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The Midnight Suns 12U baseball team. Back row (Left to right): coach Randy Quinto, Antone Araujo, Eli Crupi, Thomas Baxter, Christian Nelson, Kaleb Campbell, Kaeden Quinto, Kasen Ludeman, manager Jeremy Ludeman, coach Jason Hart. Front row: Samuel Lockhart, Ezra Vidal, Kean Buss, Riley Duncan, Liam Hart. (Courtesy Photo | Jeremy Ludeman)

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Midnight Suns bring A Game to Cooperstown

The Midnight Suns 12U baseball team didn’t back down to anyone at the Cooperstown Dreams Park tournament.

Brynne Loggy-Smith, 10, gears up for the 2018 Soapbox Challenge on St. Ann’s Avenue. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

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Soapbox Challenge results

Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated Santiago Hoff came in third place in the 9-…

Aaron Hull, 9, races in the Soapbox Challenge down St. Ann’s Avenue on Wednesday. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

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Soapbox Challenge thrill for youth

For 9-year-old Aaron Hull, racing in the Soapbox Challenge is by-and-large a good time. “It’s a little bit…

Zach Bursell sprints to the finish line of the Glenn Frick Memorial Mile, which took place just before the start of the Juneau Fourth of July Parade on Wednesday morning. Bursell placed first overall and set a new course record in the mile. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

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Records fall at the Frick Mile

Zach Bursell and Beth Gollin finished their Fourth of July $100 richer. The duo set new race records…

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Walk-offs plague junior all-stars

After two walk-off losses, the Gastineau Channel Little League all-stars find themselves on the brink of elimination in…

Kayakers begin the Chilkat Challenge Triathlon on Sunday in Mosquito Lake. (Courtesy Photo | Derek Poinsette)

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Juneau duo, solo competitor victorious in Chilkat Challenge

Juneau was well-represented in the Chilkat Challenge Triathlon on Sunday in Haines. Juneau fielded five teams (two and…

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Trap shooters bag 14 medals at nationals

Team Alaska returned from the National Junior Clay Target Championships with 14 medals. The team was made up…

Ciera Kelly, a Juneau-Douglas High School graduate, talks Friday about her swimming career at Washington State University where she will return as a senior in the fall. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Checking in with Ciera Kelly

Ciera Kelly, a pre-dentistry student and swimmer at Washington State University, has thrived in her three years in…

Spangler, Miller duel in Eaglecrest run

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Spangler, Miller duel in Eaglecrest run

Allan Spangler won his third race of the season in Saturday’s Eaglecrest Road &Mountain Run 9.5-mile course. Like…

Mark Neidhold, left, starts his 12-mile ride as Jamie Bursell, right, and others make the transition from swimming to bicycling during their triathlon camp at the University of Alaska Southeast in July 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Aukeman camp gearing up

It’s not too late to get in shape for August’s Aukeman Triathlon. High Cadence Triathlon Training, headed up…

Legion baseball: Juneau takes down South

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Legion baseball: Juneau takes down South

With one game still to play, Juneau Post 25 is a perfect 5-0 on its road trip to…

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Legion baseball: Juneau sweeps doubleheader against Wasilla

The Juneau Post 25 baseball team’s win total reached double digits Tuesday. A trio of road wins over…

The Juneau Midnight Suns 12U team (pictured here last month) travels to the Cooperstown Dreams Park tournament starting on Sunday in Cooperstown, New York. (Courtesy Photo | Larry Blatnick)

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Midnight Suns jet to Cooperstown

Everyone who visits Cooperstown, New York, gets the opportunity to visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame and…

The Juneau Golf Club hosted the 2018 Scramble Tournament on Saturday at the Mendenhall Golf Course. A total of 15 teams of three competed in four different divisions (flights). The King division, which featured teams with the lowest handicapped players — a golf term for a player’s average score in relation to par — went to Two Birdies and a Shark (Bob Storer, Greg Winegar, Dan Bruce). The Pink division, which featured all women players, went to Pitch and a Putt (Fabienne Peter-Contesse, Aimee Olejasz, Stacie Kraly). Bullwinkles (Mitch Falk, Ed Birchell, Tim Whiting) won the Coho division and McGivney’s (Stan Deland, Pat Eggers, Shawn Eggers) won the Sockeye division.

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Top finishers at the Scramble

The Juneau Golf Club hosted the 2018 Scramble Tournament on Saturday at the Mendenhall Golf Course. A total…

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East Glacier Trail Tangle results

The Juneau Trail and Road Runners hosted the East Glacier Trail Tangle on Thursday night. Well over 60…

Brice Norton, right, waits his turn as Coach Mark Kappler watches Mackenzie Lam practice trap shooting at the Juneau Gun Club on Thursday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Youth to test marksmanship at trap nationals

For the second year in a row, the Juneau Trap Shooting Team is sending four shooters to compete…

Cubs pitcher Thomas Baxter pitches in the first inning of the Gastineau Channel Little League Major Division Championship game on Saturday. The Cubs won 4-3. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

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Cubs cap wild postseason with walkoff win

Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly referred to the Cubs as the Shaw Dental Cubs. They…

Pirates’ Josh Carte steals second base as Red Sox’s Caden Mesdag fields the throw from home in the third inning at the Gastineau Channel Little League Junior Division Championship game at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park on Friday. The Pirates won 8-6. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Little League: Pirates force if-game with Red Sox

Every time the Red Sox chipped away at their lead, the Pirates answered. Kai Schmidt’s two-RBI single in…

Annie Bartholomew emcees the costume contest before the 2016 Only Fools Run at Midnight Fun Run at Centennial Hall. The race will be housed at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center this year. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Revamped Fools Run set for Saturday

Several changes are coming to the 34th annual Only Fools Run at Midnight on Saturday night. Most notably,…

Nolan Harvey trains at the Dimond Park Aquatic Center on Tuesday. Harvey is just one of two swimmers on Team Alaska competing in the Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle next week. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Juneau swimmer headed to Seattle to compete in US Special Olympics

One of Nolan Harvey’s favorite parts of the Special Olympics doesn’t actually take place at the Special Olympics…