Yukon finishes Tuesday competition with 31 medals in total at Arctic Winter Games

The Arctic Winter Games may only be in its third day of competition, but the Yukon isn't wasting anytime accumulating medals.

The Arctic Winter Games may only be in its third day of competition, but the Yukon isn’t wasting anytime accumulating medals.
At the end of Tuesday’s competition, the territory had won an impressive 31 medals in total to place them third overall.
Alaska is currently in first in the medal standings with 49 in total. Alaska had won 16 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 19 bronze medals.
The Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) placed second, at the end of the second day of competition, with 35 medals altogether.

The N.W.T. finished Tuesday with 12 gold medals, 12 silver medals and 11 bronze medals.
The Yukon’s medal count, as of Tuesday, was 10 gold medals, nine silver medals and 12 bronze medals.
In the cross-country skiing Midget Female 500-m Free, Yukoner Dahria Anne Beatty raced incredibly, winning the gold medal.
In the Biathlon Ski 4-km Sprint-Junior Female race, Erin Oliver-Beebe won a bronze medal for the Yukon.Oliver-Beebe finished with a time of 17:36.30.
Ryan Burlingame’s time of 20:33.20 was good enough for first place in the 6-km Sprint - Senior Male race final.
Aliye Nevzat Tuzlak finished the 6-km Sprint - Senior Female with a time of 24:21.70, which earned her the silver medal at the event.
In the Juvenile Male 2.5-km Snowshoeing race, Logan Frederick Roots won the gold medal with a time of 10:57.97.
Beth Ferguson won a bronze medal in the Banked Slalom juvenile female category snowboarding event, while Alexander Chisholme also won bronze in the junior category.
Troy Henry won the gold in junior male category for the Speed Skating 500-m race, while Ryan Michael Burke finished third in the juvenile category.         

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After a tough 0-3 opening day for the Yukon junior male volleyball team, the boys hard work finally paid off with two victories on Tuesday at the Arctic Winter Games.
The team played a total of three matches and went an impressive 2-1 on the day.
Their first contest was against the Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), which they beat in two straight sets by a score of (25-20) and (25-15).
This was the team’s first victory at the Arctic Winter Games and the boy’s displayed the skill level that they are capable off.

The win also helped the team get over the disappointment felt after the first day of competition.
As great as the boys played against the N.W.T. they were even better in their next game versus Alaska.
The team won once again in decisive fashion, beating Alaska in two sets by a score of (25-18) and (25-16).
In both games the team was able to use all its players, which made each victory the result of an overall team effort.
In the team’s third match of the day they played undefeated and gold medal favourite Northern Alberta. Although Team Yukon lost in two sets, they still played a strong match.
The final score in the match was (16-25) and (19-25). 
The girls team also played three games on the day, finishing 1-2.

Both Yukon teams have a 2-4 record so far at the Games.