Fairbanks quarterback spot up for grabs
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Max Winner carrying the ball during the 2025 season. (Journal-Tribune file photo)

Fairbanks quarterback spot up for grabs

By Tim Miller 

There will be a change in the quarterback position for the Fairbanks High School football team.

Last year’s starting signal-caller, Bryson Griffith, graduated, leaving the spot up for grabs.

Head coach David Carroll has been working with two players this summer as he searches for Griffith’s replac...

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From the 2026 season, Brett Glass coaching with Brock Hughes in the background. (Journal-Tribune file photo)
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