Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Goldpanners season comes to a close
Date:08/06/2024 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Photo Credit: Caleb Jones, Daily News-Miner August 2, 2024 - Caleb Jones, Daily News-Miner The 2024 season for the Alaska Goldpanners came to a close on Friday after a loss to the Logan Royals in the opening round of tournament play at the Marshall Gates World Series in Salt Lake City, Utah. A contest scheduled for seven innings ended up going eight after the Goldpanners rallied back from an...
Goldpanners top Ventura County twice in doubleheader to open series
Date:07/07/2024 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Photo: Mark Lindberg A Goldpanner wearing home black slides during a June game against the San Diego Waves. Jul 5, 2024 Gavin Struve, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner The Alaska Goldpanners returned to Growden Memorial Park on Friday for their first home games in nearly two weeks, beating the Ventura County Pirates twice in one evening despite recording fewer hits in both g...
Goldpanners end Grand Forks International Baseball Tournament trip with loss in semifinals
Date:07/07/2024 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Photo courtesy Mark Lindberg Mikey Bell tips his cap to the crowd after a go-ahead home run during the 2024 Midnight Sun Game Jun 30, 2024 - Caleb Jones, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner The Goldpanners (10-4-2) found themselves up against a familiar foe in the semifinals of the Grand Forks International Baseball Tournament, as they took on the Seattle Studs for the fifth time th...
Goldpanners wrap up series against Studs with emphatic win, 13-3
Date:06/23/2024 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Photo Courtesy of Mark Lindberg Shaw Lee pitching during the 2024 Midnight Sun Game against the Seattle Studs. Caleb Jones - Daily News-Miner June 23, 2024 The Goldpanners (6-4-2) wrapped up their four-game series against the Seattle Studs on Sunday. Power hitting and free passes helped the Goldpanners pull away for a decisive 13-3 victory in the finale. Early home ru...
Goldpanners top Seattle Studs for fourth consecutive Midnight Sun Game victory
Date:06/22/2024 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Photo: Mark Lindberg Players and umpires watch the flyover ahead of the 119th Midnight Sun Game. Gavin Struve - Daily News-Miner Jun 22, 2024 The Alaska Goldpanners didn’t lead from the start of Friday’s 119th annual Midnight Sun Game, but the outcome was hardly in question by the time the Alaska Flag Song was sung at midnight or when mascot Happy Boy led th...
Dave Winfield, former Goldpanner and MLB Hall of Famer, honored with statue in Fairbanks
Date:06/21/2024 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Photo: Caleb Jones Dave Winfield pictured with his statue at the unveiling ceremony at the Fairbanks Curling Club Caleb Jones- Daily News-Miner June 21, 2024 Considered among the best to ever play the game of baseball, Dave Winfield was immortalized in the Fairbanks community with a statue in his likeness on Friday. Winfield spent the summers of 1971 and 1972 with the Goldpann...
Goldpanners take opener against Studs 5-4
Date:06/20/2024 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Photo: Mark Lindberg Troy McCain fields a ball hit into the outfield in the Goldpanners’ season opener against the San Diego Waves. Caleb Jones - Daily News-Miner Jun 20, 2024 The Goldpanners (4-3-2) opened their four-game series against the Seattle Studs on Thursday. They picked up a 5-4 win behind a quick start from the offense, which collected five extra-base hits over ...
Goldpanners top Waves behind strong pitching performances with plenty of run support
Date:06/09/2024 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Photo: Mark Lindberg The Goldpanners have won their last two games against the Waves after dropping the opener, scoring a combined 21 runs in the two victories. Caleb Jones - Daily News-Miner Jun 9, 2024 Sunday saw the Goldpanners (2-1) and San Diego Waves (1-2) play game three of six in the season-opening series for Alaska. Strong pitching performances paired with plenty of run su...
Four takeaways from the Alaska Goldpanners’ opening weekend
Date:06/08/2024 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Photo: Mark Lindberg Shaw Lee pitches during the Goldpanners’ season opener against the San Diego Waves. Gavin Struve- Daily News-Miner Jun 8, 2024 The Alaska Goldpanners earned their first win of the year on Saturday, avenging a narrow Friday defeat with a 13-4 shellacking of the San Diego Waves. The two teams will play four more games over the next four days. Here ar...
