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Juneau Post 25’s Donavin McCurley pitches against East Post 34 earlier this month. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire File)

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Legion baseball: Juneau sweeps doubleheader against Wasilla

The Juneau Post 25 baseball team’s win total reached double digits Tuesday.

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.

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

Tournament features over 100 other teams.

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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…

Pirates’ first baseman Mason Ackman fields a Red Sox infield hit at the Gastineau Channel Little League Junior Division Championship game at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park on Friday. The Pirates won 8-6 on Friday and 14-3 on Saturday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Little League: Pirates surge past Red Sox for title

Gastineau Channel Little League’s Flying Squirrel Pirates won the Junior Division championship on Saturday night at Adair-Kennedy Memorial…

Red Sox player Eli Torres slides safely into third base in the Gastineau Channel Little League Minor Division championship game on Saturday at Miller Field. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

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Little League: Fick’s grand slam sends Marlins past Red Sox

The IBEW Marlins claimed the Gastineau Channel Little League Minor Division championship on Saturday evening at Miller Field.…

Pirates’ first baseman Mason Ackman fields a Red Sox infield hit at the Gastineau Channel Little League Junior Division Championship game at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park on Friday. The Pirates won 8-6 on Friday and 14-3 on Saturday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Little League: Pirates surge past Red Sox for title

Gastineau Channel Little League’s Flying Squirrel Pirates won the Junior Division championship on Saturday night at Adair-Kennedy Memorial…

Red Sox player Eli Torres slides safely into third base in the Gastineau Channel Little League Minor Division championship game on Saturday at Miller Field. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

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Little League: Fick’s grand slam sends Marlins past Red Sox

The IBEW Marlins claimed the Gastineau Channel Little League Minor Division championship on Saturday evening at Miller Field.

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

Last Tuesday, the Les Schwab Tire Center Cubs advanced to the Gastineau Channel Little League Major Division championship…

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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…

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.

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…

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…

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.

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…

Cori Metzgar, Director of Sports Performance at Western Oregon University and host of the Juneau Football and Sports Performance Camp, speaks to athletes at the Dimond Park Field House last July. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Football, strength camps returning to Juneau

Two sports camps are returning to the capital city next month. The Juneau Football Skills Camp and Juneau…

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Little League names all-star teams

The Gastineau Channel Little League announced on Sunday and Monday the Major Baseball, Major Softball and Junior Baseball…

Racers begin the Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay on Saturday. (Courtesy Photo | Rob Welton)

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Jackson leads Juneauites in Kluane bike race

Stiff headwinds played a major factor in Saturday’s Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay. The winds slowed racers considerably…