all sleds or tobbo- believe that the team didn’t train to- we don’t come first),” she says and gans must be capable of gether once before the AWG? “We ac- laughs. safely carrying a driver tually missed our practice because our and one injured dog. In Memory of Liz Hooe 0 – there is zero There is one very special reason why Alaska’s Female Volleyball tolerance policy for dog team gives their best at the 2012 AWG: Liz Hooe, former coach abuse. (Penalties for abuse and mother of setter Morgan Hooe, passed away from cancer in of any dog may result in January. She had trained the girls for many years. “She motivated disqualification from a race. Dog abuse is defined as everyone to be super-good,” Lindsey Logan recalls. “She got ev- unnecessary force, punching, eryone in Alaska into the Arctic Winter Games, she got everyone beating or kicking a dog. ) Alaska junior female volleyball players attempt to block the attack pumped up. Now Morgan is in a way playing for her here – and all of our motivation is to play for her.” from Team Nunavut. Photo credit: MARK KELLY PHOTOGRAPHY To all the athletes, coaches and volunteers of the 2012 Arctic Winter Games. Phone: 667-7000 • 3 Bonanza Place May you have a true Yukon experience! Whitehorse Whitehorse 2012 Arctic Winter Games • Thursday, March 8, 2012 ULU News 3 FAMILY TIME,COURTSIDE by INDRA KLEY TOP Where would the Games be with- bies. Eric’s mother is here to play for four months ago, booking hotel rooms. out the parents? It’s safe to say there is Team Nunavut. “Now that we’re here, we feel like TWEETS no fan who feels the excitement and the With her was Susie Aupaluktug of we’re in a dream,” Aupaluktuq says. pain of competition quite like a parent. Baker Lake, who came to Whitehorse This is not her first Games, though There are more than a few sports to watch daughter and sister Rachael “I’ve travelled before to the Games moms here this week. In fact, Team play basketball. Her older daughter when my older daughter was an ath- It’s a good way @charity_price Nunavut has one playing on its bas- April also accompanied her. lete,” she adds. “we aren’t here for ketball team. Good thing she brought “We’re big fans of basketball April was a basketball player at to keep kids a basketball grandma with her. where we come from,” Aupaluktuq the AWG from 2006 to 2010. She still a long time, we’re The Ulu caught up with a few says. In fact, most of the team is from plays, and in Baker Lake, there is co- busy and just here for a good family members while watching the Baker Lake. ed basketball three nights a week. time” #AWG Nunavut-NWT game on Wednesday. They team was required to go “It’s a good way to keep kids encourage Faith Mautaritnaaq watched most to Iqaluit to train for approximately busy and encourage sports and stay sports and of the game standing up. It wasn’t a month prior to the Games, with a active,” she says. just the excitement; it was also be- one-week visit home midway through Just don’t ask Baby Eric his opin- stay active @PaaxtonBrucee cause she was carrying her 15-month training. So the trip here is the result ion. He slept for more than half the old grandson in her amauti, the tra- of many months of anticipation. Game, but after it was over, he was Loving all the new ditional Inuit parka used to carry ba- The family started planning nearly delighted to see his mom. friends I’m making :) #awg2012 WATCH YOURSELF @Northernjournal She’s on a roll! Fort IN ACTION! Smith’s Veronica McDonald won AWG Daily on TV triple jump this a.m. (Whitehorse cable That’s 4/4 for this channel 9) and a You- Arctic sports Tube gadget near you. New episodes at 9 pm athlete! #awg2012 daily during the Games. @SportNorth Day 4: Wednesday, March 7 edition: Speed Skating @awg2012 Dog Mushing Which Arctic Gymnastics Winter sport Soccer should you NOT bring a cowbell to? AWG Daily captures #awg2012 the flavour and pizazz #morecowbell of the Games. Yukoner Chris McNutt gives us a small sampling of the energy and excite- @Makaylafarrell ment happening around Hand games in the town. Catch the faces of athletes lounge is the kids, spot someone getting intense you know, see the ac- #awg2012 tion and feel the electri- fying energy in the air. Nunavut basketball player Katrina Mautaritnaaq with son Eric Cell Phone Central would like to wish good luck to all of the Arctic Winter Games Athletes! The Blackberry 8530, CDMA SmartPhone is in stock now! The Power and Reliability of a Blackberry SmartPhone that will work throughout the communities of the Yukon! Full keyboard for easy messaging and expandable memory for all your multimedia needs. $0 on a new 3 year agreement, $399.95 full price Sign any 1, 2 or 3 year New Agreement and get a $75.00 instant accessory credit during the AWG! Mention this ad in store to get 10% off all accessories purchased during the AWG! 205 Black Street • 668-5555 4 ULU News Thursday, March 8, 2012 • Whitehorse 2012 Arctic Winter Games THE PLAYERS THE WHO’S WHO OF THE GAMES BEHINDTHESCENES THE DIAS FAMILY, from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut WAY BETTER THAN Father Tony Dias, coach.
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