Sports Sentiments - Five Fairbanks sporting events to look forward to in 2024
Date:01/03/2024 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
(Photo) Robert Mattei takes throw-down at third base on a successful steal during the 2023 Midnight Sun Game.Mark Lindberg for the News-Miner Gavin Struve - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - January 2, 2024 Each week in my Sports Sentiments column, I’ve highlighted a handful of sports-centric things I’m looking forward to for that coming week. Separately, in recent weeks, we’ve wr...
The five biggest sports performances of 2023
Date:12/28/2023 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Gavin Struve - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - December 27, 2023 The past year brought a number of impressive feats from Fairbanks teams and athletes, both against national competition and locally. This short list — an unordered subjective measure intended to highlight local athletic achievements rather than elevate some over others — is not exhaustive and focuses more on team sport...
Midnight Sun Game named best local sporting event
Date:08/14/2023 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Photo: 118th Midnight Sun Game (Photo Mark Lindberg) Excerpt from August 13, 2023 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, by Caleb Jones The Midnight Sun Game has taken place since 1906. The tradition has been a Fairbanks staple many years before the Goldpanners took it over. "We inherited it. That was taking place 50 years before the Goldpanners ever existed." Goldpanner...
Goldpanners named best team for Readers' Choice Awards
Date:08/14/2023 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Excerpt from August 13, 2023, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, by Caleb Jones The Goldpanners were named as the best local sports team in the Daily News-Miner "Sports and Entertainment" category. For Goldpanners' General Manager John Lohrke, fan satisfaction is a big priority for the organization. "We concentrate a whole lot on fan experience. I think we've succe...
Meet the Coach: Goldpanners' Carlos 'The Mayor' Gonzales
Date:08/04/2023 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Photo Mark Lindberg Goldpanners assistant coach Carlos Gonzales receives a Gatorade bath after a win. Mark Lindberg Fairbanks Daily News-Miner August 4, 2023 - Tessa Lindberg Goldpanners assistant coach Carlos Gonzales joined the team for his first season on the Frontier this summer after spending much of the rest of his life in the Golden State. Gonzales enjoyed a...
Goldpanners conclude season full of winning, development and grayling.
Date:08/02/2023 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Mark Lindberg photo Tyler Stone celebrates Sunday, June 18, in the dust storm at home as Logan Wimberly scores a third run following a couple errors on a hit by Eddie Alfaro during the third inning of Game One. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner August 2, 2023 - Gavin Struve Two separate nine-game winning streaks in the back half of the season, an eight-game string of wi...
Panners enjoy big Midnight Sun Game crowd and a victory, 5-1
Date:07/22/2023 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Goldpanners starting pitcher Keaton Chase leads off the 118th Midnight Sun Game. Mark Lindberg photo Fairbanks Daily News-Miner June 22, 2023 - Bob Ely Just like magic, the sun popped out from behind the clouds to bathe Growden Memorial Park for the start of the W.G and Eddie Stroecker Midnight Sun Baseball Game. Following an afternoon shower and mostly cloudy skies during p...
Two Former Alaska Goldpanners Selected in MLB Draft
Date:07/13/2023 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
July 13, 2023 Caleb Jones, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Elijah Dale and Hector Garcia, who both previously played for the Alaska Goldpanners, have been selected in the 2023 MLB draft. Dale, a relief pitcher, was selected by the Seattle Mariners in round 13 at pick 397. Garcia, a starting pitcher, was taken in round 18 at pick 537 by the Minnesota Twins. Dale played for the Goldpanners du...
Panners Add Two Top-Notch Assistants to '23 Coaching Staff
Date:05/30/2023 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Carlos Gonzales - Assisting this summer will be Carlos Gonzales from Cypress College in southern California. Gonzales is in his sixth season at Cypress and will take on a variety of duties with the Panners. “I am super excited to join the Goldpanner family and work alongside Coach Lach. I have been blessed to work with quality people in baseball and happy to see that continue t...
Lachemann named Goldpanners field manager for 2023 season
Date:02/14/2023 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Daily News-Miner/Staff Report September 14, 2022 A promotion at Chico State University that comes with additional summer responsibilities for Mark Lindsay meant the Alaska Goldpanners needed a new field manager – a position that has been filled by former Cal Poly-Ponoma and Fullerton College coach Bret Lachemann. “Bret was an assistant coach for us in 2009 and is one of the most re...
OPINION: Divided we fall — the plight of Alaska summer collegiate baseball (by Rick Boots)
Date:01/19/2023 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Photo: Midnight Sun Game 2006 (AP Photo/Nora Gruner, File) By Rick Boots The Alaska Ba...
