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Barrow Athletes Give Back to the Community

Posted by The Yeti On November - 1 - 2010
On Saturday, Oct. 23 Barrow High School athletes and Coach JeremyArnhart put on a Basketball Clinic at Barrow High School. This clinic was away for local athletes to gain mentorship experiencethrough Challenge Life.It was also a time for athletes to give back to the community.Youth basketball programs have been a strong tradition in Barrow formany years. This can be attributed to the hard work and dedication of manycommunity members.The camps focus was to teach the basic fundamentals of basketball.The day started off with Coach Arnhart talking about the fundamentals ofthe game. He talked about the expectations, on and off the court that play-ers must possess to be successful. The camp was broken down into severaldifferent sections: Introduction, Warm-up, Individual Stations, Scrimmages,and the Free throw contest. There were several Barrow High Schoolathletes that made the camp an overwhelming success. Each athlete wasresponsible for an individual station. The athlete and the stations included:Tyler Adams – shooting, Colin Long and Xavier Edwards – handling theball / dribbling, Lynette Hepa – passing, Victor Unutoa – post offense & de-fense, Eddie Benson – speed & agility, and BA Aiken – on the ball defense.The event ended with a free throw contest and 5 on 5 games.Special thanks to North Slope Borough School District and Challenge Life.

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Introducing the Challenge Life Hockey Program!

Posted by The Yeti On February - 9 - 2010

hockey1Challenge Life put on its 1st little mini hockey clinic in Barrow last week!!  Rob Proffit, general manager and former coach from the Fairbanks Ice Dogs, did an excellent job and is working with their local hockey organization to help bring the sport to a new level!

Thanks Rob and thank you Jeff and Donna Patterson for welcoming our staff!

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