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The Bethel Wrestling Club traveled to the Alaska USA State Wrestling Tournament in Wasilla to compete in the Folkstyle, Greco, and Freestyle wrestling meets for boys and girls on May 5-8, 2022. In the Folkstyle […]

The Bethel Regional High School Warrior Native Youth Olympics team traveled to the capital city of Juneau to participate in the 2022 Traditional Games, April 2-3 with Coach Tommy Bayayok and chaperones. The Warriors brought […]

The 2022 1A Alaska Coastal Conference basketball tournament has new champions as of this Saturday, March 5th, 2022 – the Chefornak Lady Shamans and the Toksook Bay Islander boys. The Lady Shamans defeated the Lady […]

The Bethel Lady Warriors hosted the Nome Lady Nanooks – another one of their Western Conference counterparts in the 3A division for basketball – at the WarriorDome on Friday and Saturday night, February 25th – […]

February 25, 2022 The Bethel Lady Warriors hosted the Nome Lady Nanooks – another one of their Western Conference counterparts in the 3A division for basketball – at the WarriorDome on Friday night, February 25th, […]

The official results are in from the 2022 Bering Sea Classic held in Hooper Bay, February 10-12, 2022. Congratulations to all the teams, coaches, parents, and communities. Bering Sea Classic 2022 Girls Results 1st Hooper […]

The Bethel Lady Warriors hosted their 3A western conference region counterparts, the Lady Huskies of Kotzebue on Friday and Saturday, February 18-19, 2022. The Lady Warriors won both of their games decisively. The WarriorDome was […]

February 18th, 2022 The Bethel Lady Warriors hosted their 3A western conference region counterparts, the Lady Huskies of Kotzebue on Friday, February 18, 2022. The WarriorDome was busy with junior high and junior varsity blue […]

Jackie Larson of Napaskiak has won another sprint dog race! He mushed his team of eight dogs into the finish area in first place in the February 50 Sled Dog Race in Bethel, Alaska. The […]

The Bethel Regional Jr. High Lady Warriors and boys Team A are the champions from this past weekend’s basketball tournament at the WarriorDome. Boys and girls teams attending included the Gladys Jung Cranes, Ayaprun Elitnaurvik […]

The Bethel Regional Jr. High Warriors are hosting a tournament at the WarriorDome this week, Feb. 10-12, 2022. Boys and girls teams attending included the Gladys Jung Cranes, Ayaprun Elitnaurvik Carayiit, Akiachak Huskies, the Akiak […]

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10041 in Bethel, Alaska hosted their annual invitational basketball tournament this past weekend. Playing in the games were girls teams from Bristol Bay, Aniak, Scammon Bay, Kalskag, Akiachak, and […]

The Bethel Warrior varsity boys hosted the Barrow Whalers of Utqiagvik, Alaska at the WarriorDome on Friday night, January 28th, 2022 and Saturday, Jan. 29th. Bethel Lady Warriors JV team hosted the Kalskag Lady Grizzlies […]

The Bethel Warrior boys hosted the Barrow Whalers of Utqiagvik, Alaska at the WarriorDome on Friday night, January 28th, 2022. It was a close contest throughout the entire game, keeping fans on their feet. The […]

The WarriorDome was busy with basketball on the court on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 21-22, 2022 with boys and girls teams visiting from Aniak and Kodiak. The Lady Warriors varsity team won both of their […]

The WarriorDome was busy with basketball on the court on Friday night with boys and girls teams visiting from Aniak and Kodiak. The Aniak Lady Halfbreeds played the Bethel Lady Warrior JV team, Aniak won […]

The Scammon Bay Eagles hosted an 8-team double elimination tournament for high school boys and girls teams from throughout the region. Participating in the event were teams from Alakanuk, Bethel (JV), Toksook Bay, Chefornak, Hooper […]

The Kuskokwim 300 has 22 mushers currently signed up for the 2022 race that will take place on January 28th, 2022 and several local mushers are on the list. Richie Diehl and Isaac Underwood of […]

The Bethel Warrior boys hosted the Tanana Wolves on Friday night, January 7th, 2022 – the first game played at the WarriorDome since March 2020. Excited fans cheered for the return of basketball after a […]

The Bethel Warriors are winners of the 2021 Division II State Wrestling tournament – it is their eighth state title. They narrowly beat the second place team – the Redington Huskies of Wasilla by a […]

