Team Yukon tasted more success at the 2024 Arctic Winter Games in Mat-Su Valley, Alaska.

According to a Team Yukon press release, the U16 boys’ futsal team downed Alaska 6-2. Cameron Bringsli and Noah Lapierre scored twice, and Shamus Inglis and Everett Pooley rounded out the scoring. They then outlasted Alberta North 5-4 and will play for gold.

The U16 girls played Sápmi to a 3-3 tie. The goals came from Madeleine Smith, Misha Ng-Schmidt, and Ella Lawrence. In their semifinal game, they lost to Alaska and will play for bronze today.

The U18 girls booked their ticket to Saturday’s gold medal game by downing Nunavut 2-1.

The U18 boys got goals from Evan Howells, with two, and Leo Whittaker to beat Alaska 3-1 in semifinal action. They will play for gold on Saturday.

The girls’ volleyball team fell to Alberta North 3-0, putting them into the bronze medal match on Friday. The boys downed Alaska 3-0 and will play for gold tomorrow.

Biathlon was back on the range on Day 5. On the snowshoes, Mason Parry earned gold and Gallagher D’Abramo got silver. There were some near podium finishes as Selin Sersan and Dilara Sersan finished fourth and fifth. Tammo Waldron placed fourth in the U15 boys’ race.

The ski biathlete swept the gold in the mass start. Logan Tirschmann, Niamh Hupé, Alex LeBarge and Lydia Brown won the top prize. Stella Mueller earned silver while Matthew London took bronze.

At the archery range, barebow shooter Mya Wilson held onto top spot in the bracket by shooting a 440. Mikayla Therriault shot a 350 and is in fourth. Dawson Widney and Everett Stuart finished one-two on the boys’ side after the barebow qualification round.

In compound, Dom Watt and Delia Therriault stayed atop the boys and girls’ divisions.

In mixed curling, the boys’ and girls’ teams from every jurisdiction blended to give each curler new partners to play with.

Speed skater Greg Freeman got his second ulu of the Games, this time a bronze, in the U15 500 metres.

All members of the wrestling team found the podium in the individual event. Lia Hinchey, -60 kg, Leah McLean, - 65 kg, and Aqilah Salim, -50 kg, fought their way to gold. Max Oleshak, -55 kg, Mikey O’Brien, -65 kg, and Liam Gishler, - 60 kg, earned silver ulus. Harlan Keefer, -78 kg, and Kai Simon-Sakurai, -85 kg, took bronze.

The girls’ hockey team battled tough against Alberta North and fell 2-1. They will play for bronze today. The U18 boys gave it their all but fell to Nunavut in the bronze medal game.

The U15 boys needed an extra frame to down Alaska 2-1. Mannix Bingham scored the goal that punched the team’s ticket to Friday’s gold medal game.

The girls’ basketball team is allergic to having boring games. Their semifinal matchup against Alaska went down to the wire where they fell 60-57. They will play Nunavut for bronze tomorrow. The boys’ team punched their ticket to the gold medal game by defeating Nunavut 95-64.

The cross country ski team had a successful day on the trails. They may not be hitting the podium, but they are having some of their best races. In the U16 male sprints, Kolya Grottoli just missed the podium and teammate Finnian Hanley finished just behind in fifth.

In the junior boys one foot high kick, Carlos Magsucang kicked eight-feet, six inches to take bronze. Isabelle Paquette earned gold in the open female kneel jump and Kate Koepke followed in second. Koepke also earned bronze in the Alaskan High Kick.

Table tennis saw three teams win ulus. Melody Qiu and Victor Li took silver in the team event. Marit Beneke and Jack Nguyen took bronze in junior mixed doubles and Charlotte Smith and Matthew Fournier earned bronze in juvenile mixed doubles.

Snowboarding was called off because the trail conditions for the snowboard cross were unsafe for the athletes to compete on.

Laura Ruiz picked up a bronze ulu for her free skate Level 1 performance. In Level 2, Leah Lariviere cracked the top five.

The Dene Games athletes participated in the finger pull on Day 5. Justin Johnson had the Yukon’s top result by placing fifth in open male. Danica Rutledge, open female, also cracked the top 10, placing seventh.

The badminton team played singles, doubles, and mixed doubles on the penultimate day of their competition. The girls’ doubles team of Lia Hale and Winnie Zhang made it through to tomorrow’s competition, where they’ll play for bronze against Alberta North.

As of Friday morning, Alaska maintained their comfortable lead in the ulu standings with 154 medals (47 gold, 59 silver and 48 bronze).

Yukon was next with 108 (43 gold, 25 silver and 40 bronze), although the territory was only four back in the gold medal column.

Alberta North sat third with 70 ulus (24 gold, 25 silver and 21 bronze).

N.W.T. was fourth with 63 medals (15 gold, 27 silver and 21 bronze).

Competition continues today and wraps up Saturday.

The 2024 Arctic Winter Games end with the closing ceremony Saturday afternoon.

Live streaming and AWG 2024 info can be found at https://www.awg2024.org/

– With files from Team Yukon