Many young athletes from Hay River made it to the medal podium at the 2018 South Slave Arctic Winter Games.

Sixteen competitors from the host community SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ along with one from Enterprise SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ earned an ulu as an individual competitor or as part of a team.

The ulus came in all colours SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ gold, silver and bronze. In fact some of the young Hay Riverites won more than one medal.

One of the Arctic Winter Games champions is Tyrell Wilgosh, who won his gold ulu as a member of the midget male hockey team.

At the opening ceremonies on March 18, Wilgosh told The Hub that his goal was to win a gold ulu.

As for actually doing that, he said, "It was pretty sweet. It was a good experience."

Dane Dupuis was another medal winner, earning a silver ulu as a member of the NWT's junior male volleyball team.

"We were aiming for gold, but we'll take what we can get, I guess," Dupuis said at the March 24 closing ceremonies of the games.

Here is a list of ulu winners from Hay River, along with one from Enterprise:

• Tyrell Wilgosh SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ gold, midget male hockey

• Zackary Horton SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ gold, midget male hockey

• Declan Munro SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ gold, bantam male hockey

• Kaden Beck SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ gold, bantam male hockey

• Trey Beck SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ gold and silver, junior co-ed dog mushing

• Kale Beck SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ silver, silver and bronze, juvenile co-ed dog mushing

• Anna Cassidy SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ silver and silver, juvenile co-ed dog mushing

• Dane Dupuis SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ silver, junior male volleyball

• Zoey Walsh SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ silver, junior female curling

• Julie Squires-Rowe SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ silver, junior female curling

• Katherine Lenoir of Enterprise SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ silver, junior female curling

• Nicole Griffiths SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ silver, junior female curling

• Bryn Hill SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ silver, junior female hockey

• Layne Leonard SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ silver, junior female hockey

• Abby Webster SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ silver, junior female hockey

• Fiona Huang SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ bronze, intermediate female futsal

• Brianna Goodwin SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ bronze, juvenile female futsal

Source: 2018 South Slave Arctic Winter Games