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Cheers & Jeers: Dogged effort; political gap The Columbian
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Cheers: To Josh McNeal. The 2013 graduate of La Center High School will compete starting Sunday in the Iditarod sled dog race, as detailed in a Columbian story by Tim Martinez. The legendary competition this year will follow an 852-mile out-and-back route between Wasilla, Alaska, and Iditarod, with 47 mushers taking part.
McNeal’s connection to Alaska began when he worked as a fishing guide while in high school. He then attended the University of Alaska Anchorage and gradually developed an interest in sled dog racing. “The original draw of Alaska was the adventure,” he said. That sense of adventure has made the Iditarod a fixture of extreme sports, with mushers and their dogs battling the elements and untamed wilderness for hundreds of miles. There is a reason, after all, that promoters bill it as The Last Great Race.
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La Center High grad Josh McNeal ready to race in his first Iditarod
Musher began his own dog sled team in 2018 By Tim Martinez, Columbian Assistant Sports Editor
Published: March 3, 2021, 8:25pm
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7 Photos La Center High graduate Josh McNeal leads his sled dog team out on a run in preparation for The Iditarod dog sled race, which starts Sunday just outside of Wasilla, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Jobie McNeal) Photo Gallery
In high school, Josh McNeal could have been selected “most likely to ..” and it wouldn’t matter what followed.
“I could have seen Josh do anything,” La Center High football coach John Lambert said. “If he became president, it would not surprise me. If he decided to climb Mt. Everest, I’d be like ‘I could see Josh doing that.’ He was just one of the kids who could do anything he set his mind to.”