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SoHi baseball ousts Kenai 

 05/13/14 - 10:49pm

The Soldotna baseball team run-ruled Kenai Central in five innings Tuesday at the Soldotna Little League fields, beating the Kardinals 10-0.

It offered the Stars a bit of relief after a 3-2 loss to Kenai in walk-off fashion two weeks ago.

“The kids were pretty excited, we felt pretty good about it,” said SoHi coach George Stein.

The win was also the first for SoHi this season, improving the record to 1-4.

 

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Moose River Hustle results posted 

 05/11/14 - 9:59pm

The Moose River Hustle was held Saturday in Sterling. The run raises money for the Meal and Wheels program at the Sterling Senior Center.

The results follow:

2014 Moose River Hustle

 

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Weekend soccer roundup 

 05/10/14 - 11:53pm

The host Kenai Central girls soccer team scored in the final minute to defeat Wasilla 1-0 on Saturday in Northern Lights Conference play.

The match featured two of the top teams in the NLC, as Kenai improved to 5-2 overall and Wasilla dropped to 9-3 overall.

The game-winner was a header by Lara Creighton off a cross from Heidi Perkins.

Kenai coach Dan Verkuilen said he felt the Kards controlled most the game, but that Wasilla did a great job on defense of limiting the opportunities.

 

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Weekend baseball roundup 

 05/10/14 - 11:30pm

The Kenai Central baseball team was swept by host Kodiak in Northern Lights Conference play this weekend.

The Kards lost 10-5 on Friday and 11-1 on Saturday.

On Saturday, Kodiak grabbed a 6-0 lead after two innings and cruised to a five-inning victory.

Paul Steffensen, Dallas Pierren and Miles Jones had the hits for the Kards, while Pierren scored the lone run.

Pierren pitched the first four innings, giving up eight earned runs on eight hits. He walked two and struck out three.

 

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Softball roundup 

 05/10/14 - 11:50pm

The Skyview softball team was swept by host Kodiak on Friday and Saturday in Northern Lights Conference play.

With a 17-4 loss Saturday and an 11-1 loss Friday, Skyview drops to 1-2 in the conference and 2-5 overall. Kodiak is 5-1 in the conference and 5-5 overall.

Saturday’s game went five innings.

Sam Reynolds was 3 for 3 with a run, while Cat Schoessler was 2 for 3. Bree Lahndt, Mykaela Ryback, Jessie Lester and Kristen May added hits.

 

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Thursday soccer roundup: SoHi girls continue undefeated season 

 05/08/14 - 11:11pm

The Soldotna girls recorded another shutout to gain their sixth win of the season in as many games, beating Ketchikan 7-0 Thursday at Soldotna High School.

The Stars, playing their second of four straight games, took control early with four goals in the first half.

“I think we’ve seen what they’re capable of,” said SoHi coach Jimmy Love. “There’s been a lull at times when they play a team we don’t know much about, and we had a rough beginning today, but they managed to get on track.”

 

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SoHi baseball bested by Kodiak 

 05/08/14 - 11:06pm

The Kodiak baseball squad picked up another win over Soldotna, routing the Stars 12-1 in five innings Thursday at the Soldotna Little League fields.

SoHi pitcher Joey Becher spent the first 3 1-3 innings on the mound, striking out four. Becher relinquished pitching duties to Tyler Covey, who went the last 1 2-3 innings.

Soldotna’s biggest problems occurred in the form of mistakes. Errors and other mistakes led to runs, as six of Kodiak’s first seven runs were unearned.

Kodiak took the lead in the first inning with a run, then broke out in the second with six runs.

 

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Homer demolishes SoHi softball 

 05/07/14 - 10:55pm

The Homer Mariners continued their dominance of the Northern Lights Conference with a 12-0 shutout over Soldotna in four innings Wednesday in Homer.

After getting the season off to a rough start with 13 straight losses, the Mariners have notched two wins in a row by a combined score of 29-0, after topping Kenai Central 17-0 on Monday. Wednesday’s win improved Homer’s conference record to 2-1, while Soldotna dropped to 2-2 in both conference and overall standings.

 

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Wednesday prep soccer roundup 

 05/07/14 - 11:20pm

The Soldotna girls soccer squad rolled to its fifth win to start the 2014 season with a 6-0 shutout over Homer, Wednesday in Homer.

Seniors Kylee Wolfe and Julie Litchfield had two goals apiece to lead the Stars, while junior Skylar Shaw and sophomore Brianna Bennett put in the other two scores.

Wolfe got things started in the ninth minute with an assist from Litchfield, who then scored her first goal in the 30th minute with an assist off Elizabeth Cho. Shaw snuck in a goal in the final seconds of the first half to give SoHi a 3-0 lead at the break.

 

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Brown Bears accrue postseason awards 

 05/06/14 - 10:52pm

After another season that saw the Kenai River Brown Bears nearly break through with a playoff series win, the North American Hockey League postseason awards have begun to be handed out, a few of them bearing the names of Kenai River players.

Bears forward Alec Butcher was named to the 2013-14 All-NAHL Team, becoming the first Brown Bears player in franchise history to receive that honor. Butcher led the league in scoring with 66 points (24 goals, 42 assists), and is committed to playing at Division I Sacred Heart University next year.

 

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