Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
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...
Edmonton ace strikes out 20 to top Goldpanners
Date:06/29/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Jeff Olsen - Daily News-Miner Jun 29, 2022 For five years, the producers of television’s “The A-Team” gave us the same script week after week: Act 1. Passive group has problem with bad guys. Act 2. Mr. T and friends beat up bad guys. Act 3. Bad guys strike back, lock up Mr. T and friends in garage. Act 4. Mr. T and friends use equipment in garage to create an explosive...
My Weekly Musings: Pannervision keeps Alaska fans tuned in while team's away
Date:06/26/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Jeff Olsen, Daily News-Miner, June 26, 2022 Pannervision was ahead of its time. As the Alaska Goldpanners head out on the road for their next 11 games, it’s great to know that now in its 20th season of broadcasting on the Interwebs (that’s 53-year-old guy speak for “on the line”), fans can keep up with the local nine on YouTube. Henry Cole, team secretary, said the...
Goldpanners are an overnight success in 117th Midnight Sun Game
Date:06/22/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
By Jeff Olsen, Daily News-Miner Jun 22, 2022 Over the past 117 years, there have been two rules of thumb for managing a Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks, Alaska. The first is get ahead early, as 10 p.m. sunlight turns to 11 p.m. civil twilight turns to midnight, when it's bright enough to see the players but not so easy to track an 80-mile per hour curveball. The second is find t...
Goldpanners legendary coach Jim Dietz passes away on March 27th, 2022
Date:03/28/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Goldpanners legendary coach Jim Dietz passes away on March 27th, 2022 at age 83 Former Alaska Goldpanners baseball coach Jim Dietz, the winningest coach in Goldpanners history, died Sunday March 27th in Florence, Oregon, from complications of Alzheimer’s and dementia, his wife Carol said. Dietz spent 16 years as the Goldpanners head coach: from 1970-77, 1990-93 ...
Mark Lindsay to head up the 'Panners in 2022
Date:02/02/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Alaska Goldpanners General Manager John Lohrke announced recently that 2021 assistant coach Mark Lindsay will head up the staff this next summer. Lindsay served mostly as the pitching coach this last summer, the same role he has at Chico State in Northern California. He guided the Goldpanners staff to an impressive 3.47 earned run average over 47 games, helping the Panners to a 32-15 record. &ldq...
Goldpanners Mourn the Loss of Coach Ed Cheff
Date:01/16/2022 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
The Alaska Goldpanners announced today that former field manager Ed Cheff, who managed the Panners for five seasons (2002-2006), died Saturday at his home in Sequim, Washington. He was 78. Cheff is fifth on the leaderboard for college coaches with the most wins with 1705, amassed in 34 seasons at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. Cheff won 16 National Associ...
Goldpanners' season ends with 5-3 loss in WCWS
Date:08/13/2021 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Grady Morgan (29), Bobby Brown (30), Shane Dudoit (80), Kaden Hogan (holding bat) and Marco Pirruccello (33) of the Alaska Goldpanners. Photo courtesy of Alexis Friedman August 13, 2021 Hart Pisani, Daily News-Miner hpisani@newsminer.com The fact that Fairbanks got to experience summer baseball once more was a treat we should all be appreciative of. The Alaska Goldpanners r...
Alaska Goldpanners close out home season with 9-2 win
Date:08/13/2021 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Photo: The Alaska Goldpanners wave to the crowd after their final home game of the regular season. Hart Pisani/News-Miner August 1, 2021 Hart Pisani, hpisani@newsminer.com Saturday was a bittersweet moment for the Alaska Goldpanners and the people of Fairbanks. On the one hand, they won for the 11th time in 13 games and got revenge for their loss the night before to the South Ca...
Goldpanners' pitching helps them down Dudes 8-1
Date:07/06/2021 Source:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
Hart Pisani, Hpisani@newsminer.com Jul 4, 2021 After losing to the San Diego Waves two weeks ago, Alaska Goldpanners head coach Anthony Ferro said “you’re not going to win much when you only get three hits.” While that’s normally true, it wasn’t the case for the ‘Panners on Friday afternoon. Four Alaska pitchers combined for 11 strikeouts, one run...