Waves crash down on Goldpanners, ending successful season
Date:08/07/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Goldpanners season collage by Alexis Friedman / For the Daily News-Miner August 6, 2022 Jeff Olsen- Daily News-Miner SALT LAKE CITY – You couldn’t help but get the feeling Saturday night that – even though it was only the bottom of the second inning – this Marshall Gates World Series semifinal between the Alaska Goldpanners and San Diego Waves hinged on a single at-ba...
Swinging in the Rain: Pinal perfect at the plate, on the mound as Panners reach semifinal
Date:08/06/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Photo: Alexis Friedman August 6, 2022 Jeff Olsen/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner KEARNS, UTAH – Matthew Pinal continues to shine in every way imaginable at the Marshall Gates World Series. On a cloudy and drizzly Saturday in Utah, the Alaska Goldpanner was 4-for-4 with two doubles and pitched two perfect innings of relief as the team took a 7-2, rain-shortened win over the Las Vegas ...
Alaska's hit men: Hiraki, Rudy lead offensive output
Date:08/01/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Blake Hiraki hit a scorching .667 over the past two weeks of the season, but Panners manager Mark Lindsay dismisses the idea that solid hitting is “contagious.” (Photo Alexis Friedman) Jeff Olsen, Daily News-Miner SALT LAKE CITY — It’s the last chance to get a few swings of the bat in before heading to the field for tomorrow’s opening day of the Marshall...
On the road with the Goldpanners: Travel Log 2
Date:08/01/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
SALT LAKE CITY -- The biggest, reddest bus you’ve ever seen pulls up outside the Fairfield Inn at 5:42 p.m., about the time the Alaska Goldpanners are rolling out of bed, grabbing their gloves and heading down the elevators. Originally planning to just let the guys rest and maybe play some catch in the evening, general manager John Lohrke and field manager Mark Lindsay have secured not ...
On the road with the Goldpanners: Travel Log 1
Date:08/01/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Sports editor Jeff Olsen is on the road with the Alaska Goldpanners as they travel to the Marshall Gates World Series in Utah. Here's the first of his travel log entries: The Alaska Goldpanners players began filtering in a little after 12:30 a.m., and all have the same question: What’s the best way to sleep through an overnight flight? “I just put my head back as the plane ...
Dealing Four Aces: How to distribute Alaska's pitching power in the World Series
Date:08/01/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
August 1, 2022 Jeff Olsen -Fairbanks Daily News-Miner The question for Mark Lindsay, who was two days away from hopping on a redeye flight to take his team to the Marshall Gates World Series in the greater Salt Lake City area, was a welcome one. With so many pitchers playing so well, who will get the starts next week? “(Alex) Verdugo and (Nolan) Meredith for sure,” Lindsay sa...
Goldpanners close home season in doubleheader split with Flagstaff
Date:07/31/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Jeff Olsen - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Photo Alexis Friedman July 31, 2022 An Alaska Goldpanners regular season that began with the oddity of a tie game wrapped up, fittingly, with another split decision. In between that tie and a loss in the nightcap of a doubleheader, the Panners put together 30 victories. That provides more than enough wins to call the season a success and affords the team...
Goldpanners complete series sweep of Seals
Date:07/25/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Jeff Olsen, Daily News-Miner Photo Alexis Friedman July 25, 2022 For the first time in a week, the Alaska Goldpanners had an opportunity to respond to adversity. Twice they met it head on, completing a series sweep of the short-handed San Francisco Seals with a 10-5 win Sunday afternoon at Growden Memorial Park. Falling behind 2-0 in the opening frame, the Goldpanners took the lead back...
Goldpanners' Rafael Flores to sign with Yankees organization
Date:07/22/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, Costanza and now Rafael Flores. The Alaska Goldpanners’ catcher will sign a free-agent deal with the New York Yankees this week, following the conclusion of this year’s Major League draft, and has departed Fairbanks to spend a few days with his family in Southern California. He’ll report this weekend to the Yankees’ training facility in ...
Meredith, Toppman pitch Panners past Redmond
Date:06/30/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Jeff Olson, Daily News-Miner, June 30, 2022 A quality start by Nolan Meredith and eight hits in the first three innings helped the Alaska Goldpanners end a five-game losing streak and stay in contention for the top spot in their pool with a 10-2 victory over the Redmond Dudes Wednesday night at the Grand Forks (British Columbia) International Invitational Tournament. Meredith had his b...