The Bethel Lady Warriors finished at the 2021 Girls Wrestling State Championships as one of the top girls wrestling squads in the state, finishing fourth for the third year in a row. The state finals […]

Wresters from all over Alaska competed in the first round of the 2021 State Wrestling Division II tournament on Friday, December 17th, 2021 to see who would advance to the championship round. Boys and girls […]

The Bethel Warriors hosted the Great Alaska Conference wrestling tournament this past weekend at the WarriorDome. First and second place wrestlers will have automatic berths at the state wrestling championship this week, December 17-18, 2021 […]

The Emmonak Huskies Mixed 6 team defeated the Hoonah Braves during the opening round of the Mixed 6 2021 State Volleyball Tournament on Thursday, December 2, hosted by the Alaska School Activities Association and Dimond […]

by the K300 Race Committee Race fans, The K300 Race Committee is ready to kick off the 2021-22 season, beginning with “The Season Opener” on the first Saturday of December. That will be followed two […]

The Bethel Lady Warriors fought a valiant fight but fell to the Seward Lady Seahawks during the opening round of the 3A Volleyball State Championships in Anchorage on November 11th, 2021. Bethel fans were there […]

Mixed 6 Volleyball teams from the Lower Kuskokwim School District are in Bethel for regional finals taking place at the WarriorDome, Friday and Saturday, November 19-20, 2021. The Napakiak Huskies and the Kongiganak Wolverines played […]

The Bethel Lady Warriors fought a valiant fight but fell to the Seward Lady Seahawks during the opening round of the 3A Volleyball State Championships in Anchorage today, November 11th, 2021. Bethel fans were there […]

The Bethel Lady Warriors volleyball team are on their way to the state volleyball finals. It’s been fourteen years since the team made it to state and the community of Bethel couldn’t be prouder. “What […]

The Bethel Lady Warriors Wrestling team traveled to South Anchorage High School for the Monster Bash Women’s Tournament hosted by the Wolverines. Hayden Naneng placed 4th in the 103 weight division. Also taking 4th was […]

The Napaskiak Hawks hosted an invitational wrestling tournament for varsity and elementary school students this past weekend. Teams from Aniak, Bethel (Jr. High), Gladys Jung, Kalskag, Napakiak, Quinhagak, and Tuntutuliak joined the Hawks for the […]

The Bethel Warrior boys wrestlers traveled to Nikiski to compete in the Top Dog Wrestling Invite last Friday and Saturday. The Warriors came home with gold and placed 5th overall in a field of sixteen. […]

The Bethel Regional High School girls volleyball team has been busy hitting aces and this weekend you could find them setting the ball at the annual Slamtastic Volleyball tournament along with other teams. Visiting squads […]

Boys and girls in elementary and junior high grades wrestled alongside their varsity counterparts at the Bethel Scramble this past weekend. Wrestlers hailed from Anchorage Independent, Chevak, Dillingham, Hooper Bay, Kalskag, Napaskiak, Newhalen, Scammon Bay, […]

The Bethel Lady Warriors beat the teams from Nome and Utqiagvik (Barrow) to win the 2021 Pinkies Volleyball Tournament held in Nome this past weekend. Bethel’s Haley Sundown, Jordan Wheeler, and Bryn Garrison were named […]

by Delta Discovery Staff Payton Boney of the Bethel Regional High School girls Warriors cross country runners led her team to a sixth place finish at the 2021 State Cross Country finals this past weekend, […]

The Lower Kuskokwim School District hosted the 2021 LKSD Regional Cross Country race in Bethel last Saturday morning. Runners braved the 29-30 degree temperatures while race fans cheered. Coming in first place was Jasmine Simons […]

The Bethel Lady Warriors volleyball team had a great weekend of games at the Tok Volleyball Tournament. On Friday they played four games. They defeated the Galena Hawks 25-8 both games, Nenana also fell 25-12 […]

The Bethel Warriors hosted a 2-day volleyball tournament this past Friday and Saturday. Teams from Hooper Bay, Valdez, Hutchinson (Fairbanks), and Anchorage Christian Schools converged at the WarriorDome for volleyball action. This is the first […]

Regional high school cross country runners raced at the ACS 3K Class Challenge on Friday, September 10th, 2021. For the 9th/10th class race, Ace Hill of Chevak ran the 3,000 meters race in 11:18.7. He […]

The Lower Kuskokwim District School Board met on August 19, 2021 for their regular board meeting. All eight board members were in attendance. The Board approved that the Indoors and Outdoors athletic activity practices and […]

