"March Madness arrived in Fairbanks this week, but it’s bullets, not basketballs, that have everyone bouncing off the wall.
The NCAA Rifle Championships begin today at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the first time the school and city has played host to a national collegiate championship event.
In a town — and state — where guns and shooting are a big deal, hosting the NCAA Rifle Championships is huge.
“It’s the greatest thing to happen for shooting that’s ever happened in this community,” gushed Joe Nava, who, as the Alaska representative for the National Rifle Association and president of the UAF rifle team’s booster club, is one of Fairbanks’ most avid shooters.
This weekend’s championships in Fairbanks are to collegiate riflery what the Final Four is to college basketball, Nava said."
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