Yukon wrapped up the 2023 Arctic Winter Games on top of the medal standings.

The Games ran from Jan. 29 to Feb. 4. in Wood Buffalo, Alta.

On Friday, the female hockey team dominated Nunavut to take the bronze 11-2.

The junior girls futsal team lost 4-0 to Alberta North in the semifinals. They then lost the bronze medal match to Sápmi 3-1. Ella Lawerence scored the lone goal for the Yukon.

The junior boys’ futsal team couldn’t find the equalizer against Sapmi in a 4-3 semifinal loss. They bounced back in a big way with a 7-1 bronze medal victory over N.W.T. Leo Whittaker led Yukon with two goals.

The juvenile boys’ futsal team downed Alaska 3-2 to earn the bronze ulu. Elliott Whalen, Noah Lapierre and Micah Boland notched the goals.

The men’s volleyball team were downed 3-0 by Alberta North in the gold medal match and settled for silver.

According to the Team Yukon press release, the gymnastics team of Alayna Mortimer, Genevieve Lefebvre, Chloe Tatsumi and Aubree Hombert had great performances in the individual event. Genevieve found the podium twice, earning bronze on floor and bars. Mortimer took the silver on floor.

Glade Roberts and Christopher Tom Tom earned the bronze ulu in badminton junior male doubles.

Winnie Zhang lost a hard-fought match for the juvenile girls’ bronze ulu, losing 27-25 and 21-17.

The boys’ basketball team punched their ticket to the gold ulu game with a 72-64 win over N.W.T.

The girls’ basketball team earned a berth in the gold medal game by taking down N.W.T 62-56. Robyn Mueller led Yukon with 15 points.

Courtney Stevens and Seamus MacDonald took silver in the snowboard cross and Connor Boland earned a bronze ulu.

Every snowshoer found the podium on their last day of competition, including Avery Kinsella, gold, Taiga Buurman, gold, Johanne Benkert, bronze, Jaime Chown Chaikel, bronze, Mathias Frostad, silver, and Dredyn Kassi, bronze.

In Arctic Sports, Amélie Guilbeault blew away the competition in the junior female category by jumping over 99 sledges.

In Dene Games, the junior girls pole-pushed their way to a bronze medal.

The table tennis team fought hard in the semis but didn’t make it to the finals.

The biathlon ski and snowshoe teams finished their final day of competition with 14 ulus in the mass start and relays.

The cross country ski team earned four ulus on Day 6 in the sprint classic.

Speed skaters Lisa Freeman, silver, Lucas Taggart-Cox, bronze, Kieran Horton, gold, and Greg Freeman found the podium in the 1500m individual events. Yukon finished fourth in the 2007-11 Male 3000 metre final.

The curling teams were paired with players from other contingents in mixed doubles, which began Friday and concluded Saturday.

In Inuit wrestling, Kaleb Parry, Jamyi and Lia Hinchey and Leah McLean mined gold.

Liam Gishler, Gabriel Racine and Harlan Keefer struck silver.

Juliette Greetham and Harrison Dolding earned bronze ulus in the junior barebow. Mitchell Rudolph won the gold medal in barebow.

Emmett Kapaniuk was upset by fellow Yukoner Hayden Wallace in compound bow and settled for silver.

On Saturday, the Games wrapped up with the juvenile boys’ hockey team’s heartbreaking 4-3 loss to Nunavut in overtime of the bronze medal game. Rowan Lang, Foster Brassard and Seth Neunherz scored for the Yukon.

The juvenile girls’ futsal team settled for silver after losing 5-0 to N.W.T. in the final.

In the placement match for the 5/6th position, the women’s volleyball team defeated Nunavut 3-0.

The men’s basketball team held off an Alberta North comeback to capture the gold ulu 81-74.

The women’s team settled for silver in a tough final against Alberta North.

Nathan Iskra, paired with Reese Wainman from the N.W.T., took the bronze medal in mixed doubles curling.

In skiing, in the 3x3 km relays, the U18 girls, Sophia Giangrande, Abigail Jirousek, and Cheyenne Tirschmann took gold. The U16 boys team of Simon Connell, Daniel Phillips-Freedman and Jan Zumer-Brewis took gold, and the U14 team of Emily Kralisch-Seguin, Sian Hamilton and Maura Gallant skied to a silver. The U14 male team of Nicolas Giangrande, Peter Sandiford, and Finnian Hanley also earned a silver ulu.

The evening culminated in the closing ceremonies. Arctic Sports athlete Amélie Guilbeault led Team Yukon into Legacy Dodge Field.

Yukon led the medal standings with 169 ulus (61G, 56S, 52B). Alaska was second with 145 (58G, 44S, 43B). Alberta North was third with 144 ulus (42G, 60S, 42B).