Yukon dominated in the pool again at the North American Indigenous Games in Halifax Thursday.

According to a Team Yukon press release, the swim team made it to 16 finals, winning eight medals.

Kassua Dreyer (whose Indigenous last name is Gínnet’ā) won two gold and a silver.

Tuja Dreyer added two more gold to his collection.

Corbin Jackson won three silver.

Reese Jackson had a strong day on the personal best front, and missed the podium by a fingernail.

Yukon continued their strong shooting on the rifle range.

Jorga Jackson shot 392 to take the gold and Jorja Bellmore-Smarch shot 377 to earn bronze in the female U16 prone rifle shooting competition.

Alex LeBarge found himself on the podium after his U16 prone round. Shooting 457, LeBarge took bronze. KJ Kim, U16, outshot the remainder of the field and placed fourth.

U19 Ava Irving-Staley locked her sights on another gold and achieved it by shooting a 505. Her U19 teammate Lexi Fields-Birckel also had a strong day on the range, finishing in fifth.

On the beach volleyball courts, the U16 female team of Elsa Gleason and Leah McLean played Nova Scotia for bronze and came out victorious by scores of 21-9 and 21-18.

Jamie Nickel and Jennifer Tuton dropped the first set of their U19 bronze medal contest against B.C. but bounced back in a marathon match (10-21, 21-11 and 15-8) to capture the bronze medal.

The U16 men’s team, Kaelan Basnett and Joe Popadynec, playing in the U19 Male division, played Nova Scotia for bronze and lost two tough sets, 21-19 and 21-16, to finish fourth.

The U19 female volleyball team played a tough Minnesota side in their final preliminary game. The team pushed the first set into extra points but fell 26-24. They dropped the following set 25-17.

The U16 team played hard against Haudensoaunee but lost two close sets 25-20 and 25-18.

Neither team qualified for the quarterfinals.

The men’s 19U basketball team bounced back in a big way with a 80-65 win over Nova Scotia. Captain Arlow James-Walker led the way with 25 points.

The athletics team had a strong day at the track and in the field. Ella Johnston, fourth, and Kara McLean, seventh, had strong performances in discus. Paxton Nelson also secured a seventh-place finish in discus.

Carson Nelson placed seventh in long jump and in the 150m, Will Wilkinson placed 12th and Cullen Sias 17th.

On the water, Prezley Jobin and Hayleigh Norman-Elias placed third in their 1000m C2 heat. In the final, the duo placed eighth.

The golfers, Drake Cooper, Jase Johnstone, Alexis Smith, and Chayce Tuton were back on the greens to play the final round of their games.

In the 16U male, Cooper shot 89 today to finish ninth with a 252 total.

In the 19U male, Johnstone shot an 82 for a strong sixth place finish. Tuton shot 90 to finish 12th at 272.

In the 16U female competition, Smith finished 11th after shooting 145 for a 474 total. The mixed U19 doubles badminton team of Johna Irving-Staley and Lila Singleton fell in their final match in the

Consolation Quarterfinals to Eastern Door and the North 21-5 and 21-4.

Xavier Oakley, Kael Epp, Mya Wilson and Daniel Rutledge were the archers on the range Thursday. To make it to the semi finals, the three had to first make it through the elimination rounds.

In Compound 16U Male, Epp downed his N.W.T. opponent 46-23.

He followed that up with a narrow 52-50 win over a New Mexico opponent in the quarterfinals.

He then edged Manitoba’s Ethan Hall 41-39 in the semis to advance to the finals.

Rutledge, in male U19 compound, fell to a P.E.I. opponent in the elimination round.

In barebow 16U female, Mya Wilson narrowly lost a semifinal 28-25 and competed for bronze.

In barebow 16U Male, Oakley shot well but his opponent was that much closer to the bullseye in the elimination round.

No other archery results were available at press time.

As of 10 a.m. this morning, the Yukon sat with a medal count of 20 gold, 10 silver and nine bronze for a total of 39.

The closing ceremonies go tonight at 4:30 p.m. Yukon time.