The Lower Kuskokwim School District Board of Education met on July 22, 2021. During the meeting, the Board approved indoors and outdoors athletic activity practices for students and travel as amended and approved at the […]

Eight Bethel Freestyle Wrestling Club wrestlers traveled to Provo, UT and competed in some Greco Roman and Freestyle Wrestling Duals as well as 3 separate individual tournaments this month of June. Wrestling for Bethel were […]

Today (June 26th, 2021) the Iditarod announced that 48 mushers have submitted their entries for the 50th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to start in Anchorage on Saturday, March 5, 2022. The […]

The Traditional Games and Juneau’s NYO team are a community collaboration made possible by the following major sponsors: Sealaska, Sealaska Heritage, University of Alaska Southeast, Central Council of Tlingit & Haida, Cook Inlet Tribal Council, […]

by Delta Discovery Staff The Bethel Regional High School girls wrestlers placed fourth overall at the 2021 Division II State Wrestling Tournament this past weekend, hosted by the Alaska Schools Activities Association and Chugiak High […]

by Delta Discovery Staff Landon Smith of Bethel, a junior, won gold in the 112 lb. division at the 2021 Division II State Wrestling Tournament, making it his third straight state title and helping his […]

High school boys and girls wrestlers in Division II from across the state competed for a chance to go for gold at the State Wrestling finals held at Chugiak High School on Friday, May 21, […]

by K.J. Lincoln This year Native Youth Olympics athletes once again took the action online for the 2021 Virtual Senior NYO Games, hosted by the Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) based in Anchorage. From April […]

The Kalskag Grizzlies and the Alakanuk Braves from the YK delta region joined eight other 1A teams for the Mixed Six State Volleyball tournament Friday, May 7th, 2021 in Anchorage. The games are hosted by […]

The Alaska Schools Activities Association (ASAA) and Dimond High School will be hosting the State Mixed 6 Volleyball tournament May 7-8, 2021 in Anchorage. ASAA Covid-19 Mitigation plans will be followed as well as the […]

by Delta Discovery Staff Hooper Bay Lady Warriors head to championship The Hooper Bay Lady Warriors defeated the Glennallen Lady Panthers 30-23 during their semifinal game at the State 2A Basketball finals held at the […]

Hooper Bay boys and girls and Chevak girls advance to State 2A semifinals by Delta Discovery Staff The 2A State Basketball is in full swing and three YK delta region teams have won their first […]

by Delta Discovery Staff Braves fans and Nanook fans cheered their hardest for their Edgecumbe (MEHS) and Nome teams Friday night at the 3A State Basketball boys tournament at Wasilla High School, both teams lost and […]

by Delta Discovery Staff The Mount Edgecumbe Braves boys team defeated the Kotzebue Huskies and the Nome Nanooks beat the Delta Junction Huskies in opening action at the 3A State Basketball tournament on Thursday, March […]

by Delta Discovery Staff Greg Larson of Napaskiak drove his 8-dog team to victory this Saturday, winning first place by 8 seconds over Akiak musher Mike Williams Jr. Larson, driving his Larson Kennel Team, finished […]

by Delta Discovery Staff Greg Larson of Napaskiak drove his 8-dog team to victory this Saturday, winning first place by 8 seconds over Akiak musher Mike Williams Jr. Larson, driving his Larson Kennel Team, finished […]

by Delta Discovery Staff Gregory Larson of Napaskiak posted the fastest times on both days of the Kwethluk Sprint Dog Race this past weekend to win the top prize as the fastest musher in the […]

Schools in the Lower Yukon School District have been busy with basketball and players have been using masks during the game. The Chevak Comets hosted the Scammon Bay Eagles boys and girls teams last Tuesday […]

by Delta Discovery Staff Isaac Underwood is the winner of this year’s 100-Mile Challenge Sled Dog Race. Underwood raced his eight dogs to victory with 2 year old Charlie in lead on Saturday, March 13th, […]

by Delta Discovery Staff Basketball fans: the Scammon Bay Eagles and Hooper Bay Warriors high school boys and girls basketball teams traveled to Point Hope last week to play in the 2021 Rex Rock Tip […]

March 6, 2021 The Kwethluk Dog Mushers hosted a 40-mile sprint race on Saturday, March 6th, 2021. Fourteen dog teams signed up for the event, which started on the river in front of Kwethluk. The […]

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 […]