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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=timestamp><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi V2020 Sports fans,<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=timestamp><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Care to convince <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">High School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
they ought to add this to their football team’s travel plans? Bring the
band!<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.2pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><span class=timestamp><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Fairbanks</span></font></b></span></st1:City></st1:place><span
class=timestamp><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> Daily News Miner<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=timestamp><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Aug 16, 5:24 PM EDT</span></font></span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=headline><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>High school football comes to Barrow
for first time <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><!-- BEGIN MEDIA BOX NUMBER 1 --><!-- END MEDIA BOX NUMBER 1 -->BARROW,
Alaska (AP) -- A light dusting of snow Wednesday failed to dampen the
anticipation among participants of the first-ever high school football game
taking place this weekend in the nation's northernmost town.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Barrow Whalers will play their opening game against the
visiting Delta Junction Huskies on Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The game will be held on a dirt and gravel field a couple
miles from Barrow, a city of 4,500. It's basically a vacant parcel near the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chukchi</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Sea</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, where polar bears have been sighted
on ice bergs in the past.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>With temperatures predicted to fall as low as 30 degrees,
heated school buses will be available for both teams, said Barrow coach Mark
Voss. There are no stands, but fans are expected to ring the playing area or
watch from their cars.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>"We've been practicing hard in all types of weather and
are as ready as we are going to get," Voss said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>High school junior Michael Gonzales plays center and said that
position can be tough in arctic weather.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>"Sometimes it is a little hard to grip the ball when
your fingers and hands are getting numb," he said, "but I am getting
used to it."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Take Care, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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