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Going forward, Preusser is excited to attend more Goldpanners games and to experience normal life once again. An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. Edit Close. Toggle navigation. Close 1 of 5. Tags Goldpanners Growden Memorial Park.

Recommended for you. Let us know what you're seeing and hearing around the community. Some friends and families huddled under umbrellas, others covered themselves with blankets, but most just sat out in the rain. Fairbanks resident Rif Rafson and his son Joe sat in the front row to the right of home plate. Some fans huddled under umbrellas while others found shelter under the press box during the second inning of the Saturday night Midnight Sun game June 20, Wynola Possenti, a longtime Fairbanks resident, sat alone under a small strip of shelter beneath the press box.

Despite having lived 56 years in the Golden Heart City, Possenti had only been to a handful of Midnight Sun Games, the last being over 40 years ago. But this year, she felt she should make the trip back out to Growden.

The small crowd indeed paled in comparison to that of a normal year. For Falke, hearing Watts sing the state song made the pick up game feel like a real Midnight Sun Game and not just a baseball game played at midnight. The th annual Midnight Sun game ended at a. Sunday, June 21, , and players gathered around home plate for the traditional post-game courtesies. He was on the roster for the solstice game both seasons, but the local product never stepped on the mound.

We want Christoph! But he made it on the mound this year, providing relief for the BlackSpruce-Pirates in the fourth inning and returning for the fifth and sixth. A double rainbow slowly emerged after the drizzle completely subsided in the bottom of the fifth inning. By the last couple of outs, the arc dominated right field and stretched over the press box.

The pastel sunset, which glowed in left field most of the game, had developed into a vibrant swirl of pink and orange. A strikeout signaled the end of the game at a. Although the event looked nothing like the one that the Goldpanners had put on for the last 60 years, after watching seven innings of outfielders fishing balls out of puddles and players swatting away hordes of mosquitoes the size of quarters all for the sake of tradition, it was impossible to say the spirit of the event was anything but true.

All 25 players and both umpires gathered for a photo after the th annual Midnight Sun game, Sunday, June 21, In a time of darkness and uncertainty around the baseball world shrouded by the effects of a once-in-a-lifetime virus and a tense stalemate over money, the small game at the top of the world shone bright as a beacon of hope and perseverance — illuminated, as always, by only the glow of the midnight sun.

To join a team contact Falke at The teams stand at attention during the Posting of the Colors during the. Friday night, June 21, at Growden Memorial Park. Eric Engman. The tradition originated in as a bet between two local bars, the Eagles Club and the California Bar.

A game has been played on the summer solstice every year since and the Alaska Goldpanners became the host in The Studs held off a late Panners rally to win the game in the 11th inning.

Seattle leads the series The loss marks only the 12th host team loss in the history of the game. Matt Becker, in his third appearance of the season, got off to a rocky start on the mound for the Panners. Before the historic game, the summer-collegiate baseball team will begin its season in Washington against the Seattle Studs June , a recent rival for the Goldpanners since their independence from the Alaska Baseball League.

Their first series in Alaska will be three games from June against the Peninsula Oilers in Kenai. The Goldpanners will make their home debut June 10, when they host the Orange County Riptide at p. The Riptide will stay in Fairbanks to take part in a round-robin tournament with the San Diego Waves, Bercovich 35 and the host Goldpanners June After visiting the Humboldt Crabs for a three-game series, the Goldpanners will conclude their season with the West Coast World Series scheduled for August Historically, the Panners compete in the National Baseball Congress World Series, where they have won seven championships and first received national attention with a 2nd place finish in Tickets for the season and the th Midnight Sun Game can be found here.

As the organization welcomes a number of players to Fairbanks for the summer, the Goldpanners are still seeking families to host a player or two for about weeks during the summer.

Those interested may reach out to Rhonda Lohrke at or rhondalohrke gmail. The full schedule and roster can be found below. Skip to content. State Legislature.

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